Armor Insignias: Make them retroactive, please

Originally Posted by ran93r

Every game adds new features as it matures but hardly any (read : none) retrofit existing content to be able to use these new features. We understand it's a time issue, especially with teams working on new content but there are those of us, longstanding players of all campaigns who would love to be able to bring our Proph characters in line with the existing content.

If it's explained to us, IE, no this will not happen because the time it would take = and the impact it would have on the game is... that's fine (IMO) but yeah, it would be pretty nice to rip through Nightfall, salvage all sorts of goodness and then slam them on my Proph chars via storage.

Originally Posted by Priest Of Sin

Insignias: they add an "inherent" bonus to armor, such as damage reduciton, +xxarmor while hexed, ect. They are currently Nightfall Campaign only, which is ok for now.

The Bonus: you can now select the skin you want, and buy the bonuses later! Less decision between looks vs. functionality.

The Problem: Many players have 15k armor (this includes Prophecies, Cantha, and Obsidian 15k) that has "bad" stats. Or in other words, stats that seemed good at the time, but are largely useless now (Bonelace armor, anyone?). Currently, we cannot apply insignias on older armor.

The Solution: a massive armor update that changes the "-3 damage reduction" or whatever to an Inscription. You can salvage them off, re-apply them, ect. It would most likely require Anet to update all armor names, such as "Obsidian Ascalon Leggings" to "XXX Obsidian Leggings of XXX". This would require lots of time on Anet's part, but perhaps they could take a break from the Weekend events and update the armor. It would make MANY fans happy who crafted the wrong armor.

EXAMPLE (XXX= inscription slot):

15k Tormentors Leggings of Superior Vigor- before update
Grotto XXX Leggings of Superior Vigor- after update

15k Bonelace Leggings Of Superior Vigor- before update
Citadel XXX Leggings of Superior Vigor- after update

15k Ascalon Obsidian Leggings of Superior Vigor- before update
Obsidian XXX Leggings Of Superior Vigor- after update

15k or 1.5k Gladiators Kurzick Leggings of Superior Vigor- before update
Vasburg XXX Kurzick Leggings Of Superior Vigor- after update

15k or 1.5k Gladiators Luxon Leggings of Superior Vigor- before update
Leviathan XXX Luxon Leggings of Superior Vigor- after update

1.5k Gladiators Leggings Of Superior Vigor- before update
Droknar's XXX Leggings Of Superior Vigor- after udpate

15k or 1.5k Canthan Gladiators Leggings Of Superior Vigor- before update
Kaineng XXX Leggings Of Superior Vigor- after update

ect, ect.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by Tuor Son Of Huor

I started buying my FoW before factions came out, and managed to buy the final piece about a month ago. I'm sure for most ppl out there, FoW is a symbol of pride for them - i know i've spent many sleepless nights and buckets of bloodied urine getting my Ranger FoW - and now I've got it, confident in the fact that this will NEVER be inadequate, no matter what comes after.

Now Nightfall is released, and the FoW armor - the ultimate end-game-multi-chapter armor - is not updated to take advantage of Insignias.

It is here that I will start my petition to update *all* FoW armor in existence to take advantage of the armor mechanics introduced in Nightfall. I feel its only fair for an armor that requires an enormous amount of energy and persistence to obtain.