Guild Wars 2

Ok so most of us know that the new ascended gear(weaps and armor) will be introduced by the end of the year. I personally am not a fan of pvE and I dont want to have to grind for my gear again. I also have several alts who have several different set each because we all know playing the same build for awhile gets boring. If the current system on acquiring ascended items is anything to go by(daily, Fractals, guild missions) I am not optimistic that it’s going to be any easier to get the new gear.

My suggestion would be to keep the new ascended gear a pvE thing only and upon entering WvW the gear would be scaled down to exotic stats. I know that lots of wvwers current builds are based on using ascended trinkets so that would remain the same.

What does the rest of the WvW community think about this issue?

Yes, I would like this. Good suggestion. Much better than making the playing field lopsided because some people grind for gear and some don’t.

I’m fairly concerned that the WvW community will get shafted on this…

It’s asymmetrical and ugly;

A PvE player will get the gear, and can go into WvW if they choose

A WvW player must go into PvE to obtain a complete set of gear

How in the hell does that fit in with Arenanet’s supposed “play how YOU want” partyline?

vincecontix.1264:

Ok so most of us know that the new ascended gear(weaps and armor) will be introduced by the end of the year. I personally am not a fan of pvE and I dont want to have to grind for my gear again. I also have several alts who have several different set each because we all know playing the same build for awhile gets boring. If the current system on acquiring ascended items is anything to go by(daily, Fractals, guild missions) I am not optimistic that it’s going to be any easier to get the new gear.

My suggestion would be to keep the new ascended gear a pvE thing only and upon entering WvW the gear would be scaled down to exotic stats. I know that lots of wvwers current builds are based on using ascended trinkets so that would remain the same.

What does the rest of the WvW community think about this issue?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Ascended-Weapons-and-WvW/first

i am more concered that defnitely on first days/weeks of patch people with legendaries will have quite advantage in wvw :/

Helicity.3416:

I’m fairly concerned that the WvW community will get shafted on this…

It’s asymmetrical and ugly;

A PvE player will get the gear, and can go into WvW if they choose

A WvW player must go into PvE to obtain a complete set of gear

How in the hell does that fit in with Arenanet’s supposed “play how YOU want” partyline?

This^^

vincecontix.1264:

Helicity.3416:

I’m fairly concerned that the WvW community will get shafted on this…

It’s asymmetrical and ugly;

A PvE player will get the gear, and can go into WvW if they choose

A WvW player must go into PvE to obtain a complete set of gear

How in the hell does that fit in with Arenanet’s supposed “play how YOU want” partyline?

This^^

The livestream today said that you will get different types of ascended crafting items by completing different events in WvW. So in PVE a WB will drop you item number one where in WvW a Keep Champ will drop the same item.

It’s never going to happen no matter what they try and spoon feed us in the forums, They want us all to grind as much in PvE as possible and for all the hard work we put in to earning our exotic gear?

Well we can always buy fine transmutation stones from the Gem Store.

It’s just the way this game is heading.

@OP Bad idea. ANET is already saying we can get the mats in WvW. So either get ascended or don’t.

I’m fine with ascended stats in WvW, don’t mind them at all.

CreativeAnarchy.6324:

I’m fine with ascended stats in WvW, don’t mind them at all.

Yep, if you don’t mind farming to quite an extent. From what I saw, it looks like ascended will require at least 70g of mats to craft.

I don’t enjoy crafting at all. I hope I can eventually just buy these finished items on the tp.

Sitkaz.5463:

I don’t enjoy crafting at all. I hope I can eventually just buy these finished items on the tp.

Like Anet would let you do.

http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/gw2-ascended-weapon-stats.jpg

@devon Does your team even have a stakeholder status regarding item changes? Because you kitten ed well should.

I cannot see any reason whatsoever for WvW players to be forced to level up crafting professions (for which the resources are exceptionally limited in WvW) in order to compete with less-dedicated WvW folk who will waltz into the battlefields with their PvE ascended weapons.

If you guys were serious about your manifesto (which I strongly doubt) you need to implement other means of obtaining these items BEFORE releasing them.

It worked well with exotics (took you a long time to get it right in WvW) making them available via Drop, craft, karma and later badges in wvw, but now you’re screwing it up again with the ascended weapons.

I urge you to stop. We all want to love this game, but it’s precisely this sort of poor inter-team communication and ill-conceived grind mechanics that I don’t want to deal with, which is why I came to your game…

style.6173:

@OP Bad idea. ANET is already saying we can get the mats in WvW. So either get ascended or don’t.

There is nothing wrong with getting the mats in wvw, just do not allow the ascended gear to be used in wvw. It’s not that hard.

Seigfried.5938:

CreativeAnarchy.6324:

I’m fine with ascended stats in WvW, don’t mind them at all.

Yep, if you don’t mind farming to quite an extent. From what I saw, it looks like ascended will require at least 70g of mats to craft.

Still don’t mind at all.

Nice a thread with WvW people actually asking to be left out. I never thought I would see it. Well I disagree with this thread. WvW should get the new stuff as well. I like being able to use my stuff in WvW. It is the primary reason I don’t Spvp.