Acension Blessing

I just finished the ascension quests and thought the story was great. One thing I would like to see added is some sort of feature that makes us feel that ascension is truly this great feat. Granted, being in new towns and having acess to new armor is nice, but I was level 20 before ascension, and now I'm still level 20, with not that much of a difference (I think I bought one skill). I propose adding special blessings for characters who ascend. Give us the option to pick one special skill upon completing the dragon quests..some ideas:

Elemental mastery (+1 to elemental skills)
Strong attack (extra damage on each hit)
Some sort of defensive bonus
Extra energy

You get the idea. The bonuses don't have to be huge, but it would be a nice added feature that could add even more uniqueness to our characters.

The only touble that it'd have to balance out with PvP. Not that hard to do I suppose, but no reason to make things more complicated.

Now, it would be downright shibby if there were some type of ethsetic benefit to it. Heck if I know what. Making it so when a person goes running past you, you'd point and say "Hey, that's guy's Ascended!"

I like the game balance for the most part, but I'm always looking for new ways to look different.

I think those small ideas would be nice to have in opposition to PvP character's weapons.

"Improves recharge when using <attribute> (20% Chance)"
"Improves casting speed when using <attribute> (20% Chance)"

Beats any RP weapon I've seen. I've only found weapons like that that go up to 13%, but never an offhand that has both. So rare

Doesnt even need to be anything special, something visual can be neat as well... like burning eyes or something like the divine aura...

I vote for, i just got ascended and i dont feel or look any different...

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Your choice of one Elite skill.

Yeah, I must confess to being rather disappointed at finishing Ascension as well. They made it out to be a *big* deal, and had a much more interesting set of missions than anything prior, and then... nothing.

I'll admit I was disappointed as well, it'd be nice to have some aesthetic benefits to choose from. Oh well, I'm not complaining and it's still a lot of fun.

That would be great as well... doesnt give huge advantages since you can get it sooner of later anyway... it would save me some time ... now i have to go to those mines and steal barrage of some boss...

lol i thought the ascension cinematic was...well... rubbish...

there's all these impressive ones with charr bringing down the walls, or white mantle running through the forest... and then theres you walking up to some big shiny light.

Added benefit that it shortens the time PvPers need to PvE. Most builds contain the one (intended) elite skill--play to 20, do three missions, grab that skill and you're set.

And it feels like a tangible reward for putting up with those three missions :P