Guild Wars 2

OK, this is just an idea that I don’t know how feasible is on the current design of the game’s engine and backend. So maybe an idea for future patches (or expansions maybe).

Would it be possible to add a system to transmute an item’s look in a non-destructive way? I know it sounds a lot, specially for those of you who don’t come from other MMOs. I know ANet’s logic behind it is that we get the same “good looking” item over and over, but there are several gear on this game that can only be obtained once per character, like personal story rewards. I’ve got this awesome looking Axe that was offered together with an awesome looking Sword but I had to choose one. Fine. However, this item is soul bound, so even if I created another character to get it, I couldn’t dual-wield two of this awesome looking Axe.

Please let me reason on it a little bit.

Today we have the Fine Transmutation Stone (now called Transmutation Crystal) that can only be obtained though gems or from a very rare drop from Black Lion Chests (that are opened used keys purchased with gems or very rare drops). How about the Transmutation Crystal be changed to a system were you don’t destroy the two items you are trying to transmute, the one with the looks and the one with the stats? The crystal would be consumed, of course, but not the items. And let the Basic Transmutation Stone (now simply Transmutation Stone) be able to transmute any item through the destructive process we have today. For all I care, ANet could even create yet a third Transmutation System sold as a service on the Black Lion’s Trading Panel, for gems, that would do this non-destructive process.

See, buying the Crystals with gems for a lot of us players (me included) means spending real money on them. While I have no problem spending money on a game I love, having to spend it on a destructive system like we have today really hurts.

This idea has possibly been given before. I would just like to give my thoughts and suggestions on it. I didn’t come here trying to pick a fight with those players who love the system the way it is now. So please, no ranting. Thanks!

Story reward tokens are account bound not soulbound, or at least they were when I got 2 daggers for my thief