Rockhopper Grades

[Oatman]

I'm curious, and also a bit brain dead, from a 10 hour session in Dawnshroud farming Rockhopper hides. I've been saving all pelts from Medium on up.
I took a few High quality hides and "skinned" them down to Medium to complete a stack. But, when I tried skinning the Flawless grade to Superb, I was told I couldn't combine those ingredients.
I now realize, after reading about Acrylia Reinforced stuff, that they wont be wasted. But why can't they be downgraded?

[Kytelae]

your high quality hides can be made into backpacks, so downgrading them isn't really a good idea, unless the leather padding market on your server is very high.

As far as I know the superb and flawless hides can only be used directly in tailoring. On Xev they sell for 250-300 each - much more than you would get for any other use, so no point in degrading them anyway.

[eniamn]

to prevent the evil of someone doing it to a stacck and then finding out what they are worth. (either for skill or pp) and coming here to tell us all that they have done it. save lq too.

[Oatman]

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Heh heh heh. Thanks for the tips. I've got a bad case of the "Gotta get to 188!!". I will steel myself to restraining that impulse.