Guild Wars 2

I strongly believe that the legendary stat problem should be addressed. It is rather unfair that someone puts so much effort into the “high end” gear only to suffer, technically not a stat loss, but most likely not the optimal stats that the user wants. I understand the legendaries are not supposed to advantage players in anyway, but i see no reason as to why they should disadvantage players. With ascended gear presumably coming, it is unfair to expect us to transmute the legendary and waste all our efforts.

Discuss.

Legendaries are skins, not stats.

Legendary weapons will be brought up in line with Ascended.

proxy.7963:

Legendaries are skins, not stats.

Legendaries have their own stats, they aren’t just the skin.

There are plenty exotics with the stats you want. What proxy meant is that you farm the legendary not for the stats but for the skin.
The stats suit me though.

TakaEagle.9486:

proxy.7963:

Legendaries are skins, not stats.

Legendaries have their own stats, they aren’t just the skin.

The stats aren’t particularly prestigious though, and there are far more efficient ways to gain weapons with the same stats. However, there is only one way to get their skins.

It’s true that Legendaries have been stated to always be considered ‘best in slot’, but it’s also been said that they’ll always be in-line with the highest tier of weapon. At the moment that’s Exotics and in the future it’ll be Ascended. While this scaling certainly makes for a decent investment for the implementation of new tiers of equipment, I wonder whether the effort to obtain even a combination of different tiers of the same weapon will ever match that needed to obtain a single Legendary.

Also what Riss said :P

TakaEagle.9486:

proxy.7963:

Legendaries are skins, not stats.

Legendaries have their own stats, they aren’t just the skin.

The stats on the legendaries are EQUAL to exotics. You want their stats you can find an exotic with the exact same stats in either the trading post, karma shop, loot drop or by crafting it.
Pay closer attention to the stats, not the rarity.
If you don’t like the combination of the stats on the legendary you can transmutate it with an exotic with the stats you want.

Alastar.2863:

TakaEagle.9486:

proxy.7963:

Legendaries are skins, not stats.

Legendaries have their own stats, they aren’t just the skin.

The stats on the legendaries are EQUAL to exotics. You want their stats you can find an exotic with the exact same stats in either the trading post, karma shop, loot drop or by crafting it.
Pay closer attention to the stats, not the rarity.
If you don’t like the combination of the stats on the legendary you can transmutate it with an exotic with the stats you want.

That’s what i’m implying, i should be able to transmute it to whatever combination of stats i want. However, with the current system, if i transmute, i will lose the “legendary” rarity and thus when ascended weapons come out, i won’t be getting the free upgrade.

TakaEagle.9486:

Alastar.2863:

TakaEagle.9486:

proxy.7963:

Legendaries are skins, not stats.

Legendaries have their own stats, they aren’t just the skin.

The stats on the legendaries are EQUAL to exotics. You want their stats you can find an exotic with the exact same stats in either the trading post, karma shop, loot drop or by crafting it.
Pay closer attention to the stats, not the rarity.
If you don’t like the combination of the stats on the legendary you can transmutate it with an exotic with the stats you want.

That’s what i’m implying, i should be able to transmute it to whatever combination of stats i want. However, with the current system, if i transmute, i will lose the “legendary” rarity and thus when ascended weapons come out, i won’t be getting the free upgrade.

They said there would be a fix for that.