Guild Wars 2

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a-legendary-journey/

Ok, so the method of obtaining the precursers for the new legendaries will change. Which is awsome news for me because after 4k+ hours in 2,5 years of playing I have yet to recieve a precurser. Curse you RNG and Zommoros!

But, in the blog post it says:

The methods by which you’ll craft these legendary weapons are similar to the existing system, but we’ve refined it into more of a journey, similar to precursor crafting.

With the current legendaries you need:
-Gift of Mastery
-Gift or Fortune
-Legendary specific precurser
-Legendary specific gift

Does this mean that crafting the new legendary itself will also change? Do we still need the gift of fortune and the legendary specific gift?

Most likely the process will stay the same, but you will need to get the precursor using the new way (precursors for new legendaries will not be obtainable using current methods, including TP). There will also probably be differences in obtaining legend-specific gifts (which are unlikely to involve tokens from current dungeons, and may require HoT-specific drops/content).

Astralporing.1957:

Most likely the process will stay the same, but you will need to get the precursor using the new way (precursors for new legendaries will not be obtainable using current methods, including TP). There will also probably be differences in obtaining legend-specific gifts (which are unlikely to involve tokens from current dungeons, and may require HoT-specific drops/content).

I would think that for the old legendaries they would have to (also) keep the old method intact for those that don’t buy the x-pac. People that only own the base game would still need a way to craft the old ones. I guess there would be zero way to grab one of these new handful of legendaries if you didn’t own the x-pac? Also, the mastery system for this seems (at least for now) seems to be wholly separate from HoT in the panel at least. I am only going off of clues from what we’ve seen but it is wholly speculation on my part.

Iason Evan.3806:

Astralporing.1957:

Most likely the process will stay the same, but you will need to get the precursor using the new way (precursors for new legendaries will not be obtainable using current methods, including TP). There will also probably be differences in obtaining legend-specific gifts (which are unlikely to involve tokens from current dungeons, and may require HoT-specific drops/content).

I would think that for the old legendaries they would have to (also) keep the old method intact for those that don’t buy the x-pac.

Yes. We already know that the crafting for old legendaries remain unchanged (apart from there being one more method of obtaining precursors). I was speaking only about the new ones, as OP was asking only about them.