Charged Lodestone High Presence in Recipes?

Charged Lodestone High Presence in Recipes?

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Posted by: Fey Zeal.7032

Fey Zeal.7032

I have some questions related to, what appears to me as, a lack of T6 material use in Recipes with the exception being Charged Loadstones.

Simply put, I feel, there is some bias in the use of primarily the Charged Loadstones over the other six materials (Onyx, Molten, Glacial, Crystal, Destroyer, Corrupted, and the Pile of Putrid Essence).

I’m curious to know if there is a reason behind this?

Most importantly, why create such diversity only to ignore 85.7% of it?
Of course I realize, this is assuming there is bias. Maybe there is simply a greater demand for the items that use Charged Loadstones in the recipe and maybe they are harder to farm.

I also want to say that I realize using more of the other materials, in recipes would not directly affect Charged prices, nor do I care if Charged prices drop or rise.

My intent is not in any way to try and see the price of Charged Loadstones impacted in an way but primarily to understand why these other materials appear to be so ignored.

Maybe the attached image is not enough to definitively show that there is a bias towards Charged.

And if there is not a bias of their utilization in recipes over the others, I am still curious why there is such a significant discrepancy in value.

Maybe other players have more insight into the matter?

I’m not trying to start pointing fingers or passing judgment in saying this or that is wrong or right, I am just curious.

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Posted by: Zaxares.5419

Zaxares.5419

It’s mostly due to “thematic relevance”. A lot of high-end weapons that utilise electricity or light would logically use Charged Lodestones. Can you imagine Dwayna’s Feathers using Piles of Vile Essence, for example?

As a result, the demand for Charged Lodestones is higher than the others, and there isn’t really a reliable source for acquiring them. (Although with the introduction of Champ Bags and Dust Mites, prices for Charged Lodestones have actually fallen from their all-time high.)

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Posted by: Cormac.3871

Cormac.3871

It might be worth asking on the Black Lion forum page on one of the stickied questions there. The thread is regularly visited by John Smith, who is in charge of the economy on GW2. I can’t promise he will answer your questions exactly, but he might give some insight behind the reasoning associated with adding both more recipes and more sources for this lodestone.

If I had to guess I would say that the more a material is both called for and provided, the easier it is to guess the price of any new item, as the material’s price will be less volatile. I agree with Zaxares’ point about the number of recipes requiring it (at least initially) being thematic.

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