Guild Wars 2

I’ve found it pretty difficult and expensive to keep 1 profession caught up to my level, let alone 2 and there just doesn’t seem to be any benefit as near as I can tell. I can easily get XP from other sources and I can just sell mats on the trading post and buy whatever gear I need and have money left over instead of losing money by crafting.

Is there any reason to take up crafting other than legendaries?

Crafting (or buying the crafted) exotics are arguably the best way to get the first exotics. But you could just as well find a crafting buddy you trust to do the same thing, or buy that exotic on the trading post. Its really good xp if you want that. But other than that, crafting, like all other forms of progression, is purely optional and won’t give you an edge.

Because of the xp boost you get from crafting, and how easy it can be, many people still craft. Also since the TP was down, many people hoarded crafting mats til it went up, causing the market to be flooded. Because of these things, crafting for the most part either loses, money, breaks even, or ekes a very minuscule profit.

So no, there is no reason right now to craft if you don’t want to craft, unless you want legendaries.

Thx for your response. Well getting a legendary weapon in this game makes getting “the insane” title in WoW look like a cakewalk by comparison so screw that, and ofc I just lose money by crafting. I’m still gonna get weaponsmithing and cooking maxed out on my main since I figure I might as well finish (actually having fun with the discovery system for cooking) but won’t do crafting on any of my other characters.

That is not completely true Shanseala. I have made about 12 gold over a 4 day period crafting and selling. Best part is I make about 50 copper per unit after buying all of the mats off of the trading post, then selling that item on the post. 50 copper really is not that much, but it adds up when you make a hundred or two sales per day.

In my opinion, crafting is the easiest way to get Exotics which have exactly the stats you need – not a small benefit, that (why would I spend over 100k karma on exotic armor which neither has the stats I want nor looks which I like?)

Also, there are people who simply have fun doing it

There is a certain areas, that are profitable, for now. But overall, crafting is a big money sink.

I just craft for fun…. i don’t mind if i don’t get much money by it… i generally do it to create stuff for myself anyway

Also… how can you not level your crafting profession along with your own level? My artificer is around 88, jeweler is around 65 and i’m just lvl 27…

It is like everything else. It is a money sink if you make it one.
Jewelcrafting as an example I spent 0 to get to 400
Tailoring was just thread cost
Cooking was 99% karma cost
Artifice I kinda broke down and bought some supplimental ingrediants

But you can craft also free

I havent had any desire to do the other 4 yet and I probably wont until I level another character so I have the mats and I can level while gathering

You spent 0 to get jeweler to 400?

Have you heard of opportunity cost? You could have sold the mats on the TP for more than the crafted result, so you infact would have lost money. Unless you somehow managed to get more for your crafts than the mats would have costed to sell you made a loss.

“I gathered it so its free” is an inherently wrong philosophy and you should stop encouraging others to follow it.

You spent 0 to get jeweler to 400?

Have you heard of opportunity cost? You could have sold the mats on the TP for more than the crafted result, so you infact would have lost money. Unless you somehow managed to get more for your crafts than the mats would have costed to sell you made a loss.

“I gathered it so its free” is an inherently wrong philosophy and you should stop encouraging others to follow it.

I like this human. He understands!

i made lvl 400 weapon and i lost something like 16g…but now im makin my oun rares and have ectos…be sure they didnt put this crafting systeme just to be here and take extra space on our disk’s for nothin’…and im preety sure they will do some kind of book where u find the craftsmen so u ask ,,hi i want to craft X dagger. craftman: ok that will be 20-30silver…and will be more to craft new items will be planted gw2 is 5months old so be patient but make at least the jobs that grants u acces tour legendary weapon/ armor in the future

Have fun!

I craft because I’m too lazy to level up from 55-75 hehe.

Crafting is the exchange of gold for exp.

Crafting in GW2 allows you to “exchange gold for exp”, and for a legendary. If there were no shop to buy gems for real money, perhaps crafting would be more useful and meaningful, like in old school games.

madhatter.1639:

That is not completely true Shanseala. I have made about 12 gold over a 4 day period crafting and selling. Best part is I make about 50 copper per unit after buying all of the mats off of the trading post, then selling that item on the post. 50 copper really is not that much, but it adds up when you make a hundred or two sales per day.

this is true but not always. There was a time, about a week ago, when I made over 10g making only lvl 350 rare inscriptions and selling those for asking price. I used all my stacked mats that I knew I won’t need anymore. I could even make small profit just by buying needed mats from TP but yesterday the prices of Mithril alone made such money making impossible.

All depends on current demand. Sometimes it is worth investing in some rare, low level reciepies and sell those, sometimes you make more money selling only mats.

Bartas.4908:

There was a time, about a week ago, when I made over 10g making only lvl 350 rare inscriptions and selling those for asking price. I used all my stacked mats that I knew I won’t need anymore.

So you “made” 10g… if you ignore the value of the materials.

Once you subtract the TP cut (15%), it’s rarely worth crafting anything to sell. It is, however, (generally) worth it to craft items that you need for yourself, since you can usually do it for about 10% less than the TP price.