Runes of Magic US / AU

I was under the impression that the Advanced Aggregator could merge the appearance of any item to the properties of another given that both items took the same equipment slot. So, since I recently put myself up to the crossbow I'm using now and finding myself to like everything except its appearance, I figured to agg it to a bow, but...

Advanced Aggregator;
Appearance - Bow of Fary (Bow)
Properties - Fury of the Defender of the Jungle (Xbow)

No such luck. I can put one in quite fine, but the moment I put the other in it removes the first. Being that these both take the Ranged Weapon slot on the inventory, it should work, but it doesn't seem to be.

Thanks in advance.

Quoted from "Nytefall;516416"

Bows and Crossbows cannot be aggregated together, regardless of the Aggregator used.

To my knowledge, this is a deliberate design choice made by the developers.

Aww, sad EK is sad (>o.o)>

Alrighty, thanks in any event.

Quoted from "xploid;516487"

thats too bad, same problem with 1h and 2h weapons being unable to be aggregated perhaps new type of aggregator should be invented, so theres normal, advanced, and special (lets you do what we we want here)

The only problem with that would be that in fact 1h and 2h weapons don't actually take up the same slot. If you take a look at the weapons themselves, each are slotted at 1-H, 2-H, Main Hand, Off-Hand (in very few cases), or Ranged Weapon. Ironically enough the Advanced Aggregators (and even several cases of Standard Aggregators I've seen) don't seem to distinguish a lot of difference between 1-H and Main/Off Hand, but rely almost solely on the weapon type.

Of course, that doesn't make it any less funny to see a Rogue walking around with a pair of what looks like 1-H hammers or a Warrior romping with a 2-H staff. I do find it a little disappointing that it only applies to melee weapons though (>o.o)>

Mental note! Stop using Crossbows once you regear EK ><