Guild Wars 2

How about putting power/vitality/toughness stats and as exotics to the the Hall of Monuments’ items since exotics will be subpar anyway?

So when i make a character, i will just be concerned about leveling it to 80, then i would just go to hall of monuments to get exotic armor and use that to grind the uber ascended armor?

regards,

Far as we know Ascended Armour is only slightly stronger, but allow to be infused. But we dont know if the infusion slot takes away from its rune slot and if it does then it effectly makes it weaker then exotics unless it gets its boast of being slightly stronger. Large number of people are assuming too much. We have no clue what infusion does yet and if it increases our damage at all. Far as we know infusion from GW1 protected us from some really nasty damage from Spectural agony which is only 1 skill. So ascended armour is probably only stronger then exotic to counter the side effect of not being able to hold a rune or orb.

What do we know about infusion tho?
Maybe infusion slot > Rune slot

alcopaul.2156:

How about putting power/vitality/toughness stats and as exotics to the the Hall of Monuments’ items since exotics will be subpar anyway?

So when i make a character, i will just be concerned about leveling it to 80, then i would just go to hall of monuments to get exotic armor and use that to grind the uber ascended armor?

regards,

Possibly because not everyone has access to the Hall of Monuments? Just saying.

As for the Ascended armour, we have no concrete info from ANet yet (for all we know, them articles could have been assumptions).

Wait until the blog post before kicking a fuss up

Broken Angel.4956:

What do we know about infusion tho?
Maybe infusion slot > Rune slot

It could be but i doubt it for whats the point of putting in a new element if it is just like a rune? There is something far more different about infusion that they had to make an entire armour tier for and new element of being placed. Also stated (in one of the 2 articles) that not all ascended armour has the slot making the slot even rarer. Something is different that it doesnt boast stats (as that can be done by runes or other things) it has to boast something else or do something else that can not be done by other means.

Suddenflame.2601:

Broken Angel.4956:

What do we know about infusion tho?
Maybe infusion slot > Rune slot

It could be but i doubt it for whats the point of putting in a new element if it is just like a rune? There is something far more different about infusion that they had to make an entire armour tier for and new element of being placed. Also stated (in one of the 2 articles) that not all ascended armour has the slot making the slot even rarer. Something is different that it doesnt boast stats (as that can be done by runes or other things) it has to boast something else or do something else that can not be done by other means.

Who said anything about just like a rune?
It can be completely different, and still better

While I admit to having a few misgivings over the whole Ascended gear thing, I think everybody’s panicking too soon. We don’t exactly know what Ascended gear will DO at this point. If it’s anything like the Infusion mechanic from GW1, it may be that Ascended gear have an additional Infusion slot that means, when an armor is infused, it allows you to survive a special attack from a particular enemy that’s only found in this new dungeon. (Remember how originally in GW1, you had to infuse each armor piece SEPARATELY?)

So, yes, technically it DOES make you more powerful, but only in a very specific location, and only against specific enemies. Everywhere else in PvE, it’s completely useless.

Let’s just wait for the official blog post about Ascended gear first before getting out the pitchforks and torches, ’k?

Zaxares.5419:

Let’s just wait for the official blog post about Ascended gear first before getting out the pitchforks and torches, ’k?

They deserve the pitchfork for their handling of the issue no matter what is said in the blog post.

Called it! Infusions do absolutely nothing outside of the new dungeon:

“In the upcoming Fractals of the Mists dungeon, we’ll introduce a new monster condition called Agony. This extremely dangerous condition ticks percentages of player health away and can’t be cleansed by normal means. Players who wish to delve deep into the Fractals will find that Agony makes progress increasingly difficult, until they reach the point where some defense against this condition is a must. The only way to mitigate Agony damage is by building up resistance through Infusions, a new type of upgrade component that can be acquired in the Mystic Forge.”

That said, it seems that Ascended items ARE slightly better than Exotics, although I’m not sure the difference is enough to really make a noticeable difference to the average player’s experience.