Guild Wars 2

I’m a player who plays the game to get gold as opposed to a gold farmer, who farms for gold and then quits the game when they reach their goals, with the exception of WvW players.

I have always done dungeons and fractals for gold, along with the odd Silverwastes event map and on a good day I could churn out 50g. All the while improving my skill level and having fun with pugs (mostly).

Now my ability to play the game for gold is gone. Dungeons are dead and fractals give zero gold now. Agony infusions were always the secondary source of gold from fractals but they are going to go through the floor over the next few weeks as more players get into the much more forgiving fractal set-up.

This leads to me sitting in Lions arch twiddling my thumbs and wondering how I’m going to get some gold to take advantage of the crashing prices on the tp. I’m not willing to do a gold farm, as I want to play the game, not grind gold so that I can ‘play later’.

So how are people that play the game to get gold doing it now that HoT is out?

play the trading post game

other ways are all nerfed out now

C: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2013/3/21/1363856124742/Brokers-trading-008.jpg?w=620&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=e370e49850664861bbc4d5b925c69159

^ Pretty much spot on. You can tell what generation the developers are when they choose to reward labor poorly and trading highly.

You don´t earn any gold by playing the game.

Only way to make gold is by doing mindless Silverwastes chest farming (which has also been nerfed now) or playing the trading post.

If you earned gold while playing the game and having fun then Anet wouldn´t make any money from the gem store.