Guild Wars 2

Are spineguards not being salvageable a bug?

Putting a gem in a lvl 80 spineguard, then having to waste a fine transmutation stone to recover it when you have a new back piece is a hassle. Or even upgrading to a fractal backpack, and then having a spineguard worth very little, but with a 50s gem in there I dont feel like vendoring it in case this gets fixed…

In addition, theres a bit of a feeling of exhilaration when you get a yellow in Fractals, only to look at it and find its a spineguard, so worth the same as vendor trash.

Especially when most OTHER backslot pieces are salvageable…

Could someone please confirm if this is intended (so I can give up and vendor the backpiece…)

back items take my bank and twink’s inventory space away, i don’t wanna sell them for plus 10copper at the tradepost for making loss at the end… it is surely not intentended and they’re just too lazy to answer and fix it…

I posted about this ages ago, the thread was bumped and bumped and bumped for a couple of weeks but we never got any actual official response, presumably this means it’s an intentional “feature”.

Spineguards are a horrible loot drop right now. I’d like to see them either made salvageable/forge-able or removed from the fractal loot tables entirely. Exotic spineguards are even worse considering you could have gotten a forge-able item instead.

This wasn’t really an issue until they added fractals, and I do think they will fix it eventually. If I recall, rings and amulets couldn’t be at first either. It would be a simple fix as they appear to be worthless leather just the chance for an ecto would be nice. I think this will be corrected the same time ascended rings are salvageable in the near future but like everyone else just want them to say that.