Guild Wars 2

Might have been suggested before: I think it would be nice if there would be a type of transmutation stone that retains both items, but just switches looks/stats around. Especially with the introduction of ascended gear, which is so much less dicardable than exotics, having this new type of transmutation stone will eventually become a borderline must imo.

Hypothetical case: you have a full set of ascended armor with T3 racial armor transmuted onto it (for reference: 1 ascended back-item seems to currently cost between 20g and 70g, depending on which one you want). Now, for whatever reason (balancing that induces shifts in power, personal playstyle change, etc.), you find yourself in need of new set of armor that you obviously want that T3 look on… You are now presented with the cool choice of destroying an ascended armor set or buying a new set of T3, 100g+ (extra!) in either case just to have a look (that you already had) with new stats…

Similar issues present themselves when you transmute the Mad King backpiece look on an ascended backpiece, just to find out that Wintersday or whatever gives you an even cooler backpiece look (I know I would gladly pay a bit of silver, if it meant not destroying those unique looking items). Or even when the level cap gets raised someday (as was hinted at in the AMA I think) and we all need to get new level appropriate gear.