new to game
Read this before you start :/ prepare to be disappointed
If your fine with it,
http://www.guildwars2-crafting.com/crafting-guides/
Enjoy.
Thanks. Sounds like crafting is a complete waste of time unless you are doing it to level up fast. WvW and dungeons level fast enough for me.
Don’t underestimate cooking. The food item boons give significant boosts to your stats, and speed up XP gain as well.
Thanks. Sounds like crafting is a complete waste of time unless you are doing it to level up fast. WvW and dungeons level fast enough for me.
If you enjoy spending the time to do it well, crafting will make you decent money. Be aware that it’s a competitive free market, and very dynamic, so profit opportunities come and go quickly. After all, you’re in competition with the other crafters. If staying on top of market trends and ahead of the competition doesn’t appeal to you, then money-making by crafting probably isn’t for you.
And yes, you can make money by just acting as a merchant or speculator. The point has been made many times…. But only a crafter can take immediate advantage of the market imbalances between prices of raw materials, processed materials, parts, and finished goods. So that’s the niche — part merchant, part builder. Much like being in a manufacturing business in the real world, but without the contracts and relationships that make real-world manufacturing more stable.
Success takes a fair amount of skill and some practice, and requires a head for math and a stomach for risk, which a lot of players find unappealing. But some of us like to ‘waste our time’ this way, rather than grinding dungeons, or doing jumping puzzles.
If this sounds appealing, check out CassieGold’s or my various replies here. It’s not all that hard to do decently well. And it doesn’t require a huge grubstake, either. I’ve been able to level a craft to 400 profitably using no gathered materials and investing at the most 60 silver. What you do need is karma, to buy rare recipes from the crafting masters, because the easiest profitable crafting (on the way up) is level 35, 50, and 65 rare items.
I have no idea where to start looking up info so I can try my hand at crafting. Is there a website or post or tutorial I should look at?
The question that I would ask you is: What do you want to get out of crafting? Crafting has several viable uses, from making money to gearing your characters…. the question is: What do you want to do with it?
LVL 80’s: Thief / Warrior / Guardian / Mesmer