Guild Wars 2

Not sure if this belongs here or in general discussions, since this is more in relation to any possible advantages one may be able to obtain from crafting rather than crafting itself.

Im currently near 450 in armorsmith and so far I have seen little to no benefits in spending hours looking for crafting materials and using them to craft.
Some recipes require a ridiculous ammount of rare items which are hard enough to find; buying them is not cheap and in the end the crafted item sells for less than half what it cost you to make not justifying either the time or the money spent.

So in the economic side, as far as 450 in armorsmithing goes, its the economic equivalent to jumping legs spread from a second floor onto an iron handrail.

In regard to interesting items there is, so far, nothing that I could not have bought myself at the auction.

I keep expecting that at 500 things will do a 180 turn, and the unique items I should be able to craft will sell for over 100g and cost an appropriate ammount, that will allow me to have a profit or at least obain items that can not be found in the auction, worth of the time and money spent on them.

Not sure how many of you are at 500 and could inform me if this is so or if Im just wasting my time.

At this point Ive found out it would be more appropriate to simply farm and sell any crafting material.

What are your opinions? is crafting in GW2 worth the trouble?

The simple answer is its really up to you. Do you like crafting? If you are planning to do the hardest fractals and stuff, then IMO you will need to so you get the best gear. Other than that, it comes down to a personal choice. I hate crafting in most games so unless I need to do it, I won’t.

Pretty sure most of ppl gets their crafting to 500 for either legendary/ascended or just to craft ascended parts to sell (something like Deldrimor Steel parts/ingots)… So if you’re expecting to make 99999 golds from crafting then give up… or if you’re expecting crafting to be easier/better way to make golds than others then also give it up…

Crafting + Dungeon runs can net you quite easily golds btw like 10 – 20g per day (with 1 – 2 hours of gameplay)

no its not worth to lvl crafting – you dont need crafting

only thing would be for asc items but they are useless anway and a hugh waste of gold
you need this only for fractals but you can simple buy 3x +10 agony infusions for back item and both rings and its much cheaper than crafting asc armor with +5

There are always a number of items that can be crafted for profit, but the list changes with the market. If you have r500 crafting, you can make money by converting cloth to Damask (~2g/bolt) or metals to Deldrimor Steel (about 75s/ingot). Some of the Mawdrey-required items are also good for profit: Plant Food (both about 1g/plate), Clay Pot (5g each, discounting your effort to acquire geodes), and heat stone/grow lamps (2-4g, depending). — that’s profit after discounting fees, parts, and your labor.

On the whole, most players are crafting to gain levels (cheap still for chef and early artificer/jeweler) or to make ascended gear (currently the only reliable way to do so for weapons and armor). It’s still too expensive to make it worth ranking up to 500 for its own sake.