Guild Wars 2

So im currently levelling my thief and collecting & banking most of them, im only level 28. Would people suggest just save them all till im 80? As im new to the game, its all a little intimidating if im honest. Just wondered if people could give me some tips on the crafting aspect of this game

Thanks

Crafting gives you experience, so it’s not a bad idea to do it right away.

You can at least refine wood logs into planks, or ore into ingots, without wasting any value of materials (planks sell for roughly the same price as logs).

You can wait until you are close to 80, and start leveling cooking with the materials you have gathered while leveling. That way you can get 10 character levels with minimal effort.

Personally I would recommend crafting as you go. The different crafting tiers correspond to the quality of the crafting materials you gain as you journey into higher level maps, so if you wait until you reach level 80, you might find yourself having to return to lower level maps to get the mats you need.

Don’t bother trying to craft new gear to use, however. You gain levels fairly rapidly in GW2, so odds are your crafted gear will be obsolete within a very short period of time. Craft gear to gain experience, and possibly for their skins.

Zaxares.5419:

Personally I would recommend crafting as you go. The different crafting tiers correspond to the quality of the crafting materials you gain as you journey into higher level maps, so if you wait until you reach level 80, you might find yourself having to return to lower level maps to get the mats you need.

Don’t bother trying to craft new gear to use, however. You gain levels fairly rapidly in GW2, so odds are your crafted gear will be obsolete within a very short period of time. Craft gear to gain experience, and possibly for their skins.

I agree

IMO crafting is just THE biggest gold sink in the game. Check the posts by people who get to 80 and find they haven’t gold to get exotic gear.

Unless you craft for the love of it it’s best to play it very carefully. I would sell the gathered and looted material on the TP and I would haggle very carefully, setting my prices on the high side because I can afford to wait for a buyer.

If you do that, you can always buy it back later if you decide to level a craft (at a lower price of course)