Guild Wars 2

To those of you who have maxed out your Beta Fractal Capacitors, I’d like to ask how long it took you to do so. How many runs did it take you, roughly?
I’m very new to FotM and I love it so far. My ultimate goal is to have a maxed BFC of my own, but I want an idea of how long this grind will take me.

If my computation is correct, and you always run an even fractal once per day that is at least equal to your level (day 1 = fractal 1+, day 2 = fractal level 2+, day 3 and 4 = fractal level 4+ …):

day 22 – 1439 relics, enough for 1350 relics, exotic back
day 27 – 1915 relics, enough for 1850 relics, ascended back
day 32 – 2441 relics, enough for 2350 relics, infused back (Beta)

This doesn’t include:
- running lower level fractal for daily chest
- buying infusions to not die from agony

You’ll get it faster if you run more fractals in a day though.

I got the shiny one in 3 days.

Ectoplasm will be your problem. You need 500 ectos to max the backpiece.

It takes 2350 relics to get the backpiece.

Level 6, 58 relics = 40.5 days
Level 16, 79 relics = 29.7 days
Level 26, 100 relics = 23.5 days
Level 36, 121 relics = 19.4 days
Level 46, 142 relics = 16.5 days

You can also make a Quiver of a Thousand Arrows and change the stats because it is a Magic Find item, negating the need for 1350 relics. The rest of the recipes after that should be the same. Of course it will not have the same skin, and personally I like the fractal capacitor skin, so you decide on that.

EDIT you can get the backpiece much faster by doing multiple runs in one day. For example

6 + 16, 137 relics = 17.1 days
16 + 26, 179 = 13.1 days

One last thing, this is something a lot of people don’t realize. You should do fractals ending with 6, like 6, 16, 26, etc. because they give the maximum number of relics per tier. For example:

Level 10 = 63 relics
Level 12 = 71 relics
Level 14 = 71 relics
Level 16 = 79 relics
Level 18 = 79 relics

Levels ending in 6 are ideal if you like to run old fractals.