Guild Wars 2

I keep seeing so so sooooo many threads about how power creep has come into GW2, and all that mess, and how it’s going to destroy wvw cuz you have to grind for this new gear that has slightly better stats.

I propose a test of this when someone gets enough ascended gear. Give it a week. The hardcore people will have every piece available by then.

Then find a buddy on another server, that you are faced up against in WvW, or if you are willing switch to another server that you are faced up against and put up with the week of non transfers. Meet in a secluded spot away from others and ONE person puts on their exotic armor set, duel, and redo the duel with the ascended stuff. A video of this is a MUST, and post it here.

I am not issuing a challenge, I am just curious about if there is a genuine difference between the two. Now, if someone is kind enough to do this, traits and such must all stay the same, the only difference between the duels is just the armor being switched.

This should determine whether or not power creep is really here. I hope this doesn’t turn into a flame thread.

No need for a test it’s basic math. Just yesterday I had a 1v1 with a thief in WvW, which I won. But when I finally finished him off out of downed I had less than 200 health left. If he had had 3 pieces of ascended gear, let alone a whole set, it would have easily turned the tide of the fight.

Most battles will not come down to death or victory on a small percentage of stats difference, but some inevitably will, and every single combat you partake in you will do better (deal more damage, or take less damage) if you have better stats.

These items violate the philosophy of an easy level playing field, anti-grind, and freedom of play, in which you can achieve the gear plateau through any avenue of play you desire. Right now there is only one avenue.