Guild Wars 2

Prior to the 500 crafting skill cap update, leveling any skill from 0-400 used to give you 10 levels. I have been in the process of leveling a new Mesmer and got tired of grinding out hearts and doing zone completion, so I decided to buy some mats and level my cooking from 0-400.

30 minutes later, my cooking is maxed and I’ve only gained ~7 levels. I’m assuming the reason for this is that the remaining 3 levels are supposed to come from the 400-500 skill level. But I cannot for the life of me figure out why it would be implemented this way. Should leveling 400-500 not give you more in addition to the 10 levels you used to get from leveling 0-400?

They said in the patch notes that crafting exp would be redistributed, so that 0-500 gives 10 levels instead of 0-400. Which would make sense were it not for the fanatical grind required and time-gatedness of 400-500…

NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT
Changes to Crafting
Crafting experience for all disciplines has been updated to accommodate leveling to a rating of 500. As part of this, the total amount of leveling experience that comes from leveling a crafting discipline now requires leveling all the way to a rating of 500.

Edit: cooking doesn’t have ascended level yet, along with any of the armoursmithing crafts or jeweller (afaik) so you can’t 10 char levels anymore through any of these crafts.

I agree here. This was an unnecessary change. Just getting from 400 to 500 will be problematic, even after ascended weaponry stops being the new hotness.