Guild Wars 2

I bought the Exalted Greatsword Core for 500 Aurillium. I consumed it on a character that has 500 Huntsman, and expected it to be applied to that crafting area.

Instead, it has applied itself to either Artificing or Weaponsmithing, meaning Ive wasted many hours of playing. Other players have had the same issue.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/Issue-with-Exalted-Weapon-Core-recipes

Yet another case of, the only profession that should be listed is the one that can actually make the weapon, not pieces of the weapon.

By the recipes, but make sure they only get used on crafting professions that can craft those specific things. Huntsman makes shortbows, longbows, pistols, rifles. Weaponsmith makes greatswords, swords, axes, Shields, daggers, hammers, and artificer makes staffs, focuses, and scepters.

These recipes should only show the crafting profession that makes said weapons.

You should only be able to consume a recipe with a character that has that crafting profession. This is a bug that has existed for quite a while, and should be corrected.
(Yeah, a little caution would prevent wasting a recipe. But some recipes are quite expensive, and why not just fix the bug?)

I’d like to follow up and say thanks to ANet for helping me regain my losses. Received a replacement recipe in the mail and used it on a Weaponsmith character this time with no problem