Guild Wars 2

We all know we’re getting Ascended armour in the (near?) future, so why not change the Dungeon and Cultural Armour into skins so we can use the skins to transmog the Ascended armours?

Why not just use a transmutation stone?

Leowulf.7658:

Why not just use a transmutation stone?

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… and people use dungeon armour for the stats as well… that wont change when asc armour comes out

Or maybe just add a separate section that sells just the skin for tokens add well as the normal.

You all are missing the fact that the gem store is the only place to reliable get those Transmutation Crystals.

Tom Gore.4035:

You all are missing the fact that the gem store is the only place to reliable get those Transmutation Crystals.

That fact wasnt missed.

What was missed by the op was the fact that dungeon armor is actually used as armor.

clint.5681:

Tom Gore.4035:

You all are missing the fact that the gem store is the only place to reliable get those Transmutation Crystals.

That fact wasnt missed.

What was missed by the op was the fact that dungeon armor is actually used as armor.

Well with the ascended tier coming, it’s only a matter of time before it will only be used as a skin, albeit that time might be long(ish).

In any case, it’s unlikely that these will be turned into skins, since the transmutation crystals are probably one of the most purchased items in the gem store and ANet don’t want to change that.

Yes to cultural armour (who really uses lv80 rares and pays 120g for them???), no to dungeon armour. I used a lot of dungeon armor (and weapons) just for the stats.

Tom Gore.4035:

clint.5681:

Tom Gore.4035:

You all are missing the fact that the gem store is the only place to reliable get those Transmutation Crystals.

That fact wasnt missed.

What was missed by the op was the fact that dungeon armor is actually used as armor.

Well with the ascended tier coming, it’s only a matter of time before it will only be used as a skin, albeit that time might be long(ish).

In any case, it’s unlikely that these will be turned into skins, since the transmutation crystals are probably one of the most purchased items in the gem store and ANet don’t want to change that.

Bingo, the whole point, as I said, was because ascended armour will out do it and it will just become a skin for transmute anyway

I’m not willing to spend real money on Gems right now with the state of the game and buying with ingame gold is a hit and miss affair

Both Dungeon and Cultural armour, although used for stats, could be a skin as those stats are ALREADY available from the trading Post for 2 gold TOPS (I full set of named armour for 6 gold?!?)
Unless they upgrade the dungeon and Cultural armour to ascended stats? Which is doubtful

SSalp.6423:

Yes to cultural armour (who really uses lv80 rares and pays 120g for them???), no to dungeon armour. I used a lot of dungeon armor (and weapons) just for the stats.

As I said above, you can already get the stats and runes cheaply on the Trading Post, so why not buy that instead and put a skin on it?

Well at least the Transmutation Crystals are priced somewhat reasonably in the gem store…

Much less for a pack of 10 than what most armor/weapon skins go for.

Tom Gore.4035:

Well at least the Transmutation Crystals are priced somewhat reasonably in the gem store…

Much less for a pack of 10 than what most armor/weapon skins go for.

Ok, so why bother grinding the dungeons for the dungoen armour only to go and buy better stats from the trading post or crafted ascended armour (when we get it)
RATHER than buy the dungeon armour SKIN from the vendor and just put the skin on the armour you just bought or crafted?

Doing it just for the skin makes sense, Doing it just to destroy another piece FOR the skin is wasteful

I think that the cultural armor is meant to be a rarity and that part of the way that it is kept from being something that everyone has is to make it so expensive.

So is the real issue the fact that you are buying a piece of armor to be transmuted, or the fact that you have to pay so much for it and then pay real money to transmute it?

Leowulf.7658:

I think that the cultural armor is meant to be a rarity and that part of the way that it is kept from being something that everyone has is to make it so expensive.

So is the real issue the fact that you are buying a piece of armor to be transmuted, or the fact that you have to pay so much for it and then pay real money to transmute it?

Neither really but more the fact that they will both be left in the dust when ascended appears
However making them skins also doesn’t remove the status of the cultural, in fact it makes them relevant again as people could get the skin and it would become a proper gold sink, rather than an armour now that is only going to be used for transmute

Lonesamurai.4852:

Tom Gore.4035:

Well at least the Transmutation Crystals are priced somewhat reasonably in the gem store…

Much less for a pack of 10 than what most armor/weapon skins go for.

Ok, so why bother grinding the dungeons for the dungoen armour only to go and buy better stats from the trading post or crafted ascended armour (when we get it)
RATHER than buy the dungeon armour SKIN from the vendor and just put the skin on the armour you just bought or crafted?

