Guild Wars 2

For older players, money isn’t that much of an issue. If it is, getting money probably isn’t an issue. So making a new character is rather easy since you can gear them up through the tp and make the road to 80 rather easy.

However, for newer players, they either have to find the pieces or buy them on the tp. Not saying any of those low level pieces are expensive which is good, but thats not the point. There are numerous npc weapon and armorsmiths in the game and the best I see them sell is common items.

I suggest these merchants should, like karma merchants, have some sort or randomized items with various stats/runes. Ofc this would be limited to perhaps only fine and masterwork (rares and exotics are more or less crafted or found on the tp due to the activities you do at a higher level). Instead of some basic npc who sells useless junk, they should have something for new players to look into. Prices of items would have to be appropriate so no one can salave them for more than the npc price all the time. Atleast they could have some use otherwise they might as well be replaced with the merchants who sell salvage kits. These merchants should be an alternative to the tp for lower levels.

I see no point in revamping armor/weapon vendors. As you play the game you get karma and coppers for completing DEs and hearts. You can buy a whole new set of blue armor (which is all you really need for most of open world) for the cost of 2-3 hearts. Not to mention the karma you get can keep you in decent greens all the way to 80. Also, you can really limit your gearing to once every 5-10 levels. If you gear up in brand new greens at 40, you don’t need to buy anything again until 50. By 50 you’ll probably have 1/2 your 40 gear due to equipping drops and some karma heart vendors.

This is how I gear all my alts. Hit the TP every 5 levels and make sure your gear is within 10 levels. As you complete a heart, check the karma vendor.

As for money, gather everything you see. It’s easy money (and XP). Sell the 60 ore you mined just doing the daily and you’ve got enough to buy a piece of armor.