Guild Wars 2

Hi, I wonder if a dev could reply to this. Will the new wardrobe system allow me to use the skins that I owned in the past or only those that I will have/aquire once the patch is live.

Example: I had Mystic Pistol but I salvaged it. I want to use Mystic Pistol skin with the wardrobe featuer. Plausible?

Until the patch actually goes live on 4/15, I doubt any direct questions like this will be answered by ANet (mostly because they are still tweaking the changes and answering something like this is just a “that’s not what so-n-so said …blah blah…” whine waiting to happen).

From what I read, any skin you ever equipped should be available to your characters (but again, I could be misreading what the article states).

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/46419166-Wardrobe
More info at the link.

How do I unlock skins with the Wardrobe system?
Equipping, salvaging, or destroying a piece of gear or a skin will add the skin to your Wardrobe if you have not already unlocked it. You can also right-click the item and select “Unlock Skin” as well. This option will be greyed out and not selectable if the skin is already unlocked in your Wardrobe.

What happens to skins that already are on my characters/in my bank/in my inventory?
The game will detect what your character is wearing once the character has loaded into a map and will unlock those skins. You will need to unlock skins in your inventory and in your bank using one of the methods explained in the “How do I unlock skins with the Wardrobe system?” section.

How does Wardrobe affect my Gem Store purchases?
If any of your characters are wearing or own any piece of an armor set (such as the Profane armor set or the Magitech armor set), all of the remaining pieces will be unlocked in your Wardrobe in addition to any pieces currently on your character or in your inventory. Any newly purchased armor sets will need to be taken from the in-game delivery mail and the bundle then will need to be used in order to unlock the full armor set. Please note that skins or partials skins that you previously purchased but which you no longer possess will not be unlocked on your account. The Guild Wars 2 Support Team cannot unlock skins that fall into this category.

If I have an upgrade version of some piece of gear (i.e. Fractal Capacitor, Spinal Blades, Legendary weapons, etc.), will I have the skins of the “lesser” versions unlocked as well?
Yes. Specifically for Legendaries, the pre-cursor skin will be unlocked if a Legendary skin has been unlocked. This includes both Twilight and Sunrise for Eternity.

What happens with gear that I currently possess that is already transmuted?
The skins for both of the items used in the most recent transmutation of your gear will be unlocked in your Wardrobe in this situation. This means that you will have skins representing your most recent stats and appearance choices for each transmuted item.