I had posted this in the PROFESSIONS forum, but got no reply from any players. I thought I’d post here, in case it’s a bug. Copying and Pasting from that post, to here. (Tried to delete the one from the Professions forum but was not able to).
Since I had spent quite a bit of time and gold to learn to make rank 4 base, I thought I’d help some people out. I’ve already told my guild to just give me the mats and I’ll happily make a cloth hands, Rank 7 (rank 4 + new vestige).
So I offered to this one person (not in my guild but someone I’ve run into quite a bit this expansion) and then linked my Grim-Veiled Mittens, Rank 4, and the Vestige of Eternals so she could get the mats. The issue happened when I could NOT link the mats for Rank 4. It kept linking rank 1.
Why?? This causes so much confusion and possible trust issues. (As I has just offered it to be nice, I told her if she didn’t feel comfortable, go find someone else who could do it for her, and also, encouraged her to look it up so that she’d know the mats). She gave me 15 Enchanted Lightless Silk, which is what’s required for a rank ONE. I needed 65 for rank 4. (I kept trying to explain that the link was WRONG, but rather than argue, I just ate it and as an enchanter, just made the 50 more Enchanted Lightless Silk with my own mats. -_- ). Luckily, she hadn’t paid much attention to the rest of it, so she did give me the right amount of shrouded cloth and more importantly, the right amount of Orboreal Shard, as she kept asking for the number, so rather than link it, I just TOLD her what I needed.
I’m glad I wasn’t doing this for someone paying for it, as it could have ended badly.
Has anyone else had this issue? (It shows up fine in the profession pane. It’s an issue when you LINK it in any chat. In my case, it was a /w ).
Slightly unrelated, but is there a way to EMPHASIZE that ONLY THE PERSON CRAFTING THE BASE SHOULD EVER MAKE THE VESTIGE? I told her to give me the mats for it but instead she TRIED to give me the actual vestige, which, unless she’s leveled up her JC Legendary to rank 4, it the item she uses it in probably won’t sell for anything, or she can make it for herself or a guildie. I realize that it DOES say BoP on it and that really is all it SHOULD take, but since it uses rather expensive mats (for now - I know the prices will go down) there should be more of a warning. I’m sure she’s not the only person to have done that and it really is completely useless unless you are able to make the highest rank base.