Guild Wars 2

I sold all my bars for 3.20 because I thought they’ll be less useful after dungeon patch, now I see they are for 3.80, what the kitten?

The price has gone up because over the course of the last few days people have massively relocated to the Crown Pavilion, which is densely populated with gold-dropping mobs. Demand for those bars has thusly increased, and price has correspondingly increased. I’m sorry, but at least it was just a 60 c loss/bar (unless you sold 250+ bars).

But there are Dragonfly Cupcakes for 3x less price, what the kitten?

Dragonfly Cupcakes do not offer the 40% gold increase that Omnomberry Bars do. As you so correctly implied, the main reason people used bars was to increase their gold gains from boss/monster kills. The magic find gained from using the bars is equal to most other magic find boosting foods from the same tier. Thus, people who care more about MF would purchase dragonfly cupcakes, while people who care more about direct gold gains would purchase the bars (assuming the gains would outweigh the cost of the bar). Since the Crown Pavilion boasts a small but densely populated area, players are able to more efficiently utilize the gold% increase stat, and players have preferred and will prefer the bars more (Dungeons previously offered 20-30s per boss kill, which compensated for the lack of steady monster slaying).

Dragonfly Cupcakes currently sell for less than 1/6 of the price of omnomberry bars.

I normally make my own omnom bars since I am usually in Orr so I can gather the berries, however the Crown Pavilion being the place to be at the moment means I really don’t feel like gathering what I need, it’s easier/faster to just buy them.

I am guessing this is possibly the same for other people too perhaps.

Most farmers are collecting stacks of everything and not selling at the moment. Arenanet said the next tier of gear will require current level stuff.

^ Both things are true, though there have been proportionately more people going to CP than people farming. Regardless of whether people have stopped crafting, there are many more players now who desire gold% increase. Also, it’s now just a lot easier to enter into the CP instance than it was to find a good dungeon party.

However, now that people are starting to grow weary of endlessly running CP, I expect the prices to drop now or soon.