Was playing PvP yesterday and I thought it would be cute to use a Wooden Sword (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wooden_Sword) on my Mesmer. I get into game only to find out that I’m doing next to no damage, and have yo use my Greatsword for the rest of the match.
When I came out of game I swapped to another sword I bought from the PvP vendor to see if it changed anything – it made my damage higher.
To replicate, just procure yourself a Wooden Sword from the TP (~10s), equip and see for yourself.
p.Maybe this is some Easter egg that I missed since the Wooden Sword is supposed to be bad, I guess. But I was kinda unexpected.
NOTE: I haven’t tried this on something transmuted with the wooden sword skin, or the Wooden Sword itself transmuted as something else. If you have, feel free to post your results.
The wooden sword is level 7, that’s why. Transmute it to a lvl 80 sword and it should work fine, regardless of rarity at that point. It was because you were using equipment that didn’t match your real character level that it scaled you down, just like if you really had been level 7, it would have done normal damage.
