Guild Wars 2

In order to make the legendary pistol The Quip, you need to level both Hunstman and Armorsmith to 400.

If the only classes that can use a pistol are engineer, thief, and mesmer, then the requirement for Armorsmithing seems a little out of place.

Engineer and thieves would have need of the Leathercrafting profession and Mesmers would have need of the Tailor profession.

But none of these classes have a direct benefit from the Armorsmithing profession. So it seems an odd choice to be a requirement for the legendary pistol.

I agree, it seems an odd thing to pair.

But thank goodness it’s ‘relatively cheap’ to max these. If you are going through with this, do it on an alt so you get 20 free levels.

Keep in mind the crafted Gifts for legendaries are account-bound so you can craft them with a character other than the one who will have the legendary. See Note 3 from the table at http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Legendary_weapon

Yeah, I realize you can craft them with Alts.

But it just seems an odd choice for profession for this legendary as none of the classes that use the pistol has any real reason to level armorsmithing.

I realize what must be done at this point, but the logic behind having this profession to make this legendary just seems misplaced.

At least leveling up armorsmithing will get me some levels and some skill points.