Guild Wars 2

Which is easier to get, Ascended or Legendary weapons? (time and gold terms)

Ascended, hands down

Ascended, ofc lol

Legendary cause i’m lazy to get my crafting to 500 :P, but asceneded is

Well… Legendary weapons (each one) requires 2 crafting disciplines to be brought to 400. So is that really less work?

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Well… Legendary weapons (each one) requires 2 crafting disciplines to be brought to 400. So is that really less work?

Olé!

Ascended technically, however in all fairness, Ascended is also prone to new gear tiers, level caps and other issues. So it depends on you but if you have the gold and time, I would recommend going for a legendary as once you get that you’ll never need to worry again.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Well… Legendary weapons (each one) requires 2 crafting disciplines to be brought to 400. So is that really less work?

Well i got all my crafting to 400 near the start of the game. Making a legendary takes a lot longer then getting your crafting to 500 and making a weapon / armor from it but like i said, I’m lazy and rather the skins from legendaries anyway

Sana, I am an altoholic. I would literally break the bank if I tried to outfit each of my chars with full legendaries. That would be nuts.

But hey, that’s dedication!

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Sana, I am an altoholic. I would literally break the bank if I tried to outfit each of my chars with full legendaries. That would be nuts.

But hey, that’s dedication!

I have an eye for Candy, if it looks cool and is worth getting, it becomes a must have on my list.

uhm… and whats the average price and time of crafting an ascended weapon?
Ive been reading that you need lots of dragonite ores and similar items who have so restricted drop..
Its really that hard to craft it?

Thanks for your assistance guys!

Akiru.8065:

uhm… and whats the average price and time of crafting an ascended weapon?
Ive been reading that you need lots of dragonite ores and similar items who have so restricted drop..
Its really that hard to craft it?

Thanks for your assistance guys!

Well, yeah. So you need 500 of each material to make one weapon. Those are… Well, semi difficult to get if you don’t already do world bosses or dungeons. But compared to the amount of karma required for a legendary, it’s still much less time (plus you gain quite a lot of loot!) to do the dungeons and the world bosses.

So you can craft to 500 from 400 quickly but it can be expensive, but of course it doesn’t matter because you only need to level it once. You can make the exotics that are cheapest, and salvage them for dark matter or sell them… Then you can make your weapons. Each weapon takes a bit, but it would say it takes 5x (at least, probably more, really) longer to farm the requirements for a legendary than a single ascended weapon. Crafting to 500 takes very little time when using a guide, after all.

Akiru.8065:

uhm… and whats the average price and time of crafting an ascended weapon?
Ive been reading that you need lots of dragonite ores and similar items who have so restricted drop..
Its really that hard to craft it?

Thanks for your assistance guys!

For crafting just say about 200g from 0-500, maybe a week to 2 weeks gathering materials if you don’t grind them out, and maybe another 50g to make the weapon… That’s for ascended… Now legendary… 2 professions crafted to level 400 which is about 30-40g depending on profession and the precursor itself can be between 80 and 800g depending on popularity of that type of weapon… Then a stack of each t6 material which is about 650g and you still have to factor in doing all world completion and making those kitten clovers so you need about 1 million or more karma as well… Just stick to ascended

Took me two months to make my legendary (when I finally started), I have yet to finish any ascended stuff… Time gated waits tick me off. But that’s me.

Although the initial cost of the legendary is greater than that of ascended. The fact that you can swap the stats on them when out of combat makes them about the same or even cheaper depending on how many different builds you play if you already have a pre. If factor in the cost of a precursor then ascended is still cheaper.

Julie Yann.5379:

Although the initial cost of the legendary is greater than that of ascended. The fact that you can swap the stats on them when out of combat makes them about the same or even cheaper depending on how many different builds you play if you already have a pre. If factor in the cost of a precursor then ascended is still cheaper.

On the contrary, Frostfang cost me ~1000g more than Ascended Axes with all the Sigils I could ever need would have cost me.