10% Sound fair.
Harder work = more return.
Anyone can find or buy exotics, but to get ascended you need to max out crafting and build your equipment plus use your laurels to give it the little extra.
Exotic equipment is one step below, not equal.
I never understood the ‘oh it’s to hard so it’s not fair’
First of all, no matter what Anet says now, Exotic was supposed to be the end. Second of all, spending a few hours following a chest train in SW and then whipping out your Visa is not exactly hard work… Unless of course you actually have to work (yes, I used that word on purpose) to do your crafting if you can’t afford to take the available shortcut due to…questionable game design.