Guild Wars 2

Hey folks, this is something I just started working on. I milked all I could out of making myself some exotic gear and discovering all the 400 skill potion recipes but that was only about enough to land me at 430, and my goal is to get to at least 450 so I can start on the one-a-day combines for the ascended ingots and wood.

So first, from here on out would it be better to try and get as much discovery xp as possible (which only seems to ever come out to 1 skill point at this level) or grind out exotics with the easier to acquire/farm mats?

Further what exotics should I be making if I want to resell them to recoup some expenses? My build uses mostly berserker stuff but are there any others that folks are always needing? Or would it be better to just smash them down for ectos (I have a few BL salvage kits in my bank) or throw them into the mystic forge and play that lottery?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated, I’m kind of new to the higher level crafting stuff.

Take a look at the following site for recipes you haven’t yet discovered
http://www.gw2db.com/recipes/artificer?cookieTest=1

Also check the trading post for recipes you might not have. Do a search on “Recipes:”, there’s no way to search for just Artificer recipes.

Sorry to say but, Anet did a poor job (lazy) with the 400-500 crafting.
400-425 – refineT6 ore & wood
425-450 – Recraft exotics with discovery
450-475 – refine T7 material
475-500 – just Recraft more exotics

Have you tried Master Tuning Crystals and Powerful Potions of Centaur Slaying? Still a large monetary loss making them, though, like everything else.

You can scrape around discovering potion recipes and 80 rares and so on but you might as well bite the bullet and discover the exotic weapons. If you’re in the business of making ascended weapons then you should have the means to buy exotic components. You’ll need to salvage ten exotic items for one of the ascended components anyway so if your crafted exotics have no TP value you can salvage those.

You will probably only get to 460 at most from crafting the T7 materials. They just don’t give enough crafting xp each time. Plan to get from 460 to 500 with exotics and if you need less then it’s a bonus.

Stooperdale.3560:

You can scrape around discovering potion recipes and 80 rares and so on but you might as well bite the bullet and discover the exotic weapons. If you’re in the business of making ascended weapons then you should have the means to buy exotic components. You’ll need to salvage ten exotic items for one of the ascended components anyway so if your crafted exotics have no TP value you can salvage those.

You will probably only get to 460 at most from crafting the T7 materials. They just don’t give enough crafting xp each time. Plan to get from 460 to 500 with exotics and if you need less then it’s a bonus.

I’ve gotten to like 469 or so from refining t7 mats and it still isn’t entirely greyed out yet. I think I am going to get to 475 by the time it runs out (just a guess).

Avatara.1042:

Have you tried Master Tuning Crystals and Powerful Potions of Centaur Slaying? Still a large monetary loss making them, though, like everything else.

Yep discover the potions you’ll end up using 10-20 or so crystalline dusts which really isn’t too many. Also discover some exotic weapons from the T6 mats you refined in 400-425.

http://www.gw2db.com/items/68343-extended-potion-of-dredge-slaying
(greys out at 440 like every other item except for exotics).
This potion gives insane amounts of XP since it’s rare quality.
Another thing to note is that the recipe has to be bought with 400 Manifesto of the Moletariate, which can be aqquired from the dungeon Sorrow’s Embrace.
It can also be bought from the TP.