Guild Wars 2

its not so much the rich that will have ascended first cause lets be honest why wouldn’t they just skip to legendary it will be the middle class soon to be poor after spending all their money on ascended mats that get their ascended weapons first

I agree with ya op I could do without the gear just playing content for fun, unfortunately I like to play all content to some extent which requires I have to hunt the top tier of gear.
In my opinion they should add a new type of gear for those who don’t want to grind out new tiers all the time that just scales like legendary but doesn’t require you to grind like crazy to get, but sadly I think the people who want the grind in the game would be strongly against it cause they don’t seem to want people to be able to have fun without having to put in a bunch of work first.

IvoryOwl.3275:

And what reason would people have to grind for Legendaries and feel like they achieved something complicated and arduous if there’s an easier-to-get counter-part of those weapons?

The very thing they give right now the fancy skins and particle effects

Ok for all how have responded I guess my question is if the stat increase on these items isn’t at all important that what do you care if someone can get the stats without having to grind them out if the less expensive options doesn’t have all the flashy effects.

I mean realy if the stats are of no importance then what does anyone care if other have those stats.

Yes anet stated legendaries would be scaled to match the top end in items any time a new level was added

IvoryOwl.3275:

You don’t need Legendaries to be the best player in the game, yet. The difference between an Exotic and Legendary stat-wise aren’t that significant to make any who wields it a power house. You can boast having Twilight but that won’t save you if you don’t know what you’re doing. Its a fact that the difference between a good level 80 player and a bad one are based on his / her gaming skills and the way they treat their fellow players.

In this sense, I disagree with you with the idea of “vertical progression”. However, I hope Anet has more tricks up their sleeves than better stat gear each time they add some new content. A player should be engaged by something they deem worth of their time, and remaining competitive gear-wise ins’t exactly what I consider a smart move. It might not be much now but what of it in the future? Bit by bit, if each new gear set keeps coming with increased stats, it will reach a point where players will NEED to get the latest armor.

Don’t fall into this trap Anet!
Invest in mini-games, jumping puzzles, better living stories, exploring new regions, special missions from the Orders we belong to and interacting with sub-races… as well as improving the current game. There’s plenty of room for maneuver that doesn’t imply a treadmill!

Ok we don’t know the exact stat increase ascended gear is going to have over exotics all we know is its going to be an increase and legendaries are going to be scaled to match it as the new best in slot, for now as the exact wording from anet when they announce that ascended weapons and armors were comming out this year there wouldn’t be any further tiers of gear this year, thats right they said this year so in all likely hood there will be further vertical progession.

Now based on the fact so many people went after legendaries when they had the same stats as exotics I’d have to guess most people wanted them for the look which is all they should really be in my opinion of course I’m against vertical gear progression since anet themselves proved it wasn’t needed in an rpg to keep players playing.

So I see no reason there shouldn’t be an alternative option for best in slot stats that don’t have to be replaced every time another tier of gear for people who don’t care about the fancy particle effects of legendary weapon.

In essence what I’m asking for hear is a way to opt out of vertical progression while still maintaining best in slot stats basically throw all the old gw1 players a bone.

Game was advertised as having no vertical progression why should my gear have to be a legendary grind to be best in slot stat wise all I’m saying is if they are going to add gear progression after previously stating there would be none give me an option to skip it that isn’t a huge time sink

and at present legendaries are the same stats as exotics they wont become more powerful till ascended gets added next week

I think what you seeing is a result of

1: the removal of the trinity
In dungeons its all about dps and dodge

2: rise of zerg play
In wvw and explorable zones no one need to try and set of combo’s they go off anyway just from sheer coincidence if any of the zergers do something other than spam 1

but due to the games mechanics, outside of possibly spvp which I haven’t gotten into yet as I’m not one to solo que and my friends aren’t into it yet the combo system is essentialy wasted cause its so inconsequential to what the community has seen as the most effecient way to play

Give us an alternative to legendary items that have the same stat swap option that is going to be added to them as well as the ability to stay best in slot stat wise just make it so its extremely plain looking without the fancy effects, I for one don’t even care if you can’t add a new skin to it I’d just like an item that doesn’t require an insane amount of grind to get that I won’t have to replace every time a new tier of gear is added.

When the game first came out the idea of large groups taking on meta event bosses and stuff seem interesting but in practice while yes zergs are more efficient from a loot/time standpoint the game play of a zerg is incredibly boring and at times very detrimental to using the one tactic they seem to rely so heavily on for all encounters cause when ya can’t see a visual cue to dodge you aren’t gonna dodge. The novelty of the zerg is gone now I try and log in at off hours just so I can run the content without a giant zerg.

Gabby.3205:

I remember that it was said a long time ago that legendary weapons would have their stats upgraded when a new tier of equipment was released.

Some months ago, they reminded us that ascended weapons and armor would be introduced this year.

