Guild Wars 2

We are going to get a new currency of sorts, when Achievement Points allow us to unlock some new items. ArenaNet’s blog post about the subject mentioned how it would allow us to get one-use only items, like gold, karma, and so on, so it won’t work purely as unlocks.

Meanwhile, we have some constants in the game. Look at Obsidian Shards. They are almost useless; they are used only to craft Legendaries, and to craft a single other item, the Cragstone.

We currently have the following ways to get Obsidian Lodestones:

• Buying at the Temple of Balthazar for 2,100 karma (a guaranteed way)
• Laurel merchant in any city, 3 for 3 laurels (a guaranteed way)
• BUY-4373 in the Fractals of the Mists (a guaranteed way)
• We could buy them from Moto in Rata Sum for 1 Bauble Bubble (a guaranteed way)
• They also drop from Lost Orrian Jewelry Boxes (it’s not guaranteed, but it’s somewhat common)

And, again, they are nearly useless.

Let’s compare those to Charged Lodestones. They are required for:

• Gift of Light, which is used for:
  • One Legendary, Sunrise
  • Aether
  • Azureflame
  • Eidolon
  • Feathers of Dwayna
  • Foefire’s Essence
  • Foefire’s Power
  • Wings of Dwayna
• Gift of Lightining, which is used for:
  • One Legendary, Bolt
  • Mjolnir
• Gift of Weather, used for one Legendary
• Superior Rune of Speed
• Superior Rune of the Air
• Superior Rune of the Guardian
• Superior Rune of the Scholar
• Superior Sigil of Speed
• Superior Sigil of the Night

We have the following guaranteed ways to acquire Charged Lodestones:

• None.

They are a very rare drop from a single enemy type that appears after a couple temples in Orr have been cleared, drop very rarely in CoE, and appear once in a while from Orrian Boxes.

Now, let’s make a bet – which of those two, Obsidian Shards or Charged Lodestones, do you people think will be made available as a guaranteed reward from Achievement Points?