Guild Wars 2

This item works just like a fine transmutation stone but with one major difference. Instead of transferring stats this stone only transfers the graphic of the armour. Here’s the catch, the graphic can be from any weight of armour (light, med, heavy).

I’m a no.

Characters should stay distinguishable by armor class.

nachtnebel.9168:

I’m a no.

Characters should stay distinguishable by armor class.

I’m not sure… do you really distinguish between them all that well?
most of the time I find that their behavior, colour scheme and abilities are more of a hint.

especially considering how maany armour sets look like other armour classes, look at the charr cultural light armour, T1 is a ton of metal plates strapped to you, and T3 is chain/platemail

what if it only changed the visuals for allies? (enemies only see the default PvP gear)
that way, in PvP, you could still see an enemies profession at a glance, but allies, ie. the people who you want to look awesome for, will see the transmuted armour

I can’t distinguish between an Elementalist and a Necromancer class through armor. But I can distinguish them between their skills.

I highly doubt I cannot distinguish a Guardian and a Elementalist when they pop up their first skill.

I am all for this. Some parts of the armor set looks good on my warrior.

I can distinguish between Scholars, Adventurers and Soldiers due to their armor class, it’s not that hard. You still won’t know if you see an Ele or a Necro, but you will know that you are going to fight a Scholar.

Personally, I would much rather have an item that you can burn the appearance of a piece of equipment into, which transmutation stones don’t consume.

This is a close second though.

nachtnebel.9168:

I can distinguish between Scholars, Adventurers and Soldiers due to their armor class, it’s not that hard. You still won’t know if you see an Ele or a Necro, but you will know that you are going to fight a Scholar.

And this disprove my point because….?