Doing it just for the skin makes sense, Doing it just to destroy another piece FOR the skin is wasteful

Because ANet wants you to buy the transmutation crystals from their gem store.

I’ve spent a lot of stones transmuting exotics to exotics and yesterday my first stone transmuting exotic skin to ascended weapon.

Tom Gore.4035:

Lonesamurai.4852:

Tom Gore.4035:

Well at least the Transmutation Crystals are priced somewhat reasonably in the gem store…

Much less for a pack of 10 than what most armor/weapon skins go for.

Ok, so why bother grinding the dungeons for the dungoen armour only to go and buy better stats from the trading post or crafted ascended armour (when we get it)
RATHER than buy the dungeon armour SKIN from the vendor and just put the skin on the armour you just bought or crafted?

Doing it just for the skin makes sense, Doing it just to destroy another piece FOR the skin is wasteful

Because ANet wants you to buy the transmutation crystals from their gem store.

I’ve spent a lot of stones transmuting exotics to exotics and yesterday my first stone transmuting exotic skin to ascended weapon.

Yes you’re right of course, but I would bet real money that a lot of the playerbase over looks this armour for trading post, hell even the Invaders armour is nearly good enough

Not to mention if anyone is going to spend real money they will do it to buy the mats for the ascended gear

Tom Gore.4035:

clint.5681:

Tom Gore.4035:

You all are missing the fact that the gem store is the only place to reliable get those Transmutation Crystals.

That fact wasnt missed.

What was missed by the op was the fact that dungeon armor is actually used as armor.

Well with the ascended tier coming, it’s only a matter of time before it will only be used as a skin, albeit that time might be long(ish).

Huh? What about new players? I doubt they start with ascended gear, or have the gold to buy the crafting mats needed. I don’t really see a point in this thread.

I support them being skins. That’s what they are for now anyway, and I don’t like having to waste a transmutation crystal to use them as such. Especially if I’m getting the skins for my under level 80 character, since it is an under level 80 dungeon. Then I have to use a crystal to peel the skin off the level 80 item, and eventually I have to use another to make it level 80 again when I get there. If you want the stats you should craft them. The skins should just be skins.

How about this to be like wvw armors/skins:
You want the skins? → Get them cheap
You want the stats? → Get them with the tokens like they are now
just like the Armor Master in WvW
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Armor_Master

The farming required to get the dungeon armour guarantees enough gold to buy the stat armour and a transmutation stone.

What’s the problem?

emikochan.8504:

The farming required to get the dungeon armour guarantees enough gold to buy the stat armour and a transmutation stone.

What’s the problem?

Why should I be wasting the gold I made running the dungeon, when I ran the dungeon to get the tokens FROM the dungeon in order to get the skin I wanted. The whole point of getting the tokens is to get the skin, so why should I have to spend gold on top of that to actually use the skin?

EpicHedgehog.1754:

How about this to be like wvw armors/skins:
You want the skins? -> Get them cheap
You want the stats? -> Get them with the tokens like they are now
just like the Armor Master in WvW
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Armor_Master

That would work

I do like the Armour Master having skins for older armour sets too, thats what gave me the idea in fact

Just so you know, not everyone and their grandmothers go for ascended gear, just saying.

I agree with cultural armor however.

Tom Gore.4035:

clint.5681:

Tom Gore.4035:

You all are missing the fact that the gem store is the only place to reliable get those Transmutation Crystals.

That fact wasnt missed.

What was missed by the op was the fact that dungeon armor is actually used as armor.

Well with the ascended tier coming, it’s only a matter of time before it will only be used as a skin, albeit that time might be long(ish).

In any case, it’s unlikely that these will be turned into skins, since the transmutation crystals are probably one of the most purchased items in the gem store and ANet don’t want to change that.

no; itll still be used as a placeholder whilst people work on their ascended gear, taking away the stats would be like breaking the rungs off of a progression ladder because some people are already at the top (despite it screwing over the people below) – and would be a VERY bad change

- also transmutation stones/crystals help support the game, even if you buy through gold (those gems you buy with gold are actually being sold by another player at a price determined by demand/supply)

Ahh for people with alts Dungeon armor is a good send, you dont have to waste a ton of gold to equip your level 80 character with exotics and the dungeon armor looks better than most TP exotic armor anyway.

clint.5681:

Ahh for people with alts Dungeon armor is a good send, you dont have to waste a ton of gold to equip your level 80 character with exotics and the dungeon armor looks better than most TP exotic armor anyway.

This is also true, great for alts, especially with the accountwide wallet now

But surely skins would be better as Named gear is pretty cheap on the Trading Post