Guild Wars 2

Aidan Savage.2078:

Considering the OP didnt stop and think “i should ask and/or find out why this has a ‘unique’ tag on it,” and probably blindly purchased a duplicate, it IS fair to settle the blame on them. Necessary? Not all the time, but definitely still fair.

Should there be a tip notice when you first obtain a unique trinket? Yes. Should there be descriptions on items in such simple terms that an amoeba can understand it? No. Games, let alone mmo games, should not be spoonfeeding players to the level they’re equivalent to a computer waiting for input. Players should be required to actually think like a sentient creature.

I wouldn’t even have bothered to post if the word ‘unique’ was in red, like it is elsewhere in the game. It’s really not much to ask for consistency.

I had never played another MMO before GW2. Most other genres of games do not require extensive googling prior to enjoying the game. The fact that one of the game’s main advertised features is that they’re so different from other MMO’s and that they pride themselves on the amount of new players they do have, should indicate a generally newbie-safe environment.
Then again, the game also prides itself on the kindness of the community, and, well….

Ellieanna.5027:

FlashAhAhh.4307:

They should put a warning in for this. That being said in ANY MMO you should always read up on your gear path BEFORE buying anything.

Isn’t the word UNIQUE a warning?

As Qugi said, it’s not really much of one. Sigils, for example, read “Sigils do not stack with any tier of the same sigil type” and in red text, which leaves very little confusion.
The word ‘unique’ on ascended, however, is just another white/light grey word blending in with the others.

Thanks for all the comments guys, I sent in a ticket about 5 hours ago; no reply yet but hopefully it can be exchanged otherwise it’ll sit in my bank for a long while.

So, like many others, I’ve just found out the hard way that you can’t use two of the same ascended pieces on one character.
I may not be able to get my laurels back, guess I’m just going to have to make another build to fit it in somewhere, but I’m sure future players would greatly appreciate a tooltip similar to the ones on sigils that tells you they do not stack.