We will not be adding a new tier of gear every 3 months that we expect everyone to chase after and then get the next set and so on.
How to sound reassuring but not being so.
The fact that they said every 3 months doesn’t mean they are not going to do it in 6…9…12 months
I’m very pessimistic about how GW2 will look in a year or two.
What’s next on the menu ?
Level Cap raised to 90 in future paid expansion(s) ?
After all, once you break your own Golden Rules, the worse can be expected.
Pleas prove me wrong Arena Net
I think that trend wont stop. For me they sold their soul with this patch.
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
Ascended and infusion rewards will be available in both PvE and WvW over time, and be made available through all sorts of content around the world including existing content. " this
Good lord shut up people it willbe in WVW it will be in old content
and there not planing on adding much more content like this.
And when will it be? You could get the best Items by all the different ways the game offers. Now U HAVE to farm a stupid dungeon and nothing but that. Everything else is completley worthless. Old Dungeons, crafting, lower maps etc….
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
Honestly, I don’t care about the gear having higher stats. That really doesn’t matter. All my chars can run dungeons in blues or greens, and still do well. If some players feel they need the additional stats for a gear progression feeling, that’s fine..
But I’m a bit bummed out on the artificial barrier they’re creating with Agony, especially because of my alts. With this, a fresh 80 can’t viably do all end-game content anymore, as I’ll have to build up Ascended gear and Agony resistances first, which sucks :< No way to get all my future 80’s I’ve got planned all geared up with my playtime. O well, I guess it was inevitable with all the whining.
Agony is really just a terrible idea.
Right, knowing that you have to chase all your toons through that treadmill to enjoy all the content with the alt u want to, demotivates me.
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
“I’d like to respond to concerns players have raised about ascended items. Please keep in mind that we’re releasing this as one portion of a massive November update that introduces and improves many aspects of challenge, progression, and rewards. With this and upcoming updates, we view ourselves as introducing large amounts of content with supporting systems and features, akin to an expansion pack, building on Guild Wars 2 through a series of live releases. So it’s important for us to be able to add an expansion pack’s worth of progression and rewards to support that content.
Our goal is not to create a gear treadmill."
You heard it here first folks.
It’s not a gear treadmill!
It’s progression!
Oh ja, a horse is a horse is a horse is a horse…..
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
“Here’s what we believe: If someone wants to play for a thousand hours to get an item that is so rare that other players can’t realistically acquire it, that rare item should be differentiated by its visual appearance and rarity alone, not by being more powerful than everything else in the game. Otherwise, your MMO becomes all about grinding to get the best gear. We don’t make grindy games — we leave the grind to other MMOs.”
-Mike Obrien, President of Arenanet
Fun impacts loot collection. The rarest items in the game are not more powerful than other items, so you don’t need them to be the best. The rarest items have unique looks to help your character feel that sense of accomplishment, but it’s not required to play the game. We don’t need to make mandatory gear treadmills, we make all of it optional, so those who find it fun to chase this prestigious gear can do so, but those who don’t are just as powerful and get to have fun too.”
– Colin Johanson
Lies, lies and more lies.
“I’d like to respond to concerns players have raised about ascended items. Please keep in mind that we’re releasing this as one portion of a massive November update that introduces and improves many aspects of challenge, progression, and rewards. With this and upcoming updates, we view ourselves as introducing large amounts of content with supporting systems and features, akin to an expansion pack, building on Guild Wars 2 through a series of live releases. So it’s important for us to be able to add an expansion pack’s worth of progression and rewards to support that content.
Our goal is not to create a gear treadmill. Our goal is to ensure we have a proper progression for players from exotic up to legendary without a massive jump in reward between the two. We will slowly add the remaining ascended gear items and legendary items in future updates to allow people time to acquire them as we add exciting new content that deserves exciting rewards. We will not be adding a new tier of gear every 3 months that we expect everyone to chase after and then get the next set and so on.
Ascended and infusion rewards will be available in both PvE and WvW over time, and be made available through all sorts of content around the world including existing content. PvP will remain unaffected to ensure our intended PvP balance going forward. We are also working on other reward and progression systems for the game that tie into current and new content and features. As you know we care very much about your support and opinion and are listening intently to what you say.
Finally we look forward to hearing your thoughts on the upcoming content, and we will ensure we share our thoughts with you on the experiences we share in the Lost Shores."
Chris Whiteside – Studio Design Director
Lying about lies, that must be a sad joke.
I’m disgusted.
So am I….
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
Right now I only can get these things by doing a stupid Dungeon over and over again. No crafting no karma, no possibillity getting them by WvW. So, my wallet remains closed over the next year. Maybe you manage it to regain some of the confidence you killed with the bullkitten. Try it A-Net it wont be easy for you.
This is no longterm motivation to me – it just killed my motivation to log in. I just put a lot of time and gold into my exo set and now its completly worthless. How would I belive that you will not betray me again?
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
pfft, I for when welcome higher stat gear, gives me something to work towards cause I know I sure as hell won’t be aimming for legendaries anytime soon, way too go anet! , Besides you know they are just gonna ignore the QQing from people since the content is already primed and ready for release.
If I was A-Net I wouldnt underestimate the loyal Fanbase they had until today.
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
Crafting is worthless now, because u cant craft the best things in the game anymore….why would anyone start crafting now? Uh, I see, just to blow up time and gold….
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
All they said is they added a new tier of gear.
It seems full exotic is too easy to get, and legendary way too hard.
It didn’t say they will keep on adding new tiers all the time. They just phase in the new tier smoothly, starting with a back item and rings….
I put a lot of time and gold into crafting. Now that I have my 2 toons full equipped, its all worthless, thx A-Net. Can I craft the new things? NO! I hate dungeons and now I HAVE TO DO this bullkitten to get max. equip? No, thx – I bought the game because A-net promised that there NEVER will be such a gear creep.
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
Ok now more refering to topic. I am very sad about implementing this item creep, because the only reason to buy the game for me was, that there was no itemhunting at all. What means that for me now:
R.I.P. GW2 and hail to WoW2 – thats what it feels to me !!
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
Ahh, and you know exactly what we do against the stupid cheaters on our side…good to know….And they did not give it back, we had to get it back ourselves….
This witchhunt is ridiculous, hackers and chesters are on your side as on our side. I dont need them and I dont want them, but saying, that a whole server is hacking when hackers are on your side the same time is more than ridiculous…
over and out
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
Ok I give up… some poeple should see a doctor of take some fresh air cause of their paranoia….
BTW.: The first 2 times we saw this bug, it was to our disadvantage. Should I now blame Piken for hacking our orb? Of course it looked strange, but no one thought about hacking. We just took the bug as men and not as crying chicken….
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
Is there any evidence that any orb was moved out of any keep? Show me and I am a believer, but otherwise you shouldn`t see a hacker behind any wall. In fact there are cheaters – i hate them, too – but the orbthing is a bug as the screen proves.
The spirit of Guild Wars died on Nov. 13 2012. R.I.P.
