Guild Wars 2

The problem: Not long ago I finally completed a full set of Ascended armor for my main character. I picked Berserker’s stats because raw power is good, and as an Engineer I have a lot of skills that proc off crits, and yeah I like to see things die quickly too.
With the discussion of HoT and the new CC gameplay mechanics (ie the Wyvern), it’s made me wonder; what am I supposed to do if I want to try a different build, with different armor stats?
Sure I can go with exotics, but then I’m always going to be wondering if the small percentage of stat difference is affecting how I perceive the new build’s effectiveness. I could go through all the effort of crafting an entirely new set of ascended gear, but that’s a lot of working just for trying something new, and what if I want to try several stat combos to see which works best? I feel like having crafted a full set, I’m locked in to the stat decision I made based on the meta at the time, and can’t change.

So here’s the suggestion:
Allow players a way to change the stat prefix of their existing Ascended armor, through some process similar to transmutation. Obviously it shouldn’t be for free; perhaps using up materials similar in value to what it would take to craft an exotic, or having another sink for Bloodstone/Dragonite/Empyreal Stars.
I think this would promote more experimentation, and with the expansion coming out a lot of us are probably going to be wanting to do just that.

It’s a nice idea but probably won’t happen. I think you are meant to just pass that armour onto an alt and make a new one if you need new stats.

And i don’t even want to talk about making legendary an armour type.

I say leave as is. The only frustrating thing is when they change how stats work or nerf a class so that you HAVE to change. That’s happened a few times with me, it sucks.

Just craft a different set. I crafted 7 heavy sets so far, so i guess im all set for my Rev.

Wanze.8410:

Just craft a different set. I crafted 7 heavy sets so far, so i guess im all set for my Rev.

Not everyone has the time or gold to do that.

Hell i FIND ascended gear, and i have found ONE not so useful piece(full tank, vit,. def, power) for my warrior as my main and only played character. I have 3 healings rings, 4 conditions tank rings and other stuff.

A full ascended set is a huge investment, not something you can “just” craft more of, especially if you’re wanting to experiment.

That’s why I wait until I craft my ascended heavy armor. I already have a full set of zerker medium armor, but with the revenant class, I will just wait and first stick to exotikittenil the new meta is ‘found’.

Good idea. Or at least make it so that you can have 2 rune sets on it to toggle between. As a WvWer and PvEr my runes are not optimal in PvE and switching between runes is expensive and illogical.

Other than that yes, ascended armor is such a big and constly Investment, there should be a little more innovation to it than the 1-2% stat increase.

exotics work great

Rares work quite well as well, i use those when i wanna try a different build. (Tho people tend to just go for exotics right away so they dont feel like they wasted money on rares)

yes, ascended gear only grants a small % of stat boost, and i use it mainly for fractals as i can infuse it

The rune is more annoying. I craft 3 zojja’s set for traveler, scholar and strength.

I also crafted 1 soldier set for teq. But the rune for teq is not ideal for wvw.

I even craft a zojja’s greatswrod just for volcano fractal and put sigil of incapiciation and sigil of grawl slaying.

Equilibriator.8741:

It’s a nice idea but probably won’t happen. I think you are meant to just pass that armour onto an alt and make a new one if you need new stats.

And i don’t even want to talk about making legendary an armour type.

I say leave as is. The only frustrating thing is when they change how stats work or nerf a class so that you HAVE to change. That’s happened a few times with me, it sucks.

Speak for yourself not others I can craft an entire light armor set this instant and still have tons of money left over as well as extra materials.

The stat gain from exotic to ascended is so minute its a moot point. If youre “playing on a budget” weapons will always do more for you simply because of the base damage increase. So pointless.

Travis the Terrible.4739:

Equilibriator.8741:

It’s a nice idea but probably won’t happen. I think you are meant to just pass that armour onto an alt and make a new one if you need new stats.

And i don’t even want to talk about making legendary an armour type.

I say leave as is. The only frustrating thing is when they change how stats work or nerf a class so that you HAVE to change. That’s happened a few times with me, it sucks.

Speak for yourself not others I can craft an entire light armor set this instant and still have tons of money left over as well as extra materials.

The stat gain from exotic to ascended is so minute its a moot point. If youre “playing on a budget” weapons will always do more for you simply because of the base damage increase. So pointless.

sorry, I don’t understand the relevance of your comment, to mine >.>