Guild Wars 2

Could we establish once and for all what are the chances of getting a precursor out of the mystic forge using:
- 4 random rares
- 4 rares of the same type
- 4 random exotics
- 4 exotics of the same type

And I guess we have to take into consideration if we mix weapons with armour parts?

Since I’m terrible at math, I won’t even attempt to try.
I made this thread, because after thousands of rares of the same type thrown into the mystic forge and hundreds of golds spend, I managed to get one precursor out of the mystic forge…by combining four random rares. Not only that. It was a combination of armour parts and weapons. It’s kind of funny.

(Thank you Mystic Forge for actually giving me something cool for once, I’m pretty sure it won’t happen again)

And of course I’m grateful, just a bit confused. XD

Yoroiookami.3485:

… I managed to get one precursor out of the mystic forge…by combining four random rares. Not only that. It was a combination of armour parts and weapons. It’s kind of funny.
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The thing is, I got both my Precursors the same way. Okay, the first was by combining 4x of the Asuran Cultural T3 weapons. The second one was by combining 3x random rares (2 weapons, 1 armor) + 1x Mystic Forge Stone. But after combining Exotic after Exotic, the best thing I’ve ever gotten from it is some randomly ‘rare’ type thing worth 16 gold. Rares, on the other hand, have a far better pay out in the long run.