Guild Wars 2

Does this choice affect engineer appearance at all?
I noticed an engineer with an eyepatch, and another with a huge backpack
just curious about it

It affects starting gear essentially. Gear wise, its all cosmetic, but some of the looks are hard if not impossible to obtain through other means.

Panasonic monocle = Eye Patch like thing.
Eagle Eyed Goggles= Goggles
Universal Multitool= Backpack

I’d say the rarest is the backpack.

I’d keep whichever you choose around for use with transmutation stones.

I for example, am level 80 and still have my pansonic monocle.

Yeah I got rid of mine figuring that I could find better ones.. Now I am a sad eng

1. Get 2 transmutation stones.
2. Get non-soulbound gear.
3. Make new engineer with desired item.
4. Transmute desired item’s appearance on to non-soulbound gear.
5. Send non-soulbound gear to your main.
6. Transmute the appearance to your current equipped gear.

Amos.8760:

1. Get 2 transmutation stones.
2. Get non-soulbound gear.
3. Make new engineer with desired item.
4. Transmute desired item’s appearance on to non-soulbound gear.
5. Send non-soulbound gear to your main.
6. Transmute the appearance to your current equipped gear.

Using a transmutation stone soulbinds the item to the user on use.

“My most useful tool is my ____”

Dirty great big rifle :P

The level 80 Rare helmet from Leatherworking looks identical to the monocle, so if that’s the one you’re looking for you can always craft it again, or have it crafted for you.

I got rid of my eye patch, I regret it a bit but I still have my awesome Whispers mask.

I chose the backpack.. But I really regret not taking the goggles!

I wish ANET could make them obtainable since the skins are so awesome…

After the transmuation the item will say Soulbound, how ever when your other character removed it from the bank it wont act like it soulbound, allowing you to use it in a second transmutation to an item you want.

I think its either suppose to soulbound and instead changes to soulbound on use, or suppose to say “soulbound on use” and doesnt.

Either way, iv done it and it works. my engi now has a thief hood and looks like a cultist. Saddly this cant be done with the engi’s backpack. (or at least iv never found other backpack items to do it with)