Just wanted to share, because it was unexpected:
I got a Topiary Knife (one of those account-bound exotics with stats that are higher than required level).
I opened it on a level 80 and got a level 65 Forsaken Topiary Knife
I just did some research: this dagger has 754 dmg. a normal level 66 exotic dagger has 727 dmg, and a normal level 70 exotic dagger has 781 dmg. Which puts the estimated normal level for the given dmg at around 68. stats also agree with this.
anyways, I have exactly zero use for this. I don’t use characters that use daggers, and I don’t create enough alts to need this, and when I do make an alt, I don’t re-equip them every 3 levels.
So I wanted to forge it and try to get a precursor (or, at worst, an exotic that could be sold)
except it can’t be forged.
but it could be salvaged in hopes of getting 3 mithril. It didn’t have a socket, and it’s level 65 so no ecto; no reason to use a master kit on it.
I used a CFSoM and didn’t get the mithril I was expecting, instead I got 1 ecto.
I expect this is because of the higher-than-normal stats, but it was surprising anyways.
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