ok at least 90% of us have heard about and/or read about the new ascended gear and dungeon they are implementing. MOST of the responses have been negative and frankly… I AGREE WITH ALL THOSE NEGATIVE RESPONSES. I am playing this game SPECIFICALLY because its not all about gear. I HAAATE the idea of segregating casual players from the hardcore and handicapping the casual guys because the kid that has no job or has a lot more time to play gets to faceroll u cuz his gear is tier 15 and yours is tier 3. its what made me bounce from mmo to mmo for the past 8 years. there are PLENTY of ways to add content WITHOUT player segregation.
HOWEVER……
here are two quotes out of Linsey Murdocks announcement of the upcoming content followed by my assessments…
“We have always worked hard to create a sense of satisfying progression rather than gear grind and this new item progression initiative is no exception. By adding challenging new combat mechanics to end-game content and ways to mitigate those mechanics through gear progression for high-end players, we can add personal progression without making the game feel like an endless treadmill of gear that is just out of your reach”
-ok…guys…this LITERALLY means they are WELL AWARE of the treadmill situation and are STILL avoiding it at all costs as promised. we still have yet to hear the details of “infusion”. we have no clue if this will affect us in pvp (from the above quote…probably not) for all u pvp fans which include me…and lets just break that quote down…NOT LOOKING TO MAKE IT A GRIND is what was said.
another quote…
“Infusions are a special new type of Upgrade Component that can only be slotted into special Infusion slots on gear.”
“For now, Infusions slots can only be found in gear of a new rarity type: Ascended.”
-GUESS WHAT?! theyve left all the room in the world to make exotics/legendaries available for infusion IF NEED BE by saying “FOR NOW, this will only be availiable on ascended gear”.
just relax guys. from what was stated… all the work u put in for your exotics and legendaries wont necessarily make them obsolete. all we gotta do is just see how the patch plays out and im quite confident that the appropriate adjustments will be made to even everything out. we all know new games need tweaking to polish out. just mellow out and keep enjoying the outstanding product Anet has produced!!!
