Guild Wars 2

Well, I just learned the hard way that I can’t make exotic Auric weapons with Viper’s stats, so now I have two useless inscriptions.

Is there any known reason the HoT weapons can’t be crafted with HoT stats?

This is actually pretty standard. Auric weapons have a fixed stat set, just like Beaded weapons, Krait weapons, Godskull weapons, Amber weapons and several other weapon sets. UNLIKE most of the sets mentioned above, you do have a small set of choices. If you want a weapon with Viper stats and Auric look, change the skin in your Wardrobe page.

Considering the cost of crafting viper exotics, better to use those inscriptions to convert ascended weapons.

I made some auric weapons with HoT stats via the discovery panel, but I think they’re limited to Marauder and Crusader, which are inscription/insignia recipes you can buy off your regular craft master now.

It would probably make sense for viper’s auric weapons to be discoverable too… I’m not sure why they’re not.