Guild Wars 2

One thing that still baffles me is why cavalier (Primary: Toughness, Secondary: Power/Crit Damage) has not been introduced as a craftable/purchasable with karmra armor set. Yes, you can get those stats from Fractal drops, BUT the chances of getting a complete set is near impossible (unless you grind for a year). Why?

*Other exotic armor stat types also drop from chests
*It’s rare to get Cavalier armor stats, even rarer to get the correct armor type (light, medium, heavy)
*The Cavalier armor drops you can get are account bound, so no one can sell their unwanted armor to someone who does

All I ask is for Anet to implement this armor set in a more obtainable way. There are several builds I’ve wanted to try, where the addition of cavalier armor would improve the builds performance (and probably more well rounded), but I cannot because of the difficulty required to get said armor. I don’t see why Anet would disagree, since they seem to focus around increasing build diversity, which is something new armor types can do.

You can get all thej trinkets from the Temple of Balthazar but it baffle me why the armors are drops only.

Not sure why it’s not purchasable, but it’s not craftable simply because Anet would have to introduce some new fine mats for it.

Astralporing.1957:

Not sure why it’s not purchasable, but it’s not craftable simply because Anet would have to introduce some new fine mats for it.

Not true. They could have you combine mats. So instead of, say, fifteen Powerful Blood, you’d need eight Powerful Blood and eight Vicious Fangs.
I really have no idea why they haven’t done so, honestly.
I WANT MY CRAFTABLE RABID GEAR!!!

Their original design didn’t intend for everything to be crafted. Originally they said something like dungeons would give you specialized stats whereas crafting would be more balanced.

To account for every stat combination, they would have to redo how crafting works. For example, it would be much simpler if gear was just an item with a major and 2 minor slots, allowing you to put in whatever stat combo you want.

Astralporing.1957:

Not sure why it’s not purchasable, but it’s not craftable simply because Anet would have to introduce some new fine mats for it.

That’s not even an excuse, you can for example do
3 Armored Scale + 2 Powerful Blood + 5 glob of ectoplasm = Intricate Cavalier’s Insignia Design

Then
Cavalier’s Insignia Design + 5 Bolt of Gossamer + 20 Spools of Gossamer Thread = Cavalier’s Intricate Gossamer Insignia

I find it funny how a company that prides itself on creativity has to follow the exact same formula every time when introducing new content.