Guild Wars 2

Anet, will you be introducing them (like how you did it with rings,necklaces etc laurel vender) for folks like us that do hardcore WvWvW?

Unlikely, and I frankly hope not. Rings were obtainable just from running fractals, earrings were guild missions, necklaces have never been available through anything except laurel vendors.

The other things were (and still are) all obtainable from a single pve activity for no additional cash (except for earrings), and completely unavailable through WvW except through laurels. Ascended weapons are already obtainable through WvW (at least in theory), and require a significant time and cash investment even in PvE.

That being said they should bring some of the mat drops a little closer to being in line with pve. 100 keep lords requires a lot more work than ~17 orr temple bosses (or 100 orr temple bosses for that matter), and almost every champion in WvW requires breaking down a wall or door guarded by other players (whereas they’re just sitting there waiting to be zerged down in pve). Not saying they should make tower/keep lords easier, just that they should drop larger quantities of dragonite ore and bloodstone dust when we manage to take one down.

tl;dr: They’re already available from hardcore wvw (dragonite ore from keep lords, empyreal fragments from camp supervisors, bloodstone dust from tower lords and keep lords), and more people would be annoyed if anet made it available through laurels (saving people who procrastinated easily over 100g) than if they don’t. So don’t hold your breath.

Doubtful. How long have backpieces been out and we still can’t buy them in WvW.

As has been made clear recently, WvW takes second fiddle to funneling people into sPvP and PvE.

sPvP because they feel they can make money off of sponsorships, and PvE because that is where it is easiest to impose grind and sell cosmetics.

And once again history repeats itself. What killed DAoC was Trials of Atlantis, which introduced similar PvE grind for RvR gear.

I’m afraid this could begin the low, slow descent of WvW into bad MMO PvP.

I bet you will at one point be able to buy the T7 mats with badges but only the T7 mats that are comply unrefined. As things stand wvw is the best place to get the crystal you need 500 of them and they drop from every calmer npc.

Not gonna happen.

Ascended is for the carrot chasers. The rest of us just are forced into it.

Carrot chasers TEND to be PvE focused. Anet wants to cater to that mindset and has done so with all the farming/living story events.

Ascended requires crafting. Crafting is not WvW. There is some crossover but not a lot.

Since the weapons right now require 500 crafting.. it will NEVER… EVER not be crafted.

Putting it plainly. You MUST craft for Ascended… simply the truth that will never go away.

The only exception will be when they up the level cap in about 6 months. Then a new level of Ascended or the new Transended items will come out… those you will have to do the new raid boss that takes 75 people and has Agony so you need to have at least agony resistance of 25% to not die instantly.

This is the future of GW2.

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Not gonna happen.

Ascended is for the carrot chasers. The rest of us just are forced into it.

Carrot chasers TEND to be PvE focused. Anet wants to cater to that mindset and has done so with all the farming/living story events.

Ascended requires crafting. Crafting is not WvW. There is some crossover but not a lot.

Since the weapons right now require 500 crafting.. it will NEVER… EVER not be crafted.

Putting it plainly. You MUST craft for Ascended… simply the truth that will never go away.

The only exception will be when they up the level cap in about 6 months. Then a new level of Ascended or the new Transended items will come out… those you will have to do the new raid boss that takes 75 people and has Agony so you need to have at least agony resistance of 25% to not die instantly.

This is the future of GW2.

Is there something wrong with you WvW is condition meta atm stronger weapons not going to help your condition dmg that much. Also wvw had crafting table and mats in it and its the best way to get the crystal you need to make the new weapons.

Jski no clue what the condition meta has to do with the discussion.

And again… they have crafting. But read the OP. He is asking for Ascended weapons via laurels. Next time you ask what is wrong with someone… try to pay attention to the thread.

The stat difference between exotic and ascended for weapons is not that much. You’ll get all the mats you need eventually, but it’ll take time.

I don’t see these being offered for laurels/badges ever even though I think they should.

If no, then can the ascended weaps be made without a need to go to 500 in crafting?

Like my Backpiece. Yes i had to get the vial from doing fractals but i didnt need a craft, i just bought them of the tp and put em into the Mystical forge.