Guild Wars 2

How on Earth do i salvage my much needed and EXPENSIVE runes out of armors that have been bought with karma and with WvW badges etc?

I used to be able to transmute into a cheap version and extract that way, but with the new wardrobe it seems I have about 200g worth of useless armors and expensive runes that i will never be able to salvage?

Surely there is some way?

The only way is that upgrade extract thingy from the gem store, but it costs more then it would cost to just buy a new rune, so yeah, those runes are pretty much stuck there.
I have a set of melandru and travelers stuck on alts i rarely play anymore, so i’m hoping they will fix it in the future.

Hahah! You have the same runes as me i want to salvage. Probably the same as a lot of others too

Thought it was the case….that extractor thingy is a jip.

Thanks for the reply!

They should put the extractor in the BLC, imo.

Baroness.9506:

e it seems I have about 200g worth of useless armors and expensive runes that i will never be able to salvage?

Question :
why have you put such expensive runes in armor that is “useless” ?
And 200g .. that must be maybe 3 “useless” sets with the most expensive runes.

Beldin.5498:

why have you put such expensive runes in armor that is “useless” ?

Not him but I am about to face the same problem when I transition from exotic to ascended armor.

If we use berserker as an example, ascended armor gives you maybe 1% more in offensive
stats while you also get maybe 4-5% more defense which however is totally useless if you
believe all the zerker-meta fans.

So .. in that case you spent 500-600g for 1% better stats .. but 60g for runes is a problem ?
Personally i would rather make maybe a set with different stats so i can switch for
other situations / modes .. and keep the old set and so also the runes. At least if that
set is not something you bought before you knew that those stats were totally bad
for you class .. however then i would also never have maybe used expensive runes.

Beldin.5498:

So .. in that case you spent 500-600g for 1% better stats .. but 60g for runes is a problem ?

Naw, I collected all my stuff for the armor. So it doesn’t cost me anything.

kokiman.2364:

Beldin.5498:

So .. in that case you spent 500-600g for 1% better stats .. but 60g for runes is a problem ?

Naw, I collected all my stuff for the armor. So it doesn’t cost me anything.

Thats like saying whatever you buy also never cost you something because you earned the money.