Guild Wars 2

I’m referring to the upgrades you can extract from Oontz’s necklaces, like this:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Poly-luminescent_Undulating_Refractor_

You can apply the upgrade to any exotic trinket once you’ve extracted it, and when you wear it you get a colored aura/skin, plus a buff that gives +12 to all stats. So the upgrade itself gives you +12 to all stats for wearing it, then the buff gives you +12 to all stats as well, for a total of +24 to all stats, correct?

Also, can you stack multiple refractors to get multiple buffs? Can you wear the Green and Orange at the same time, and get the +12 buff from both of them?

The item functions just like you would imagine a celestial jewel would, only it gives players a color tint.

I have never seen this “buff” you speak of.

The +12 buff you are referring to is simply the Celestial nomenclature. It is merely identical to the one you would normally craft with:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Exquisite_Charged_Quartz_Jewel

Secondly, only one “aura” is present at a time. Having two different gems will garner simply one of the auras. I can’t explain what causes one color to be present over the other.

Interestingly, despite many belittling the effect there has been a sudden increase in demand in TP. Sadly, I was hoping for the prices to go down. ;_;

Here’s what the buff looks like when you have the Orange one equipped. It’s the white sunburst icon, with the purple background:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/U6GWA1B.png[/img]

It’s also described here:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gourd_Vibrations

All 3 of the poly upgrades provide a similar buff (same stats, just different names). Is this +12 buff in addition to what the upgrade already provides to the trinket? Or is it basically just restating what the trinket is already providing?

Edit: So the BBCode doesn’t work for posting images anymore??

Was this recently added to the trinket?

I equipped an amulet of the cat, and never saw a buff in my status monitor.

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Was this recently added to the trinket?

I equipped an amulet of the cat, and never saw a buff in my status monitor.

I’m not sure, I just noticed it 3 days ago on someone with the cat amulet. Since then, I’ve seen it on everyone with an aura that I’ve checked. I may have just not noticed it in the past…

Could you try equipping your amulet and check your stats in the character sheet? I’m really curious now if the buff stacks with the trinket’s normal stats (giving +24 to all), or if it’s just a descriptive tooltip, and doesn’t provide any actual stats.

Bear on the job.6273:

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Was this recently added to the trinket?

I equipped an amulet of the cat, and never saw a buff in my status monitor.

I’m not sure, I just noticed it 3 days ago on someone with the cat amulet. Since then, I’ve seen it on everyone with an aura that I’ve checked. I may have just not noticed it in the past…

Could you try equipping your amulet and check your stats in the character sheet? I’m really curious now if the buff stacks with the trinket’s normal stats (giving +24 to all), or if it’s just a descriptive tooltip, and doesn’t provide any actual stats.

Sorry…. mine’s been listed on the TP for a while…. and I’m not taking it down and paying the listing fee again.

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Sorry…. mine’s been listed on the TP for a while…. and I’m not taking it down and paying the listing fee again.

NP, I decided to bite the bullet, and bought one off the TP to test it. The “Gourd” buff does not provide a stat increase. It’s just the visual effect, and for some reason the tooltip includes the stat bonuses already provided by the trinket. Bummer.

I thought maybe the buff did increase stats as well, which would explain the high prices on the TP. But I guess those prices are just because of the aura colors…

Bear on the job.6273:

TheBlackLeech.9360:

Sorry…. mine’s been listed on the TP for a while…. and I’m not taking it down and paying the listing fee again.

NP, I decided to bite the bullet, and bought one off the TP to test it. The “Gourd” buff does not provide a stat increase. It’s just the visual effect, and for some reason the tooltip includes the stat bonuses already provided by the trinket. Bummer.

I thought maybe the buff did increase stats as well, which would explain the high prices on the TP. But I guess those prices are just because of the aura colors…

Idk…. like I said I don’t remember the buff before….. so maybe Arenanet is taking the necessary steps to make the accessory function as ascended rather than just an exotic.

Right now, the buff could just be for show…. but it might actually increase stats of an exotic to that of an ascended trinket at a later time.

Who knows.