Guild Wars 2

Hi all.

I think the title is quite self explanatory, I attached a spreadsheet I made with all the results using prices of the TP today.

My conclusion is: they are not worth opening if you are not farming any of the items they give. I personally will keep opening because of the need for T6 mats. The difference between opening and selling is quite little, and it could easily fluctuate along with prices.

I hope this is useful to you,
Good luck

PS: apparently .xlsx files cant be uploaded so here u go:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3R5ruIysqIrQXNzTV9aOGUxVEk/edit?usp=sharing

If you get lucky and get a couple of expensive lodestones, loot bags are better. There’s also Giant eyes that drop from moldy bags, which are about 60s. All in all i did the opening of over 1250 loot bags and made about 12g. Sadly it’s not a regular thing anymore.

munkiman.3068:

If you get lucky and get a couple of expensive lodestones, loot bags are better. There’s also Giant eyes that drop from moldy bags, which are about 60s. All in all i did the opening of over 1250 loot bags and made about 12g. Sadly it’s not a regular thing anymore.

I know, but the rate drops of those items is stupidly low

However 12g for 1250 heavy moldy bags seems really low…

There is a ton of items that can drop from bags, I would never sell them directly on TP. You need to have huge samples of each item to see the rates at which they drop, since you are not just looking at 1 item, there are a crap ton of variables-which are actually items themselves.

You could say that selling bags is more profitable than opening for X item, but not necessarily for every time or the combination of them. At least not with 250 bags.

There are less items that are worth as much that comes out of moldy bags for the same or close to the same price as loot bags. If you’re going to do the opening bag game, loot bags are the way to go. 12g for about 10 minutes worth of work is pretty decent. I have lost money to (or gotten close to break even), so it’s a gamble no matter what.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Heavy_Moldy_Bag/Drop_rate
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Heavy_Moldy_Bag

Doesn’t surprise me that selling the contents is a loss. I’m willing to say the same is true with unidentified dyes, that you would be better off simply selling them unopened than hoping that the RNG smiles upon you.

In my experience loot bags are the least risk (i’ve never lost more than .5g). Considering how many different colors of dyes there are compared to what most of them are worth (if you can even sell them).

I’ve found bags that will usually give a profit when opened compared to selling them. they are usually lower level.
I’ve opened maybe 30 heavy moldy bags in the last month. 2 of them had this fancy Giant eye. I had never even seen that item in the ~7 months before then. fun times.

12g sounds low for 1250 bags and high for 250.
im confused which one is the correct # of bags opened.
last i remember as of last week i had 750 bags which i could sell for a new 21g odd.
I opened it to get items worth 25g Gross (21.25g net) so turned out to be not really worth the time.
well in my case i had farmed up all 750 so didnt really matter… but dont buy these to open for profit.
Also Moldy dont have a chance to drop a lodestone. instead they have a chance to drop 2x T6 mats when they do.

Zellax.7821:

12g sounds low for 1250 bags and high for 250.
im confused which one is the correct # of bags opened.
last i remember as of last week i had 750 bags which i could sell for a new 21g odd.
I opened it to get items worth 25g Gross (21.25g net) so turned out to be not really worth the time.
well in my case i had farmed up all 750 so didnt really matter… but dont buy these to open for profit.
Also Moldy dont have a chance to drop a lodestone. instead they have a chance to drop 2x T6 mats when they do.

It’s the same with loot bags the x2 on t6. Just saying if you’re going to open bags at all, for high level mats, you mine as well go with loot bags.

At current prices they aren’t worth buying to open and resell the contents, but they are worth opening if you farm them up. The contents are worth more than the bag on average, but not sufficiently more to cover the 15% loss on sale.

The profitable bags are all <T5 ATM.

Crystalline Dust drops from bags like the bees knees for me personally. Open those things up son.

SplendidDust of AncientSuns.8453:

Crystalline Dust drops from bags like the bees knees for me personally. Open those things up son.

Agreed, however i’d rather not drive up the price either. As long as they stay under 3s it’s fine. I usually put in buy orders around 2.60 -2.65. I need the mats anyway and after selling off the stuff i don’t need it’s cheaper than buying them outright, especially when i get cores and/or lodestones off a stack.

The post does not say by any means buying to open might be a safe bet. Im just putting some little organized information with price included out there for anyone who is interested in looking at it. I agree 250 bags is a small sample, they were all looted tho, none bought.

I agree that opening bags for profit is a very risky way to go, and I absolutely agree that if you LOOTED the bag, you should probably open it, unless the price of the bag is above its usual value.

Cheers!

munkiman.3068:

SplendidDust of AncientSuns.8453:

Crystalline Dust drops from bags like the bees knees for me personally. Open those things up son.

Agreed, however i’d rather not drive up the price either. As long as they stay under 3s it’s fine. I usually put in buy orders around 2.60 -2.65. I need the mats anyway and after selling off the stuff i don’t need it’s cheaper than buying them outright, especially when i get cores and/or lodestones off a stack.

Good point. Personally, I’m not saving t6 mats. Not interested in legendary anymore, just a couple unique exotics. Strictly making a profit from the moldy sacks. I’m surprised by how often they drop. After an hour of farming I’ll usually have ~50 to open.

Oh and I only loot my bags so my profit margin is 100%. Only thing I invest is time

Here ya go https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/bltc/3000-Heavy-Moldy-Bags/first#post1958450