Guild Wars 2

I have several questions about changing stats on the ascended gears with the mystic forge.

1. Will changing stats unlock other colored skins of the ascended weapons?
2. Will the skin remain the same after I’ve changed the stats? Or do I have to reskin every time the gear goes through the mystic forge?
3. Will changing stats destroy the runes/infusions/sigils on my ascended gear?

kiwituatara.6053:

I have several questions about changing stats on the ascended gears with the mystic forge.

1. Will changing stats unlock other colored skins of the ascended weapons?
2. Will the skin remain the same after I’ve changed the stats? Or do I have to reskin every time the gear goes through the mystic forge?
3. Will changing stats destroy the runes/infusions/sigils on my ascended gear?

From how I understood you create through the forge a new gear with the desired stat so I can say.
1. Yes
2. It will reskin
3.

This is for weapon and armor currently – weapons use the same recipe as armor to stat change except they use inscriptions to allow you to change instead of insignias.

Alas yes it does destroy the runes and sigils in the item, the mystic forge doesn’t currently have a way to allow us to do this kind of stat changing without it working that way.

Also: Shout out to Matt P and Linsey who did all the hard work to make this possible