Guild Wars 2

Latest update: “Transmuting weapons now preserves the higher rarity of the two items.”

This is not the case.

I’ll give my specific example:
I bought a level 80 exotic Lyonguard Sword (greatsword)
I bought a level 80 basic Greatsword (greatsword)
I transmuted them with a fine Transmutation Stone
look of Lyonguard Sword
stats of Greatsword
sigil of Lyonguard Sword
The resulting item was a level 80 basic Lyonguard Sword with basic Greatsword stats with orange text (where an exotic would say ‘exotic’, this said nothing, meaning it was basic)
I confirmed it’s basic rarity by putting 4 of these in the mystic forge and getting a level 80 Fine Greatsword out.