Guild Wars 2

There are a couple of legendaries that I really like and really desire, but I’m disappointed that there are no means by which I can apply the stats that I would prefer onto the weapon.

For instance, if I want Frostfang or any of the greatswords on my warrior, I would certainly want berserker stats on it. The same applies if I wished to get Bolt or Incinerator for my thief.

I’m aware that, right now, if I were to craft the legendary that I wanted, then use a fine transmutation stone to give it the desired statistics of any given exotic weapon, it would remain the same in appearance and effect, but would lose its “legendary” status in the game itself.

This is a very legitimate concern, because of the “ascended” weapons being recently discussed (or whatever Anet decides to call the new tier of weapons) and simply because of any future changes which might be made to any weapon in the “legendary” category, specifically. I’d like to take a berserker Bolt/Incinerator into WvW, frankly, or a berserker Eternity on my dungeon runs.

TL;DR:
My question is this: What should I expect? Should I go ahead and start working for the legendary that I really like? Or should I simply wait until they explain what they’re going to do with the statistics? Or worse, have I only been hearing rumors (for 4 ish months now) that they’re going to “fix” this issue?

I don’t think they even need to make them transmutable; maybe they can simply provide a certain item (one you could by with skill points/guild commendations/karma/laurels?) which assigns certain stats to the legendary of your choice.

Can an Anet moderator, developer, or member please provide an answer, as well? That would be awesome.

I echo the OP’s concerns about transmuting a legendary.

If I got Sunrise and transmuted the stats of a white “greatsword” onto the legendary, would the time and money be worth the joke?