Influence Sink: IO Level Modification/Recrafting

I like it.

It would really help with acquiring lower level IOs as well as take influence out of the system with no downsides.

This is a fairly excellent idea. I'm not completely sold on the requirement for salvage to change levels. But I could see it as a way to help increase demand for those pieces which are used less then often. Having the salvage related to the particular Enhancement would drive up the price of already demanded salvage even further. Going with commons or uncommons that aren't high in demand (perhaps just uncommons, they don't get enough use I think) would help prevent them from being just vendor trash.

Having thought a little more about this, there are a few things that I would add/question;

A) I kind of assumed that this could be done on an IO that is already slotted. Essentially replacing a "socketed" IO with a new one. If they set it up to work with "unsocketed" IOs, then it would be a fairly useless feature IMO.

B) Thinking about the market, I am guessing that salvage values would go up, but that recipe prices would go down. Essentially, anyone seeking a recipe at a "specific" level would not bid and wait for it, they would just buy the most available one and "re-craft" it to the level they wanted. TBH, I am not sure that is really a problem, since they would still be purchasing MORE at the market than they would have before.

C) Is the re-crafting meant to be only 1-way ? In other words, can you only re-craft something at a lower level than the one you have currently socketed ? Or did you envision this going both ways. Personally, I think "re-crafting" it to a higher level is probably NOT a good idea. EDIT: Sorry, after re-reading the OP, I can see that the idea was two way, but I think it should be only able to lower the IO level, not to raise it, but the only real issue I can think of would be the possibility of a bug where a player could over-write an IO with one that they cannot actually use. For example, My level 35 character has level 30 IOs, but uses this system to attempt to upgrade his IOs to level 40. ooops, why are my IOs showing RED now.