Guild Wars 2

My charr is a lvl 80 warrior but I’ve just started crafting; last night was my very first go at it.

My goal is to craft a legendary great sword for personal use. After that, if it’s still fun, I’ll switch skills and try to craft a legendary rifle.

I’ve got two questions:

1. For arms crafting, will I level-up faster by crafting a variety of weapons? Or would I level up as fast by pumping out lots of the same item?

2. If I want to make a legendary great sword, should I focus on making great swords? I.e., is there some notion of “practice” with crafting a particular weapon? Or is a weapons craftsman equally skilled across all weapons, regardless of which have been previously crafted?

Thanks.

You level up faster by doing discoveries. You should almost never have to make items from individual recipes.

A weaponsmith doesn’t have any specialty. He can craft any of the weapon types he can make (I think there are 7 for weaponsmith) equally well. For the rifle I believe you will need to level huntsman. And you should look into the specifics of the legendaries that you want because they may require other crafting skills to be at 400.

to question 1) you’ll want to craft a variety. discovering new recipes will earn you good Crafting XP.
to your second question im afraid i cant help you there.

you can check out www.gw2wiz.com for some crafting guides! they’re pretty good i find.

definitely go with discovering recipes! and keep doing that until you reach the next tier. if you haven’t reached the next tier yet, craft one or a few more items (highlight as yellow/orange text, i.e. you still get xp for it) and you should reach next level. then rinse and repeat – upgraded refinements, insignias and discover more.

good luck! : )))