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Why is there craftable lvl 50 AND VR1 gear?

Slash8915
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So I finally hit VR1 yesterday, and went to my first veteran area. I usually craft my own gear so I'll always have good stuff. Well I noticed that I could craft lvl 50 Ebony gear, and VR1 Calcinium gear. What's the difference besides a color change and different glyphs? Why is lvl 50 gear even an option?
  • rawne1980b16_ESO
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    Have to admit, I wondered the same thing.
  • Nasuradin_ESO
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    I just figured it was some oversight or just trying to keep it consistent. Calcinium is veteran rank, ebony is not, it would be weird I guess for ebony to end at 48.
  • Carde
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    I'd guess some of its leftovers from before Veteran Ranks were in the game. As of a month ago all of the VR mobs were still dropping level 50 uniques instead of their matching VR level items.
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  • Phadin
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    For us crafters, if we don't have the VR1 mats or the skill to use it, we can still make lvl 50 eq.
    Edited by Phadin on 22 April 2014 17:17
  • nerevarine1138
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    Carde wrote: »
    I'd guess some of its leftovers from before Veteran Ranks were in the game. As of a month ago all of the VR mobs were still dropping level 50 uniques instead of their matching VR level items.

    I think this is probably the most likely reason.

    And it doesn't hurt that it gives you two totally different style choices for the same tier of armor/weapons.
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  • Slash8915
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    It just sucks because I crafted a full set of blue ebony lvl 50 gear, only to realize I could have crafted Calcinium. So I ended up crafting a full set of blue VR1 gear because I'm OCD like that, lol. So I wasted a bunch of Honing Stones and Dwarven Oils
  • Darlgon
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    I upgraded my white level 50 gear to green, because I felt I was getting whipped in ColdHarbor with the three pulls. Now, the VR2 gear looks like it has the same stats and I am pretty much cruising on the single pulls in Glenumbra . Any reason other than cosmetic to up my gear to VR2?
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  • PBpsy
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    Back In the days i.e about 3 months ago a few weeks after the launch level 50 was a thing. You leveled to 50 then you had to kill the final boss to get to VR1. I played more than half of Coldharbor as a level 50. They didn't change the gear after. The level 50 gear was of course identical to VR1 but Vr1 couldn't be equipped.
    Edited by PBpsy on 15 July 2014 03:14
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