Guild Wars 2

TL;DR: I think ArenaNet should add another tab in the Hero panel where we can equip/display skins without having to transmute over the armor/weapons we are already using. This could be coupled with a PvE & WvWvW collections locker where we can store skins we aren’t currently using.

I find the transmutation system so debilitating to my enjoyment in GW2. Whenever ANet releases new skins, instead of simply getting excited about them, I find myself having to make a choice:

• Do I like this skin enough to warrant transmuting over what I’m currently wearing?
  Will I regret losing the skin I have right now?

• Is this new skin so good that, if needs be, I will buy another piece of armor just so I can keep the skin I already have?

And this is the question that most irks me:

• When the next patch/event comes out with brand new skins, will I still be thankful that I went to all this trouble, or will I simply rinse and repeat?

I realize this is just my experience; I am not a bank hoarder so I obviously can’t speak for everyone. But I can imagine we are having similar problems: these skins either get used now, left to collect dust in our ever-shrinking bank space, or simply deleted and lost forever (usually my situation).

I think this is a huge shame. I have enjoyed most of the content ANet have released since launch, and I love the new skins they keep coming out with. But I would love it even more if I could actually collect them without getting rid of what I’ve already invested time, effort and gold in. So when next year’s Dragon Bash comes out I can look back and feel proud of what I earned the year before.

I honestly think this would change the game! Players could have the freedom to mix-and-match at their leisure. We can enjoy the skins while they’re new and exciting without the added guilt of having to forfeit our old stuff. Not to mention that months from now, all the people who have been playing since launch would have something to show for it.

Am I the only one who feels this way? I would love it if this could get changed, as I think it is a real shame for a game so focused on cosmetics.

One of the main issues with this is the fact that transmutation stones and such are most likely one of the items that give them the highest amount of money in the gem-store. Removing the need for them would probably lower the income quite a bit.

Well the lategame is pretty much about skins. So whenever I get a new skin I like, I store the old one in the bank. And for every new skin, I do enough WvW to get the badges to buy a weapon with the stats I want. Then I can transmute it to that without losing the old skin.

I’m a little ocd, but I don’t wanna lose the old skin.

A system that is put it place so that Anet still can get money from transmutation stones and where we are able to keep our skins easily would be very handy and valuable on both sides. Maybe a system could be put in place where the skins can be removed off of gear using a transmutation stone which would then be stored easily through a tab on your hero interface could work as we would still have to buy transmutation stones but it allows us to keep our skins