20 Fun Facts About Item Upgrade
Guild Wars 2 Item Upgrade
Item upgrade, also known as "upping," improves an item's stats. Each upgrade increment increases the stat linearly.
Players can recycle six items at one time to gauge the upgraded component of each item. The cost of recycling an item varies with its rarity and level.
Upgrade components
A level upgrade in Guild Wars 2 is a process that can increase the effectiveness of your weapon and armor. This can be accomplished by a variety of methods such as using upgrade components or increasing the rarity or mark level. In addition to this, many items can be reforged to boost their stats even more.
You can find upgradeable items throughout the game. They are available all over the world as well as rewards for missions. Players can also craft them. The main way to upgrade equipment is by making use of upgrade components, which are the items that can be slotted into equipment. Most equipment has upgrade slots, and the majority require a certain level of upgrade. Some upgrade components offer specific bonuses, while other components offer general bonuses.
There are a variety of upgrade elements available in the game. These include universal upgrades, inscriptions and jewels. The universal upgrades, such as gemstones and enchantments can be placed on any equipment, and offer less than equipment-specific upgrades. Glyphs are only available on gathering tools. They offer a range of bonuses, ranging from boosting the speed at which an item gathers to supplying additional crafting materials.
To upgrade an item, simply 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 stats after the upgrade. If you don't possess enough of either the two, the Upgrade button will say Blocked.
The amount of upgrade components needed for a particular item can be seen in the upper-right corner of the Upgrade window. The cost of upgrading increases with the level and rarity of the item. However you can cut down on the cost by purchasing upgrades from a merchant, or trading them with other players.
Almost all weapons can be upgraded by an upgrade to a prefix for example, an insignia or rune, and a lot of them are upgraded by an upgrade suffix. These upgrades add an adjective to the item's name for example "Radiant" or "Minor Vigor".
Glyphs
Glyphs are a powerful instrument for communicating visual information. They move to grab the attention of the viewer and spark curiosity. The glyphs' animation mimics body language, making them even more effective in conveying the message across linguistic barriers. Glyphs also improve the retention of the message by triggering an experience of familiarity in the brain.
Each glyph has a set of values that it could improve a stat by in the form of an item when you open the glyph in the Glyph Storage or when you use them to enchant an artifact. This is the maximum value that a glyph can increase a stat's value by but not the amount it actually increases the stat by. The value of the glyph will depend on the tier and the quality of the item you are enchanting.
Most upgrade components slotted into items cannot be replaced or salvaged without dismantling the gear in question, unless it is legendary equipment and upgrades. If you do have a rune or glyph that has not yet been applied to your gear, you can move it to another piece of equipment by utilizing the Upgrade Glyphs context menu within the Glyphs panel. This will create a Glyph Set that includes the selected glyph.
You can take out a glyph by using a Black Lion Salvage Kit, or an Ascended Salvage tool. The item on which the glyph is installed will be destroyed, but the upgraded item can be retrieved using the glyph shards.
A glyph added to an item can cause it to become unstable, and the shards that are left of that glyph will disappear from your inventory once you dismantle the item. You can also apply an inscription to your equipment to add an extra benefit. Deferred Damage, for example can be used to store damage and then be dealt slowly to the wearer rather than all at one time. This is useful for those who take a lot damage from enemies, but do not want to be overwhelmed.
Reroll tokens
Reroll tokens can be used to alter the affixes on equipment and weapons. They can be obtained from many sources, including mysterious boxes and rare drops from skulled monsters, or by killing bosses. Each reroll token grants the player a brand new random affix that is usually better than the original one. Reroll tokens can also be used to improve the weapon's stats to increase damage or bonuses.
Items that have been rerolled do not appear in the item upgrade menu, however they can still receive upgrades. When you press the "upgrade button" you can recycle the rerolled items. This will alter the design of the item's window and let up to six items to be chosen for recycling. The level gauge is increased by recycling an item. This amount is determined by the rarity of the item and its level, therefore higher-level items are more valuable to recycle than lower-level ones.
Players can also use Reroll Tokens and Star Remnants to reroll Weapon Traits to upgrade units. Rerolls are based on a % chance of a weapon's traits. If it is higher, then the weapon is upgraded. If it is lower the weapon remains as is. Weapons can be upgraded up to three times.
Rerolls are a good option to upgrade an item upgrader mod, however, players must be aware that it can reduce the overall ilvl the weapon by the number of rerolls used to increase it to the final level. This is evident on rings and Diadems, because they are the only options to raise the ilvl.
Some players have complained that the reroll system is too expensive. It would be fairer to let people pay for it with money or food items which will allow players to make adjustments to their builds without spending excessive amounts of time. However, paid rerolls are not something that the developers would like to implement at this point in the game's development. They plan to add the ability for players to alter their race in the future.
Leveling
There are many ways to level up an upgrade to an item. The first is to increase the amount of upgrade, which increases the value of an upgrade for any stat. The second option is to boost the impact of the upgrade, which boosts the healing or damage for an individual stat. The base item can be upgraded to an advanced upgrade type. The new item will retain its iLevel, but have the upgraded effects of the upgraded item.
It is crucial to remember that upgrades are random. Most of the time the chance of a better roll will result from glyphs, however there are also possibilities for higher or more special rolls. The item type will also determine the iLevel. If you upgrade a unique or rare item to a special item type, it has a chance of getting a higher level.
Upgrades can be costly Particularly if you're upgrading your equipment from the standard track to legendary. The cost of upgrading a piece of equipment will depend on the base iLevel as well as the number of levels to upgrade. Some upgrade tracks also require crests to be completed in order to move on to the next level.
If you're lucky the upgraded item will be at the highest level on its upgrade track and gain a bonus effect. This will provide the item with a significant upgrade item value. The bonus effect is different with each upgrade level. In general, the effect of upgrading is increased by +3.
Based on the item's base level and upgrade path, the iLevel of the upgraded item will change as well. For example an item upgraded from being a scarce or unique item to an exceptional one will have the chance to gain the Enhanced Defence of the new base item.