Guild Wars 2

So, I’m lvl 80 with 400 in leatherworking and huntsman, and for me at least, it seems very limiting having to collect these materials only in lvl 80 zones. Currently, I’m limited to two zones in the game, and I’m spending most of my time in those zones, because I’m forced to grind materials in them, so here’s my suggestion how to make gathering “less restrictive”.

Your loot is instanced as well as node around the world, right? Since that’s true, why can’t all enemies drop materials for your current crafting level? I really want to leave Orr and Frostgorge Sound and just run around the world, doing random events while gathering materials for my crafting level. As I said, nodes and loot are instanced, so if you’re going to grind them, why be restricted to just two zones in the game?

Mentalhead.5721:

Your loot is instanced as well as node around the world, right? Since that’s true, why can’t all enemies drop materials for your current crafting level?

This was brought up as part of a response about loot scaling in an interview I saw just recently. The issue is, what if you want lower level crafting materials? If crafting materials dropped based on your level, just as equipment sort of does, you would have to create low level characters to farm low level materials.

Good point. As a lvl 80 I have no need for low level equipment or materials, unless I want to send them to my alt character, or craft some low level gear. It could work as a current drop system, you get gear that is appropriate for your level and gear that is equal to the zone in which you’re currently in.

Same thing could go for materials, if you want a higher rate of high level materials you can go to the appropriate zone, while in the low level zone you’ll get materials equal both to your crafting level and the level of the current zone.

A finer solution would be to toggle what level of items (materials) you need in the Options menu, or in Crafting section in Hero panel.