Guild Wars 2

I was about to craft the Elegant Leatherworker’s backpack but noticed there were 2 in the list. I asked in map chat and someone said one is offensive and other is defensive.

I have linked them and tried my best to figure out which one is which.

Can anyone help? I can provide screenshots if necessary.

I think it no longer matters now that any infusion can go in any slot except on amulets. Before that fractals change, you chose which version of the backpack to make based on what type of infusion you wanted to use. So the double-version is a legacy from an old system and you don’t need to worry about it.

Donari.5237:

I think it no longer matters now that any infusion can go in any slot except on amulets. Before that fractals change, you chose which version of the backpack to make based on what type of infusion you wanted to use. So the double-version is a legacy from an old system and you don’t need to worry about it.

Oh ok awesome, thanks very much for explaining that!

In the old agony system, items had either an offensive or defensive infusion slot. You could put things like +5 power in the offensive, and +5 toughness in the defensive, but not the other way around. However most people got versatile agony infusions to put +7 agony in the slot no matter the type.

In the new system, all infusion slots are the same. You could put either a +5 power or a +5 toughness infusion in the infusion slot since they no longer have that offensive/defensive restriction. However most people will put +X agony in those slots.

The two types of backpack are a product of the old system. They were there so people could pick what type of slot they wanted. Now they are exactly the same, so you could pick either with no consequences.