New Epic Essences

[Fratricide]

Did not see this in patch notes...
Combined old epic item in Altar of Epic Rituals with 50 Siberys Dragonshard Fragments and my old epic became an essence to be stored in my ingredients bag! Now I can free up inventory with my dozens of old epics and put them into said bag!!!

To restore the item simply place the essence back in the altar and presto... brand new, undamaged item.

This rocks devs.

-Blades / Cannith

[redspecter23]

Which item was it? This had been standard behavior for exclusive epic items for quite some time. Some issue with duplicating an exclusive item was causing issues so it goes in the bag. Most epic items with clickies fall into this category. This is perhaps what happened here?

[Feather_of_Sun]

Not new.

All "Exclusive" items that have a Cleansing Ritual recipe have always done that. It's a workaround to get the end result item into your inventory- otherwise it'll hit a snag because it detects the one you use as an ingredient in the ritual and the one you're going to get as an end result at the same time, and it won't let you have two Exclusive items at once.

[Fratricide]

Darn it, and to think I found something new... Oh well, perhaps it can be implemented as I thought. I sucks as a completionist having 100 old epics lying around that you don't need for this life but may be needed for some future build. Storing their "essence" in a bag would fix many problems.

[IrielElenya]

Turning Epic Items into Essences could save lots of space and allow Completionists to get as many Epic Items as they wanted, and be able to try different combinations! This could actually make for a real good bonus.

[Matuse]

Yes, I really like this idea for all items.

It also wouldn't be overpowered, since every time you stored an item like this, it would get its augments eaten and have to be reslotted. A big deal for the L24 augments that need a heroic comm.