Un-customization

Why not just allow us to un-customize weapons? I don't see a problem with this, you can change modifications and runes extremely easy without any kind of special kit, why not just allow us to go back to the customizer or something. I just find the whole idea behind customizing horrible as it makes all weapons weaker for PVP use or if you want to use them on other charactesr.

When you customize something, it, by definition, should no longer be able to be used by anyone else effectively. Also, by allowing this, why not just make all weapons do 20% additional damage, since you could customize, uncutomize at will.
Also, I don't know how it makes them weaker, unless you want to make pvp chars and use items youve found. If you want to use them on other characters, then don't customize. Simple.
/unsigned

add to one of these garbage threads instead of adding to the pile

Oh yes, because every weapon deserves a free damage +20%.

/notsigned.

wow another one, lol i thought it was the same thread i read 3 days ago O-o

And yet some how people think it's acceptable? That's what disturbs me most of all...

When something is customized it is made to fit your character and your character only. Thats why you have an aditional 20% damage because the weapon is made to fit you perfectly...


/notsigned.

Thanks for posting the list, Loviatar: you've just avoided me to press the search button to post it :P

/not signed for the reasons I gave in a few of the many thread about that I believe.

/notsigned

Use search and stop making new threads about this subject!!

What would be the point of customising it in the first place? What's the point of having weapon crafers if this suggestion went ahead? When you're supposed to suggest that all weapons have an inherent +20% mod, you might as well say that the damage range of all weapons should be increased by 20%. Duh.

Numerous explanations about the death of this suggestion have already been done... well done. Before we were just beating threads to the ground, this thread is just a compilation of times gone by.

You act as if the reason people customize items is to take it out of circulation. That's a bad argument. There is no valid reason to not allow recustomization, besides high-end traders not wanting to de-value high-end items (which I suspect is the ONLY reason people are opposed to this)

People customize for the damage mod. Everyone customizes. Just eliminate customization and give us all the 20% mod.

It's CLEARLY not a Balance issue and it's economical effects are NOT a valid reason for keeping it. So can someone present a valid argument for retaining this 'feature' without simply re-iterating how things work currently?

Ignoring the fact that decustomization has nothing to do with the damage mod and has everything to do with the ability to re-sell, I would assume that your own argument is invalid.

You could always eliminate customization and NOT have the +20% mod at all, that will put staff and wands back on par with all other weapons. (Use SEARCH, and read the amount of threads that ask for better buffs for caster weapons)

Anyway, just to name a few valid arguments:

Upon your own suggestion, it was to have:

To which the reply was:

Upon consideration, a compromise was suggested in the same thread:

As well as one of my own... when I thought /not/sign was cool :P

It literally is impossible to de-customize a weapon, but it is more possible to alter a customized weapon so that it becomes customized for another person. That could be a possible suggestion. To back up my reasoning...

A very good explanation following:

Compromized suggestions that have been brought to the table are:

1. Depreciation has also been put across the floor when attempting to uncostomize weapons.

2. Account-Wide customization has been suggested

3. Another suggestion, posted by Carinae suggests:

There are also gaps in the suggestion that needs to be filled beforehand. Such gaps in the suggestion are

1. PvP characters' ability to decustiomize
2. I'm against decustomization on the grounds of... simple impossibility, but the suggestions mentioned above sound to be alot better than the OP's suggestion.

I just sold 2 customized expensive greens to merchant, because I deleted the character.

Differences highlighted.



I realize the impractability of "recustomizing" a weapon in the real world...I just don't think GW is enough of a RP game to justify not allowing it.

Many of the suggested changes would be improvements, I'm not arguing for any particular one, just for change!

The system now only protects trophy-collectors, and I don't think ANYONE can argue that that is the intended purpose.

Tough, getting that extra 20% dmg comes with a price. Greens are easily replaceable so it is no great lose.