Pre-Searing Vanguard Buff

Okay, I used the search tool and didn't find my topic of question... Hope this hasn't already been asked/answered.

I've seen people say that (in Pre-Searing) the armor buff you get while you have a Vanguard Quest active makes Armor Insignias useless. Is there any truth to this?

If I have the Vanguard armor buff, will my armor insignias (such as Minion Master) not stack with this buff?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Vanguard_Initiate

and

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Talk:Vanguard_Initiate

talk page has people trying, normal page says what people found out

i dont know that much myself, but seems that a shield doesnt do anything, but bonusses on an offhand and weapon does

also, john stumme said
found that on the talk page i gave you, good luck with this, and i hope most of it is true, so that you can use it

to answer you question, it says this on the normal page "However, preliminary testing shows that armor-boosting insignias have no effect."

Thank you, Ayuhmii! This is exactly what I needed. I appreciate you taking the time to find this information.