Guild Wars 2

I’ve found that at high(30+) fractal level, the svanir and wolves in the woods before the boss actually drop something decent, such as rares T5 and T6 mats. It also helps that they are clustered together so AoE can quickly kill them. When I PUG tough people say that it’s not worth clearing them and run straigth to the boss. So here’s my question: Is it just me that find theyre loot’s not-so-bad? Or do you think that the time investment it’s not worth the loot gained?
P.S.: Sorry for any grammatical errors, English is not my main language

It’s probably because finding them can be a pain in the kitten because of the darkness in the area, and you’re likely to have someone run off on their own and get themselves lost in the process. For the most part, though, people just want to get through it quickly.

You can always farm the jellyfish mobs in Ocean before you fight Maw if you want to take a shot at drops, since they’re relatively easy to fight, but that’s assuming the rest of the group will follow through with the idea.

People are so accustomed to skipping mobs, that even if stuff drops good loot they don’t care, because they can skip it. If it’s skippable, it’s not worth fighting. Even if optional mobs would consistently drop precursors most groups would still blindly skip.

Mobs in snowblind ARE worth killing, at least for now. They do drop T5 and T6 as well as rares. What people are reacting to is the previous drop stealth nerf which happened around January 26th patch. Prior to that patch the woods mobs would drop Cores and Lodes. The loot tables were adjusted after that and people were not getting so much as a green from them. Recently – in the past 1-2 months – the drop tables were upgraded – they now have T5s and T6s. While only 2-3 people in the group will get a T6 from the mobs, I do it to help out those who are with me. but from a sheer money standpoint – that’s only 75s in drops for about 5 mins of work or an average of 3 silver per player per minute. That is 1.8 gold an hour – better than some fractal runs, but not as good as dungeons.

Fractals arent made for money. They are for skins/ascended gear. If your looking for money runs, make a warrior or mesmer and do CoF p1.

You should view fractals drops/chests/rares as a bonus, not an involved part of the run

Those mobs are just minding there own business, they are not really in our way. So why not right let them live,