Guild Wars 2

I noticed recently you can’t combine the remaining charges of these tools with the same type of tool, not sure if this is intended but seems reasonable that you should be able to combine a Orichalcum mining pick with 3 charges with another Orichalcum mining pick that has 47 or less charges.

Why not just use the 3 charge pick until it breaks? I actually run around with 3 copies of each gathering tool on each of my characters, since I frequently run out of charges and hate having to run back to a shopkeeper to buy another one.

You can’t swap it in combat so if a mob attacks you cough*Malchor’s Leap, Cursed Shore*cough, your only option is to either kill it [and very soon 5+ other that spawn on top of your head], roll a thief with stealth, or run away. Two options are just a waste of time.