Quote Originally Posted by Squand View Post
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No amount of melding will put a NQ piece of DoW/DoM gear on par with a HQ piece. Same goes for the Artisan/Forager off hands and the Artisan Apron.

I'd assume RiceisNice was referring to these crafts when they first came out. The Artisan off hands had a tighter margin for error when they were first released and not everyone had Supras because of Mastercraft demi prices. That being said a NQ artisan off hand wasn't worth the cost of the mats used to make it. HQ Artisan off hands hardly sold at all because the people that would use them could make it themselves.