Guild Wars 2

Did you guys forget that jewelers can’t refine iron, steel, and dark steel?

I was wondering the same thing just now. Only way jewelers can craft their backitems is by buying stuff on tp or doing other crafting discipline first.

or bronze…. I’m standing around with my jeweler scratching my head….

Possible, or it might be a case where they didn’t think it made sense to use soft metals for something requiring durability (not a good explanation, I know).

This isn’t entirely unprecedented. The Artificer requires a couple items for recipes that only a Jeweler can make.

Sariel, the difference is, these are supposed to be profession-based backpacks, not just ordinary recipes. They should take things that the profession can make – and they do, with the single exception of the jeweler. If a chef can make a backpack with mashed yams, a jeweler should be able to make one with things they can actually produce.

If it’s intended, it’s really stupid, particularly with the comparison to chef!

Guh. Good point. And I haven’t bothered with trying to make any of these things yet, so I wasn’t aware either XD

I’m pretty sure it is an oversight.

They’ve been out a while in the chinese client though and nobody thought to fix them. So…

I would also point out, that the few items the artificer needs (3 according to what I see) for potion making, can all be salvaged from items dropped in the world (adorned pearl and Intricate Sunstone Jewel (I get an average of 2 – 3 per day just running AC) and bolt of linen). FYI, the artificer doesn’t have the ‘up’ button to allow me to craft the jewels….

And even if the excuse is either 1. the back item should be made from more sturdy materials (yeah right!) or 2. other crafting disciplines need items from other crafting disciplines, so its all ok…. At least when you click on the arrow up to craft that item, there should be a message somewhere saying “please ask your friend the artificer/huntman/chef/armorsmith… etc. to make this item for you” or “Your crafting discipline doesn’t allow for crafting this item. You can purchase it on the TP”, or some such notification, instead of giving us the recipe and then graying out the craft button….
I had all the materials for making bronze in my inventory, and I was clicking the craft button and couldn’t figure out what was wrong. It its not technically a ‘bug’, it is definitely a design flaw.

Has anyone else noticed what a bugridden mess all new backpieces are?
They behave like half ascended-exotic back pieces.
1- They have infusion slots ( haven’t tested if it’s functional)
2- They have a non functional upgrade slot.
3- They give ascended major stats (~178% more than minor ascended give 160% and exotic give 137.5%)
The Stat selection is a mess:
1: Whether it’s intended or not a several prefixes are missing
2: Several prefixes don’t match the stats they give
3: The stats provided by some of the options listed are repeated
4: The last Option doesn’t even make sense.
Sigh
These won’t see much use unless they intend to fix at least half of those issues.