I was thinking more along the lines of something like transmuting Plague Doctor to Robust or something. Not that set specifically but just the general idea of making a set work a bit differently through transmution.

I transmuted my prisoners

Cannot emphasize enough on how good Swift is.

Swift is awesome.

Infused plays really well on sustain builds.

Some people have fun with Bloodthirsty, especially on DoT builds that lack a strong native execute.

Transmuting dropped healthy jewelry is pretty much standard practice at this point.

Triune is pretty good on magicka toons in PvP, for the same reasons triglyphs are. Super effecient source of off-stats.

Elfbane => Arcane on a Dunmer DK w/Eye of the Flame.
Soulshine => Arcane for a Magplar.

Swift, swift, swift

Did I mention swift

They are going to nerf it for sure, it is just too good. With how long everything took, I am not sure about sure

Swift - but it may not be nerfed, it doesn't show on a recap so QQ will be to a minimum. At best the class that's running it against a noob will.be blamed

@Waffennacht why do you like swift so much (and on which characters). I see no reason not to run speed immovable on stam, which is plenty of speed, and on mag, the only classes where giving up mag is doable is magplar and mdk. Everyone else relies on shields, meaning a big hit to survivability and even dmg.

Swift is crazy good on stam characters right now. Combined with lag it (especially with Asian/Oceanic based players late and night with poor connections) and stam are damn near impossible to hit.

Even on a mag toon, its so good that I've experimented with running them on my dk which meant I could drop vampire as mistform isn't so must have with swift, new wings and a major expedition pot for getting out of dodge when needed.

Much as it pains me to say it to a stam player - you really should try out as its just that good.

@Waffennacht is completely right, I've tested swift+expedition pots on several characters and have had positive results in every case. It allows you to play aggressively while outnumbered . My stamsorc can play like a Nightblade by running in with a dizzy/DBoS/Execute combo to pick off a vulnerable target and escaping before the Zerg can respond. It's not intended for dueling but the extra speed does give you some safety for you can kite while rebuffing/darkdealing without letting your opponent get any free hits in. The most important detail that's especially important is that you're running fast without sprinting.

2500 max stat feels like a steep price (About as valuable as a 5piece bonus), but the extra options you get are worth it in a lot of situations.

It's not about 1v1, it's about having the power to choose what fights you want to take and which ones you can't. I run solo/very small groups and try to be far away from where the big ball fights are. It's an escape plan for when 20 people decide that they want their resource back or when I get overwhelmed while picking off en-route reinforcements. People also tend to get spread or when chasing a fast target, sometimes you get lucky and they get spread out enough that you can pick them off 1 or 2 at a time.

Giving up Arcane on a Sorc really hurts... no way should Swift be nerfed.

Swift is borderline broken atm.

I like Triune on my magicka templar for BGs etc. though. Gives me some extra stats to play around with - although in open-world on my magplar, there's no way I wouldn't go with Swift. As an argonian as well, can just pop a pot and your stamina is instantly full, and you can keep swifting away.

It's impossible to catch a stamina sorc with major expedition + Swift atm. They just run way too fast :'D Almost every StamSorc I see these days are running in with Dawnbreaker + Steel Tornado Spam, and then they run away as soon as they can't kill anyone. And so they rinse and repeat that for forever. Such an engaging playstyle :> Although I can see how it benefits people that prefer to fight outnumbered.

The problem with swift is that it makes it even easier for classes like stam sorc or stam warden to just start running away while constantly breaking LOS the moment they feel they can't win the fight. With expedition buffs, 2-3 swift jewelry traits as well as snare immunity from forward momentum they barely even need to actively use abilities to escape. You basically can't fight these guys if they don't want to unless you run swift jewelry as well, which is bad game design imo.

What would you guys think about swift jewelry that doesn't increase speed but decreases the effect of snares instead?