Guild Wars 2

I just recently found a thread on reddit talking about this ‘Mystic Chromatic Ooze’ item, which can basically apply the mercury-like metallic effect (identical to the juggernaut legendary) on your character. Trouble is, it’s in the 3rd collection of the colossus precursor hunt collection, which would basically cost me around 700g to get.

I already have the legendary, so it would be pointless having to make it (unless perhaps to recover costs – as the precursor from the collection is account bound – so I’d have to find another few thousand gold just to make the legendary, so I can put it on the tp, just to get my money back >_<). So with all that said, I have a few questions to those who already have this Mystic Chromatic Ooze item:

1) Is getting this Mystic Chromatic Ooze item from the colossus precursor collection the ONLY way? Do I really have to spend 700g (or thereabouts) to get this, despite already owning the legendary itself? If so, that’s really lame :-/

2) How does the item work exactly? Wikipedia says it’s a “gizmo”, but I don’t know what that means. Can I still use combat skills with this effect on? I want the effect on my elementalist but still want to be able to fight. I’m hoping it’s not like a transformation/tonic, and that it acts like an aura where it’s just an effect, and you can still fight etc. with it

3) Anet, if you’re watching this thread, if someone already has a particular legendary, and there’s an item from the precursor hunt collection that gives the exact same special effect of said legendary, but can be applied to your other characters, wouldn’t it make sense to allow people who have already unlocked the legendary to have this item? It’s illogical to have to spend nearly 700g just to get the Mystic Chromatic Ooze item, then have to fork out another, what, 2000 or so gold? Just to craft the legendary (because the precursor would be account bound and can’t be sold on the tp), just to get your money back? This makes no sense. These sorts of unique items should be unlocked for people who have already unlocked the legendary. I mean, why would you want to make an account bound precursor for the legendary you’ve already unlocked? If it’s only for this 1 unique item (which, in my opinion, should be available if you’ve unlocked the legendary), then it really isn’t worth it.

The item in question:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystic_Chromatic_Ooze

1. To my knowledge, yes, and you get it early in the tier 3 collection.

2. All you do is use the item from your inventory, and it provides the effect (until recently it didn’t if you’d finished the collection, but now it does – I have one and can confirm that if need be). You can be in combat or anything else, though it doesn’t work in certain areas like raids.

Also, the precursor is not actually account bound. I thought it would be based on the blog posts, but my interpretation (after I realized it didn’t outright say it was) ended up wrong. I have crafted the precursor through the collection, and I have the option to sell it on the trading post. EDIT: I mean that for the gen 1 legendaries, not the new ones, of course.

(As a quick aside, to the person I was arguing with on that, sorry, I could’ve handled that better, especially at the start.)

Awesome thank you so much for answering my questions! I think I may have to go for it then