Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I have a quick question – think I know the answer but want to confirm.

I’m making a Legendary (shield) and know I need Tailoring and Weaponsmithing at 400 for the weapon-specific Gifts. Do I need to have those crafting disciplines on the same character that will be using the shield? I suspect I can I have them leveled on another character, then use that second character to make the Gifts. Is that correct?

If I can put the crafting disciplines on another character, the XP gained from the process will let me finish leveling up an alt.

Thanks!

Yes, you can use different characters. The Gifts are account bound.

Just remember that you need to buy the recipe on the character that has the craft profession. The recipes should be account bound but due to a bug they are not. Wasted 10g because of this.

The only 2 things that are character bound atm are bloodstone shards and the recipes to make the 2 components for Gift of [Weapon you are making].

Thanks, that’s very helpful. I have one other question as I start to go after the lodestones. This is a significant gold sink and I’m wondering what is the best way to go about it. Refine shards to cores to lodestones?

I appreciate the advice.

Most efficient and cheaper to use cores to lodestones. shards are not good because you are wasting skill points and losing money since wine is fixed at 25s.

Do not farm cores/lodes. Farm other places and buy them.

What Vol said. Cores are your best bang for the buck as long as you got steady skillpoints to burn.

And best way to farm em is do fractals all day. There is no DR in fractals and they drop all the cores/lodestones and you can sell the ones you don’t need along with drops you get in there and buy the ones you do.

Thanks! I had made a mistake in the math – forgot the Wine is 25S and had set it at 15S. Doh!

have 180 skillpoints and am at around half a million karma, so should have enough I think. I guess Cores it is then.