I’m personally already geared the way I like so I just vendor the runes as they’re account bound. I’m also just salvaging the pieces of armor as I’m just interested in collecting the skins.
If you want to keep the armor but not the rune, you can just add the rune you want to the piece of armor and it will replace the old rune. You are not forced to remove an upgrade (rune or otherwise) to add a new one.
The extractor is the only way to get the rune off of the armor without salvaging it but you can buy the rune itself from the same vendor if you’re mixing armor but want the full rune set.
Hope this helps
