Dusk price is insane
Don’t worry they are working on a scavenger hunt to get precursors, “soon” to be announced sometime next year, good luck!
Retired Until Expansion or Meaningful Content is Released.
There will be a Scavenger Hunt implemented in the future, no idea when, being an optimist I hope for the patch at the end of January, whereby one will be able to obtain a precursor through methods similar to acquiring a Black Moa Chick in Guild Wars 1.
I’d say don’t bother purchasing a precursor, and if you manage to get one sell it whilst you can for a profit, because I’m pretty sure the SH will be much less punishing with regards to monetary means, so as to make it reachable for a vast chunk of players.
My guess is there will be a set Mystic Forge recipe for crafting a precursor, a mini-Legendary sort of, that might require some mats and perhaps some form of item gathered through a semi-quest.