Guild Wars 2

This feature pack has one detail that seems costly n feels like I lost alot…
The 3for1 transmutation stone convert is a high a price for my other Alts!
Here’s my rundown- I had over 30 stones(the ones where U can transmute lvl1-79 items) so that gave me a little over 10 charges. Now my Warrior(lvl 20 atm) has only those charges(which is account based) instead of over 30 personal stones for when I want to keep skins through my LeveL building. Thats a major beatdown in my opinion.
Now a question to anyone that knows the answer-
When we were using Charges(before this update), there was the nice possibility of keeping the runes/sigils as well as the skin in the process. I havent found out if we can keep the runes/sigils when transmuting now with the new wardrobe system. Has anyone figured out a way to do it? Any info will help plz

I used to use the regular transmutations on my lower-level characters just for fun. Now I will stop using transmutations until my characters are level 80.

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So that’s what happened. That really turns re-skinning into a level 80 only option.

If you transmute with the new system you keep the stats and runes/sigils on the gear, only the look changes. This is actually a huge buff imo, I realise for new players you won’t be able to switch looks as much but your character will spend most of their time at level 80 where this new system is much better for transmuting anyway.

I was kinda afraid you’d say that!
Its a matter of getting used to.

Basket of Boxes.1976:

If you transmute with the new system you keep the stats and runes/sigils on the gear, only the look changes. This is actually a huge buff imo, I realise for new players you won’t be able to switch looks as much but your character will spend most of their time at level 80 where this new system is much better for transmuting anyway.

I think its far from a buff. For instance if u want to upgrade your gear and transfer the rune or sigil over u can’t as far as i know. Also a lot of gear can’t be salvaged to get it off such as the gear you buy with karma. since some of the upgrades cost lots of gold there really is no point to buying them until you have your endgame armor at lvl 80.

Silvercyclone.1462:

Basket of Boxes.1976:

If you transmute with the new system you keep the stats and runes/sigils on the gear, only the look changes. This is actually a huge buff imo, I realise for new players you won’t be able to switch looks as much but your character will spend most of their time at level 80 where this new system is much better for transmuting anyway.

I think its far from a buff. For instance if u want to upgrade your gear and transfer the rune or sigil over u can’t as far as i know. Also a lot of gear can’t be salvaged to get it off such as the gear you buy with karma. since some of the upgrades cost lots of gold there really is no point to buying them until you have your endgame armor at lvl 80.

Depending on how much risk you’re willing to take, if you salvage a set of armor to get the rune (or weapon/sigil) then you can transmute it for one charge still plus end up with whatever mats come out as well. The math depends on how much chance you’re willing to take on a master’s kit, or how much value you place on a black lion kit (if you have a bunch just taking up bank space then that helps).

So, it might come out being for the better.