Guild Wars 2

Hi Guys,

Hopefully this is the place. I have an idea for a new gear type I’m calling “Lesser-dary” gear but that needs rebranding. Maybe call it Utility gear. Lesser-dary gear would be slightly below exotic stats, desgnated dark blue, weapons still use superior sigils but armor can only use rare runes and can’t take infusions or gems.

To make it appealing though it would have…

STAT SWAP!

Just like legendaries. You’d be able to craft or buy this gear as armor/weapons/back and jewellery.

Idea would be it allows on the fly respeccing for people exploring the game world but be underpowered in end game content so that ascended and exotic aren’t made redundant. It’d be valuable in exploration pve for on the fly respecs and allow easy build diversity experimentation.

Make the initial skins identical to starter gear so it doesn’t replace fashion wars and you’d have a gear type that would be casuals friendly in most play but not replace exotic and ascended.

What do you think?

People have suggested this under the name, “invisible legendary armor” — same stat-swap abilities, without the skins. Current statements made by ANet suggest that this isn’t something they’d work on any time soon, if ever. (They haven’t commented directly on the idea — they have just offered their plans, which don’t include new legendary sets, alternative acquisition methods, or alternatives for stat swapping.)

Bugger. Stat swap is so useful that future legendary armor holders will have an outrageous advantage in build diversity.

Stat swap armor could be immensely fun and allow people to try before they buy when it comes to ascended and picking a role.

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Bugger. Stat swap is so useful that future legendary armor holders will have an outrageous advantage in build diversity.

Stat swap armor could be immensely fun and allow people to try before they buy when it comes to ascended and picking a role.

Not really. I already have full asc on all 14 of my characters. so my set rarely ever changes stats.

@OP: I thought April 1st was a couple of months ago?