So I had a +8 seeker quarterstaff of lesser orc bane

[Shanadeus]

I kinda removed the prefix (+8 seeker) from it hoping that I could put it on another weapon but all I got was some law orbs.

What would you have done with this weapon?

[LookingForABentoBox]

I would have removed the prefix (+8 seeker) from it hoping that I could put it on another weapon.

[Zack77]

I kinda removed the prefix (+8 seeker) from it hoping that I could put it on another weapon but all I got was some law orbs.

What would you have done with this weapon?

The exact same thing. Or, vendor'd it if I didn't need the crafting mats.

[Shanadeus]

Ah well, shame it's the only weapon with a +8 seeker I've seen so far.
Just had to be on a staff...

[Kahuna68]

I kinda removed the prefix (+8 seeker) from it hoping that I could put it on another weapon but all I got was some law orbs.

What would you have done with this weapon?

You can still put the +8 seeker on another weapon. You just need other materials to create a shard that will allow you to put the seeker on the weapon.

[Shanadeus]

I don't think you can create a shard with seeker +8 - the highest I found was seeker+6.

[der_kluge]

I have a +10 seeker weapon I'm holding onto for when U9 goes live.

[SisAmethyst]

I kinda removed the prefix (+8 seeker) from it hoping that I could put it on another weapon but all I got was some law orbs.

What would you have done with this weapon?

The comment from the PAX video about the crafting is misleading. It is impossible to strip of specific property and place the exact property 1:1 on a new item! You will always only get a random amount of ingredients (the higher the property the more) that can be used to craft a shard that inherit the same property as like that again. But you most likely may need more materials than from decrafting a single item.

Further you may get the exact same ingredients from decrafting a item with a different property, as multiple property share the same base ingredients. This in other word mean it is undesirable to decraft a valuable weapon that can be placed on the AH just for some property that can be achieved in a different (cheaper) manner.



decrafting a +4 Seeker will net you:

(Standard): Item Deconstruction success with Law Marbles (Level 2 Amount)! Consumed: +3 Seeker Morningstar of Shattermantle, Parfett's Leading Dissolver. Created: 2 Law Marbles, Law Orb

and the 'Law Orb' is only a chance to get!



However to recreate the same property you would need 3 'Law Orb' and 16 'Law Marbles', in other words 8 more items with this property! Not to mention that the current maximum is indeed a +6 seeker.

[Shanadeus]

Then I guess your best luck is to find a weapon with one of your most desired properties and strip off everything else and then re-add properties?
Or wouldn't that just destroy the weapon in the process?

[Entelech]

There are two basic ways to 'strip' a weapon. Both destroy all properties on the weapon.

The first is discussed above. Deconstructing the weapon for "Law Orbs" and other crafting materials completely destroys the weapon in the process.


The second way removes all magical properties and gives no crafting materials, but instead generates a 'blank' nonmagical item. So if you find a +1 suit of Mithral Full Plate that has sweet graphics but useless abilities, you crunch it to create a blank with the same material and graphics, that you can then enchant with the properties you wish.


Also, crafting the shards for the better properties will require a lot of expensive practice to level up. But crunching blanks and adding premade shards to items can be done by anyone with minimal effort. So, once the nonbound shards are added, you will be able to find a craftsman or go to the AH for the shards you want and basically assemble your gear yourself.

[danielhrobbins]

I fooled around with it some last night, and it seems fun, especially for lowbie toons - it gives us a nice way to gather resources with all that lowbie gear we pull in the process of leveling up, instead of just selling it to a vendor. I do agree the PAX video is a bit misleading - I also assumed we would strip the property itself off, but it made sense after a few minutes of fooling around.

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but based on the system as it is now, if I wanted to make, say, 25% striders, I could actually get enough of the wind/air essences (or whatever it is) simply by deconstructing a bunch of 5 or 10% striders, correct? If so, I kind of like that ... now time to go clear out a bank toon and start farming some lowbie gear ...

[Altkey]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but based on the system as it is now, if I wanted to make, say, 25% striders, I could actually get enough of the wind/air essences (or whatever it is) simply by deconstructing a bunch of 5 or 10% striders, correct? If so, I kind of like that ... now time to go clear out a bank toon and start farming some lowbie gear ...

Right. That being said the higher the item value of the item you are decontructing for mats, the more materials you'll get back though it does appear somewhat randomized.

[HalfOrcBeautyQueen]

Right. That being said the higher the item value of the item you are decontructing for mats, the more materials you'll get back though it does appear somewhat randomized.

Is the value based on the base price of the item or the value of the prefix/suffix?

For Example, when you run shroud and get a bunch of random weapons all worth 12k platinum base price, would one of those weapons with Holy give you the same amount of materials as a Flaming weapon?

[Alabore]

If I wanted to make, say, 25% striders, I could actually get enough of the wind/air essences (or whatever it is) simply by deconstructing a bunch of 5 or 10% striders, correct?

Anything that gives the required essences.
You could be tearing down Sustenance and Devotion items to get Good essences to craft Holy.
Or tearing down Shattermantle and Maiming to get Chaos essence for Metalline.

[sirgog]

Is the value based on the base price of the item or the value of the prefix/suffix?

For Example, when you run shroud and get a bunch of random weapons all worth 12k platinum base price, would one of those weapons with Holy give you the same amount of materials as a Flaming weapon?

From my playing around with the system, any weapon with Holy on it seems to give the same results (whether it be a min level 4 +1 Holy Shortsword or a min level 20 +5 Holy Dagger of Vertigo +8). Holy Burst and the higher tiers of Devotion and Ardor give better results than Holy weapons.

Of course, with the latter dagger you could instead strip off the Vertigo 8 effect, or the +5.