Guild Wars 2

Will we be able to withdraw runes from legendary armor freely? If not, will there be any sort of other system in place to deal with this problem? Or will the runes be in the same situation that sigils are in…? The biggest reason I’m going for legendary armor is for the stat-swapping. It’s going to be absolutely pointless if I have to buy new runes every time I want to stat-swap.

Devs?

Nobody knows. There are no informations out now.

We have had no information about the armor for months..

I don’t see why it would be any different to weapons.. I also wouldn’t say that it would absolutely pointless having to replace the runes either. Runes are far cheaper than having multiple sets..

boolah.1325:

We have had no information about the armor for months..

I don’t see why it would be any different to weapons.. I also wouldn’t say that it would absolutely pointless having to replace the runes either. Runes are far cheaper than having multiple sets..

Maybe it’s cheaper if the only runes you use are 2 silver trash sets, but since most players are using things like durability and resistance, rune swapping is the single feature that will determine whether or not legendary armor was simply a years worth of effort down the drain.

Been like this for weapons since launch.. I’d guess the same would apply to armor.

Would be cool if you could swap them in and out but doubt it. They would have o do the same for weapons though..

boolah.1325:

Been like this for weapons since launch.. I’d guess the same would apply to armor.

Weapons don’t have the same reliance on different sigils like armor does with runes. You can use an energy sigil or concentration sigil or other generic sigils in almost any build. Try using krait runes in a power build…

They just need to add legendary runes and sigils

2 ways to sort this:
Give us an infinite upgrade extractor (1 use version is already in game, but currently useless because its a gemstore item that costs more than almost every rune and sigil).
Give us legendary/changable runes.

Personally id prefer the infinite extractor. It would take more time to change but would have more uses outside of legendary armour.

Fay.2357:

Weapons don’t have the same reliance on different sigils like armor does with runes. You can use an energy sigil or concentration sigil or other generic sigils in almost any build. Try using krait runes in a power build…

Try using a force sigil on a condi build or a sigil of malice on a power build. The same argument applies to weapons.

Also, the target audience for legendary armor is people who raid at least to some degree. This is also a demographic of people who will optimize gear. You shouldn’t be using an energy sigil for any raid build.