Guild Wars 2

Recently there have been some items that give similar effects that legendaries do.
-Preserved Queen Bee.
-Poly-luminescent Undulating Refractors

I would like to suggest an effect tab be added to the character slot that you can unlock, similar to the way minis work. This way if I “unlock” the Queen Bee I can go to the effect tab/slot and pick that one and it’s on. This would in essence avoid certain effects giving undesirable stats or being stuck in exotics etc etc..(input reason).

Now I’m not saying effects should be cheap but If it was expensive (like Queen Bee/Refractors) or a process requiring gifts (similar to that of legendaries) It would still keep them rare. Plus the process of account binding/using up the effect and having an effect tab would remove said effect from the market.

One said example is I love the effect bolt gives and how the footprints look. BUT I do not like how the sword looks. If I instead could make a gift of lightning and some other things put them into mystic forge and get a lightning effect. I could then apply it to my character and use my personal favorite weapon (whatever it may be). This would allow for even more customization, plus it would be a major gold sink if done correctly.

It really depends on what would be decided in the end whether legendary effects and these mesh or if you pick 1 or the other. I personally would prefer if effects did NOT copy the current legendary ones already in use as to keep them “special”. But lets say I like fire footprints (or whatever the effect is) opposed to black footprints I get from my legendary. If I go to effects and deselect the legendary one and select the fire footprint one (which I unlocked) I can put a priority to the one I enjoy seeing the most. Also having a legendary account bound could “unlock” the certain effect that legendary gives so you can use it even when not wielding that specific weapon.

I would love to hear some feedback and more ideas, prefer to keep things a bit more on a positive note if at all possible.

What kind of effects/footprints etc would you like to see available? What could be added to what has been mentioned to make it better?