Guild Wars 2

This is a topic that was pretty hot during the original launch of GW2. We got back at one point that it was something that the devs were looking into it. All I really want to know is it still a possibility or have they just abandoned the idea. Oh and before people start saying that the devs have say they aren’t add any new tiers of gear , Legendary gear exists in the game already so it isn’t a new tier technically speaking.

I think that was sort of the idea of Ascended armor (same power) except I don’t think they wanted full armor sets to be changeable on the fly.

I hope not. One ascended piece costs more then a precursor atm. Imagine how much 1 legendary piece would cost.

It just adds to the already existing grinding and frustration. Terrible idea.

I would love an upgrade possibility for ascended armor similar to how back pieces are done. No need to be legendary as for aesthetics, but a drop down menu to change stats out of combat would be nice considering the investment put into these.

With the new system it’d be a series of events not a money grind for individuals who want the prestige. Ascended and Legendary would have the same stats so as usual legendaries wouldn’t be meant for the masses with a benefit of stat selection out of combat.

ronpierce.2760:

I think that was sort of the idea of Ascended armor (same power) except I don’t think they wanted full armor sets to be changeable on the fly.

Well not until they have some sort of template system. Would be wonderful to preload a zerker, condi or support build and change as needed depending on the encounter or team make up.
My question is however, what would make a legendary armour legendary? So particle effects won’t really do it for legendary in my mind.

If so, i hope for shatterer themed legendary armor, he’s so FABULOUS!

If there’s really legendary armors, they simply need to make them look different on 5 different races. If they use consistent armors, there’s a high chance a few races will be completely screwed up and look darn ugly with that armor sets.

I would pay big coin to grind this feature so I could equip any stat I want on ascended armor. It would be so awsome to try what ever gear you want. I wouldn’t care if I lost all my infusions and runes. Worth the grind in my opinion. They would have to include the gear like sentinels and zealot’s though; at least give us some option to get a stat like zealot’s with ought coughing up gold to market manipulators.

Rebound.3409:

I hope not. One ascended piece costs more then a precursor atm. Imagine how much 1 legendary piece would cost.

It just adds to the already existing grinding and frustration. Terrible idea.

what you talking about…. 1 ascended weapon costs 40-50 gold and for chest piece 150-200g…thats like nothing u can farm it in 2 days

Well, this would be gear grind, which they said they don’t want to do, right? But if you could upgrade your current Ascended sets, that might be OK maybe? That way you wouldn’t have to restart all over, but you’d be 90% the way there already. I think Ascended is fine though as it is really.

MashMash.1645:

Well, this would be gear grind, which they said they don’t want to do, right? But if you could upgrade your current Ascended sets, that might be OK maybe? That way you wouldn’t have to restart all over, but you’d be 90% the way there already. I think Ascended is fine though as it is really.

Or even better, let ascended armors be the “precursor” of legendary armors.
You need to go through 3 steps like the new precursor acquisition system, and gradually turn your ascended armors into legendary armors.

I dont think the Legendary armor would be a good idea. I think instead focus on some new skins that you could quest for like you would a precursor in the new system. Stats all stay the same, but you can get a shinnier version of what you have, or maybe an altogether new skin. We all want variety, skins suffer as it is for armor in choices. Or heres a thought… maybe to coincide with blast finishers and combos, maybe make the armors do special effects or moves?

JaddynnStarr.5201:

I dont think the Legendary armor would be a good idea. I think instead focus on some new skins that you could quest for like you would a precursor in the new system. Stats all stay the same, but you can get a shinnier version of what you have, or maybe an altogether new skin. We all want variety, skins suffer as it is for armor in choices. Or heres a thought… maybe to coincide with blast finishers and combos, maybe make the armors do special effects or moves?

Worst Idea ever… GW2 should not have bonus special effect link to the highest tier of armors. If they want to do this, they need to apply the same thing to exotic too.

i think if they do legendary armor it should be as a whole set (say ‘Chest of The Betrayer’s armor’ – account bound on acquire) and i’d like them to be worth the deal, apart from stat selection. (say, Shiro’s armor model for heavies and Antons for mediums for example. as previously suggested other themes work as well, like shatterer giving a similar effect on the waerer like zodiac does – changing the skin to electric purple energy.)

Most likely they’ll work on Legendary trinkets first though, given we’ve already seen their experiments into trinkets giving additional special effects.

Mono.7320:

Rebound.3409:

I hope not. One ascended piece costs more then a precursor atm. Imagine how much 1 legendary piece would cost.

It just adds to the already existing grinding and frustration. Terrible idea.

what you talking about…. 1 ascended weapon costs 40-50 gold and for chest piece 150-200g…thats like nothing u can farm it in 2 days

I don’t see what you are saying there. You just confirmed that the price of 1 ascended is more then the price several precursors currently have ingame. Don’t include weapons as nobody was even hinting at ascended weapons. You didn’t enforce your argument by throwing in ascended weapons in any way.

