Guild Wars 2

Whoever was in charge of the Twitch livestream of Colin’s presentation screwed up and left hosting on.

Viewers missed the initial trailer and the start of the presentation. Lame. Hopefully we can watch the beginning later.

Might seem minor, but as a person excited for HoT, this was super stupid to have happen.

THANK YOU ARENANET FOR STICKING WITH 5% INSTEAD OF INCREASING TO 10%

Sorry for caps lock, but I am very happy this did not go through.

if it was not for this change, i would probably have already gone with the Ultimate Edition (omg gem sale)

However, this change has me seriously considering not even buying HoT.

I really do not want to have to put all my 80s into Ascended. That does not sound fun or worthwhile.

Mourningcry.9428:

See.. all the pre-order salt pushed this salt too far down in the forum….. scroll a few pages back or search for all the NaCl.

you read my mind; i was surprised not to see this topic on the front page. i guess people are more upset about the price lol.

I will be honest; I find this upsetting.

I stuck with GW2 because of it’s no grind philosophy, and I was happy with the fact that Ascended was there for people who wanted it, but it was not so strong so as to make it become mandatory.

Not to be cliche, but I just don’t have as much gaming time as I once used to, and I liked that GW2 was not so intensive on time to feel like it was worthwhile.

Patch Notes.

http://dulfy.net/2015/06/16/gw2-upcoming-june-23-patch-notes/

“The attribute difference between exotic and ascended gear has been changed from 5% to 10%”

…instead of 5% as before.

What do you guys think about Ascended being further away from Exotics, in terms of stats/strength?

On the one hand, maybe it gives some people a new goal to reach.

On the other hand, is it a worthwhile goal to create? Some people like the fact that it is not a grind to get good gear, and with Ascended pulling further ahead than Exotics than before, it might make people view Ascended as required instead of optional.

This is way too mandatory for nearly all Mesmer builds, and not making it baseline limits the variability of builds Mesmers will be able to make.

Almost all Mesmers will have to take this Spec just to get this Trait. It should really be baseline.

some of us do not want to be forced into Ascended crafting.

with stats being removed from traits and put more into gear, will the gap between Exotic and Ascended increase, because I hope it does not?

there are also new types of content like right now there’s the Sanctum Sprint which is basically Mario Kart but GW2 style. Not perfect but I love it. there have also been some changes to the zone maps and additions of entirely new maps