Guild Wars 2

There ought to be a way to access precursors via crafting. For those of us that have taken the time to level all the trades to 400? Some sort of Master Crafting quest of some sort?

Crafting in this game is very easy. When I first started and saw people in my guild 400 in a craft I was like, wow, maybe these guys can make stuff for me… It takes a few gold to PL (power level) any & every craft to 400. Being 400 in a craft isn’t as prestigious as you would expect. you cant be “that crafting guy people go to” because everyone can have 400 crafting, easily.

Mujen, you didn’t address the topic at all and merely chose to belittle the idea that pre-cursors should be craftable without offering a valid explanation why.
Raf isn’t looking to be “that crafting guy people go to” and you’re putting words in his mouth. He is merely offering another channel for acquisition of precursor weapons.

Personally, as ArenaNet said prior to release that crafting would be an important part of the game and more involved than it was in GW1, I’m more than a little disappointed that there isn’t a recipe for absolutely everything.

The reason why you can’t craft them is really easy: They would not be rare anymore. Anyone could just craft their own if they want to.

Even if you would need a lot of mats for it there is still no reason for precursors via crafting. You still have to pay for all the mats and instead of that you could just buy the precursors. Besides that the mats you would need for the precursors would be really expensive which would be bad for the “regular” crafting items too.

OKay here is the belittling then: No, crafting is a joke in this game. I would rather there be a master crafting NPC you bring the materials to if you want it crafted then. Which I guess is the mystic forge in this case. If you recall in GW1 the master crafter had to be unlocked by reaching it in a dungeon to obtain Fissure of Woe armor.. now u simply walk upto the mystic forge/browse the TP for items.

“the crafting guy people go to” is the prestige reputation you obtain when crafting means something. I’m not putting words into anyone’s mouth, I’m just pointing out crafting in GW2 is a joke.

Raf stated it took lot of time/effort to level crafting & therefore should have a reward (in this case precursors) for this accomplishment. He didn’t say anything else, it’s a short 2 line statement. I’m addressing the crafting.

Mujen.2089:

Raf stated it took lot of time/effort to level crafting & therefore should have a reward (in this case precursors) for this accomplishment. He didn’t say anything else, it’s a short 2 line statement. I’m addressing the crafting.

It doesn’t take a lot of time / effort to level crafting and therefore should not have reward because it’s not an accomplishment.

Besides, you can get precursors by crafting rares and putting them in the forge – so I guess he already has what he wants.

I can’t recall the specific post but Anet has already stated they won’t allow us to craft the precursors.

Crossplay.2067:

I can’t recall the specific post but Anet has already stated they won’t allow us to craft the precursors.

Anet has economists.
They know about stuff and things.
That’s why all guaranteed rewards are account bound. Wouldn’t want anyone farming it, would we? All gold to be made on the trade post must be because of luck, or because you’re selling a legendary.

It doesn’t take any time for those who use gold & credit cards to craft. For those of us that harvest and play, its a pretty good accomplishment to level all the trades.

In any case, if you actually read the post, Mujen. I wasn’t suggesting that Master Crafters be allowed to craft precursors. I was suggesting that there be some sort of questline that once completed, would allow Mastercrafters to craft precursors. Make them account bound if they don’t want to affect economy.

No matter how you slice it. Precursors are easy to get. Just grind a world boss, dungeon, event, or buy a precursor in TP. Precursors fall into the laps of many. Crafting a precursor would be great.

Of course you should go through a scavenger hunt to find the secret recipe.