Guild Wars 2

yurtshone.7325:

Valtameri.2075:

Ryan.6951:

So… Jrunyon and Valtameri, are you two saying then that this is a good idea?

Like, of ALL the ideas in the entire world, this is a really… just good idea.

So what if it was kitten in every other game that tried it… right? Whiners got no sense! amirite?

Who are we to judge if it is a good idea, heck we haven’t even tested out the patch yet.
What i’m saying is that new stat isn’t gonna affect gameplay as much as people think.
If it would be widely used over the game, maybe.. But now i don’t really see the big problem here. No one is forcing you to venture 100 levels of new dungeon til’ you start needing that new gear.

Do the math. A 26% stat increase across the board with all slots filled with the new armour, weapons and accessories. ATM they are only releasing two items but more are promised. These stats will work outside the dungeon. Only the infusion slot is for the new content.
And BTW talk to us like adults please. Do not be disrespectful

Hi, I’m wondering how u achieve the calculations of getting 26% stat increase with full ascended gear. From what i have seen with the rings, +5 power/pre out of 63 power/pre(exotic) is 8%. Assuming all 8% is standardize across all accessories and wearing full ascended accessories, it will still give a 8% increase compared to full exotic accessories. You don’t actually add up the percentage increase in each item, if you add them up it’s like give 8*6=48% ,which is not the case. Of course, this is assuming the 8% increase is consistent with all ascended gear (which probably is not).

The only thing I am not happy about is the magic find . If its just magic find then it will be alright, but imagine critical damage having such a high increase. People will be doing like 300 damage crits and it’s gonna be insane!

Anyway, it’s basically choosing exotic gear with runes/sigils versus ascended gear with like 10 extra stats. Depending on profession and build, some might still stick with exotics + runes.

I am not defending A-net or anything, I hate gear treadmill as much as anyone here complaining, but before I actually flame and bring on the hurt to A-net, I will wait for the update and see what’s it gonna be like. Exotics + bonuses from runes might be still top choices for WvW/ Doesn’t mean stacking all that extra 100 or so stats will make you god in WvW, sometimes the bonuses actually are better. Maybe A-net might even introduce more runes to make it competitive with ascended gear so you actually have to think it through when choosing your gear instead of just going “zomgzzz ascendesd iz da shzit hurrrr”.