Guild Wars 2

I dont get it
Lets compare Valkyrie Pearl Sabre
+90 Power
+64 Vitality
+5% Crtit
Craft cost arround 3.5g

Corrupted Blade
+90 Power
+64 Vitality
+5% Crit damage
Craft cost arround 37g

Why should one craft/buy Corrupted Blade over Valkyrie Pearl Sabre ? Where’s the catch ?
Why some exotic crafted weapons require ridiculous amounts of extra expensive lodestones and others (with same stats) dont ?
Am I missing something ?

What your missing is how hte weapons look. The skin on the weapons is different and corrupted blade defenitly looks better than vakyrie pearl sabre. In fact all pearl ( which is crafted weapons) look crap compared to most other skins.

This game is easy to level up, however, the real end game is to get the armor and weapon skins so that you get a look you like and would want to spend your money on.

I was wondering the same thing too, about a couple of guns I was comparing. Now I will rest assured that I can get the stats I want on a cheap item, since I don’t care how it looks.