This ‘really’ better be a bug. I just tested this. This is crazy messed up, I don’t even know where to start? 
Maybe nerfing Plush Griffon’s swimming ability wasn’t enough. Sure, he can’t solo keeps in WvW any more while his owner was logged out for the night, but he just ‘looks’ too awesome.
On a serious note, why? Why would they do that? If you transform something off to a white to make it account bound for another character and bank it, and come back a month later, you can’t tell what the skin was through the preview, unless you spend a stone to burn it. Figure out that’s not the one you wanted then spend another stone to burn it back off to a white and bank it?
I suppose crystal sales will be up. It’s kinda like adding RNG to previewing.
Can’t believe I figured out a good place for this quote, but here goes:
“Could be lunch meat, could be peaches. Who knows? The point is this…”