Guild Wars 2

If I craft Explorer’s gear now I’ll be able to convert it to Berserker’s gear when MF is retired. Is that not a good way to get cheap Berserker’s gear (as Explorer T6 mats are cheaper than Zerker ones)? Or am I reading the MF announcement incorrectly?

^ That’s pretty much how I read it! Craft MF gear and get free stat change.

I wonder what will happen to Explorer’s insignias and inscriptions on that fateful day? Will we be able to convert those too?

If so, then my Explorer’s insignia would become, say, a Zerker insignia that’s account bound. However, account-bound insignias don’t beget account-bound armor (or do they?). This means there may be a way to circumvent Anet’s intention of preventing converted MF items from being TP’d. Or am I totally wrong?

Run Dungeons. Get gear for free. Alternatively if you have to spend gold then go for it.

I don’t think you gain much by making gear right now that you don’t necessarily need or want after magic find is retired.

fellyn.5083:

Run Dungeons. Get gear for free. Alternatively if you have to spend gold then go for it.

I don’t think you gain much by making gear right now that you don’t necessarily need or want after magic find is retired.

The point is that you craft/buy magic find gear now (as it’s cheaper to make/buy than other gear), keep it in storage, and when MF is retired, you get to transmogrify it into the kind of gear that you really want (e.g. Zerkers).

In the end, you’d be getting Zerkers gear (for example) at Explorers prices.

Edit: I’d probably do this with armor, not weapons as I’m expecting a glut of Exotic weapons on the TP once everyone starts starts to level their crafting to 500.

Lord Kuru.3685:

I wonder what will happen to Explorer’s insignias and inscriptions on that fateful day? Will we be able to convert those too?

If so, then my Explorer’s insignia would become, say, a Zerker insignia that’s account bound. However, account-bound insignias don’t beget account-bound armor (or do they?). This means there may be a way to circumvent Anet’s intention of preventing converted MF items from being TP’d. Or am I totally wrong?

the insignia will most likely be transformed to the new type of stats that mat makes instead

Lord Kuru.3685:

fellyn.5083:

Run Dungeons. Get gear for free. Alternatively if you have to spend gold then go for it.

I don’t think you gain much by making gear right now that you don’t necessarily need or want after magic find is retired.

The point is that you craft/buy magic find gear now (as it’s cheaper to make/buy than other gear), keep it in storage, and when MF is retired, you get to transmogrify it into the kind of gear that you really want (e.g. Zerkers).

In the end, you’d be getting Zerkers gear (for example) at Explorers prices.

Edit: I’d probably do this with armor, not weapons as I’m expecting a glut of Exotic weapons on the TP once everyone starts starts to level their crafting to 500.

I understand what is being asked. What I said is you can get both and actually make money while doing it instead of spending money. Then there is the wvw armor, too. But that actually costs a bit of gold.

If you don’t like to run dungeons and don’t want to save money for making ascended weapons or whatever else then that’s a different story.

It just seems like an awfully round about way to get armor with stats you want on it.

fellyn.5083:

Lord Kuru.3685:

fellyn.5083:

Run Dungeons. Get gear for free. Alternatively if you have to spend gold then go for it.

I don’t think you gain much by making gear right now that you don’t necessarily need or want after magic find is retired.

The point is that you craft/buy magic find gear now (as it’s cheaper to make/buy than other gear), keep it in storage, and when MF is retired, you get to transmogrify it into the kind of gear that you really want (e.g. Zerkers).

In the end, you’d be getting Zerkers gear (for example) at Explorers prices.

Edit: I’d probably do this with armor, not weapons as I’m expecting a glut of Exotic weapons on the TP once everyone starts starts to level their crafting to 500.

I understand what is being asked. What I said is you can get both and actually make money while doing it instead of spending money. Then there is the wvw armor, too. But that actually costs a bit of gold.

If you don’t like to run dungeons and don’t want to save money for making ascended weapons or whatever else then that’s a different story.

It just seems like an awfully round about way to get armor with stats you want on it.

I don’t find it too roundabout: I’d buy or craft as usual and just wait a couple weeks for MF to be retired. By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a savings!

I guess I just can’t resist a deal