So, right off the bat, I have to say that having a saved template system similar to GW1’s would be fantastic. There have been so many times that I’ve taken a screenshot of my trait window just to ensure that when I tool around with a new build I can remember what my previous build was like if I wanted to go back.
Now, I’m not going to claim to be the guy with all of the answers, so I’ll just stick to runes for now, but what about if we had a button on the hero panel that lets us switch between two sets of armor runes? A player could use it to separate their PvE runes from their WvW runes or could have two sets assigned just for PvE play or WvW play. I can tell you that (in the current system) if I had sunk an unreasonable amount of gold into my Superior Strength runes, I would hate to overwrite them with another rune set if I wanted to try another build with the same armor.
While we’re on the subject, why are runes and sigils on the TP anyway? It’s been my understanding that the rune sets were set up to diversify our playstyles, but we basically gold-gate anyone who doesn’t farm from getting the more expensive runes and sigils. There should be an NPC that sells runes and sigils at a reasonable, equal rate so players could play around with runes without wasting a lot of money or (at the very least) would allow certain players to feel like they can venture away from their Scholar or Strength sets without losing their money. We can still leave the account-bound runes to the Dungeon tokens if people still want that system, or maybe players can unlock them in that aforementioned NPC through dungeon completion (say, maybe completing all of a dungeon’s paths, since I believe that players should be rewarded for their diligence and not solely on their ability to farm gold).
I know I’m venturing a little off topic, but that’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while. So, to reiterate, here is my proposal: have a saved template system that assigns traits and skills, give us the option to switch between two rune sets on the fly in the hero panel, and further build upon the positive changes made in the April feature patch to make the runes and sigils something we can play with freely and not grind for.
Edit: I wanted to acknowledge that I posted this is in the PvP forum without even directly mentioning PvP, but I feel that the Hero Panel switch could also apply to a button in the PvP Panel.
