Hi all, in about a month I’ll be starting to craft ascended armor (light and heavy). I see you really need a lot of mats for this (obviously, right?!). Does anyone have suggestions on how to track what you need in relation to what you have and collect? I was thinking Excel, but if there’s a better program/way, please let me know!
I find it really confusing to track all the things even needed for bolts of damask, for instance. Damask is made of several items, which in turn are made of several items, etc. Then the insignia, vision crystals, etc etc etc. Please help!
Excel is the easiest way. I’m sure others have created online spreadsheets for people to use.
When I made my ascended, I chose to track it by the mid-level component level (e.g. Mithrillium) or higher (deldrimor ingots) rather than micro-manage quantities at the lowest levels such as silk scraps.
If you have a hard time figuring out what you will need, use the wiki.
For example, if you want to make an ascended heavy berserker breastplate, check out the corresponding wiki page: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Zojja%27s_Breastplate
Or just type into your chat window in game: /wiki Zojjas Breastplate
And it will open your browser directly on that wiki page.
If you check the recipe on the wiki, you will see a small link, “show base ingredients” under it, which will list all mats you need to craft it.
Wow… Wanze… just … wow. I had no idea you could do that thing with the base materials. I had been using the wiki, but had like 8 windows open, one for each thing. Thank you so, so, so much! That will help. I will start organizing a spreadsheet I guess. I just really hate to use Excel, because.. I use it all day long at my job, so I was hoping for something more “fun”!
If you check the recipe on the wiki, you will see a small link, “show base ingredients” under it, which will list all mats you need to craft it.
Whoa… that’s awesome. I’ve actually never noticed that! xD
Wow. That’s awesome to know, haha. Thanks for pointing that out xD. Oh man… how many times I wished there would be a possibility to do that… not just for ascended stuff, but for recipes in general. Uff. ^^
Now I feel the urge to facepalm due to myself… because I’m sure I’ve seen that little text before, but never actually clicked it. -_-
Um… just one thing ANet…. when you look at the base ingredients for say, Zojja’s masque, it LOOKS like you need only 150 scraps of silk, because the picture of the silk scrap covers the EXTRA ZERO. You actually need 1500. This is true for all the the base materials for the light armor. In every one it looks like hundreds instead of thousands.
That really needs to be fixed. Really. I thought I already had all I needed and went to make some stuff and was confused as to why I couldn’t make as much as I needed. Turns out I need more than 9000 more scraps than I thought. Bad. Very bad.
I made one of these public for Mawdrey crafting an it seemed to get some hits. So here is a public version of my personal mat tracker (tabs at bottom). I dont know what set you are looking for, If it is not Medium, I can pretty quickly add another set because the format is already set up, so let me know.
I’ll do a bit more proper formatting on the armor section first and figure out a way to have the fine mats be selectable. Anyway, If you see an error on the sheet, let me know.
If requested I can go back through and a cumulative totals, I could see that being useful for some of the items that need hundreds, but since most of those are time gated you cant make them all at once anyway.
Um… just one thing ANet…. when you look at the base ingredients for say, Zojja’s masque, it LOOKS like you need only 150 scraps of silk, because the picture of the silk scrap covers the EXTRA ZERO. You actually need 1500. This is true for all the the base materials for the light armor. In every one it looks like hundreds instead of thousands.
That really needs to be fixed. Really. I thought I already had all I needed and went to make some stuff and was confused as to why I couldn’t make as much as I needed. Turns out I need more than 9000 more scraps than I thought. Bad. Very bad.
If you are referring to that feature on the wiki, the wiki is player maintained, not ANet. Also, again if you are referring to the wiki, I dont see that problem on my browser so it might be a browser or device issue.
Um… just one thing ANet…. when you look at the base ingredients for say, Zojja’s masque, it LOOKS like you need only 150 scraps of silk, because the picture of the silk scrap covers the EXTRA ZERO. You actually need 1500. This is true for all the the base materials for the light armor. In every one it looks like hundreds instead of thousands.
