Guild Wars 2

People have most likely mentioned the problem with WvW gear before.
Now that transmutation crystals are out of the game, it’s not possible to transmute the item and then salvage it afterwards.

Since it’s in WvW, many people will be buying that because it doesn’t require gold and put sigils/runes on it. They do that without knowing that they won’t be able to return it.
In a case with 6/6 strength runes and you want diffrent stats armour, there is no way to regain those sigils, and u will need to trow away ~90g worth of rune what is unfair if you ask me.

Currently I have a 15g sigil what I’d like to sell, instead of trowing it away.
If the gem price isn’t so expensive, I’d have bought the “Upgrade Extractor” in the gem store, and then it’s the question if you are actually able to use it on the gear, but it’s not worth to buy it when the gem price is 12g for 100 gems. (250 gems for 1 use).

My question is; will this ‘bug’ ever be fixed?
or,
Lower the price for the ‘Upgrade Extractor’ to a “better” price (Based on the current gem price, I’d say 50 gems for single use, or 75 gems because the more you buy the cheaper it is.)

I understand the reason for the ‘bug’, so people with loads of Badges of Honour can salvage the items for ecto’s, what will have influence on the market.
Isn’t it possible to remove drops from the gear but only a chance of getting the sigil back?

It isn’t a big problem for me, but that there is no indication of a warning that you can not salvage it can be annoying.

Rgrds, Zyram.

I agree with you that the situation is annoying and I also agree that vendors should alert players before selling items that cannot be salvaged (or forged).

However, this doesn’t appear to be a “bug” — karma-bought items have always had this restriction and the lack of warning is (alas) consistent with most restricted items in the game.

It’s possible that, when creating the Wardrobe, ANet neglected to consider how high-market-value runes/sigils might be “trapped” in gear and that they are working on a plan to address this in the future (not as easy as it sounds). But it’s also possible they intended this all along, perhaps as a wealth sink.

If nothing else there needs to be a warning on an unsalvagable gear stating that:

“This item can not be salvaged.”

Somewhere in the tool tip on the item this should be clearly shown in red text. New players (and older ones) may not know and since you’re spending gold AND badges of honor on this gear it needs to be made clear that any upgrade you put into the armor is locked in forever. Same goes for Karma gear that cannot be salvaged.

Ideally I’d love a rune/sigil only upgrade extractor in the gem store so that I can cost effectively regain the sigils I’ve put into WvW gear. Until then though, I refuse to purchase Karma or WvW gear.