Guild Wars 2

Could someone with more money please confirm this, because at 50g+ for the ascended recipes, and no other way to get them than by RNG or TP purchase, I’m really skeptical about the Zealot’s set as a push to the gem>gold conversion store.

It wouldn’t make any sense for the recipe sheets to exist if you didn’t need them to unlock the recipes.

Also this might be relevant. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/crafting/Cant-craft-Keepers-Ascended-Gear/first

Yes, they work just like the Celestial gear. You need both the Insignia/Inscription recipes AND the recipe for the specific piece you want to craft.

Not a fan of this sort of thing at all.

2 weeks’ worth of limited drops which aren’t that common (especially considering there are what, like 30 different recipes which all occupy the same spot in the loot?) for a completely new stat combination unattainable any other way short of legendaries. That’s a huge wall for something that’s no more special than Beserker’s or Knight’s or any other of the “default” crafting recipes. Its nothing more than a different option, a unique stat setup, why gate it like that.

Stat combinations should not be “luxury items” that cost signifigantly more to make than comparable ones. The Settler’s gear gave me some hope that they weren’t going to revert to a system like they did with Celestial, but it seems that hope was misplaced.

Wait and see. Celestial recipes will most likely return when the Zephyrite Bazaar does, and I’m willing to bet that the Zealot recipes will also get another means of acquisition once the Marionette goes away.

ascended item = recipe + ascended component 1 + ascended component 2 + ascended inscription/insignia + vision crystal
inscription/insignia = recipe + exotic inscription/insignia of your choice + damask/deldrimor dowel + dark matter + crystalline dust

which means that making an ascended armor set requires 1 insignia recipe (21k karma) and 6 item recipes (each 5 laurels + 3 gold)

Mystic.5934:

ascended item = recipe + ascended component 1 + ascended component 2 + ascended inscription/insignia + vision crystal
inscription/insignia = recipe + exotic inscription/insignia of your choice + damask/deldrimor dowel + dark matter + crystalline dust

which means that making an ascended armor set requires 1 insignia recipe (21k karma) and 6 item recipes (each 5 laurels + 3 gold)

We are talking about Zealot/Keepers. No need to throw a generic recipe for ascended crafting in here.

Keeper’s Masque = Recipe: Keeper’s masque + damask helm padding + damask helm strap + vision crystal (hopefully that’s a typo on the wiki – I would of expected lesser vision crystal)

Keeper’s Zealot Insignia = Recipe: Keeper’s Zealot’s Insignia + Zealot’s Intricate Gossamer Insignia + 10 crystalline dust + 5 glob of dark matter + 3 bolt of damask

Zealot’s Intricate Gossamer Insignia = Recipe: Zealot’s Intricate Gossamer Insignia + watchwork mechanism + 5 ecto + 5 bolt of gossamer + 20 spool of gossamer thread + 1 watchwork mechanism

I’m starting to think zealot’s recipes are a good investment but the time until we see a good return is usually measured in months. on the other hand, there are far less of them than celestial, so maybe sooner.