Guild Wars 2

Am I missing something?

I see people claiming to just craft high level rares to salvage ectos from.

Wouldn’t this result in a net negative of ectos? Since crafting the item requires ecto and there is only a chance to salvage 1 or more?

As a side note, why would anyone want to do that anyway, as the cost of materials is more than the potential ecto gain anyway? Unless you plan on leveling other crafting professions/other chars, it would seem to be more efficient to just sell the mats and buy up the ectos needed.

Crafting yellow’s (rares) doesn’t require ectos but salvaging rares can produce ectos.

Ectos are currently going for 32 silver a piece. You can get anywhere from 0-3 from a single item.

Making the item costs about 20 silver in materials if you’re smart with your TP buys.

You might be confused by jeweler, which requires 1 ecto per rare 80. and other (equipment) crafting professions, that do not require ecto for rare 80ies.

And about buying smart or so, you seem to get your rare t5 ~93c a pop while rest of us pay 1s10c~ Or just forget to count something. (Some 23s per rare, to put price on safe side, and some 26s per ecto crafted on yday prices.)

EgonVenkman.1907:

Am I missing something?

I see people claiming to just craft high level rares to salvage ectos from.

Wouldn’t this result in a net negative of ectos? Since crafting the item requires ecto and there is only a chance to salvage 1 or more?

As a side note, why would anyone want to do that anyway, as the cost of materials is more than the potential ecto gain anyway? Unless you plan on leveling other crafting professions/other chars, it would seem to be more efficient to just sell the mats and buy up the ectos needed.

As a jeweler I understand what you mean.

Jewelry for some reason is the ONLY discipline to require ectos for level 80 rare crafting. It’s ridiculous I know smh.

The rest can just make whatever whenever…they only have to gather a few more items they can actually farm.

tigirius.9014:

EgonVenkman.1907:

Am I missing something?

I see people claiming to just craft high level rares to salvage ectos from.

Wouldn’t this result in a net negative of ectos? Since crafting the item requires ecto and there is only a chance to salvage 1 or more?

As a side note, why would anyone want to do that anyway, as the cost of materials is more than the potential ecto gain anyway? Unless you plan on leveling other crafting professions/other chars, it would seem to be more efficient to just sell the mats and buy up the ectos needed.

As a jeweler I understand what you mean.

Jewelry for some reason is the ONLY discipline to require ectos for level 80 rare crafting. It’s ridiculous I know smh.

The rest can just make whatever whenever…they only have to gather a few more items they can actually farm.

Id rather go through the trouble of level 80 ecto gathering then levels 10 through 80 of FCM gathering…