Rebound.3409:

I hope not. One ascended piece costs more then a precursor atm. Imagine how much 1 legendary piece would cost.

It just adds to the already existing grinding and frustration. Terrible idea.

This is terribly misleading even though not technically false. It’s more expensive than the precursors for the “junk” underwater legends, but that is only because so few people want those legends for obvious reasons. In the end your argument means little since you compare it with a rare item but with totally low demand.

Legendary armor would be a nice addition, but they did not announce it so I guess it’s not on the table for now. Maybe in the future. And yes, it would cost a lot, I’d say at about the value of 2-4 legendary weapons, but that seems reasonable to me. I’d love to have it in game.

The cheapest precursor at the moment is Venom with a sell price of 65g, with the highest buy order being 50g.

really toxsa… worst idea ever….. EVER??? just cuz you dont like it doesnt mean its the worst idea ever… my idea is EXACTLY what they did with legendary weapons… and what they are continuing to do with the new ones. Do you not like the special effects of the legendary weapons? no? ok, sell yours off then if you have any then plz.

JaddynnStarr.5201:

really toxsa… worst idea ever….. EVER??? just cuz you dont like it doesnt mean its the worst idea ever… my idea is EXACTLY what they did with legendary weapons… and what they are continuing to do with the new ones. Do you not like the special effects of the legendary weapons? no? ok, sell yours off then if you have any then plz.

The last part: coincide with blast finisher and combo, power creep. Legendary weapons don’t do that.
No please. Unless the same applied to exotic.

Actually, this would be a nice change if you could just… smoosh pieces of ascended gear together to get the drop down menu. That’s an extreme grind, and it would definitely be worth it for the extreme player who really loves sinking hours into this game. It wouldn’t really be anything but a convenience for the extreme amount of time it would take to gather all the mats and make full sets of ascended armor for each stat.

Legendary armor smith mastery track is the answer to this, in the future when it’s ready.

Toxsa.2701:

The last part: coincide with blast finisher and combo, power creep. Legendary weapons don’t do that.
No please. Unless the same applied to exotic.

I’m pretty sure Jaddynn meant special graphics.

Mono.7320:

Rebound.3409:

I hope not. One ascended piece costs more then a precursor atm. Imagine how much 1 legendary piece would cost.

It just adds to the already existing grinding and frustration. Terrible idea.

what you talking about…. 1 ascended weapon costs 40-50 gold and for chest piece 150-200g…thats like nothing u can farm it in 2 days

What? 150-200 gold is nothing and can be farmed in 2 days? I must be playing the game wrong…

dietzero.3514:

Mono.7320:

Rebound.3409:

I hope not. One ascended piece costs more then a precursor atm. Imagine how much 1 legendary piece would cost.

It just adds to the already existing grinding and frustration. Terrible idea.

what you talking about…. 1 ascended weapon costs 40-50 gold and for chest piece 150-200g…thats like nothing u can farm it in 2 days

What? 150-200 gold is nothing and can be farmed in 2 days? I must be playing the game wrong…

I make about 20 gold or so if I really push myself… no where near 150-200g.

Toxsa.2701:

MashMash.1645:

Well, this would be gear grind, which they said they don’t want to do, right? But if you could upgrade your current Ascended sets, that might be OK maybe? That way you wouldn’t have to restart all over, but you’d be 90% the way there already. I think Ascended is fine though as it is really.

Or even better, let ascended armors be the “precursor” of legendary armors.
You need to go through 3 steps like the new precursor acquisition system, and gradually turn your ascended armors into legendary armors.

This is a good idea actually, if they chose to implement legendary armor

Mono.7320:

Rebound.3409:

I hope not. One ascended piece costs more then a precursor atm. Imagine how much 1 legendary piece would cost.

It just adds to the already existing grinding and frustration. Terrible idea.

what you talking about…. 1 ascended weapon costs 40-50 gold and for chest piece 150-200g…thats like nothing u can farm it in 2 days

I want to know where you are farming 40-50 gold per day…

Lol, it would be funny if they made you craft every ascended armor piece (all insignias and all pieces)to work on the legendary armor crafting. Then and only then could you begin to grind for a recipe for a single legendary armor piece…

Who said legendary armor needs to be separated on pieces? It can come as full set like gem armors. As for 40-50g/day its possible – chestfarm.

Scoobaniec.9561:

Who said legendary armor needs to be separated on pieces? It can come as full set like gem armors. As for 40-50g/day its possible – chestfarm.

Well that would probably allow for more impressive design without having to consider possibly consider how it might class with other armor pieces.

They scrapped it in favour of Legendary Outfits instead. Gemstore only.