Guild Wars 2

Correct me if im wrong but one of the most profitable crafts in the game atm is making accessories, since you can’t earn them through dungeon tokens, only Jewelcrafting alone.

With new Ascented gear and accessories, it looks like there will be no need for high lvl crafted gear any longer.

Yor thoughts?

Obsolete isn’t the correct word to use.
Just because they aren’t the best doesn’t mean they’re obsolete.

They are still good! I think it’s about 2% for stats increase if you have a full set of ascension

Not to mention they will be adding in crafting recipes. I already had a few new recipes in my tab, I just didn’t craft them.

I can’t confirm it as I’m at work at the moment, but chances are there are new crafting recipes that will allow you to craft Ascended tier equipment. There’s a particular “Gift of Ascension” tier item available from dungeons that suggests something like that. Can anyone who is in the game confirm this at the moment? (Perhaps with screenshots?)

All new recipes.
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/news/897-guild-wars-2-database-updated/

Well, there goes that hope. Maybe ANet will add some in the future, but for now, I guess I wouldn’t hold my breath.

No they’re definitely obsolete, atleast in my case: I’ll never take up jeweler (cook was enough of a headache for me thanks) so my next plans included replacing all my cruddy masterwork jewelry with Exotics. I had the money set aside too. But now that I know I can just get it from Dungeon runs (which is all I’ve been doing lately anyway), I know I can just wait until amulet and accessories are added too and to-heck with whoever wasted all their time jeweling up to 400. They’re not gettin’ my money now. (especially since I already know it’s one of the only profitable crafting disciplines there was)

Well…I think exotics may be needed far into Fractals of the Mists, so you would still need exotics to buff your stats for that little extra, that’s what I think.

People going in with lvl 70 rares will die, brutally :P

It’s around a 15-20% stat boost per accessory once its all said and done, plus the agony resist; these upgrades are no joke.

It doesn’t totally obsolesce crafted gear, but exotics are clearly going to be merely temporary leveling gear in the long run, with prices adjusting accordingly.

You gain a boost of 10 in the primary stat (92 vs 102) for ascended over exotic. Hardly 15-20% more.