Guild Wars 2

What do you guys think about the idea of making the weapon skins (EXCEPT the legendaries) account wide for a small gem fee?

I know another mmo is adopting this system now, so was curious about our community’s opinion on that matter.

Why not the legendaries?

I’d prefer pay in gold (another sink, yay) than in gems, but i like the idea.
But some skins would have to stay soulbound (the orders’), even if i definitely want the whispers staff skin on my priory ele

You can already do this with transmutation stones and crystals!

If you transmute a skin onto a no level req white item or even any other item that is not soulbound, you then make that skin “account bound” when you transfer the skin to a non-soulbound item.

You can then take your new account-bound and formerly soulbound skin and apply it to another weapon or armor (of the same type) that you’d like on any other character on your account.

Awesome, right?

CETheLucid.3964:

You can already do this with transmutation stones and crystals!

If you transmute a skin onto a no level req white item or even any other item that is not soulbound, you then make that skin “account bound” when you transfer the skin to a non-soulbound item.

You can then take your new account-bound and formerly soulbound skin and apply it to another weapon or armor (of the same type) that you’d like on any other character on your account.

Awesome, right?

Yes, but then I need to make this exercise each time I decide to switch a toon?!

Funset.7893:

Yes, but then I need to make this exercise each time I decide to switch a toon?!

No, the transfer is permanent unless you use a stone or crystal again to give it to yet another character.

Do you plan to work with one skin on six different characters, transmuting it for each one you want to play with it on? Maybe then I could see your conundrum?

I’m not certain what you mean though, so, pardon the assumption.

If you really did want to do something like that, if you have the stones or crystals, yes, you could do that. And yes, you would have to go through that process per your want.

Azure Prower.8701:

Why not the legendaries?

You can in fact do this with legendaries I believe, but they will lose their legendary status when you transmute them.

That means if Legendaries get a buff in the future, yours won’t get it.

You will keep the look and using crystals, you can transmute that look to any other character that can use it.

CETheLucid.3964:

Do you plan to work with one skin on six different characters

You got it right.