Guild Wars 2

Which one is more aesthetically pleasing and/or feels better.
What’s your opinion guys?

I don’t like many of the backpieces we have in game. Wings especially are being overly produced and used.

The legendary backpieces are not any better, at all. Both are oversized, overglowing and obnoxious. I’m well aware that people have different tastes, but I can’t understand how anyone would want to be visible with that kind of thing on their backitten

ep my backpiece hidden all the time. Can’t really use one because wielding a shield makes them disappear, and spawn out of nowhere when you pull your shield out. It looks wrong.

The only backpiece I really like(d) was the guild backpack, that’s pretty much it.

I don’t like many of the backpieces we have in game. Wings especially are being overly produced and used.

The legendary backpieces are not any better, at all. Both are oversized, overglowing and obnoxious. I’m well aware that people have different tastes, but I can’t understand how anyone would want to be visible with that kind of thing on their back.

My backpiece is hidden all the time. Can’t really use one because wielding a shield makes them disappear, and spawn out of nowhere when you pull your shield out. It looks wrong.

The only backpiece I really like(d) was the guild backpack, that’s pretty much it.

I use the Ascension on both my Guardian and my Warrior because they have golden armors (illumination dye) and it looks pretty good with it. So I would suggest to check the style and dyes you’re planning to use before chosing (use preview). Ad infinitum also looks awsome in some characters and it’s a mid term goal for me.

Problem with Ascension is that with new PvP season it will become far more common among players. Less “prestige” if you want to see it in that way.

I like my ascension scorpion wings. I don’t really like the lighting effect on the fractal one.

I also use orange a lot so the goldish color works for me. My Sylvari also glows blue.

I like them both, but I think they suit very different characters.

I’m not sure either of them suit any of my characters though. Which in this case is good for me because I don’t particularly want to make either.

I haven’t unlocked Ad Infinitum yet, but I wear Ascension on my guardian. Interestingly, like NumenorLord above, my guard has always used gold-based dyes, and guard is still my go-to PvP or WvW character so wearing Ascension on him just fits the character even more, because I earned it primarily on him. Attached a screenshot in case anyone’s curious.

Personally, I don’t like to use the same skins on multiple characters and I really like each of my characters having their own “style,” so to speak. I’m eventually going to work toward unlocking Ad Infinitum and use that on a different character, probably whichever character I start using primarily for fractals.

It just comes down to personal preference really. If you like both skins, why not work toward getting both of them?

EDIT: Felt the need to mention, I don’t consider myself particularly great at PvP, and I don’t wear the Ascension as a badge displaying my prowess—quite the opposite really, it’s just a skin to me. I can hold my own in a fight, but if I’m against someone who knows my build, I’m probably going to lose. The wings may have been a prestige item during earlier PvP seasons for those really great players, but really if you participate in ranked league matches often enough and just put the time into it, you’ll get the skin regardless of ability.

I think they both look bad, but that’s just me.