Ring of thornes, unrecoverable?

[_____________Talauna]

Picked up a QL1 "Ring of thornes" no skill add's or anything, just wondering when i tried to recover materals from it, it would not work for me, is this a bug?

[______________Tarage]

No, you've never been able to melt down the Ring of Thorns. It also cannot be modded into anything.

They are just shop food at this point.

[______________Inanis]

I looked around the net for it, and some seem to be sure that it adds a small amount of 'phantom' shield type AC.
I've never had it confirmed tho, someone should do some research on it.

[lilnymph]

I think its in there for roleplaying purposes (if you want to roleplay an S&M masocist, for instance )

Hugs

lilnymph