We knew that there would be another tier. We always knew.

Some people saved their crystals and skins for when it happened, some didn’t. I know I did.

Just so as you know some people did have their “top tier” exotic armor skinned before there was a fractals of the mist or ascended tier of items even mentioned, so yes we always knew but not till after some already had what was thought to be the best already skinned the way they wanted it

Its not just armor people were using celestial gear for the mf on its also ascended jewelry and regardless of the reason yes the loss of mf on celestial gear is a nerf to the gear and lets be honest here, its a nerf that didn’t need to happen all content in this game could be completed by a full group of people in mf gear but to placate the masses of people who pug in a game called guildwars the stat is being removed from gear so they can finish their farm runs a couple minutes quicker lets just hope that toughness, vitality and condition damage aren’t next on the chopping block cause from what I’ve been seeing lately if it ain’t zerkers your apparently being selfish

I love reading these forums they are always good for a laugh, the op comes here complaining about the old bait and switch and people start calling them entitled (the current go to buzzword of many game forums it seems) and proceeding to tell them what content in the game they don’t have to play.

This game was advertized as having horizontal progression in end game gear ie: skins instead of the same old same old vertical which they went and changed by adding content that while optional just like playing the game at all is does require a higher level of gear creating vertical progression.

Myself I’ve got no problem with buying some transmutation stones and reskining my gear gives me something to spend money on to support the game without having to support the rng boxes so many of these forums seem to just love hehe. But the op complaining about bait and switch tactics is not entitled and who are any of us to tell other player what content they do or don’t have to play

dual classing and all the build potential that came with the old skill system is what miss most, but since that ship has sailed for this game.

I guess I’d like to see the other continents make it into gw2 at some point in the future
as well as some larger party zones and of course guildhalls with the return of gvg after all this game is still called guildwars.

Oh and almost forgot I also miss knowing there wasn’t going to be a higher tier of gear.

The only point from my point of view of ever getting a legendary is that a read in a dev post they would always be adjusted to be top tier stats, and since I don’t wana have to go out and replace my gear to get top tier stats everytime a new level gets added to the game like say ascended I may eventualy gear out completely in legendary items. However since I find most of them less than impressive in the skin department once I’m sure I can safely do so I’ll probably reskin them.

Mad King’s Clock tower

Wintersday was good but Mad King was awesome, its not that wintersday was a let down so much as the nailed it perfectly with the first event so its hard to make something thats gonna live up to that.

Hey things could be alot worse at least the items that come from rng items from the in game store have no game play impact whatsoever, and half of the reason people want them is because they are rare thats the appeal in alot of cases if ya take away the rng you take away the rarity and aside from the few collectors no one wants the items anyway, and the game makes less money and I for one want the game to make a ton of money so we keep getting lots of new content to use the amazing game play in.

The one thing they maybe should change tho is making them unbound so people who get them and don’t want them can give or sell them to those who do.

I’ve gotta agree with the op the Mad king was better, the clock tower was better than winter wonderland, both of the pvp events were better than the bell choir or snowball fight (and the snowball arena was my favorite pvp of all of gw1’s) and the labyrinth and mini dungeon were vastly superior to infinitarium and toypocalypse.
I also think the rewards were better for mad king but I find mini pets to bet a total waste of system resources and dev time since all they do is use more hardware to render an object that does nothing but some people seem to love em so I guess they are fine. All that being said wintersday isn’t a bad event in its own right, its just nowhere near the awsome that was Mad King.

The timed jumping puzzles have been my favorite part about the holiday events so far when you complete one the achievement you get feels like and achievement unlike most granted the mad king completion felt much more impressive cause it took longer to do but some of that might be attributed to the skills I gained thru completing the clock tower. Anyway great job anet not as challenging as the tower but having 3 starting path was enough to keep me from getting it right away

Yup cant log in either located in nb canada same error code as op

It was the one thing missing from the halloween event.

Rare and unique looking items are one of the main things players strive for after they have capped characters when they aren’t busy pvping, so adding new skins that are available only for a limited time helps to create more options for customization and allows players to aquire something they know there will only be a limited number of people wearing giving their characters a more unique look much like the weapon skins from the halloween event.

Also if this suggestion gets used it would be realy cool if the mad king armor got a unique look even if its something as simple as adding a mad king logo to the existing armor piece models.

Best mmo holiday event I’ve ever played. Only thing it was missing was a unique skin for the mad king exotic armor pieces.

Finaly finished it level 33 human thief

Loved the clock tower

So ya anyone think there is a chance the armor may get a unique look in some later patch

Ya great event probably the best I’ve seen in an mmo and in spite of the fact I likely wont be getting any of the rare skins I even like the way they were handled, rare’s are meant to be rare and in this game it appears they will be, I also hope all the event skins including the costumes will be retired and replaced for next year to keep the cool factor as high.