Guild Wars 2

The wardrobe system.
After googling a few things arent clear to me yet.

Lets say I play an elementalist and lvl him to 80.
On my way to 80, I will find lightarmor gear and sets.
I understand that once a piece of gear is not part of the economy anymore, that it can become part of your wardrobe.

Will the gear I find, only be lightarmor gear, or will I find medium and heavy armor as well? Will that be high quality pieces like important sets?
If I can find medium and heavy armor too, can I unlock those for the wardrobe as well?

What are the ways to unlock it for your wardrobe?
I read about the unlock skin ability? You can do this on all gear pieces? Even if it is a armor type that you cant wear with your profession?

You will always get gear of all three weights (heavy, medium, and light). You can choose to unlock the skin (either by salvaging or right-clicking to choose Unlock skin) or just sell the items, regardless of their weight. And there aren’t any “important” sets that drop; armor skins can be mixed, and there’s no bonus for having all of the same skin set.

RoseofGilead.8907:

You will always get gear of all three weights (heavy, medium, and light). You can choose to unlock the skin (either by salvaging or right-clicking to choose Unlock skin) or just sell the items, regardless of their weight. And there aren’t any “important” sets that drop; armor skins can be mixed, and there’s no bonus for having all of the same skin set.

So with a light armor class you can unlock all the armor skins in the game. Including medium and heavy?

I would hesitate to say ALL armor because there are sets that can only be obtained by certain racial and faction groups, but the vast majority of sets can be unlocked by any character (certainly not limited by armor weight).

Brother Grimm.5176:

I would hesitate to say ALL armor because there are sets that can only be obtained by certain racial and faction groups, but the vast majority of sets can be unlocked by any character (certainly not limited by armor weight).

Thanks.

To sumarise; one character regardless of weight class can unlock all skins aquired through play, like drops, dungeon and karma vendors, crafting and the TP; the character is restricted to cultural armour of his/her race, and Order skins of the faction joined in the personal story.

Once unlocked, any character will be able to use any skin allowed by their profession, as long as you have the transmutation charges.

Pretty Pixie.8603:

To sumarise; one character regardless of weight class can unlock all skins aquired through play, like drops, dungeon and karma vendors, crafting and the TP; the character is restricted to cultural armour of his/her race, and Order skins of the faction joined in the personal story.

Once unlocked, any character will be able to use any skin allowed by their profession, as long as you have the transmutation charges.

Thanks.

Which skins are faction based from the personal story.
You already join this faction in the character creation choices?

Yashuoa.9527:

Thanks.

Which skins are faction based from the personal story.
You already join this faction in the character creation choices?

The skins tied to the personal story are the one’s from joining the Vigil, the ones from joining the Order of Whispers, and from joining the Priory.

You don’t join the factions through the character creation screen, but rather by playing through the personal story. Eventually you will reach a point where you will have to join one of those three factions, and you will gain access to that faction’s armour and weapon vendors afterwards.

This won’t lock you out of acquiring the other two faction’s armour and weapons, but I think you would have to create a new character and get them through the personal story up to the point where they will also join a faction, and then put them into a different one.

Zalladi.4652:

Yashuoa.9527:

Thanks.

Which skins are faction based from the personal story.
You already join this faction in the character creation choices?

The skins tied to the personal story are the one’s from joining the Vigil, the ones from joining the Order of Whispers, and from joining the Priory.

You don’t join the factions through the character creation screen, but rather by playing through the personal story. Eventually you will reach a point where you will have to join one of those three factions, and you will gain access to that faction’s armour and weapon vendors afterwards.

This won’t lock you out of acquiring the other two faction’s armour and weapons, but I think you would have to create a new character and get them through the personal story up to the point where they will also join a faction, and then put them into a different one.

Thanks good to know.