I just attempted to exalt a piece of gear at the Watcher, but the result was the same as if I had used a Sublime Ember. From my understanding, these are supposed to be separate mechanics.
I convinced myself that Exalt and Sublimes were two ways of accessing the same upgrade… like maybe Sublimes would be dropping for players at level 25-29… basically more useful for people to upgrade their gear before they arrive at end-game mechanics and Plagued zone resources, when Exalting would take over…
If this isn’t the case, somethings definitely unclear.