Serious question, what about the players who do not enjoy crafting, have never crafted?
You’re going to make only one avenue for obtaining AWs, and make that avenue based on a sidemechanic that a lot of players find tedious, uninteresting and is biased towards PvE play? Really?
What happened to “play how YOU like” and “Every player can get the same rewards via THEIR preferred mode of play” ?
I’m actually very annoyed with this short-sighted and obvious money grab.
Why?
Because Ascended weapons are only being implemented to boost Gem sales.
Because Arenanet knows that a lot of us have no crafting leveled up, and Arenanet knows that a lot of players will end up needing to buy a massive amount of low-end materials off the TP, which in turn will entice some of them to buy gems and exchange them for gold.
It’s disgusting, the GW2 Manifesto is a lie.
Nemain/Kali Darru [FUN]