Guild Wars 2

Say it isn’t so!

Several threads have reported the bug in previewing transmuted items. They appear in the preview window in their un-transmuted form instead of the form we changed them to. The Forum Moderators have even thanked us for our bug reports, and said they will pass it along to the game developers.

Now I see this under the WIKI Patch Notes for Build: 22,643 August 22: Previewing transmuted equipment will display the icon and skin of the item that provided the stats instead of the item that provided the skin.

Does this mean someone thought there was a good reason to do this?

BAD IDEA!

A) We transmuted the item for a reason! We don’t like the original look, and don’t want to see it.

B) Unlike GW1, the icons don’t really look much like the actual item. Previewing is the only way we know which item is which without having to actually equip it.

If there is some reason we need to preview the un-transmuted form, then add “Preview Untransmuted” to our options. Don’t take away our ability to sort through our own inventories!

+1. Thsi has to be fixed.

The line you quoted is listed under “Guild Wars 2 Wiki notes”. This section is used for documenting changes in the game that are not listed in the official patch notes, such as bugs. Stop panicking.