Guild Wars 2

Shemsu.8721:

cranked.3812:

Syl.5842:

You can still buy weapons and armors on TP, and it’s cheaper now that everyone level up their professions to craft ascended weapons.
I leveled my last character to 80, with 2 crafting professions up to 400, but I didn’t craft my stuff, I bought it on the TP.
People who say it is mandatory to learn crafting, to progress in the game, just like whining.

People are talking about Ascended gear that can not be bought on the TP. It can only be crafted or found by way of rare drops in world chests and, even if you do find one, chances are it won’t be the right weapon with the right stats anyway.

As for the thread, I can see both sides of the argument. Crafting can be boring and they are basically forcing you to do it to obtain certain gear. I don’t like crafting particularly and never really do it other than some cooking stuff and now the stuff for the ascended gear. BUT, if you just follow some of the guides that tell you exactly what to do and how to do it, it shouldn’t take very long. What’s an hour or less of your time really?

To the people who complain that it takes too long: I leveled weaponsmith months ago to 400 in under 40 minutes and that was with having to buy stuff off the TP, run over and get it and sell all the left over stuff at the end. It really isn’t that bad to just follow a guide.

only crafting and world chests? and EVERY champion in the game, AND fractals chests, AND vet supervisors in wvw, and tower lords in wvw and keep lords in wvw, there is no shortage of places to get them without crafting, and they are the same exact weapons, so there is nothing ascended wise that is only crafting

Yeah and you can get a precursor the same way, but not many people are getting those are they?

I am all for leveling up crafting. It’s quick and easy if you follow a guide, and up until a week ago was relatively cheap.

Shemsu.8721:

JMadFour.9730:

Shemsu.8721:

As far as I can see, the main point of this thread is blatantly false. crafting is not required for ascended OR legendaries. Ascended jewelry can be obtained via laurels, badges, drops in fractals, drops in wvw chests, guild commendations. no shortage of ways to aquire them, ascended weapons can be found already made on any champion, any world chest, camp supervisors, all champs in towers/keeps/sm, it can be found as drops in fractals as well, no shortage of places to aquire it. Legendaries can be purchased on the TP, and since it seems you dont want to earn it, you can even buy gems via RMT and trade them for gold to get your legendary. You dont have to craft, you dont even have to earn it, quit the QQ fest

I was under the impression that obtaining a Legendary required an Account-bound component that could only be created through level 400 Crafting.

am I mistaken in this?

Yep, all thats required is a fat wallet (irl or in game) and the abillity to type the name of the legendary you want into the TP window (assuming its not listed on the left side already)

My complaint is not about not wanting to “earn it”. I’ll gladly partake in any game activity to “earn” what I need, as long as it is not Crafting. because Crafting is boring and tedious. If it were not so, I’d do Crafting as well.

I don’t partake in game activities that aren’t enjoyable to me. that is the basis of my complaint.

If I am mistaken and I don’’t have to partake in crafting to obtain these things, and I can “earn” them through other game activities, then that is fine and I apologize for my mistake and this thread has no purpose.

JMadFour.9730:

Shemsu.8721:

JMadFour.9730:

Shemsu.8721:

As far as I can see, the main point of this thread is blatantly false. crafting is not required for ascended OR legendaries. Ascended jewelry can be obtained via laurels, badges, drops in fractals, drops in wvw chests, guild commendations. no shortage of ways to aquire them, ascended weapons can be found already made on any champion, any world chest, camp supervisors, all champs in towers/keeps/sm, it can be found as drops in fractals as well, no shortage of places to aquire it. Legendaries can be purchased on the TP, and since it seems you dont want to earn it, you can even buy gems via RMT and trade them for gold to get your legendary. You dont have to craft, you dont even have to earn it, quit the QQ fest

I was under the impression that obtaining a Legendary required an Account-bound component that could only be created through level 400 Crafting.

am I mistaken in this?

Yep, all thats required is a fat wallet (irl or in game) and the abillity to type the name of the legendary you want into the TP window (assuming its not listed on the left side already)

My complaint is not about not wanting to “earn it”. I’ll gladly partake in any game activity to “earn” what I need, as long as it is not Crafting. because Crafting is boring and tedious. If it were not so, I’d do Crafting as well.

I don’t partake in game activities that aren’t enjoyable to me. that is the basis of my complaint.

If I am mistaken and I don’’t have to partake in crafting to obtain these things, and I can “earn” them through other game activities, then that is fine and I apologize for my mistake and this thread has no purpose.

You can replace crafting with lots of gold and/or luck. Luck for ascended weapon drops, and gold for legendaries. Crafting is just the fastest way for ascended and the cheaper route for legendaries