Guild Wars 2 is introducing legendary armor next. But how do you get the new gear, and will it be as complicated and time-consuming as obtaining legendary weapons? A developer provides the answers!
How can you recognize a hardcore Guild Wars 2 player? Of course, by their legendary weapon, because these special items are not much better than the usual endgame gear, but they look extremely cool and unique. To obtain them, you have to farm a lot, as the required resources are equally legendary.
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Even more farming
The legendary armor announced will require a similar amount of effort, but the procedures differ fundamentally. To avoid any misunderstandings, game designer Andrew McLeod spoke out in the official Guild Wars 2 forum.
- The first armors from the “Envoy Armor” achievement are similar in power level to the early precursor weapons (not the legendary precursor weapons).
- The Envoy armors are not the final legendary precursor armors and can be chosen by the player in light, heavy, and medium variants from the chest.
- Once the achievement “Envoy Armor I” is completed, we will automatically be assigned the task “Envoy Armor II”.
- All steps to obtain this armor have not yet been implemented in the game, but an NPC will explain what we need to do for the respective resources.
- The completed Envoy II Armor will have the level of a legendary precursor. Again, we can choose what type of armor we want.
- Additionally, there are construction plans for all other precursor armors, so we can build what we want.
The legendary precursor is not the end of the line. Rather, you will need to farm a lot more to collect all the ingredients to finally create the desired legendary armor from the precursors in the mystic forge. By the way, the new armors are not free of controversies, as the trouble regarding the cat-mops shows.
What do you think of the legendary armors in Guild Wars 2? Will you eagerly dive into the fray and farm resources for months? Or do you still get strange twitches and stutter “The Horror, the Horror” when you think of the effort to obtain your legendary weapon? Let us know!
