Guild Wars 2

Is this a bug or an intended change?
Because, as a leatherworker, I’ve got a hard time leveling my leatherworker now, without able to salvage bought medium armor.

it’s intended.it stops buying items just for the sake of salvaging them

To elaborate, if players can buy a cloth armor from NPC’s for 12c and salvage it for 2 jute scraps, then sell the jute, that creates an effective price ceiling on jute – it will never sell for more on the trading post than 6c each, because NPC’s have an unlimited supply of the stuff.

Usually if a game wants a wholly player driven economy, they try to shy away from NPC price ceilings and let it be determined by the player.