And here I was thinking the top 99% casuals want legendary armour through Anet hand outs.
Nope, I just want Anet create another ways for me to create my legendary armor like the core game’s legendary weapons.
Well, to be fair, there were only two ways to originally get legendary weapons: the mostly-pve way, or buy it off the tp.
For the record, I’m ok with buyable legendaries. But I don’t think most of the player base was. Some saw it as a loss of prestige if you could just buy it off the TP (or with a credit card). I understand that argument.
So the result is the HOT legendaries. Where you can only get them one way. And if you don’t like the way, then you don’t get the skin. The good thing is that legendaries are just fancy skins.
I don’t particularly want to grind the HOT maps, even though I kinda like the legendary staff. But I don’t clamor for alternate methods, because it’s just a skin. And the problem here is not that legendary armor is behind raids, but that they are account bound.
Actually we can only speak for ourselves, the “most of player base” may also agree with or also be ok with buyable precursor, we can’t be sure.
And that’s why i wish Developers may at least think if there is any other possibilities let casual players like me (maybe few or maybe more), can have chance to create our own.
Btw, legendaries are always the top tier. Comparing to ascended, they are just fancy skins " until now" (and also can switch stats immediately without cost), if Anet add another tier higher than ascended someday (no one knows if this will happen or not for sure), they won’t be “only fancy skins” anymore.
Wow as a player just returning this is very disheartening, ascended gear, legendary gear…. how will i even play the game now, i’m screwed..
Despite some hyperbole in this thread, ascended gear is not necessary to play the majority of content in this game.
But, if you want it, it is very achievable. You can get an ascended amulet from laurels – just log in. Rings are best acquired through fractals, but you can get them with laurels as well. For accessories, I recommend getting them through guild missions.
Ascended weapons are about 70 to 100 gold to craft. Or you can get them as a random drop through fractals, pvp, or teq.
Ascended armor does cost a lot. About 400 to 500 gold to craft a full set. You can get some as random drops in fractals, but the dps boost from a full set of ascended armor is only about 2 to 3 percent. Ascended weapons and trinkets contribute much more to stats and dps.
This thread is about the top 1% of players who want legendary armor, and, for various reasons (some better than others), don’t want to raid. Legendary armor has the same stats as ascended (with the same marginal dps boost).
And here I was thinking the top 99% casuals want legendary armour through Anet hand outs.
Nope, I just want Anet create other ways for me to create legendary armor like the core game’s legendary weapons.