Guild Wars 2

This is my first time trying to make an ascended backpiece, and I’ve realized that it is extremely expensive, just for +50 stats or so.

The quiver needs 250 Vials of powerful blood, which turns out to be a LOT of gold.
Does anyone know if it is cheaper to actually try to upgrade the lower tier blood vials into 250 of the powerful? I’ve never really learned a lot about upgrading mats, but have done it once or twice just to make a profit..

Justin.5231:

This is my first time trying to make an ascended backpiece, and I’ve realized that it is extremely expensive, just for +50 stats or so.

The quiver needs 250 Vials of powerful blood, which turns out to be a LOT of gold.
Does anyone know if it is cheaper to actually try to upgrade the lower tier blood vials into 250 of the powerful? I’ve never really learned a lot about upgrading mats, but have done it once or twice just to make a profit..

There is not much profit upgrading t5 to t6 mats. It will be a littler cheaper in the end but you dont get much return of interest for each skillpoint you use.
But if you make the quiver of a thousand arrows it will be cheaper as it uses 250 t6 claws instead of blood.
As that quiver had mf on it before the change to magic find stats on gear, you can now choose your stat combo on it.

Zerker is also an option to choose from.

Oh thanks!! Do you know a good place to get those claws from?

The Skelks in Southsun Cove drop Vicious Claws at a decent ratio. They also drop Powerful Blood too, making them a handy target for both items.

Doing fotm is also a viable (and cheap) way to get an ascended back piece. All you need is that 1850 relics. This, off course, assuming you’re not planning on getting the infused or the last cosmetic upgrade one.