Guild Wars 2

ArenaNet changed amulets and gems to allow us to choose what stat is slotted in to the gear?

That is, every piece of gear (in the game, more or less) has a minor/minor/MAJOR set up, with a few exceptions like berserker’s, rampager’s, celestial and what have you.

In spvp, we all know how limiting our gear choices are, and this limitation is a significant contributing factor to the lack of build diversity in spvp.

Not only is there a “meta” which filters out inefficient builds, but the gear also further dictates which of the efficient builds may be available.

So, what if …

You could choose which three stats to put on your amulet and which three stats to put on your gems, barring duplicates (like, no pow/pow/POW crap)?

You could have standard stuff like p/v/T or p/p/T or p/t/H but what if you wanted v/h/T or h/t/V ammy with a P/h/t jewel or p/p/C ammy with V/p/c% jewel?

I think this would add a layer of customization that would be like a breath of fresh air in the stagnant pvp “meta” by allowing more build options to be made available both to casual and high tier pvp players, which would also add the tertiary benefit of bringing the lesser used builds to light and giving them much needed balance testing in the open battlefield.

I can see it now…Condition users – Cond/Cond/Tough lol

It is a good idea in theory. I think that all the stats would need to be set into a sort of tier system. and you could pick one from each tier. From then you have xxxx number of “points” (stats) to spend and YOU get to spend them in the way that you would like

or you completely didnt read what i said about no duplicate stats on gear and instead went to your worst case scenario based upon the recent surge in necromancers?

nakoda.4213:

You could choose which three stats to put on your amulet and which three stats to put on your gems, barring duplicates (like, no pow/pow/POW crap)?

nakoda.4213:

or you completely didnt read what i said about no duplicate stats on gear and instead went to your worst case scenario based upon the recent surge in necromancers?

nakoda.4213:

You could choose which three stats to put on your amulet and which three stats to put on your gems, barring duplicates (like, no pow/pow/POW crap)?

Pow/pow/pow is different to cond/cond/tough though. I agree they shouldnt have ALL one stat. Another option could:

You get 6points to spend:
Top Tier stat: 3points
Second Tier: 2points
Third Tier: 1Point

So you could go:

Top/Top
Second/Second/Second
Second/Second/Third, Third, Third

This way you would be sacrificing something to get the stats you want or you could go more stats but wouldnt be as strong.

Example, If you have 1,500 stat points to spend you would get higher stats in a Top/Top build then you would by going with a Second/Second/Second build but going with Second/Second/Second option means that you would get a benefit in another stat at the cost of lower stats in the others