Guild Wars 2

Hi all, this is my first post on the forums. I started playing GW2 a year ago, coming mostly from fighting games and MOBAs. Loved the combat and the possibilities the game allowed for builds and sticked with it.

Everything is looking good in HoT so far, but there’s one thing that got me concerned after the recent blog posts. It mentioned stats wouldn’t be confined to traits/specs anymore (good), but that they would end up on gear to make up for it. Thing is, I planned most of my character builds taking into account the bonuses I received from the trait lines, and mixing a lot of sets, in order to achieve very specific numbers. Since most gear in the game focuses on one main stat and two secondary ones (unlike traits), won’t I have to grind for different gear on my characters to make up for the trait points? I know this is something I should be prepared for, as it’s a whole new expansion to the game and these things happen, but it does dampen my enthusiasm to think I’d have to get new gear for most of my finished characters. Is this something I should be concerned about? And is the plan for trait stats to be on gear from now on already set in stone, or can that change?

Thanks guys for all your hard work, and for doing this AMA.