So I have seen a lot of posts from people talking about the new precursor crafting option and how it wasn’t what they expected. However, I have noticed they are always crafting an existing precursor not one of the new ones (not out yet I believe). I think people are getting confused and thinking the old precursors are like the new ones where you get a theme and do more of a ‘scavenger hunt’ then just acquire x amount of materials. The old precursors have such a ‘boring’ ‘gold required’ style because they just wanted to have the same option as the new ones, they didn’t have the time to make each one it’s own unique theme and the ‘scavenger hunt’ to accompany it. This is also why there are only 3 new legendary weapons so far (announced not even in game)
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The new ‘scavenger hunt’ style precursors are for the new precursors not the existing ones, they didn’t have the time to make them as unique or theme driven.
TL;DR
The new ‘scavenger hunt’ style precursors are for the new precursors not the existing ones, they didn’t have the time to make them as unique or theme driven.
This is incorrect. It was stated that the style is the same for all of the precursors – existing Gen 1s and all pre’s going forward. They even used a gen 1 as their example when they were talking about this on the twitch stream.
TL;DR
The new ‘scavenger hunt’ style precursors are for the new precursors not the existing ones, they didn’t have the time to make them as unique or theme driven.This is incorrect. It was stated that the style is the same for all of the precursors – existing Gen 1s and all pre’s going forward. They even used a gen 1 as their example when they were talking about this on the twitch stream.
By same style, I though they meant you can craft in though a multi-tier collection, and given how it looks on live this seems accurate. On any of the new ones do they seem to have a main theme, such as getting a raven and raising it? Learning the ancient art of astronomy and becoming a star-charter? Not that I have seen, and the three new ones that are going to be released soon are supposed to be like that, according to a later stream showing off the new legendarys.
The “OLD” ones still drop and/or made in the Mystic Toilet. You can make more than one of the “OLD” ones. As long as you don’t make them soulbound you can sell them on the TP if you want.
The “NEW” ones are part of the mastery system and can only be made ONCE and at least the precursor part is account bound and cannot be sold on the TP.
There is very much a themed scavenger hunt for the old Precursors. I’m working on Spark right now, for Inferno. The first thing I had to do was mine ore in order to acquire special unique ores, then go to several places that involved fire creatures and extremely hot, magical scenarios, to get examples of their construction. The concept being that I’m using these special ores to produce something capable of holding together in extreme temperatures.
Once I’ve done that I put that information to use by crafting the actual item.
While the legendries may have the same name they are not considered the same when it comes to the Twice-Told Legend achievement that you get from binding 2 of the same legendary. For that they have already said that you would have to still do 2 the “OLD” way of either having them drop or get them from the Mystic Toilet.
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