Guild Wars 2 Item Upgrade
The stats of an item can be enhanced by upgrading it, which is also known as "upping". Each upgrade increment boosts the stats linearly.
Players can recycle up to six items at once to gain an indicator of the level of the upgraded components. The cost of recycling an item scales according to its rarity and.
Upgrade components
An item upgrade in Guild Wars 2 is a procedure that can improve the stats of your armor and weapons. This can be achieved in a variety of ways, including by using upgrade components or increasing the rarity or mark level. Many items can also be reforged to increase their value.
Upgradeable items can be found in the game, both around the world and as rewards for missions. Players can also craft them. The main way to upgrade equipment is by making use of upgrade components, which are components that can be slotted into equipment. The majority of equipment comes with slots for upgrading and some require a certain level of upgrade. Some upgrade components give specific bonuses while others give general bonuses.
There are a variety of upgrade components that are available in the game. These include universal upgrades, inscriptions and jewels. Universal upgrades, like gemstones and enchantments, can be placed on any equipment and provide smaller bonuses than upgrades for specific equipment. Glyphs are only available in gathering tools, and provide various benefits, from increasing the speed of an item's gathering to providing additional crafting materials.
Choose the item from your inventory, and then open the Upgrade window. The preview will be displayed on the right side of the screen. It will show the expected stats following the upgrade. The Upgrade button at the bottom will show Blocked if you don't have enough of or.
The upper-right side of the screen shows the amount of upgrade components required to create a particular item. The cost of upgrading increases depending on the level of the upgrade and its rarity, however it can be reduced by various ways, such as purchasing upgrades at a merchant or trading them with other players.
Most weapons can be upgraded using an upgrade to a prefix for example, an insignia, or a rune. Many can be upgraded using an upgrade suffix. These upgrades include an adjective in the item's name like "Radiant" or "Minor Vigor".
Glyphs
Glyphs are a powerful tool to communicate visual information. They animate in order to grab the viewer's eye and spark curiosity. The animation of glyphs resembles the body language, making them more effective in conveying a linguistic barrier-crossing message. Glyphs can also increase the recall of the message by triggering an experience of familiarity in the brain.
Each glyph has a range of values that it can enhance a stat according to the item when you open the glyph in the Glyph Storage or when you use them to enchant an artifact. This range is not the exact amount at which glyphs can improve a stat, but the maximum amount it is able to do so. The value of the glyph depends on the tier and quality of the item you are in awe of.
The majority of upgrade components inserted into items can't be removed or replaced without removing them except for legendary equipment and upgrades. If you do have a non-useful rune or glyph that has not yet been applied to your gear, you can move it to another piece of equipment by using the Upgrade Glyphs context menu within the Glyphs panel. This will create an entirely new Glyph Set with the selected glyph.
You can remove any glyph with the help of a Black Lion Salvage Kit, or an Ascended Salvage tool. This will cause the item to be destroyed in which it is installed but you will be able to salvage the upgraded item using the glyph and its shards so this should not be considered as a loss.
A glyph added to an item may cause it to become unstable and the shards of that glyph will disappear from your inventory once you remove the item. You can also add an inscription to your equipment to give it a bonus. Deferred Damage, for example, can store damage and then be dealt slowly to the wearer rather than all at once. This is beneficial for players who are taking lots of damage from their enemies, but do not want to be overwhelmed.
Reroll tokens
Reroll tokens can be used to alter the affixes of weapons and equipment. They can be obtained from many sources, including mysterious boxes, rare drops from skulled monsters or by killing bosses. Each reroll token grants the player a new random affix, which is typically better than the original one. Reroll tokens can be used to boost weapon stats to cause more damage or bonuses.
Items that have been rerolled will not appear in the item upgrade menu, however, they are still eligible to receive upgrades. If you click the "upgrade button", you can recycle these items that have been rerolled. This will change the appearance of the window for the item, and allow up to six items be chosen to recycle. Recycling an item adds small amount of points to its gauge of level. This amount is determined by the item's rarity as well as its level, therefore higher-level items are more useful to recycle than lower-level ones.
In addition to tokens for rerolls players can also make use of Star Remnants and Reroll Tokens to roll the weapon traits of an upgraded unit. Rerolls are based on a % chance to determine a weapon's trait. If it scores higher, then the weapon is upgraded. If it is lower, the weapon remains unchanged. Weapons can be repeatedly rolled up to three times.
Rerolling is a fantastic method to improve an item. However, players should be aware of the fact that the total ilvl will be diminished by the number of the rerolls required to bring it to the final level. This reduction effect is most effective with Diadems and ring items that do not have any other options for raising ilvls.
Some players have complained that the reroll system is expensive. It would be fairer to let people pay for it using money or food items that allows them to make changes to their builds without having to spend excessive amounts of time. The developers do not plan to offer paid rerolls in this point in the game's development. Instead, they're planning include an option to change the race in the near future.
Leveling
There are several ways to upgrade an item. The most effective method to level up an upgrade to an item is by increasing the upgrade amount. This increases the value of an upgrade for the stat. The second option is to boost the impact of the upgrade, which increases the damage or healing of the stat. Additionally, there is the ability to upgrade the base item to an upgrade type. Once this is done the new item will maintain its iLevel, but will benefit from the upgrade effects of the upgraded type of item.
When upgrading your items, it is important to keep in mind that upgrades are not guaranteed. In the majority of cases, a better roll is based on the glyphs. However there are instances when a more or unique roll may occur. In addition, the iLevel of the upgrade will be determined by the item type, so should you upgrade a rare or unique item to an exceptional item type, it could get an iLevel that is higher.
Upgrading items can be costly especially when you're upgrading a piece of equipment from a standard to legendary track. The cost will depend on the item's iLevel base and the number of upgrade levels it has. In addition, some upgrade tracks require crests to get to the next upgrade level.
If you're lucky the upgraded item will reach the highest level of its upgrade track, and will unlock a bonus effect. This will give the item a significant upgrade value. The bonus effect is different with each upgrade level. Generally speaking the effect of upgrading is increased by a number of +3.
Based on the item's base level and its upgrade process, the iLevel for the upgraded item will also change. For instance an item upgrade d from being a scarce or exclusive item to an extraordinary one is likely to gain the enhanced defense of the new base item.