Guild Wars 2

We need to be able to UPGRADE our existing set of max exotic armor to ascended armor when it comes out. Otherwise we will have to spend a fortune in transmutation crystals and it looks like a money grab by Anet which has been committed for 8 years to you being able to get max stat items fairly easily to keep it fair across the board for players. Spending gems on fun stuff is one thing, but when you’ve already spent a lot of in game gold on an armor set/weapon to then have its stats get nerfed and you have to spend a ton of in game gold on new max stat, THEN have to spend real money to skin it if you can’t get lucky on map completion to get crystals…that is wrong. Let us put our current skin in the forge with 3 other crafted items, same result without us having to blow transmutation crystals and money. Keep it that money is for fun stuff (finishers, mini pets, etc) NOT to keep the skin you already bought with gold, crafted, or spent real money on already.