WvW and PvP Ascended Armor Upgrades

[Gray_Matter]

https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/foru...rmor-Upgrades/

When the August 8th update is released, WvW and PvP players who own Heart of Thorns will be able to upgrade their WvW and PvP ascended armor to have legendary attributes! This new type of armor will not have a unique skin, such as the one that is part of the raids legendary armor, but instead will consist of an upgrade to WvW and PvP ascended armor that gives those armor pieces legendary stat-swapping capabilities without changing the skin.
The following PvP and WvW ascended armor can be upgraded to allow stat swapping:
• Triumphant Hero’s Ascended Armor
• Mistforged Triumphant Hero’s Ascended Armor
• Ardent Glorious Ascended Armor
• Glorious Hero Ascended Armor
To upgrade a piece of WvW or PvP ascended armor, combine 3 new PvP or WvW gifts with 1 piece of ascended gear in the Mystic Forge. You can purchase ingredients for the gifts from either Commander War Razor in WvW or the Ascended Armor League Vendor in PvP.

I don't do enough WvW or PVP to gain from this but saw the thread up so thought it would be nice to give all of you a heads up.

[PACOX]

Makes complete sense.

The WvW skins are obviously similar to the legendary skins (better imo) and take an insane amout of time to earn. I actually think its faster to get the legendary backpack (WvW) than it is to complete a t3 WvW armor set. On top of that, they pretty much made it so you can earn legendaries in whichever game mode you main, legendary armor was the only think missing from WvW and PvP

The only possible drawback is that WvW and PvP sets are more straightforward. The PvE set is a mess to get imo.