Guild Wars 2 Item Upgrade
The stats of an item are improved by upgrading it, also referred to as "upping". Each upgrade increment results in an increase in linearity of a given stat.
Players can recycle six items at once to gain a gauge for each item's upgraded component. The cost of recycling an item increases with its rarity and level.
Upgrade components
An upgrade for an item in Guild Wars 2 is a process that can increase the power of your armor and weapons. This can be achieved through a variety of methods through the use of upgrade components or increasing the rarity of an item or its mark level. Many items can also be reforged to increase their stats.
You can purchase upgradeable items throughout the game. They are available in all over the world and are rewards for missions. Players can also make them. The most common method of upgrading equipment is by making use of upgrade components which are the items that can be inserted into equipment. The majority of equipment comes with slots that can be upgraded and some require a certain level of upgrade. Certain upgrade components offer specific bonuses while others provide a general bonus.
There are many types of upgrade components in the game, including universal upgrades, inscriptions, and jewels. The universal upgrades, such as gemstones and enchantments can be placed on any type of equipment and offer lower bonuses than upgrades that are specific to equipment. Glyphs can only be placed in gathering tools, and provide various benefits, from increasing the speed of the item's collection to providing additional crafting materials.
To upgrade an item, select it in your inventory and open the Upgrade window. The preview will be displayed on the right hand side of the screen. It will display the expected statistics after the upgrade. The Upgrade button at the bottom will read Blocked if you do not have enough of or.
The upper-right corner displays the number of upgrade components required for the specific item. The cost of upgrading increases with the level of the upgrade and its rarity, but can be reduced by many different ways, such as purchasing upgrades from a vendor or trading them with other players.
upgrade item can be improved with a prefix, like a rune or an insignia. Other weapons can be enhanced with the suffix. These upgrades add an adjective to the name of the item like "Radiant" or "Minor Vigor".
Glyphs
Glyphs are a powerful instrument for communicating visual information. They animate to capture the attention of the viewer and stimulate curiosity in the brain. The animation of glyphs mimics the body language and makes them more effective in communicating an inter-linguistic message. Glyphs can also enhance the retention of the message by triggering an emotional connection in the brain.
Each glyph comes with a range of values that it could increase a stat's value in the form of an item when you open the glyph in the Glyph Storage or when you use it to enchant an Artifact. This is the maximum value that a glyph could enhance a stat by, not the amount that it actually improves it by. The actual value of the glyph is determined by the tier and the quality of the item you are in awe of it.
The majority of upgrade components inserted into items can't be removed or replaced without removing them except for legendary equipment and upgrades. If, however, you have an unusable rune or glyph that has not yet been added to your gear, you can move it to another piece of equipment by using the Upgrade Glyphs context menu in the Glyphs panel. This will create a new Glyph Set with the selected glyph.
You can take out a glyph by using a Black Lion Salvage Kit, or an Ascended Salvage tool. The item where the glyph is installed will be destroyed, but the upgraded item can be recovered with the glyph shards.
When you remove an item after adding a glyph, the shards from the glyph will vanish. You can also put an inscription on your equipment to increase its value. For instance, the glyph Deferred Damage can store damage for the wearer and distribute it slowly instead of all at one time. This is beneficial for players who are taking a lot of damage from their enemies but don't want to be overwhelmed.
Reroll tokens
Reroll tokens let players change the affixes of their equipment and weapons, and they can be obtained through a variety of methods like mistery boxes, as an uncommon drop from skulled creatures, or even from killing bosses. Each reroll token grants the player a brand new random affix that is usually superior to the original. Reroll tokens can be used to boost weapon stats for more damage or bonuses.
Rerolled items are not listed on the menu for upgrade options, however they can be upgraded. By pressing the "upgrade button" you can recycle these rerolled items. This will change the appearance of the window for the item, and allow up to six items be selected for recycling. Recycling an item adds small amount of points to its gauge of level. The amount is determined by the item's rarity and its own level, so higher-level items are more valuable to recycle than lower level ones.
Players can also use Reroll Tokens and Star Remnants to reroll weapons to upgrade units. Rerolls roll a percentage chance for a weapon's trait. If it is higher, the weapon is upgraded. If it is lower, the weapon remains unchanged. Weapons can be upgraded up to three times.
Rerolling is a fantastic option to upgrade an item. However, players should be aware that the total ilvl is decreased by the number of that it took to reroll it to the final ilvl. This reduction effect is most effective for ring items and Diadems that do not have any other options for raising ilvls.
Players have complained that the reroll system is too expensive. It's better to allow players to pay for it using money or food items that allows players to make changes to their builds without spending excessive amounts of time. The developers aren't planning to offer paid rerolls in this point in the game's development. Instead, they're planning add an option to change the race in the future.
Leveling
There are a number of ways to increase the level of an item upgrade. The first is to increase the upgrade amount that increases the value of upgrading a given stat. The second option is to boost the effect of an upgrade, which can increase the damage or healing of the stat. The base item can be upgraded to an advanced upgrade type. The upgraded item will maintain its iLevel but be upgraded to reflect the effects of the upgraded item.
It is crucial to keep in mind that upgrades are not guaranteed. In the majority of cases the chance of a better roll will come from the glyphs, however there are also opportunities for higher or more special rolls. In addition the iLevel of an upgrade will be determined by the item type and if you upgrade a rare or unusual item to a unique type, it has a chance to gain a higher iLevel.
Upgrades can be costly particularly if you are upgrading your equipment from the standard track to the legendary. The cost of upgrading a piece of equipment will depend on its base iLevel as well as the number of levels to upgrade. Certain upgrade tracks require crests to reach the next level.
If you're lucky, your upgraded item will reach the highest level of its upgrade track and gain a bonus effect. This will give you a substantial increase in the value of the item. The bonus effect changes with each upgrade level. In general, the effect of upgrading is increased a value of +3.
Based on the item's base level and upgrade route, the iLevel of the upgraded item will change too. For instance an item that has been upgraded from a rare or exclusive item to an extraordinary one can be expected to gain the enhanced defense of the new base item.