Guild Wars 2

I as looking at the superior runes on the AH, and found something strange enough to warrant a question on it.

As I look at all the superior runes, the bonuses for each (up to 6) are greyed out, because I do not have any. However, when I looked at the Superior Rune of the Guardian, the stats were all blue.

Is there something about having a Superior rune of your class that gives you all the bonuses, even if you don’t have them all?

I think PvP armor by default has the rune set for you class equipped. xD And it’s counted, despite not being your active set. This does mean you get the bonus outside of PvP, however.

EDIT: I am assuming that you are a Guardian?
EDIT2: Grammar fix.

Yes I am a guardian, level 80. Not wearing PvP armor though.

Yeah, but when you go the Heart of the Mists, where sPvP and tPvP is, you are automatically equipped with an alternate set of armor designed for there, and it contains a set of six runes that are for your class (Superior Rune of <class>). These runes are counted towards the total for a set, but they are not active unless the player has the armor set equipped. Basically, if you were to get a different set of runes, let’s say Superior Rune of the Soldier, the effect of those runes will not be applied to you when you are in PvP, because they are attached to your PvE/WvW armor and not your PvP armor. However, if you purchase the Runes in PvP and equipped them to your PvP armor, you will have the set bonus both in and out of PvP, and it’ll read 12/6.

Ahh, ok. I was in Lion’s Arch though.

Can anyone check to see if they see the same behavior for their class. Not sure if this is a bonus for hitting level 80, or some type of bug.

Licht is correct, it is just the default superior rune that your guy has in PvP. It doesn’t matter that you’re in LA, it is a “bug”? Not really sure if they meant it or not so you can tell what PvP rune you have on even when not in PvP or what but yeah.