Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone, could use some tips and a question answered.

I’m on my first character which is an engineer and doing Leatherworking and Huntsmen. Is it just me not being good at it or is it normal to find higher tier items that I can’t use until a much later level? It seems to me leveling these particular professions is fairly slow. Unless of course, I’m just bad. In which case I’d like some tips on how to effectively farm and level my crafts. Im level 23 and I’m just breaking level 40 on both my crafts and it feels like I’m way more behind then I should be.

Anything anyone could offer would be very helpful. Im completely new to guildwars.

Go here:

http://www.gw2crafts.net/

Pretty much everything you need to know including costs based on current prices on the TP.

You are not playing “bad”, or being “bad” at the game.
It is like this for all of us, you level too fast for crafting to keep up.
But crafting is’nt really worth it anyway since the TP is filled up with cheaper and cheaper things, you wont be able to make any real money from crafting the way it is now.
Just enjoy the game by leveling up and having fun, crafting is only usable as a means to level up a little faster.
Just sell all the materials you find, that seems to be the best way to make a little money

Is there any benefit to leveling crafting? Even if I were to max out them later?

Personawolf.9182:

Is there any benefit to leveling crafting? Even if I were to max out them later?

Each craft gives a lot of experience, about 10 character levels if you max it.

Crafting is also needed to make legendary weapons, if you plan on getting any.

Other than that, no benefit really.

I would say chef and jeweler are the ones that are fairly worth investing time and money into. Making food and using it can save you some money, same with rings and accessories. Food stuff is pretty easy to come by and it’s mostly cheap if you gather it yourself (lot’s of stuff is bought with karma too). Not to mention the all your can eat achievement you can get while leveling up the craft. All that is best if your gearing a couple toons also. Obviously there is the option of just going straight to ascended stuff.

There may be a day down the road they introduce some really nice recipes also (like Wintersday and Halloween), where there is a window of opportunity to make some extra money before the market bottoms out.

Hi there Personawolf,

Crafting in GW2 has several benefits. As some have said you get 10 levels for each maxed out craft that you have.
As this is your first character you will probably find it hard to craft above your level as I imagine you don’t have a lot of mats in your bank that you gathered on your travels with your main.
It is still possible to craft all your armor / weapons all through your journey to level 80. I’ve done it on my guardian and warrior, and on both of them I had weaponsmith and armorsmith maxed out when they where in their middle 40s.
Do not believe people that say that crafting is useless / unprofitable. There are ways to make profit by crafting, although I admit that I’ve got very little experience with leatherworker or huntsman.
And if you go the extra mile and get the rare insignias that can be bought for karma at any master craftsman you will find that the armor and weapons you craft are generally better than any thing you can get from karma at the hearth guys.
Rare weapons + armor are also more likely to turn a profit on the TP.
Also, keep an eye open for karma specific recipes for the professions you have, as often they have interesting skins that usually sell well and for a profit on the TP.
That was essentially how I managed to level my professions and end up not paying anything to do it.
Once you reach level 80 there is a constant market for rare and epic weapons / armor, althoug not every type will be profitable to craft.
You will have to add up the cost of the materials (remember, even if you picked them up yourself they still have a value) and see if it is profitable to sell the crafted end product.
Not everything will be profitable, some stuff will be profitable some of the time, and a few rare things are profitable to craft all of the time. It is up to you to find out what those things are.