Guild Wars 2

I was away from the game for several years, playing Archeage and then World of Tanks, and just came back. I decided I’d try to start levelling some crating skills and, based on what I’m seeing in the Trading Post, the economy looks pretty dead. Am I right about this? Am I wasting my time (well, gold) trying to level crafting?

Economy not dead. For level craft use guide here. Best craft guide tell you cost, what to buy, what to craft to level.

http://gw2crafts.net/

If there was some element of the crafting system that was profitable, then we’d all be doing it, until the force of players doing it causes it to stop being profitable.

This is one of the few games where crafters do not readily earn an income. The crafting system is more of a money sink sadly. Its more profitable to flip the TP then craft goods and sell them legit. You will find that quite often the raw materials that make up an item sell for more than the crafted item unless you are at the beginning of a market or catch people missing an opportunity.

Everything now is money of resource sink. The first 2 years of GW2 where the best.

Now its all gold and resource sink.

You don’t make money crafting.

You make money flipping.

And leveling crafting helps since crafting is basically advanced flipping.

You won’t make moneh levelling, although selling what you craft while levelling certainly helps take the sting out.

Once you can craft the time gated materials you can make a very decent profit.

laokoko.7403:

You don’t make money crafting.

You make money flipping.

And leveling crafting helps since crafting is basically advanced flipping.

You can most certainly make money crafting, but mostly by crafting time-gated items, dyes, and a selection of items that you need to research (because it depends on the market).