Infused Ring of Red Death - can't upgrade
My Infused Ring of Red Death is not recognized by the mystic forge and I can’t upgrade it to add another agony infusion slot. I was able to upgrade my Crystalline Band ring though.
I’m not the only person with this bug in my guild and people have it randomly happening with either infused Ring of Red Death or Crystalline Band.
tl;dr ANet is aware of the bug and has a fix on the way (no ETA). You can wait it out or contact support (follow the link from the top left) — Customer Service has (sometimes) been replacing the existing ring with one that can be attuned
background:
You probably have one of the original infused rings, those that came with an inherent +5 agony resistance, rather than the current version, which comes with an agony infusion slot. Apparently, the item ID on those is different than the currently-dropping rings (despite the same name), which is why the forge recognizes the newer but not the older.
Although both rings work the same for adding/removing +AR and simple infusions, the original type somehow didn’t get listed as an input for the forge.
There was a dev response to one of the several threads on the topic (interestingly, all about Ring of Red Death) and they said they had a solution. It sounded to me like it should go out with the Dec 3 fractal patch, if you can wait that long. If not, contact Customer Service — they should be able to assist in the meantime.
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