Guild Wars 2

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, but the last four times I used the mystic forge I didn’t get jack.

I know that you put four items in and you get a random item back. The problem is I don’t get anything I can use for my class. Even though I put my class items in. For instance…I put in a rare shield, a couple of rare shotguns, and a pair of boots, and I got something that I can’t even use. Then here’s what gets me… The created item sells for 46 copper… I could have sold them separately and made a couple of silver.

Also there is no option to back out if you don’t want the item. Sorry for the rant, but I just feel like I got ripped off. I hope everyone else is having better luck than I am.

Sorry you’ve had bad luck with the toilet, but if you want a weapon you can use, you must first put in 4 weapons of that type, eg. Flushing 4 rare rifles will return another rare rifle (or an exotic one). Using 4 random weps/armor will just return a random piece of armor or a weapon. That being said, there is a chance you might get a precursor out of it.

There are specific stuff you can put into the forge to get specific return.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystic_Forge#Equipment

I wouldn’t ever put random stuff in it, maybe only if you’re shooting for a precursor (gigantic maybe here).

if your putting 4 random items in you get 1 random item out, that means while in your mind a rare shield, rare rifles and some boots aren’t “random” all being stuff your profession can use, the forge see’s it as a random selection of items.

If you put in 4 rifles you’d get 1 rifle out, 4 shields, 1 shield out so on so forth.

Thanks for the tips…I’ll keep them in mind and give it another go.
It just seems odd that four random warrior items can yield a necromancer item.
Oh well…roll of the dice I guess.

Well if you think about it those are also engineer items. So what other people have said if you want to get a specific item back you have to put it four of those.