That really needs to be fixed. Really. I thought I already had all I needed and went to make some stuff and was confused as to why I couldn’t make as much as I needed. Turns out I need more than 9000 more scraps than I thought. Bad. Very bad.
If you are referring to that feature on the wiki, the wiki is player maintained, not ANet. Also, again if you are referring to the wiki, I dont see that problem on my browser so it might be a browser or device issue.
Hmmm… ok, so I had originally used Google Chrome to open up the window. I just tried Explorer and it does show up correctly. Argh! Sorry for my assumption that this was something that ANet should fix. Obviously I have to use Explorer for the wiki now :p Would be nice if all browsers worked the same.
Um… just one thing ANet…. when you look at the base ingredients for say, Zojja’s masque, it LOOKS like you need only 150 scraps of silk, because the picture of the silk scrap covers the EXTRA ZERO. You actually need 1500. This is true for all the the base materials for the light armor. In every one it looks like hundreds instead of thousands.
That really needs to be fixed. Really. I thought I already had all I needed and went to make some stuff and was confused as to why I couldn’t make as much as I needed. Turns out I need more than 9000 more scraps than I thought. Bad. Very bad.
If you are referring to that feature on the wiki, the wiki is player maintained, not ANet. Also, again if you are referring to the wiki, I dont see that problem on my browser so it might be a browser or device issue.
Hmmm… ok, so I had originally used Google Chrome to open up the window. I just tried Explorer and it does show up correctly. Argh! Sorry for my assumption that this was something that ANet should fix. Obviously I have to use Explorer for the wiki now :p Would be nice if all browsers worked the same.
Haha, well, I checked on chrome, so I dont know… Maybe it just didnt fully load and the css didnt get completely used. Go back to the page in chrome and try “ctrl-F5” and see if a hard refresh fixes it.
Um… just one thing ANet…. when you look at the base ingredients for say, Zojja’s masque, it LOOKS like you need only 150 scraps of silk, because the picture of the silk scrap covers the EXTRA ZERO. You actually need 1500. This is true for all the the base materials for the light armor. In every one it looks like hundreds instead of thousands.
That really needs to be fixed. Really. I thought I already had all I needed and went to make some stuff and was confused as to why I couldn’t make as much as I needed. Turns out I need more than 9000 more scraps than I thought. Bad. Very bad.
If you are referring to that feature on the wiki, the wiki is player maintained, not ANet. Also, again if you are referring to the wiki, I dont see that problem on my browser so it might be a browser or device issue.
Hmmm… ok, so I had originally used Google Chrome to open up the window. I just tried Explorer and it does show up correctly. Argh! Sorry for my assumption that this was something that ANet should fix. Obviously I have to use Explorer for the wiki now :p Would be nice if all browsers worked the same.
Works for me in Chrome. The last 0 is farther to the right than the last digit of the other numbers, though, so maybe there’s something set up differently in your browser that results in less space between the numbers and icons? Here’s what it looks like for me:
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Ok, I THINK that I have the insignia (prefix) for the armor completely selectable. What I dont know is, if one of you go to “File → Make a Copy” and add it to your own drive so that you have edit rights, if the script that changes the names and materials for the selected insignia will still work. Hopefully? Can someone verify?
While the Web is a fantastic resource for confirming and tracking all that is needed for crafting ascended items, I’m at a loss for how to actually find out how to discover the process/recipes in the actual game.
Am I missing a key portion of the game that breaks down all the components and their mat requirements?
Disclaimer: I’m mid-400s on all the crafting professions and haven’t hit 500 on any of them yet, so my assumption is this will get much clearer once I achieve that milestone.
The recipes for the items themselves are bought from the master craftsmen. Thats the recipes for both the ascended inscriptions and the weapon/armor items themselves. vision crystal recipes are auto learned at 500. So, all the recipes are available right at the station in one way or another.
