Guild Wars 2

Hi, Yes another one of those threads.

So…we get ascended gear released to us every so often. Since November 15th, we’ve gotten the Back piece, Ring, Accessory, and Amulet. I believe that is all, correct? 6 months, 4 slots. In games like WoW and Rift, the top tier gear is gated every 4-6 months via new raids. The only difference between GW2 “top tier” gear and WoW/Rift is that GW2 is releasing slots rather than entire armor sets.

So, we go through the motions for the next 6-12 months of acquiring every ascended slot possible. At which point, a possible expansion is announced to be released sometime soon after. All the work we did for those ascended slots will be obsolete when we reach a new level cap, assuming they increase it(they have said they have no problems increasing it). So now, we start the process all over again…just like a WoW expansion.

So, it seems to me that the game gives an illusion of no gear treadmill, yet all the hardwork we do to get the ascended gear will be replaced when the expansion comes out. And I don’t think the first expansion will be terribly long after the last slot of ascended is released. To me, this is a similar model that is used in every other MMO…its just masked differently here.

What do you think?

I think you are late by 6 months when most community rised in a HUGE thread was merged, censored and finally deleted…

Also the “vocal minority” leit motif was killed because of the number of unique playing ID being involved that alone showed a notable % of the community.

I know Anet isn’t against the idea, but I really hope a level cap increase does not happen. GW2 is capable of expanding with tons of new content without increasing the level cap. In WoW and Rift, a level cap increase meant a decent amount of leveling time before getting to the new endgame- a way to make players experience the new zones and content. But GW2, as we’ve seen with Living Story, can get our lazy butts into other zones by other means than level progression.