Guild Wars 2

Hi,
So I am thinking of taking a break from the game for my own reasons to which I will not get into.

If I take one or two months off and come back…will I be “behind” in terms of ascended armor and weapons? I mean, I won’t have all the charged quartz and whatever other T7 materials that are to be released.

Will I be behind everyone else, or can I come and go as I please without fear of missing out, being behind, or gear being out dated…like people once told me I can.

If it is time gated, then you will absolutely be “behind”. The question is actually “will that matter?”.

I’m not sure what the intention is with Ascended gear, but no content in the game requires it right now so you will not be at a disadvantage by not having it.

mtpelion.4562:

If it is time gated, then you will absolutely be “behind”. The question is actually “will that matter?”.

I’m not sure what the intention is with Ascended gear, but no content in the game requires it right now so you will not be at a disadvantage by not having it.

Well, is that anything new? In WoW, I could log in, get to level cap, run some dungeons and queue up for LFR and see all of the end game content.

Whether or not it will matter is not the issue. Because it hardly matters in other AAA games. Its a question, will I need to catch up, in a time gated environment, to everyone else if I want to be competitive in WvW, or simply have the BiS gear like I do now? Like I have spent time and resources on for what I have now?

You will be behind compared to the ones that will grind their way to make sure they get the ascended the exact first day it’s available to be made, you’ll be ahead of those that don’t care about ascendeds, and around the middle between everyone else… just as usual IMHO..

cesmode.4257:

Hi,
So I am thinking of taking a break from the game for my own reasons to which I will not get into.

If I take one or two months off and come back…will I be “behind” in terms of ascended armor and weapons? I mean, I won’t have all the charged quartz and whatever other T7 materials that are to be released.

Will I be behind everyone else, or can I come and go as I please without fear of missing out, being behind, or gear being out dated…like people once told me I can.

Yes. You will miss some of the Living Story achievements, also, which you will never, ever be able to make up. So if that’s important to you, and you take a break, there’s not much point in coming back.

Enjoy the free time and sunshine

cesmode.4257:

Well, is that anything new? In WoW, I could log in, get to level cap, run some dungeons and queue up for LFR and see all of the end game content.

Whether or not it will matter is not the issue. Because it hardly matters in other AAA games. Its a question, will I need to catch up, in a time gated environment, to everyone else if I want to be competitive in WvW, or simply have the BiS gear like I do now? Like I have spent time and resources on for what I have now?

In WoW you are excluded from content based on your gear. You can’t do a current raid unless you are at the cutting edge of the gear treadmill. We haven’t had any new content that is designed to be completed with better gear yet.

I’m actually thinking that the only difference in Ascended weapons and armor from Exotics will be the presence of an infusion slot and not a stat increase. This is based purely on my own opinion, but it seems to be the most reasonable outcome.

No, I don’t think you will be behind at all really.

There is not a lot of difference between rare/exotics now and it will be the same with ascended/exotics, the stats really don’t make much difference.

Also, you don’t know what will be released once you come back. You may come back at a time when they are releasing the new ascended stuff in WvW for example or there is special skins ascended gear that you aquire via living story.

There’s lots of changes with the 2 week updates but also a lot of oppourtunity to ‘catch up’ very quickly…

You can garuentee it will be time gated. Anet only wants us playing ONE alt with ONE build all the time.

mtpelion.4562:

cesmode.4257:

Well, is that anything new? In WoW, I could log in, get to level cap, run some dungeons and queue up for LFR and see all of the end game content.

Whether or not it will matter is not the issue. Because it hardly matters in other AAA games. Its a question, will I need to catch up, in a time gated environment, to everyone else if I want to be competitive in WvW, or simply have the BiS gear like I do now? Like I have spent time and resources on for what I have now?

In WoW you are excluded from content based on your gear. You can’t do a current raid unless you are at the cutting edge of the gear treadmill. We haven’t had any new content that is designed to be completed with better gear yet.

I’m actually thinking that the only difference in Ascended weapons and armor from Exotics will be the presence of an infusion slot and not a stat increase. This is based purely on my own opinion, but it seems to be the most reasonable outcome.

LFR my friend, LFR. Doesn’t require cutting edge gear, you see all the fights.