Um… just one thing ANet…. when you look at the base ingredients for say, Zojja’s masque, it LOOKS like you need only 150 scraps of silk, because the picture of the silk scrap covers the EXTRA ZERO. You actually need 1500. This is true for all the the base materials for the light armor. In every one it looks like hundreds instead of thousands.
That really needs to be fixed. Really. I thought I already had all I needed and went to make some stuff and was confused as to why I couldn’t make as much as I needed. Turns out I need more than 9000 more scraps than I thought. Bad. Very bad.
If you are referring to that feature on the wiki, the wiki is player maintained, not ANet. Also, again if you are referring to the wiki, I dont see that problem on my browser so it might be a browser or device issue.
Hmmm… ok, so I had originally used Google Chrome to open up the window. I just tried Explorer and it does show up correctly. Argh! Sorry for my assumption that this was something that ANet should fix. Obviously I have to use Explorer for the wiki now :p Would be nice if all browsers worked the same.
Works for me in Chrome. The last 0 is farther to the right than the last digit of the other numbers, though, so maybe there’s something set up differently in your browser that results in less space between the numbers and icons? Here’s what it looks like for me:
Thanks for the images. That one zero is a little differently aligned, it’s true, but I think you’ve offered an interesting theory about the browser settings and I imagine that the configuration could impact image/number spacing, which could account for the dropped zero.
Is anyone else having trouble with unclear numbers? I can see where it would be quite a shock to anticipate getting 10% of what you really need!
Um… just one thing ANet…. when you look at the base ingredients for say, Zojja’s masque, it LOOKS like you need only 150 scraps of silk, because the picture of the silk scrap covers the EXTRA ZERO. You actually need 1500. This is true for all the the base materials for the light armor. In every one it looks like hundreds instead of thousands.
That really needs to be fixed. Really. I thought I already had all I needed and went to make some stuff and was confused as to why I couldn’t make as much as I needed. Turns out I need more than 9000 more scraps than I thought. Bad. Very bad.
If you are referring to that feature on the wiki, the wiki is player maintained, not ANet. Also, again if you are referring to the wiki, I dont see that problem on my browser so it might be a browser or device issue.
Hmmm… ok, so I had originally used Google Chrome to open up the window. I just tried Explorer and it does show up correctly. Argh! Sorry for my assumption that this was something that ANet should fix. Obviously I have to use Explorer for the wiki now :p Would be nice if all browsers worked the same.
Works for me in Chrome. The last 0 is farther to the right than the last digit of the other numbers, though, so maybe there’s something set up differently in your browser that results in less space between the numbers and icons? Here’s what it looks like for me:
Thanks for the images. That one zero is a little differently aligned, it’s true, but I think you’ve offered an interesting theory about the browser settings and I imagine that the configuration could impact image/number spacing, which could account for the dropped zero.
Is anyone else having trouble with unclear numbers? I can see where it would be quite a shock to anticipate getting 10% of what you really need!
I was just playing with the dev tools in chrome and I can see how this could possibly be a problem in some situations. The containers for the numbers on the left are not scaled wide enough for 4 characters, 3 yes, but not 4. They appear to have been given a constant pixel width as the <dl> tag extends the width of the page (definition list containing all the ingredients), but the <dt> (definition tag) containing the numbers are all constant widths with the 1500 in this case actually having a <dt> container that is too small for 4 characters. If it is the case that the <dt> tags were given a constant width, the best idea would likely be to simply widen the css for the <dt> tags to accommodate 4 characters.
The reason the last 0 in 1500 is farther to the right then the others is not the browser in this case but a side effect of a small container. All the number containers as I said as the same size and they are justified right to align everything. But, the 1500 is too wide, hits the left side of the container and then overflows off the right hand side because thats where overflow in text happens.
In the chrome dev tools, bumping the width in the css for the <dt> tags from 25px to 28px lines everything up for me and doesnt make it look like there is a huge gap between the number and the image/text.
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