Guild Wars 2

Why not use buffs designed for fractals instead of Ascended items.

You play the lower levels of the fractal to collect “fractal buffs” items that can be used for higher levels of the fractal.

Ascended skins will then become a legendary with exotic stats.

And this forces all players to replay the lower levels of the fractal to collect “fractal buffs”

If you don’t have a buff item your teammate can cast one of you.

The thing is Ascended gear is not for purely fractal its a set of gear that lower end ppl can get “the pore mans” legend set. It may seem hard to get Ascended as is but its going to become far easier to get it as they add more in. It the knee jerk reaction of fear of endless gear that getting most ppl up in arms.

Re-posted in the suggestions.