Guild Wars 2

I understand some are different in the bonus they give but the majority which come from the first birthday and from achievement chests, do the same thing. Why don’t they stack? Got 3 stacks running now.

The explanation is that they have different ID strings so the game thinks they are different things.

Why this hasn’t been changed, now that is the question.

Donari.5237:

The explanation is that they have different ID strings so the game thinks they are different things.

Why this hasn’t been changed, now that is the question.

It’s a lot of work with a high risk of something going wrong — that’s why.

• Script has to go through every account, every character, every bank in the game, including people who don’t play.
• Script must update every single “old ID” to a “new ID”.
• Script must validate that it didn’t make any mistakes (wrong ID, wrong original items, etc).

A less-work intensive alternative would be to change the icons, which requires “only” artwork and a relatively simpler change to the database. However, since the Mystic Salvage Kit continues to look identical to a crude kit, I imagine there are a lot of demands on the art/icon team and it hasn’t been prioritized.

I’m okay with that — it’s annoying, but it’s an item I only get from birthday presents, so it’s not as it’s an everyday issue.

Yeah, after thinking about it, by the time it becomes an issue, they don’t really need to be saved. Unless you are buying a lot of additional character slots.

A simpler solution use them on key farmers lol. OR anet adds an NPC where you can trade them in to get a new stackable version,