Seriously... Ascended Vending Changes
They aren’t adding anything new, they are just (rightfully) tweaking some already existing functions that are in place.
But, as far as my personal opinion goes, WvW is a game mode, but PvE is still the base game. I’m not a huge veteran of mmo’s and I dont’ have an extensive history playing them, but afaik gear is still mostly obtained through quests, crafting, dungeons, raids, etc in almost any game. Its not unusual to do have to do gw2’s top content, namely fractals and raids, to obtain the BiS items, or just craft them yourself.
(edited by Sparks The Rescue.5043)
You missed this important part:
Having a unified system for acquiring ascended gear via vendors will give us more flexibility for adjustments, if they are needed, and it will give us the flexibility to potentially introduce this system in other game modes where appropriate.
This change is the first step towards making Ascended available in WvW
Now, what is interesting is that, by the post, Raids will not be treated the same way as the rest of the content. Unless they simply forgot to mention them, which i doubt, only Fractals and PvP will get the crafting treatment.
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