Obsidian Weapons preview vs. reality

[Solstice.5790]

While looking through the ingame "Wardrobe Storage" for sword skins, I came across this beauty for a black/white/red themed dual sword revenant:

https://ibb.co/f08FVkk  https://ibb.co/R9Bh8dp

So I spent the 350 Skirmish Claim Tickets plus some change, and then about 30 minutes messing with graphics settings to figure out why my purchase looked nothing like the preview, but like this:

https://ibb.co/vdTFhZ6

The official wiki finally helped me with the following information - not on the page for the Weapon Box, not on the page for the sword, but only on the page for the entire set:
"The particle effects of these weapons change colors based on what team you are on; they appear either red, blue or green in World versus World, or blue or red in PvP. Outside of these game modes, the weapons will always have a rose-colored hue. [...] Previewing these weapons will always display the Red color scheme, despite the colors switching properly when wielded/applied through the wardrobe."

If any of that information had been in the tooltip of the Weapon Box or the sword itself, or if the preview was actually considering the character's current location, I would not have bought the item. That's about a week's worth of tickets wasted for a skin that only appears as previewed if you're on a WvW map and your team lost the previous matchup.

Edited September 14, 2023 by Solstice.5790
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