Guild Wars 2

Hello folks! I’m quite surprised there is no such topic already, or at least I didn’t find one. I would like to pay attention on infusions with +5 AR, +5 stat. In my opinion the current prices are just impossible and imbalanced. Mighty Infusion with +5 AR, +5 power value is about 50 gold and Versatile Mighty Infusion with the same stats will cost you about 130 gold. I’m sincerely asking Anet do you really think this is normal? o_O There are 14 infusion slots in equipment now and a full set of such infusions can be created for about 700 gold. It is more than a full set of ascended equipment itself with the best runes and sigils can be crafted for. So you can get +70 extra stats for 700 gold. I wouldn’t complain if there were no alternative, but there is one. This +70 extra stats can be earned from wvw infusions (Mighty WvW Infusion), which cost you…nothing. Badges of honor is nothing, most people have tons of them, especially those who play wvw regulary. Of course it requires some time, but still incommensurably with earning 700 gold. In that case I wonder why there is so big difference between infusions for wvw players and for pve players, who run FOTM. Even more: it’s not possible to run fractals without AR, while wvw players can still do wvw easily without +\-1 damage vs NPC. This means the following: if you like fractals you lose stats, other way you should have another equipment set. I suggest that the amount of T6 materials you need for creating infusions with +5 AR, +5 stats should be reduced by 5 times i.e. from 100 to 20 for offensive/defensive infusions and from 250 to 50 for omni ones. May be some other ratio can be used so that people could afford buying mentioned infusions.

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awhile back i crafted a dire exotic backpiece simply because there is no chance of picking up ghost eater’s hide if it even still drops in this game. i have another build which i’ve been working on for quite awhile and did not need an exotic backpiece up until recently, so of course i don’t have enough blade shards to craft one and the drop rate is horrible, not just from aetherblades but also from watchwork nodes.. in any case, i actually have enough gold to craft a regular ascended backpiece.. i don’t regularly do fractals but i went in and was fortunate enough to get the ingredient i needed right away..

that is an issue on its own and time gating some materials is understandable. my trouble actually begins with a previous ascended item i have had for awhile.. though i have been on this game since launch, i am currently at a very low amount of laurels.. again, i understand the fact that it is a so much at a time material and people should choose what they buy with it reasonably.. but the true problem is the infusion slot types. i completely understand choosing your infusions wisely, or saving up to purchase a geodulf.. having to buy not only a new infusion but an entirely new item for that infusion slot which could take laurels 20+ days to accumulate is absolutely absurd..
the previous poster had an issue with gold vs laurels, well i actually have gold and prefer the wvw infusions and will have to wait quite a long time before i even get to those seeing how i now, wanting to change an amulet infusion type, must repurchase that entire amulet over again using laurels..

you may want to sell a convenience item of being able to change the unfusion slot type in the gem store..

i’m probably in a worse boat than people grinding legendaries.. normally i wouldn’t complain, but using laurel math i have roughly a month now to mull this all over. . . .