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no jewelry can be powdered at all, antique or not. its been like this since we first saw jewels with durability (first ones were in SA as arties, then a few more in high seas)
it was asked about at the last meet and greet and bleaks answer was that yes, this is how its intended for jewels.
it was asked about at the last meet and greet and bleaks answer was that yes, this is how its intended for jewels.
Have you done it?
Right... so the question I guess is... Is that still intended?
Sorry, autocorrect is a pita, "Can't"
According to the transcript from the last meet & greet it is working as intended... EDIT:
So basically it's not worth investing the time into farming for "clean" major/legendary jewels, They only last about 30% longer than antiques but drop about ~0.01% of the time and still cannot be powdered, inconsistencies should be treated as bugs and fixed!
It's not easy to get any clean legendary let alone a specific piece with the right properties it's hard to get them even with negatives sometimes.
Why would clean jewelry be different then Armor and/or Weapons in this respect? Higher intensities... if they mean item weight based on properties, armor & weapons can have the same amount of weight as jewelry can... It makes absolutely no sense, but weapons & armor can be powdered.
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@CovenantX
id have to disagree about how much longer clean jewels last compared to antiques. i get about 2 hours of pvm content out of an antique. a regular imbued jewel, or a "clean" jewel (same thing) lasts under the same conditions lasts about 20 hours.
another comparison is that ive used the same (imbued) jewels without repair on event characters for 2 years without repair (about 30 to 40 events total), while antiques i have repair them on average every 3-4 events
so in my experience clean or imbued jewels last on average 10 times longer, which would be 1,000 percent.
in essence, clean jewels last forever. i replaced my high end sampire imbued jewel when it went out of date. i farmed with this for over a year of daily play, and periodic play a year or so after that. it was only in the 240s max durability. no way could i get close to that lifespan on an antique.
id have to disagree about how much longer clean jewels last compared to antiques. i get about 2 hours of pvm content out of an antique. a regular imbued jewel, or a "clean" jewel (same thing) lasts under the same conditions lasts about 20 hours.
another comparison is that ive used the same (imbued) jewels without repair on event characters for 2 years without repair (about 30 to 40 events total), while antiques i have repair them on average every 3-4 events
so in my experience clean or imbued jewels last on average 10 times longer, which would be 1,000 percent.
in essence, clean jewels last forever. i replaced my high end sampire imbued jewel when it went out of date. i farmed with this for over a year of daily play, and periodic play a year or so after that. it was only in the 240s max durability. no way could i get close to that lifespan on an antique.
Ahh yes, I was thinking more about pvp wise, I'm sure if you do spawns or just farm mobs with antiques they will drop much faster.
Well first off, since I believe one cannot powder items after they have been imbued, wouldn't that right there make jewelry unable to be powdered in the first place? I could be wrong as and jewerly I find if already at 255.
the percentages would be the same, doesnt matter if its pvp or pvm. just the actual times would be different of course. i totally agree with you, its not really "worth" actually trying to find clean legendary jewels, but imo its definitely worth using a major, or even lesser artifact "clean" jewel if your suit / template can sustain it. the most extreme plus skill temps of course will require legendaries.
i do think antique jewels was a great idea, just for the fact of how it effects the economy. if you spend 500m on a jewel and use it down to 240, your not going to be getting close to that 500m back for resale. more like 200m. (not going to get into math, but obviously the first 15 dura is expodentially more valueable than the last 15 dura) thats a significant boost to gold thats continually being pumped into the economy, because that "value" is lost forever, to be replaced with newly spawned items.
its not perfect, but does create a scenerio where items while maybe not having to be replaced, lose enough value to account for newly spawned items and keep demand for new items at a sustainable level.