Guild Wars 2

…but i went Order of Whispers. that said, i can’t seem to find an Vigil Greatsword in the game either way. note that i’m looking for the big honking sword you see Vigil people having, not the cheap crapola that Crusader Patrick seems to sell (image is here: http://www.gw2db.com/items/61633-vigil-greatsword).

is it possible to get a Vigil Greatsword that i can transmute to whatever exotic i settle on if i didn’t go Vigil as my profession?

You have to go Vigil to get the greatsword, and I believe it costs 5g.

I believe there is a convoluted way, by making a second character, playing through the story again (but choosing the vigil), buying the sword with that character, then transmuting the sword’s look into a level 0 white sword, which allows you to transfer it to your original character via your bank (it will say soulbound, but your other characters can get it). You can then transmute the sword again to an exotic (or whatever), making it soulbound again.

I’m not sure if this still works. I have a feeling that Arena Net will at some point consider this “an exploit” and make it impossible to do, while adding no “legitimate” way for players to change orders, or even see the gear before deciding which order they want to join.

Edit: Tested (with a different sword) and it still seems to work. Either way, caveat emptor, etc..

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I believe there is a convoluted way, by making a second character, playing through the story again (but choosing the vigil), buying the sword with that character, then transmuting the sword’s look into a level 0 white sword, which allows you to transfer it to your original character via your bank (it will say soulbound, but your other characters can get it). You can then transmute the sword again to an exotic (or whatever), making it soulbound again.

I’m not sure if this still works. I have a feeling that Arena Net will at some point consider this “an exploit” and make it impossible to do, while adding no “legitimate” way for players to change orders, or even see the gear before deciding which order they want to join.

Edit: Tested (with a different sword) and it still seems to work. Either way, caveat emptor, etc..

This is currently what you would have to do.

that is so convoluted.

time to start a ranger! =)

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or even see the gear before deciding which order they want to join.

Yeah, that’s a problem. It’s difficult to make an informed choice if your decision takes the look of the gear into account. Yes you can look at that order’s troops and get an idea of the theme. But when you’re coming up, the first time you play through, it’s not like you’re going to have occasion to wander around all three HQs beforehand. More likely you’re just playing through the story and make your choice based on the order’s philosophy, as presented via the story.

I understand that switching orders mid-story would cause a weird jump in the mission thread, and that after doing so your very next mission would basically be a non sequitur. But that is something the player would have to willfully accept and choose, so I don’t see the problem.

Maybe it would be enough to allow a switch only after you’re completed the storyline. The gear you want is lvl 80 anyway.