Guild Wars 2

You know I love how in PVP you only need the one rune for a complete setup so…..

Here it is a.net,

Exotic rune upgrading.

Take the following to the mystic forge:

6 x superior runes of the same type.
1x elonian wine
1x crystal
1x mystic stone

And out comes a single account bound ascended quality rune of the same type you put in.

Now you might ask, why is this an ascended rune ?

- Well you only need the one rune to get all benefits.
- This rune can be taken out and replaced w/o the need for salvaging, but is only usable on legendary armor

There you go, now build swapping is so much more convenient in PVE as it is in PVP.

…there should be SOMETHING resembling commitment to a build in the game.

latinkuro.7304:

You know I love how in PVP you only need the one rune for a complete setup so…..

Here it is a.net,

Exotic rune upgrading.

Take the following to the mystic forge:

6 x superior runes of the same type.
1x elonian wine
1x crystal
1x mystic stone

And out comes a single account bound ascended quality rune of the same type you put in.

Now you might ask, why is this an ascended rune ?

- Well you only need the one rune to get all benefits.
- This rune can be taken out and replaced w/o the need for salvaging, but is only usable on legendary armor

There you go, now build swapping is so much more convenient in PVE as it is in PVP.

Why only make these usable on legendary armor? Make them usable on ascended gear as well, because ascended can also be stat-swapped with mats. I also think that it should be more expensive to get permanent account runes than what you are suggesting.

What happens if I put an ascended rune in each of my legendary armor pieces?

Artanis.4963:

What happens if I put an ascended rune in each of my legendary armor pieces?

Yeah, it wasn’t a good idea. You should still need a full rune set and the runes should be difficult to acquire.

Artanis.4963:

What happens if I put an ascended rune in each of my legendary armor pieces?

You get rewarded a caped mount.

Shoe.5821:

…there should be SOMETHING resembling commitment to a build in the game.

sure, there is. When you find that one build you enjoy playing you’ve found your build commitment

There SHOULD also be a way to try out a vast amount of builds without having to lose all your gold in the process, just for testing.

Just make runes/sigils unlock a slot in the weapon/armor you put it in. Something like pvp where its a drop down and you can only use ones you have unlocked. That way it would be weapon/armor piece bound and would still let you try new combinations.

Ganathar.4956:

Why only make these usable on legendary armor? Make them usable on ascended gear as well, because ascended can also be stat-swapped with mats. I also think that it should be more expensive to get permanent account runes than what you are suggesting.

you kind of answered your own question there.

Only on legendary armor for two reasons,

1 – the cost is not that high but to get to use them is a high cost, since you can only use them on legend armor.

2 – even though ascended has stat swapping, you LOSE all upgrades in order to do so, what would be the point of getting these runes on an armor set that makes you lose the rune once you stat swap ?

It is pointless to add such runes to ascended, hence legendary armor only.

Losing gold in the process is kind of the point, runes and sigils need that sink.
The market demand is why some runes are so expensive, but that demand doesn’t (and shouldn’t) entitle anyone to avoiding the cost just because its expensive.
Want to keep it? Do the same thing anyone with a super expensive infusion is required to do.
Buy an upgrade extractor.