Guild Wars 2

I hate crafting. Will there ever be other ways(non-rng) to obtain ascended gear?

Well, in theory, ascended armour and weapons do drop. However, in practice, they are so rare and you are so unlikely to get the stat combo you need, that they effectively don’t.

Add to this that the ascended armour looks terrible and we are mostly all still running around in exotic.

It would really help if crafters could actually sell it and I really do not understand arenanets stance on that, as legendaries can be sold freely.

They drop from… <titter> … anyplace… <hee hee hee>… that drops <haa haaa haa> ascended crafting <bwhaaa haa ahaaaa> materials…. <sob>

The main question is.. Will it always be so ugly or you’ll put some effort in modeling it?

Dristig.9678:

I hate crafting. Will there ever be other ways(non-rng) to obtain ascended gear?

What exactly is a non-RNG way of obtaining ascended gear? Guaranteed drop rates upon killing Teq/Wurm? Ascended gear from completing dungeons?

The only thing I can think of is buying through the TP, which so far is not possible and unlikely to happen.

Non rng ways:
Gold
Karma
Tokens
Fractal relics
Badges
Glory
Gems

Will ascended gear always be crafted only?

Looks like it…

Be nice to have some kind of token system but looks unlikely to ever happen.

Would blow the heads of people who crafted their armor if you could get say an Ascended piece for 1000 dungeon tokens. Amassing 1000 dungeon tokens is super easy compared to the grind of crafting.

Mochann.5298:

Would blow the heads of people who crafted their armor if you could get say an Ascended piece for 1000 dungeon tokens. Amassing 1000 dungeon tokens is super easy compared to the grind of crafting.

As someone who is in that category. No it would not blow my head off but it would be another “Sigh should have been like this from the start”. It would then prompt me to ask “Do these people play their own game?” again. Then I would go back to whatever I was doing before. Probably chopping more trees. 200 planks look like a lot until you actually try to make something.

This sort of thing is more depressing than aggravating but I guess it will differ from person to person.

Then make it 2000 dungeon tokens. Some people never craft in any game. I would play Minecraft if I wanted to craft things.

IMHO crafting the gear is more realistic, for example:
When you slay a big meany mythical mighty beast, you do not get directly part of an armor from it, but rather would scavenge it’s scales/hide/skin/fur as resource for crafting a mighty armor.

And you might use it’s teeth and bones as materials for mighty weapons while using it’s claws and eyes for jewelry.

I have never really been a fan of crafting to be honest but at least GW2 gives alternate ways of acquiring the gear. The problem is that since ascended gear release I haven’t gotten a drop that is even remotely useful, so you’re pretty much forced to craft.
I still haven’t decided if I even want to craft this armor at all(cost vs stats) not to mention the transmutation stones