I am a bit sad now. Some time ago I got my mesmer to level 80. She is my third lvl80 toon and this time I feel that I could actually go after ascended rings and stuff. I haven't cared about these before. I knew ascended items have a bit better stats, but I didn't know that they give stat combos that you can not get with normal items. As WvW sword&sword shatter mesmer I want high crits and toughness is better than vitality.
Ascended Cavalier rings gives:
- 103 Toughness
- 68 Power
- 8% Critical Damage
and +5 some stat with infusion
Since there is no cavalier's gemstone exotic rings can't give that amount of toughness and critical damage.
Exotic cavalier's karma ring + Exquisite Emerald Jewel
- 82 Toughness
- 63 Power
- 25 Precision
- 3% Critical Damage
Exotic cavalier's karma ring + Exquisite Beryl Jewel
- 67 Toughness
- 73 Power
- 15 Vitality
- 6% Critical Damage
Other thing that I learned is that fractal weapons are RNG based. I would love to have this sword for my mesmer.
Narrow two sided blade with nice effects, but it is RNG drop from lvl20+ fractals. ._. If there would even be a token with same drop-rate, so that I could select what weapon I want... then I would be motivated to go after this.
I know I am late with this, most of the people saw this when fractals were released but I have been having fun with leveling professions, etc so I didn't check this stuff with detail. I do not really fancy about going after RNG drops(both rings and skin), I would rather just play for fun than spend my limited playtime on one instance. Most likely I will start doing these with guild when I have time and if rings do not drop I will get them with laurels (at some point in distant future).
Has anet said anything about using agony resistance outside fractals? Will they use it in future or will it be only useful in that one instance?