Guild Wars 2

Hello! I’d like to ask you guys about how the mystic forge currently works. What actually changed? Can I get a precursor while combining exotic armour? Or does it only work on weapons? Tell me what you know, please. =P

You can not get a precursor combining armor since there is no legendary armor.

Khisanth.2948:

You can not get a precursor combining armor since there is no legendary armor.

What happens if I combine rare weapons and armour? Do I have a chance for precursor then?

In theory that could work but doing that would drastically reduce your chance of getting one and it is already very low.

4 rare weapons x 0.2 chance to upgrade to exotic x 0.01 chance to get precursor = 0.008 chance to upgrade rare weapon to precursor
4 rare weapon/armor x (923 exotic lvl 80 weapons/1376 exotic lvl 80 weapons+armor = 0.67) chance to get weapon instead of armor x 0.2 chance to upgrade to exotic x 0.01 chance to get precursor = 0.005366 chance to upgrade rare weapon/armor to precursor
honestly, not that much less. If you can get the armor for half the price of the weapon, it might actually be better.

Mystic.5934:

4 rare weapons x 0.2 chance to upgrade to exotic x 0.01 chance to get precursor = 0.008 chance to upgrade rare weapon to precursor
4 rare weapon/armor x (923 exotic lvl 80 weapons/1376 exotic lvl 80 weapons+armor = 0.67) chance to get weapon instead of armor x 0.2 chance to upgrade to exotic x 0.01 chance to get precursor = 0.005366 chance to upgrade rare weapon/armor to precursor
honestly, not that much less. If you can get the armor for half the price of the weapon, it might actually be better.

That would mean that using exotics gives you a better chance than using rares right? So why does so many people say it doesn’t matter and to go with rares instead of exotics? _

That is a cost issue, based on the cost of rares versus the cost of exotics.