Guild Wars 2

I’m level a character and along the way collecting a small stack of account bound exoctic loot bags/purses/etc.

Is it best to wait for L80 to open these?
Or do the the TP prices for drops from exotic bags/purses/etc work out better if they’re opened at a lower level (e.g. 60)?

Always open on level 80. It eliminates the odds of getting subleveled gear.

Level 46-55

Thanks . . . and that’s two conflicting answers.

Which one is the better guide?
Or is there an even better range for opening exotic loot bags?

Zenguy.6421:

Thanks . . . and that’s two conflicting answers.

Which one is the better guide?
Or is there an even better range for opening exotic loot bags?

“fishball” was trolling. Ignore them. Aidan Savage was correct in their response of save all bags for a level 80 to open.

StinVec.3621:

Zenguy.6421:

Thanks . . . and that’s two conflicting answers.

Which one is the better guide?
Or is there an even better range for opening exotic loot bags?

“fishball” was trolling. Ignore them. Aidan Savage was correct in their response of save all bags for a level 80 to open.

fishball has a good point since at those level ranges salvaged crafting materials are more valuable than what you’d get from lvl 80 gear. And you will still have a chance of getting the champion exotic weapons from the bags even if you are not lvl 80.

Taku.6352:

StinVec.3621:

Zenguy.6421:

Thanks . . . and that’s two conflicting answers.

Which one is the better guide?
Or is there an even better range for opening exotic loot bags?

“fishball” was trolling. Ignore them. Aidan Savage was correct in their response of save all bags for a level 80 to open.

fishball has a good point since at those level ranges salvaged crafting materials are more valuable than what you’d get from lvl 80 gear. And you will still have a chance of getting the champion exotic weapons from the bags even if you are not lvl 80.

Right, s0 if max gold value is the concern – go fishball. If you need the chance at higher level materials (the slower route than “salvage, sell, buy what you really want”), go savage.

Taku.6352:

StinVec.3621:

Zenguy.6421:

Thanks . . . and that’s two conflicting answers.

Which one is the better guide?
Or is there an even better range for opening exotic loot bags?

“fishball” was trolling. Ignore them. Aidan Savage was correct in their response of save all bags for a level 80 to open.

fishball has a good point since at those level ranges salvaged crafting materials are more valuable than what you’d get from lvl 80 gear. And you will still have a chance of getting the champion exotic weapons from the bags even if you are not lvl 80.

Good point maybe, but a trolling answer because they failed to explain why. As for the salvage value of low level gear, bullkitten. That requires you to always and only get light armor out of the bags. Level 80 gear can give you silk, ori, ancient wood, and ectos. All of which are more valuable. Not to mention much higher chance of getting regular exotics out of the bags which you can then salvage for inscriptions or runes, or outright sell.

Aidan Savage.2078:

Good point maybe, but a trolling answer because they failed to explain why. As for the salvage value of low level gear, bullkitten. That requires you to always and only get light armor out of the bags. Level 80 gear can give you silk, ori, ancient wood, and ectos. All of which are more valuable. Not to mention much higher chance of getting regular exotics out of the bags which you can then salvage for inscriptions or runes, or outright sell.

We’ve collected some sample data, and it shows that there is NOT a higher chance than level 50-60s for getting exotics.

While ori is more valuable, mithril isn’t compared to platinum. Same with ancient wood, elder wood, and hardwood.

The main difference was getting the level 50-60 rares that you can’t salvage for ectos and can only re-sell or mystic forge.

On the pro side, you don’t get bloodstone dust when you salvage on a low level.

To be honest, one way doesn’t seem clearly better than the other, it kind of depends on your personal luck for salvaging item upgrades and getting rares.

Strangely enough, between all the players we were gathering this information from, we actually had more rare drops each, on lower levels than 80s. There might be some sort of bias in there. Same with exotic drops as well, it was nearly 50% when an exotic dropped between 80s and level 50s-60s, with even the lower levels coming out a bit ahead.

Wait, you can get exotics etc. from non 80 bags? I opened 80 yesterday and only got an exotic axe (worth like 2g) and a few more mats worth something. But I was bummed that stuff like mithrils useless. If I level an alt I can get exotic 80 gear? Argh

Does this apply to the hoard of the marionette chests as well? I had a few golds and silvers saved up for 80, but I can open them now since I’m 46…