Guild Wars 2

I made The Predator not too long ago but I want crit damage/precision on it instead of toughness/vitality. Can I transmute this weapon without loosing anything? I heard some say the weapon simply becomes an exotic, is this true and if so, is it something that Anet is looking in to?

If I transmute it now and it simply becomes an exotic text, will my weapon be updated in the future when that is fixed or will it forever remain an exotic?

I think whoever you have talked to is right. When transmuting items you choose which looks, stats and upgrades you want to keep. Seeing that the rarity is in the same box as the stats you will get whatever rarity the new weapon with crit/precision has.

I think you might be out of luck in this case.

The current state is that the devs called it a bug. That means you shouldn’t change it if your going for the legendary. If they know how to fix it we would prolly have the fix here already so even the devs don’t know the solution at this point (though prolly they have a general sense of how to fix it). Bottom line, do not change your precursor in any way till this is fixed or till you can make the legendary.