Guild Wars 2

So I just threw in 4 AXES and pulled a RIFLE.

I also threw in 4 level 80 weapons and got out a level 76.

I haven’t played with the mystic forge in a while, but did they change the mechanic of the mystic forge while I wasn’t looking?

The level issue isn’t a bug but an added feature a while back. Players weren’t happy.

The 4 axes and got a rifle, yea I would submit a bug report in game.

Are you sure you didn’t toss in a forge stone or something other than an axe for the first example? Because I’ve never heard of the forge bugging in that way before.

As for the second example, they changed the forge some months ago, and that change made it so that you have a chance of getting a lower level (76 or 78) return even if you put in four 80s.

Okay, so the level thing wasn’t a bug, but a new mechanic. Sigh, that’s a bit of a let down.

But yeah, 4 level 75-80 axes and got a level 80 rifle. No stones or anything. Was super surprised.

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Okay, so the level thing wasn’t a bug, but a new mechanic. Sigh, that’s a bit of a let down.

But yeah, 4 level 75-80 axes and got a level 80 rifle. No stones or anything. Was super surprised.

This has happened to me three times.
Except, when I went back to look at what I had actually tossed in (by comparing to what the log said I had obtained), it turned out to be that one of the four ‘identical’ items was something that had a similarly looking icon, i.e. the steam scepter icon looks a lot like the staff (coincidentally, i got a rifle from that particular combine).

I’m not saying that is what happened to the OP; it’s merely a possible explanation.

In the OP’s case, if it was exotics, I’d report it both in-game (to help QA with extra data) and to support (just in case they can help).