So pretty much after reading the blog post, I am under the impression that in order to even salvage the rings and such I get from PvP and WvW, I have to go into FotM however many times to buy a limited use salvage kit that will cost me x amount of (pristine) Fractal Relics.
What I am getting at here is that I do not run FotM. So the population of us that does not run FotM is now alienated from this salvaging kit and thus alienated from making legendary precursors. Yes, we “could run fractals with the changes coming and do it easy mode” But really, there is nothing announced on how many relics we need for the kits and how many uses we get from the kits. So for all intensive purposes, I will say the kits are 25 uses and 5 pristine relics.
That is 3 days I have to get into a group of people to do something I am not fond of. Something I do not want to do because it does not really appeal to me. Now, I maybe the only one that Fractals does not appeal to; maybe I am not, but I do not think that I should be required to do fractals for a salvage kit required in making a legendary. If a gem store item came out that was like the copper or silver fed salvage kits, then great problem solved; if not, then this article is a feedback about the idea of putting the Fractal salesmen in charge of fractals. Because I guarantee you, LFG is going to be consumed with people selling fractals, both high and low for people like me: those who do not run fractals.
TL; DR EDIT: Anet confirms via Reddit (of all places) ascended kits can be purchased elsewhere.
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They confirmed on reddit that fractals will not be the only place where you can get the ascended salvage kits.
its the same as for ppl who want the pvp skins need to do pvp even if they dont like it.
so just deal with it
Didn’t the post say purchased from the vendor. I’m fotm? Then doesn’t that mean all you have to do is .. you know.. go into the fractal? Not play it but just enter the fractal? It doesn’t say anything about requiring fractal relics
They confirmed on reddit that fractals will not be the only place where you can get the ascended salvage kits.
Breathes a heavy sigh of relief This needs to be posted in actual blog post >.>
its the same as for ppl who want the pvp skins need to do pvp even if they dont like it.
so just deal with it
Uh what? You are talking shortsighted there my good man. I am talking big picture. But semantics is semantics.
Regardless it is no different from current legendaries requiring Gift of Battle forcing them to play some WvW or Gift of Exploration forcing them to do map completion or dungeon-specific gifts requiring them to farm dungeon tokens.
Regardless it is no different from current legendaries requiring Gift of Battle forcing them to play some WvW or Gift of Exploration forcing them to do map completion or dungeon-specific gifts requiring them to farm dungeon tokens.
No it isn’t. Someone can straight up buy a legendary without having to do any of that. These things are account bound.
If fractals are going to be the new (or part of the new) challenging group content then it makes sense that they’d have special rewards that you’d have work for.
Again here I’m seeing the ‘I don’t play Y but still want X!’ instead of (the far better argument) ‘Give other play-styles more high level rewards’
Regardless it is no different from current legendaries requiring Gift of Battle forcing them to play some WvW or Gift of Exploration forcing them to do map completion or dungeon-specific gifts requiring them to farm dungeon tokens.
No it isn’t. Someone can straight up buy a legendary without having to do any of that. These things are account bound.
Exactly, you should need to master the whole game, not just 111111111111111111111 spam PvE to get the LEGENDARY item.
I sure hope there are lvl 50+ fractal requirements for the new legendary. And 100+ WVW rank requirements, and 50+ PvP rank requirements, and Dungeoneer requirement.
A legendary weapon should be LEGENDARY
Fractals’ gear checks and ascended gear salvage being put up as a wall to making new legendaries is a huge disappointment for me. As a primarily pve/wvw player that doesn’t do fractals, I hope that rings see some increased drops elsewhere. Stronghold will likely have me doing more pvp, so perhaps that can fill in the gap. I was already using pvp reward tracks as an alternative way to get dungeon tokens. There should be some other path for this too, even if it’s less efficient.
Currently, the only thing you must do to craft a legendary is map completion and crafting. Even wvw isn’t a hard requirement, as achievement reward chests do give badges. And if you really want to avoid the little wvw to meet the rank req, you can even buy the wxp/rank with laurels. Ascended salvage is a much more restrictive and costly barrier.
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Regardless it is no different from current legendaries requiring Gift of Battle forcing them to play some WvW or Gift of Exploration forcing them to do map completion or dungeon-specific gifts requiring them to farm dungeon tokens.
No it isn’t. Someone can straight up buy a legendary without having to do any of that. These things are account bound.
Exactly, you should need to master the whole game, not just 111111111111111111111 spam PvE to get the LEGENDARY item.
I sure hope there are lvl 50+ fractal requirements for the new legendary. And 100+ WVW rank requirements, and 50+ PvP rank requirements, and Dungeoneer requirement.
A legendary weapon should be LEGENDARY
I don’t think that makes it any more legendary. It’s just putting in more forms of grind to get there. The more specific things you require someone to do, the less likely they are to actually want to bother with it. And if they do go through with it, the experience is likely to be a bad one for them, and the people they play with.
WvW maps being part of map completion was a good example of this. Being on a server that’s stuck the same color, and not often taking certain enemy objectives, was a pain even for those of us that do enjoy wvw. And those players that don’t want to be there, are likely people that others don’t want there either. For their own team, they are not contributing as much (or any at all), and potentially taking up a slot in a full queue. And as an enemy, they aren’t much of an opponent if they aren’t there looking for a fight.
If I saw someone low rank grabbing vistas or skillpoints, I would just let them go. Killing them was likely just going to be a free loot bag or them trying to flee across the map. I’m not interested in a one-sided fight that will just further that person’s grief of having to put up with a dumb requirement. It’s just a bad experience for both sides.
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