Guild Wars 2 players upset at the apparent arrival of an end-game armour grind

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Guild Wars 2 maker ArenaNet has been criticised by players for having what looks like double-standards.

The debate revolves around the new Ascended tier of armour being added this month to the MMO. In ArenaNet's own words, "This new rarity type falls between Exotic and Legendary on the spectrum of rarity and has slightly higher stats than Exotics." The crucial part of that sentence being "slightly higher stats"; we were assured there wouldn't be statistical differences between armour sets at level 80, only cosmetic alterations.

Some players now find themselves in the frustrating position of having spent lots of real-world money, or lots of game time, amassing suits of armour they believed would be future-proof, only to discover now that they won't be: they'll be statistically weaker.

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