Gop.8713 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Finally something to do with all our essences \o/ And I LOVE that it does something to address all of the residual negative loots from past expansions as well. It may not be much, but it didn't need to be! This is a HUGE qol addition, maybe my favorite thing about soo, and I don't mean that as faint praise : ) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) How is this not a base qol in lions arch, since it take materials from other expansions like eye of kormir ( pof ) and leaf fossils (hot) Edit and lets not forget auric dust and ley line spark Edited May 23 by Linken.6345 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futa.4375 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 This should have indeed been a base game qol. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gop.8713 Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 I don't really have any opinion about that tbh. I'm excited it's in the game, I wouldn't object to it being somewhere else that's available to more ppls who haven't purchased soo, but I'm also fine with them locking it behind soo, since it's just a qol thing . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arianth Moonlight.6453 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 what? When? Who? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gop.8713 Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 There's a new vendor in wizard's tower who FINALLY lets us use our essences to buy junk, but it has a bunch of other options to trade in other worthless things from past expansions as well, like prismaticite, hatched chilies, auric dust, etc, all the way back to hot things. Also lets you bulk trade your hero's choice chests instead of opening them one by one. It's a godsend . . . 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 3 hours ago, Futa.4375 said: This should have indeed been a base game qol. My guess is they put it in the Wizard's Tower either because they want it to be another new thing you get with SotO or because it's specifcally for long-term players who have already gone through (or at least discovered) the intended uses for these currencies and materials and they don't want new players trading them all in for random loot then discovering they have better uses. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quake.9023 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 omg i didnt know about this. i was shockled whn i click on the merchant. omg best idea ever... very good move anet. to get rid of useles currency that is filling up banks. need adjustments n updates tho 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 I just discovered him, and I can only second the THANK YOU. What a great addition! 😇 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chyro.1462 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Eitrite Ingots? Please tell me he takes Eitrite Ingots. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 3 minutes ago, Chyro.1462 said: Eitrite Ingots? Please tell me he takes Eitrite Ingots. He does. 😉 But those can also be sold for gold (just saying). 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fable spirt.8465 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) If only he took globs of dark matter. They have no use to me and only net think max of 40-50 silver after crafting ascended inscriptions and paying the TP fee. Edited May 23 by fable spirt.8465 forgot a letter 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazrul.3086 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 And the best thing about it is that you can purchase a PORTABLE version of the vendor that you can use anywhere. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 And I just started, recently, deleting my materials that are were of no use. Sigh. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chyro.1462 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) Oh. And you can trade amalgamated gemstones for Convergence Hero Choice Chest. So you can just directly buy essences. Roughly 60 silver for 100 blue or 40 green or 20 yellow doesn't sound so bad if one doesn't like grinding them. (but I imagine amalgamated gemstone price may go up a bit if many people use this method to rush leggy armor with less grinding) Edit: nvm I'm dumb. it's the other way around - giving a convergence chest for an amalgamated gemstone. xD Edited May 23 by Chyro.1462 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farohna.6247 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Ooh thanks for pointing this out OP, I didn't see this in the update notes. Yay! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notebene.3190 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 It's very cool, but also possibly bittersweet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgotten Legend.9281 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 This NPC requires the Wayfinding mastery from Astral Ward category. It would actually be cool if a core leadership mastery gave a new exchange NPC in Lion's Arch (near Hobbs?) and maybe the racial city hubs, with even more new exchanges, with tabs for expansions unlocking after earning any single mastery (or appropriate pre req mastery, like exalted venders in HoT) from the appropriate expac... And maybe add a few more mastery insights in core Tyria for the new mastery giving the NPC. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom.8029 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 7 hours ago, Gop.8713 said: There's a new vendor in wizard's tower who FINALLY lets us use our essences to buy junk, but it has a bunch of other options to trade in other worthless things from past expansions as well, like prismaticite, hatched chilies, auric dust, etc, all the way back to hot things. Also lets you bulk trade your hero's choice chests instead of opening them one by one. It's a godsend . . . I was thinking about the Hero’s Choice chests. The SoTO ones give 3 rare unidentified equipments in addition to the loot. I noticed the vendor doesn’t give the rares. So you lose out a little with this trading in bulk method. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Finally. Peak SoTo right there! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArenaNet Staff Rubi Bayer.8493 Posted May 23 ArenaNet Staff Share Posted May 23 Thanks for sharing this--I'll definitely pass it on to the team that worked on it! 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) 4 hours ago, Gazrul.3086 said: And the best thing about it is that you can purchase a PORTABLE version of the vendor that you can use anywhere. True, but the Wiki states that the daily items offered vary from those that are being offered by the NPC, which I hope is incorrect. 40 minutes ago, Randulf.7614 said: Finally. Peak SoTo right there! 😂 Meanie. 2 hours ago, notebene.3190 said: It's very cool, but also possibly bittersweet. How so? 🤔 Edited May 23 by Ashantara.8731 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Someone explain something to me which Im obviously missing. I can exchnage the hero chest meta reward which contains captured lightning or amalgamted gemstones and use it to buy... a captured lightning or amalagamted gemstone. Why? 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gop.8713 Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 Some ppls hoard those chests instead of opening as they go. This allows them to trade them all in at once instead of opening one by one. Like the rest of the vendor, it's really just a qol thing. But a great qol thing : ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randulf.7614 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 3 minutes ago, Gop.8713 said: Some ppls hoard those chests instead of opening as they go. This allows them to trade them all in at once instead of opening one by one. Like the rest of the vendor, it's really just a qol thing. But a great qol thing : ) Ah. It never occurred to me not to open immediately on getting them, but I agree it's nice they thought of adding in the option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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