Guild Wars 2

This one hit me this morning.

I don’t know about you guys, but I hate how using a transmutation stone necessitates the destruction of one of the pieces of gear involved in the process.

The reason you’re using the stone is to get the appearance of one item onto the stats of another.

So how about a new type of stone, slightly more expensive than the fine transmutation stone, that clones the appearance of one item onto another, leaving both in-tact?

I’d buy a shedload, that’s for sure.

I love the idea, but it cant be used for legendaries.

Good point!
I would also suggest that the resulting item with the cloned appearance is account bound. The original can remain unbound if it was to start with.

Mungrul.9358:

Good point!
I would also suggest that the resulting item with the cloned appearance is account bound. The original can remain unbound if it was to start with.

Good point.

Agree if both original and cloned item become account bound (including legendaries)

That’s a nice idea, but I think both the items (the original and the clone) should become account bound instead. That way, you would be able to use the skin in multiple characters, but wouldn’t be able to pass it to someone else. Otherwise, people would be able to lend, let’s say, Infinite Light to all their friends and still sell it (to someone that would lend it to a bunch of people, too). A lot of people in the game would end up having the skin and the price would plummet. Now, imagine that happening to every single skin in the game (but legendaries). In a game that is all about aesthetics, something like that shouldn’t happen.

Gabby.3205:

That’s a nice idea, but I think both the items (the original and the clone) should become account bound instead.

Again right point to it. It should work like that!

Gabby.3205:

That’s a nice idea, but I think both the items (the original and the clone) should become account bound instead. That way, you would be able to use the skin in multiple characters, but wouldn’t be able to pass it to someone else. Otherwise, people would be able to lend, let’s say, Infinite Light to all their friends and still sell it (to someone that would lend it to a bunch of people, too). A lot of people in the game would end up having the skin and the price would plummet. Now, imagine that happening to every single skin in the game (but legendaries). In a game that is all about aesthetics, something like that shouldn’t happen.

Yeah, bound is nessecary if this does happen, i personally think its a great idea and all, but if all dungeon skins etc is sellable, it would be not worth it to enter a dungeon beside CoF p1. I agree on thakittens still fun, thoug we are still going to have that idea that the only thing we get out of entering a dungeon is going to be that it is only the money, nothing else, since we can buy the skins.

All good additions with good reasoning!

zengara.8301:

Gabby.3205:

That’s a nice idea, but I think both the items (the original and the clone) should become account bound instead. That way, you would be able to use the skin in multiple characters, but wouldn’t be able to pass it to someone else. Otherwise, people would be able to lend, let’s say, Infinite Light to all their friends and still sell it (to someone that would lend it to a bunch of people, too). A lot of people in the game would end up having the skin and the price would plummet. Now, imagine that happening to every single skin in the game (but legendaries). In a game that is all about aesthetics, something like that shouldn’t happen.

Yeah, bound is nessecary if this does happen, i personally think its a great idea and all, but if all dungeon skins etc is sellable, it would be not worth it to enter a dungeon beside CoF p1. I agree on thakittens still fun, thoug we are still going to have that idea that the only thing we get out of entering a dungeon is going to be that it is only the money, nothing else, since we can buy the skins.

Agreed.

i second this it’s a pain to destroy your armor just to get the skin