Guild Wars 2

So I noticed over the weekend that the Crest of the Assassin (formerly Crest of the Traveler) sells for an astonishing 44 silver. This is in stark contrast with the other Crests, which tend to sell for about vendor value.

I found myself wondering why this is, when it struck me that I hadn’t seen any Assassin Crests drop. Ever. I’d seen the other 4 variants drop, however, which made me think that maybe the drop table is bugged and Crests of the Assassin are no longer dropping. This is kind of supported by the fact that the supply is much less than the other Crests.

I was considering posting this in the Bug forum, but I thought I’d post here first just to see if my experience matches that of others. If it IS bugged, it’s not a terribly important issue as I doubt many players are using Crests for upgrades, but it might be something ANet wants to look at for consistency’s sake.

I dont’ know the answer.

But is it one of those item, people could just use a much cheaper gem as alternative? I think I was using crest and realize how stupid I am, since I can just use a gem to socket armor which is much cheaper.

I think Assassins stats are just more used (just like ruby) than any other stat combo.
If you check the prices for the orbs, you will also see that ruby is the most expensive at 12s and then comes opal (assassins stats) with 6s, all others are at vendor value.

That’s certainly a possibility, although to my knowledge Crests are almost never used as upgrades when Ruby Orbs and Runes exist. (The fact that just about all the other Crests sell for near vendor price attests to that.) Are Assassin Crests really good enough to break this trend?

More than that, has anyone actually gotten a Crest of the Assassin as a drop in recent months? As I mentioned earlier, I’ve gotten a few of each of the other types of Crests (usually as drops from JP chests), but not a single Crest of the Assassin so far.

I have never gotten a Crest of the Assassin as a drop since they changed it from the Traveler name and stats.

I’ve held onto four for a very long time now. Pretty sure they simply do not drop.

Crests of the Assassin never dropped, they were only the result of removing % magic find from all gear. All Crests of the Traveler were transformed to Crests of the Assassin.
If you’re just after the stats, use Opal Orbs, they’re identical.

Good find, Mork. I don’t need Crests anymore, but that’s a good tip for any new players who might be after those stats.

I mainly just raised this issue as a matter of consistency with the other Crests. If Opal Orbs do the exact same thing as Crests of the Assassin, maybe they could be retired from the game.