Ineffable crafting

Ineffable crafting

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Posted by: NovaZephyr.1293

NovaZephyr.1293

I’m going to pre-empt this by saying, this is not a post that is complaining, just a post where I lay out some confusion and am looking for clarity by the developers.

Ineffable crafting, some of you may have noticed in your weapon/artificing/huntsman or leatherwork/tailor/armorsmith that we have gained a new inscription/insignia. Several in fact. For example : http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ineffable_Darksteel_Imbued_Inscription and http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ineffable_Orichalcum_Imbued_Inscription

Now, my confusion stems from the following... Why are these account bound, and why does it take 20 ectos to make some of these items, for a level 65 exotic weapon? I’m really confused as to why these even exist or why anyone would craft these items outside of the sheer curiosity. Now, granted, you get to pick your stats, so that’s kind of a plus, especially at lower levels. The level 65 exotic is far better than a level 80 green, so that’s certainly a plus but I was extremely disappointed to find out, after crafting the item that it was account bound.

What is with all the account bound nonsense lately? What gives? It’s also extremely disappointing that these items have skins that already exist in game. It would have been more exciting for me to discover new items if the skins were new. I’m highly unlikely to make a set of any of these items at this point. Both because the skins aren’t new, and because I can’t sell them. I’d be better off selling the mats or making an actual exotic weapon worth selling.

The items basically act like ascended items. Both in terms of the ability to pick your stats and the item being account bound. Although with the items I’ve mentioned above, you aren’t able to infuse them. However, I’ve also noticed some of the newer items lately have the ability to be infused. So does this mean that you’re trying to get more people into fractals? If so, that’s great, but account bound items is not the way to go about it...

Ineffable crafting

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Posted by: Wanze.8410

Wanze.8410

Man, read the blogpost about the new leveling experience they posted about 2 weeks ago. There they explained for what these crafted items are intended:

To give your alts gear with better stats at certain levels to speed up leveling. They also stay account bound after use, so you can recycle-use them with every alt you level.

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