Guild Wars 2

I just had the opportunity to make a new ascended back piece item via Leatherworking. Please excuse my ignorance, but I did try to look this up. However, the exact answer was not forthcoming.

I had the choice of making the Light of Dwayna which I really found fitting my whole armor look or the Bough of Melandru. I chose the latter because it had an instant Agony Resistance slot which the former did not.

They both have the same material requirements, and they both look graphically appealing in their own rights. I just don’t get why one has the AR and the other does not aside from one being put out in the game earlier and the other later.

I am newer to GW2, and I was needing the AR the Bough of Melandru offered sooner rather than later. Again, just curious why one had the slot and another did not. OR is it a mystery of Tyria? LOL

Welcome to Consistency Wars 2. Lots of stuff in this game is inconsistent. No one really knows why but Anet. The list of things that are not consistent in this game are almost endless.

They really should change them to be the same. But I’d just end up making both of them and using the skin I wanted with the stats I wanted. Yes. I know it’s expensive, but I’m a madman. lol

I would agree on making the one you want for skin, but I would find the cheapest ascended/infused back piece to make. Or go with the fractal capacitor, since you need to max that out for leg back piece anyways.

The answer is pretty simple. It’s a bug.

The devs mixed up the stats between the uninfused and infused version. The infused version which is supposed to have the agony infusion slot is missing the slot.