Please cut back on increasing item level

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I do not wish to see GW2 style item progression in the game. Basically once you reach end game, you will have to grind 10x worst than atma for legendary gear which provides a minimal increase in stats.

Grind for Ascended gear? Ten times worse than Atmas? You're out of your mind. There's hardly any real grind for Ascended gear in GW2. Unless you count doing dungeon clears, World Bosses, PvP, and Jumping Puzzles a grind. That sounds like normal day-to-day content people do in 90% of MMO's to have fun. Atma farming? That's a grind. Not playing the game.

There's hardly any 'real' gear progression in GW2. Exotic ( normal end-game gear ) to Ascended ( time-gated BiS gear ) is about it unless you're counting gear progression while leveling up. I'm hardly a GW2 fan, as I'm a butt-hurt GW1 fanboy of seven years. But if you're going to bash a game, at least know what you're talking about and not seem like you skimmed over Wiki for a few minutes.

On topic; I hate vertical progression. I hope that not too many more gear-sets are introduced, and instead they focus more on glamours.