ArenaNet responds to Guild Wars 2 Ascended gear gripes

The Guild Wars 2 natives are restless with respect to Ascended gear plus the perception of grind. On the heels of a huge forum thread that's generated almost 140 pages & 7,000 replies, ArenaNet Studio Design Director Chris Whiteside attempted to speak some fans off the ledge.

"Our objective isn't to deliver a gear treadmill," White wrote. "Our goal is to make sure we have a appropriate progression for gw2 gold players from exotic up to legendary without a massive jump in reward between the 2." He went on to express that PvP will be unaffected, and that the new stuff will be "accessible in each PvE & WvW over time, and be made accessible via all types of content around the world incorporating existing content."

The full statement is available via the GW2 forums.