Guild Wars 2

so after spending the last 4hrs on a “teaching run” for vale guardian raid(which never did finish) i’m here asking if raids really are the only source for ascended back/trinkets in marauder/trailblazer stats. i thought for sure luminates would be a back in HoT sense it was after all an ascended HoT collection reward. but no. raiding was everything i dreaded it would be. confusing with players yelling at you the whole time(which gets a pass because it comes in the form of 3rd party unmonitored voip communications. rather then monitored gw2 squad chat). not sure what i will do if the answer is yes. i have no guild nor do i want one. all adding players(inside game outside of forums) does is raise agression and frustration levels.(both theirs and mine) i guess if it is the only source i’ll have to grit my teeth through it for 12 trinkets. also if it is the only way then i use the rest of this space to petition anet to make a way that is not dependant on group activities. or in worst case scenario as part of a wvw reward track. is learning raids really this frustrating for everyone?

I don’t know specifically about Marauders, but ANet has said that LS3 will bring more possible ways to acquire the rarer HoT stat combos.

That could start Tuesday, the following Tuesday, or the end of August, or this winter for all we know, though indications make sooner more likely than later.