What Ascended items should've/could've been

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Posted by: Treborlavok.3504

Treborlavok.3504

Ascended items, no matter the slot, are now practically making this a min/max stat game. Which is upsetting based on Anets prelaunch “principles”. I think they could’ve and should’ve went about ascended items an entirely different way.

What They should have done with ascended pieces across the board is…

  • Same stats as exotics.
  • Make them have choose-able stats(ooc).
  • Give them a unique glow(armor/weapons).
  • Make it so you can change your appearance of armor and weapons at will. Or the option to “store” armor looks.
  • Give you the option to store different runes/sigils to be able to “change your gear” as the situation calls for.

Legendaries/precursors should’ve also never been tradeable. But thats a different topic. But on this topic legendaries would still be BiS and be the way they are currently with slightly higher stats and the ability to choose your stat sets. But i still think legendaries should have the option to store sigils as well.

Since this game was supposed to be capped at exotics and meant for looks, i think that this would have saved a lot of grief and outcry over ascended items. Making them a QoL type item and something to strive for other than just min/max your stats. They could’ve also went about obtaining ascended/legendary items a different way entirely making them more of a “status” item(s) by completing a storyline type quest(s).

Just my 2 cents on how this game could’ve been so much more. In its current state i feel that this is just a “filler game” until the next big mmo drops. :-/

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Posted by: Heta.8629

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So instead of everyone grinding for ascended they need to grind for legendaries since they have the highest stats? This would be a bigger uproar than ascended currently is. Ascended takes a couple weeks for most players if they try and legendaries are many months even for major grinders. Also just FYI ascended was introduced because the devs have said exotics were supposed to be that hard to acquire. It’s caused a big commotion because it was introduced after the game launched but that is how hard the BiS items are supposed to be to acquire.

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Posted by: Treborlavok.3504

Treborlavok.3504

So instead of everyone grinding for ascended they need to grind for legendaries since they have the highest stats? This would be a bigger uproar than ascended currently is. Ascended takes a couple weeks for most players if they try and legendaries are many months even for major grinders. Also just FYI ascended was introduced because the devs have said exotics were supposed to be that hard to acquire. It’s caused a big commotion because it was introduced after the game launched but that is how hard the BiS items are supposed to be to acquire.

Thats why i said the topic of legendaries it just that, another topic. They shouldve went about legendaries as our major storyline/personal quest, resulting in the end product of our legendary. Making it an actual achievement of playing the game and accomplishing something other than grinding for mats/gold.

I also think ascended items should be harder to obtain and dealt with through side/additional story lines. Not just grinding for mats…

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Posted by: Oniyui.8279

Oniyui.8279

Don’t forget utility infusion slots, as long as they keep combat stats out of it.

Also on the subject of legendaries… they used to have the same stats as exotics as well. If the subject’s about what ascended should’ve/could’ve been, it would affect what legendaries should’ve/could’ve been updated to match.

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Posted by: Treborlavok.3504

Treborlavok.3504

Don’t forget utility infusion slots, as long as they keep combat stats out of it.

Also on the subject of legendaries… they used to have the same stats as exotics as well. If the subject’s about what ascended should’ve/could’ve been, it would affect what legendaries should’ve/could’ve been updated to match.

Legendaries were always said to be BiS, so giving them better stats and keeping then in their current state would be best. But they wouldn’t have ever been tradeable nor the pre cursor and they would’ve been obtained another way.

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