Foefire- Guild Wars 2- Ascended Gear Details Revealed

Hello and welcome to an extra Foefire! Yesterday, Linsey Murdock took to the Guild Wars 2 blog, posting more details on the Ascended armor in the Novemeber patch. Turns out this is way more then just an armor set. This is HUGE! Asceneded armor is a whole new tier of armor in Guild Wars 2. An MMO adds a WHOLE NEW TIER of armor, in a PATCH. Not an expansion, a patch. This is amazing. The tiers are as follows:
Junk-Gray
Common-White
Fine-Blue
Masterwork-Green
Rare-Yellow
Exotic- Orange
Ascended-Purple
Legendary-Red
Mystic-Purple

This is amazing. Anyway, to the blog post.
Misc
They know about the legendary wall effect, and have added another tier to fit in between them.
They will make legendarys always be the best. They wil buff all legendarys to over Ascended level.

New Condition: Agony

In the upcoming Fractals of the Mists dungeon, we’ll introduce a new monster condition called Agony.
This extremely dangerous condition ticks percentages of player health away and can’t be cleansed by normal means. Players who wish to delve deep into the Fractals will find that Agony makes progress increasingly difficult, until they reach the point where some defense against this condition is a must. The only way to mitigate Agony damage is by building up resistance through Infusions, a new type of upgrade component that can be acquired in the Mystic Forge.

New Upgrades: Infusions

Infusions are a special new type of Upgrade Component that can only be slotted into special Infusion slots on gear.
There are multiple types of Infusions and Infusion slots. In November, we’ll introduce Offensive, Defensive, and Omni Infusions of Fine rarity from new Mystic Forge recipes. Infusion upgrade types must be paired with their like slot, with the exception of the rare and versatile Omni Infusions which can be slotted into any type of Infusion slot.

For now, Infusions slots can only be found in gear of a new rarity type: Ascended.

New Rarity Type: Ascended

In November we’ll unveil the first Ascended items. This new rarity type falls between Exotic and Legendary on the spectrum of rarity and has slightly higher stats than Exotics.
Ascended gear works a little bit differently than other gear types. The stats and functionality normally added to gear through upgrade components are actually built into Ascended items. Instead of upgrade slots, Ascended gear has Infusion slots, and rarer versions of the items also come with additional Agony Resistance built into them. Players will be able to acquire Ascended Rings in the Fractals of the Mists dungeon, and Ascended items worn on the back can be acquired through special Mystic Forge recipes.

This is just the beginning. In November, we’re only adding the first level of Infusions and Ascended Rings and Back slots, so that leaves us a lot of room to build upon these levels of Item progression in future content.


I love this, and love the picture of the Ascended items. I really want to level up now and get to 80. I also want to do things in Diablo 3, and Assasins Creed 3 is coming. Borderlands 2 is fun, and I am making a loot based game too. ARGH!! SO MUCH LOOT I WANT TO DO IT ALL!