From a March 25th interview:
(http://www.guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/wvw-interview-habib-loew-mike-ferguson-matt-witter)
GW2Hub: You mentioned badges and improvements to their use, can you tell me a little more about that? Can we come to see new, exclusive skins?
Mike Ferguson: There aren’t any new and exclusive skins, but there are skins that are new to WvW that were previously unobtainable there. What we’re doing is setting up a merchant that you can purchase your stat combinations from and an appearance option and kind of combine those. That’s how you get your piece of gear.
GW2Hub: Does this extend to Ascended items?
Mike Ferguson: We don’t have it in for this particular build, but it is definitely on our list of things we want to add to it, it’s just that we encounter some issues getting it into this particular build.
Will ascended gear be obtainable through WvW before the end of 2013?
“I feel like I’m getting trolled here. Good day sir.”
- John Smith, ArenaNet in-house economist
I had hope the last two patches but now i just have no hope to see it all this year.
Guardianhipster
Thiefhipster
Yeah, saw a post awhile ago with some guy saying he had all 5 of his chars with full ascended accessories and had 70+ ascended rings in the bank from running fractals. I was only able to get my second piece of ascended gear a little bit ago and since I don’t do dailys religiously it will probably take about half a year to get one char in full ascended accessories… and I don’t even want to think about when they release the rest of the ascended equipment.
That kinda makes me think – either add ascended to WvW or make them cost more laurels. I understand that Anet wants FotM to be the best way to get ascended gear, but the rate at which you get them through FotM vs. Daily grinding has so much disparity it isn’t even funny.
Completely agreed. You know what else is stupid? Crafting infusions in the Mystic Forge. I cannot wrap my head around why it costs 100 T6 mats for a +5 stat boost.
It just seems like ascended stuff in general is just way too grindy; even if you’re doing Fractals, you’ll probably get something useless most of the time since there are like 9001 pieces of ascended gear and most of them won’t fit your build(s). For those of us looking to add specific gear to our toons for WvW, laurels is the only realistic option.
Sarabi “the Roaring Fury” Aminata
The “you must pve to improve your wvw gear”. Bait and switch feels pretty tired to still be pulling in 2013
Wyverz – Asura – Mesmer
Xynobia – Asura – Necro
|Gnaw| |BB| |dO| |SOUL| – NSP
Yeah, saw a post awhile ago with some guy saying he had all 5 of his chars with full ascended accessories and had 70+ ascended rings in the bank from running fractals. I was only able to get my second piece of ascended gear a little bit ago and since I don’t do dailys religiously it will probably take about half a year to get one char in full ascended accessories… and I don’t even want to think about when they release the rest of the ascended equipment.
That kinda makes me think – either add ascended to WvW or make them cost more laurels. I understand that Anet wants FotM to be the best way to get ascended gear, but the rate at which you get them through FotM vs. Daily grinding has so much disparity it isn’t even funny.
Completely agreed. You know what else is stupid? Crafting infusions in the Mystic Forge. I cannot wrap my head around why it costs 100 T6 mats for a +5 stat boost.
It just seems like ascended stuff in general is just way too grindy; even if you’re doing Fractals, you’ll probably get something useless most of the time since there are like 9001 pieces of ascended gear and most of them won’t fit your build(s). For those of us looking to add specific gear to our toons for WvW, laurels is the only realistic option.
Using 100 T6 mats to craft it is not necessarily the problem its the cost of those items. Which has more to do with the playerbases price point for those items.
[Good Fights]Sinndicate{Ele}Sinactic{Engineer}
Sinnastor{Warrior}Sinnacle{Mesmer}Sintacs
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It’s not world shattering upgrades though. They are upgrades, yes, but they’re more of a convenience than a necessity.
And or but, whichever you prefer, it does give you another reason to keep grinding away, if you needed a carrot. I kinda miss my Carrot on a Stick from WoW suddenly.
Zestee, Cryptician Zetti, Zissi The Jack, Zi Mao,
Ziffy Snidehide, Zadie Hawkkin, Zannie Oakley, Zuulja
[ODIN],[NaCl] – Tarnished Coast
…I always think to myself… if only I had ascended.
That’s why I try not to think so much. Er…
Zestee, Cryptician Zetti, Zissi The Jack, Zi Mao,
Ziffy Snidehide, Zadie Hawkkin, Zannie Oakley, Zuulja
[ODIN],[NaCl] – Tarnished Coast
I hope they never implement ascended gear obtainable trough WvW .Will encourage the zerg blobbing even more for easy farm .If they do things will get waaaaaaay waaaaaaaay worse than wxp.Will be a sad day for WvW.
Mini Somales -Seven Instincts- [siN]
but ofc just in wvw