my tormented broke!

just a joke guys

any chance it was from a duped armbrace, or did you have it all the time?

if it's all kosher.....wow that's brutal, I'm sorry.....ticket time

My friend said his wintergreen shield broke when he salvaged a mod.

ummmmmm ok not to be mean but WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? yes, it's normal, it is more common for the item to break. Unless this was a duped ambrace that was a helluv a waste of cash man...
from wiki on salvaging:

Should the player choose to salvage an upgrade, the player will always receive the chosen upgrade. However, there is a chance that the item being salvaged will not be destroyed after salvaging. There is a base 50% chance that the item will remain intact, with an additional 3% chance for each rank in the Treasure Hunter and Wisdom titles. At max level Treasure Hunter and Wisdom, there is a 92% chance of the item remaining intact. Some items, such as Hero armor, cannot actually be destroyed by salvaging.

and no, theres nothing to be done sorry

Well.. Most items have the chance to break when salvaging don't they? If tormented items were un-breakable to salvages then I never knew that - so with that said Anet updated them? Dunno.. someone could fill me in.

Isn't that normal behavior?

Sounds completely normal to me, why wouldn't it be normal?

What you can do is...in the future do not ever use salvage kits on things you don't want to break.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Tormented_Shield

Says can not be salvaged for materials, but i guess that does not mean it cant be broken.

lol, that happened to my friend when he salvaged a mod off his scythe.

You got owned Sorry man

Maybe people should read the warning that comes up when you try to salvage.

But I suppose this is just a bad troll thread.

*shakes head*

Why in Gods name would you even try to salvage a stinking mod off a 100k + ecto shield for anyways? Any mods you could have possibly wanted are no more than 20k at the most. Just OVERWRITE the old ones, dont salvage. If you can afford the shield, you sure as hell should be able to afford the mods. And there is nothing you can do about it. Once its salvaged and breaks its gone forever. Tormented items break the same as any other. And I highly doubt ANET will change that as 99.9% of the community wouldnt try to salvage mods off such an expensive item.

the tormented weapon CAN be destroyed through salvage Mods off it, the describe of tormented weapon is: 1:Can not be sold to merchant, 2:Can not salvage for matirals. However, when u salvage a mod off it, it will give u a warning that u may destroy the item. cuz in this case, u are not salvaging for martirals, so it is not include in the 2nd condition, so yes, u may destory a Tormented weapon through salvaging mods from it

Hammer_Drawn's post is for the win

Why in the world should you risk breaking a 100k+75e (I think... I forget now) weapon to get a 15k mod off of it?

cause someppl just havent realized inscriptions aren't all that helpful. Painfull and expensive thing to find out.

guys, Tormented weapons were originally advertised as you can mod them as you please, salvage them as you please, and they will never break.

No I don't have the link but I recall this 100% as true. I'm sure it can be found somewhere, perhaps someone has that handy

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for a chance to use this image.

Honestly I would like to see where it says that Not that I dont believe you I just wanna see

This just proves one thing. READ before you do Ill guarantee you that there was a "xx% chance of being broken" displayed just before he pressed the salvage button.

I think he's laughing his butt off right now at people who would believe anyone would be that stupid... that's what I think.

He can't possibly be serious.

No, there are people that would do something that stupid Trust me, the world is full of stupid people and some of them probably play Guild Wars. I mean, I do...

thats some uber self pwnage