Guild Wars 2

I would like to suggest the ability to add the “Empowered” prefix to Ascended items that would give a one-time choice to add an alternate stat set to the ascended armor so we could switch back and forth between the two pre-sets.

I’m thinking something like this: Zojja’s Ascended Chestpiece (berserker stats), craft the upgrade to Empowered and either choose a second stat group (e.g. Viper’s) or the materials used would determine the second stat group. Then, when out of combat, the player could alter the armor of choice to switch back and forth between the two stat groups as needed.

This would add a huge QOL improvement specifically for those of us who will likely never be able to get legendary armor while not replacing the value of having the option for choosing all stats.

This would likely be a crafted addition, and would not change the total stats on basic ascended gear, just add an extra option and lower bag space required for multiple sets.

What are your thoughts?

No, this defeats the purpose of legendary armor. Yes, legendary armor has access to all of the stat combos (or at least it should), while you are proposing access to only 2. But at the same time most people will never use more than 1 or 2 stat combos anyway unless they are trying out weird builds for fun. If you want stat swapping either make a new set of armor or wait for legendary armor to come out and earn it