Guild Wars 2

While I don’t yet own a legendary (aiming for trident, still gathering everything the old fashion way), the new selectable stat mechanic has me excited. For a minute I even considered gathering for a second legendary until I remembered how aesthetically ill suited some of those legendary skins are to my mains.

(For context I would never consider a rainbow staff or galaxy wand on a necro).

Thus I pose this question: “What does everyone think of having your legendary store skins to be freely interchanged (outside combat)”.
I don’t mind if it costs transmutation crystals to store a new skins as long as there is reversible access to my weapon skin collection.

This would be fantastic! I’ve never really understood why a skin I paid good gold / gems for / spent days hunting for in an event is only useable once and gets lost forever once I take fancy to a newer skin and transmute over it. I’d personally love for it to be like the Achievement Panel skins that you could “withdraw” numerous times after having earned / paid for them

It needn’t just apply to Legendaries, either! I mean, I’m happy paying transmutation crystals, but let me stash the skins somewhere – they’re collectables, to me, and I’d love to be able to go back to some fond previous skins (memories?) once in awhile. I’d be much more willing to spend on them if I knew they’d stay THEN I could really start collecting, yknow?

If you mean you could make the trident but change the skin to a shield i would vote no… Everyone would make the easiest and cheapest legendary and change it to the expensive ones…

If you mean that you can swap it between characters (Account bound) I really really want it!

Great idea! I think they should also make them free.

I’ve always been a fan of this idea.

Use a transmutation crystal on something, and now its skin is unlocked forever to apply to anything you want – you know, like what we already have, with unlockable dyes!

Evidently this gets in the way of ANet’s plan of charging us 10$ every time we want a new set of armor. Harr harr.

But, really, you could AT LEAST make an exception to Legendary weapons. The effort to acquire them is already utterly obscene.

Draco.2806:

But, really, you could AT LEAST make an exception to Legendary weapons. The effort to acquire them is already utterly obscene.

This is the point I am ultimately making. A selectable skin option for your legendary weapon type (greatswords skins within your dusk/dawn etc.) that could be changed at will would make the weapon appear more ‘legendary’ whilst allowing fans to customised their weapon skin to better suit their character without permanently sacrificing the original ‘legendary’ skin.

I don’t understand this question…

Don’t the Legendary Weapons have just the one skin? Are you asking them to make multiple skins for the Legendary Weapons and then let you switch those? Also, why are you getting a Legendary Trident? You must really love the underwater battles….

Delvoire.8930:

I don’t understand this question…

Don’t the Legendary Weapons have just the one skin? Are you asking them to make multiple skins for the Legendary Weapons and then let you switch those? Also, why are you getting a Legendary Trident? You must really love the underwater battles….

He’s asking for the ability to swap a legendary weapon to other (non-legendary) skins of the same type on-the-fly without transmutation and such.

Like, if someone had Bolt they could choose to turn it into Infinite Light or another sword skin at any time, then turn it back to Bolt later, turn it into a another sword after that, ect. Basically just a swap feature like the new stat-swap except for skins.

Which I definitely do not agree with. Legendary weapons are already getting a boost with Ascended stats and the stat swap, I don’t think they need any more unique functions. I realize they’re a lot of work to get and such, but the original intent of legends was always supposed to be purely a unique aesthetic and not to be “better” than normal weapons functionally. The stat swap function is already stepping beyond that line by allowing on-the-fly adaptation, something that normal weapons have no access to, but I at least kind of understand that since with Ascended stats it would be difficult to transmute a legendary and have it maintain the same stat threshold (you’d have to use another ascended weapon each time).

There’d be no reason for a skin swap function, though. At least beyond just making legendaries more special.

Electro.4173:

Delvoire.8930:

I don’t understand this question…

Don’t the Legendary Weapons have just the one skin? Are you asking them to make multiple skins for the Legendary Weapons and then let you switch those? Also, why are you getting a Legendary Trident? You must really love the underwater battles….

He’s asking for the ability to swap a legendary weapon to other (non-legendary) skins of the same type on-the-fly without transmutation and such.

Like, if someone had Bolt they could choose to turn it into Infinite Light or another sword skin at any time, then turn it back to Bolt later, turn it into a another sword after that, ect. Basically just a swap feature like the new stat-swap except for skins.

Which I definitely do not agree with. Legendary weapons are already getting a boost with Ascended stats and the stat swap, I don’t think they need any more unique functions. I realize they’re a lot of work to get and such, but the original intent of legends was always supposed to be purely a unique aesthetic and not to be “better” than normal weapons functionally. The stat swap function is already stepping beyond that line by allowing on-the-fly adaptation, something that normal weapons have no access to, but I at least kind of understand that since with Ascended stats it would be difficult to transmute a legendary and have it maintain the same stat threshold (you’d have to use another ascended weapon each time).

There’d be no reason for a skin swap function, though. At least beyond just making legendaries more special.

Thank you. That definitely cleared that up for me. I agree with your stance on this as well.

Delvoire.8930:

I don’t understand this question…

….. Also, why are you getting a Legendary Trident? You must really love the underwater battles….

A Bit off topic, but what other current legendary weapon do YOU think suits a necro?

Wrei Mors Les.8406:

Delvoire.8930:

I don’t understand this question…

….. Also, why are you getting a Legendary Trident? You must really love the underwater battles….

A Bit off topic, but what other current legendary weapon do YOU think suits a necro?

Howler and maybe Frostfang.

EnemyCrusher.7324:

Wrei Mors Les.8406:

Delvoire.8930:

I don’t understand this question…

….. Also, why are you getting a Legendary Trident? You must really love the underwater battles….

A Bit off topic, but what other current legendary weapon do YOU think suits a necro?

Howler and maybe Frostfang.

Guess I can always try a power set up on a necro other than a condition set….hmmm.

Wrei Mors Les.8406:

EnemyCrusher.7324:

Wrei Mors Les.8406:

Delvoire.8930:

I don’t understand this question…

….. Also, why are you getting a Legendary Trident? You must really love the underwater battles….

A Bit off topic, but what other current legendary weapon do YOU think suits a necro?

Howler and maybe Frostfang.

Guess I can always try a power set up on a necro other than a condition set….hmmm.

Wacha talking bout Willis!? You can switch your stats on the Legendary now to suit your build. You can honestly grab any Legendary for your Necro.

Delvoire.8930:

Wrei Mors Les.8406:

EnemyCrusher.7324:

Wrei Mors Les.8406:

Delvoire.8930:

I don’t understand this question…

….. Also, why are you getting a Legendary Trident? You must really love the underwater battles….

A Bit off topic, but what other current legendary weapon do YOU think suits a necro?

Howler and maybe Frostfang.

Guess I can always try a power set up on a necro other than a condition set….hmmm.

Wacha talking bout Willis!? You can switch your stats on the Legendary now to suit your build. You can honestly grab any Legendary for your Necro.

For condition build you need a sceptre + dagger. Axe is only power.

But i prefer power for necro. So much more fun!

I just wanted my Flameseeker Prophecies to have a footfall effect… now it seems it’s the only legendary that doesn’t