Guild Wars 2

Hello there

To better explain this topic I will use my own toons as examples.

1- I currently have 5 toons (4 level 80 and 1 level 30).
2- For each of my level 80 toons I purchased tier 1 and 2 cultural armors. (that is 4 toons, 4 different races, 2 cultural armors each)
3- Each time a cultural armor piece is purchased, there is an achievement which functions as a record of the purchase.
4- After the Wardrobe update, I noticed that for my toons level 80, None of the armor skins from tier 1 and 2 that I previously purchased and recycled, were available.
5- I waited for more updates of the build (and for my level 20 toon to reach level 30) to see of those previously purchased cultural armor skins would become unlocked but it did not happen.
6- Now that my last toon has reached level 35, I purchased the tier 1 cultural armor and instantly got the skins unlocked.

*I find it unfair and rather expensive to have to purchase again, tier 1 and tier 2 of each of my level 80 toons’ cultural armors so that I can have those skins unlocked and available.

Considering the costs of those armors and the fact that they are available only for specific professions and specific races makes the wardrobe update rather unsatisfying.

While I agree with the transmutation stones to be able to reuse a skin (it makes perfect sense) and I agreed that newly purchased cultural armors or newly found armors throughout the world get unlock as they get found or recycled.

I still believe that previously purchased cultural armors from tier 1 and 2 for which there are achievements that prove the purchase, should be available for each player based on these achievements

Now if the problem is that programming wise it would be difficult to identify which armor was purchase, regardless of the toon?

Then I would suggest a refund for the value of each tier from each cultural armor purchased _One time _ for each achievement So that one can choose to purchase the armor again to unlock the skins.

For example in my casei: t would be the value in gold of 4 armors from tier 1 (because of the 4 different races of my toons) and 4 armors from tier 2 _(again because of the 4 different races of my toons).

Or, if the gold value is difficult, then an exchange ticket (one per each cultural armor achievement in the users account) that we can exchange for one full set of cultural armor for tier 1, tier 2 or tier 3 depending of the achievement.

The idea is to be able to unlock the skins from previously purchased cultural armors without having to buy them again.

Unfortunately, because the Emperor achievement only keeps track of the first 6 armor pieces belonging to a single tier that were bought, ANet has no way of knowing how many T1 or T2 armors you bought. Or which armor weight or race they were bought on.

If you still have the armor skins transmuted onto existing armor, those skins should be unlocked in the wardrobe. But if you had deleted them somewhere down the line before the Wardrobe came out, then I’m afraid you’re out of luck.

On the bright side, at least it isn’t the T3 armors you need to re-purchase.

well… for us pvp players who spent 40gold (i guess) and a couple laurels on t3 armours to unlock their skins for pvp
theystill are ulocked but we dont get any progress in the emperor title so if we want it..hey just buy more t3 s
-.-

i think they should bind the emperor title to the skins you have unlocked

even if this wont help
your particular problem…
deleted armours legendaries ascended stuff that after the update can be used account wide but wernt be4.. well… unlucky..

I’m disappointed as this has happened to me, but with T3 Norn heavy, T3 Human light, T3 Asura Medium and T3 Human Medium.
Though, I suppose it could be argued, that before the Wardrobe update you would have to pay for them again if you wanted them back.

So, wait a second…

You bought those armors, then sold them again sometime before the patch, so now you didn’t got the skins unlocked?
So why did you sell them if you wanted to keep them?

In the end I suppose the benefits of the wardrobe makes it worth the expense of purchasing again the cultural armors.

However I still think there should be a refund or exchange ticket for at least one armor set from each cultural armor tier, based on the emperor’s achievements unlocked for each user even if a user bought more than one set for the same tier, better to get one back than none.

I hope I managed to explain myself.