Guild Wars 2

As I was not around in the beginning I do not understand everything. That being said, the Watchwork Pick is the best value by far (not counting aesthetics) as you get added return on your investment. My conundrum is why can they not just have all the other tools return a low level material, such as slivers.

Like Molten would drop destroyer shard slivers as an example.

I mean the code couldn’t be that hard since they use it already for Frostbitten and Watchwork. Honestly if it was a low enough proc rate I don’t think it would ruin the economy and this would just be a QoL bonus for those individuals who do spend money and thus increase ANet’s profits…

This is just a thought, no need to blow out of proportion and it is not like I’m asking for lodestone drops.

They did it just the once, included an item in the gem shop that offered a feature that wasn’t available inside the game itself. There was a strong reaction from part of the community that this was a bad idea, particularly because sprockets are otherwise so difficult to obtain in bulk within the game.

I’d be surprised if they create another gem shop item like it without also putting something similar in the game. The closest so far are the frostbitten tools, that drop tiny snowflakes, and can only be obtained via wintersday gifts (or exchanging ugly clothes).