Guild Wars 2

Is it worth doing them especially after completing fractal dailies?

After doing t4 for a while…

I think it’s worth getting additional chests. T4 does tend to cost more time… and your party needs to be okay. And some fractals become a bit more annoying… above the 70’s the instabilities become better as well…

This leaves the question:
Does the investment to do t3 and t4 fractals have a(ny) decent return?

Investing in 150 AR tends to cost both time and plenty of money….

2 rings ( do fractals ) , infused ( do fractals ) and attuned ( get fractal mastery ):
2 + 7 infusions
4 + 10 infusions ( ~10 gold )
2 accesoires ( do guild missions, 12 commendations + 5 gold each)
2 + 7 infusions
1 amulet (log in for laurels)
1 + 7 infusion
———————- +
75 AR

1 infused backpack (tends to cost ~300 gold, no cheaper options via fractals)
1 + 7 infusion
1 + 12 infusion
———————- +
19 AR

2 infusions in the equiped ascneded weapon set ( you can only acces 2 infusion slots of those 4 at a time, you’ll also need +7’s for alternate weapon sets/offhands) weapon costs ~ 80-100 gold…, each
2 + 7 infusions
———————— +
+ 14 AR

6 infusions in ascended armor, armor will cost 450-700 gold, can be bought with magnetite shards, drop from WvW, drop from t3/4 fractals
6 + 7 infusions
———————— +
+ 42 AR

these amounts should add up to
75 + 19 + 14 + 42 = 150 AR

“This isn’t the cheapest AR combo”
Actually It is cheaper to use 2 + 11’s in one or 2 rings, but the backpack is easier to swap IMHO, and when achieving a legendary backpack I would advise this + 12 setup though as you could change stats on the backpack and It could fit ALL characters and save a decent amount of money on the infused backpacks…..if you want to use many alts for high level fractals…. in the end 10 gold is just peanuts comparet to the 1000+ gold of all other gear, and when actually making the legendary back you should consider 10 gold to be trivial in the 1200 + gold in total… for your character(s) versatile back item….
(This will stay&hold true until (hopefully) Jeweler’s (likely) lvl 500 changeable ascended or legendary trinkets would arrive (=speculation)….) in whih case this would likely be a wise 10 gold to be saved again, though still trivial….

This amount of AR takes

• 150 fractal relics *14 =2100 relics for the +7’s
• 500 fractal relics for the infused backpack
• 11 vials (10 for infusing rings), 1 for ascneded backpack
• 7 glob of mists essence, (6 for infusing rings), 1 for backpack ascension
• 2 shards of mists essence for rings
• FULL Ascended (except breather and underwater weapons (highest aquatic ruins = lvl 76) asc breathers are -way too expensive- tbh…)

and either

• 4 +10 AR infusions (10 gold each) or 512 +1 infusions, 511 thermocatalytic reagents each.
• 1 +12 AR infusion (40 gold) (2048 +1 infusions, 2047 thermocatalytic reagents)

• 4096 +1 infusions and 4091 themocatalytic reagents (or ~80 gold)

or

• 3 +10 AR infusions (10 gold each)(512 +1 infusions, 511 thermocatalytic reagents)
• 2 +11 AR infusions (20 gold each)(1024 +1 infusions, 1023 thermocatalytic reagents)

• 3584 +1 infusions and 3579 Thermocatalytic reagents (or ~70 gold)

If these costs are worthwhile to do high(er) level PvE content??? I think only you yourself could answer this question….

For me it’s worth it.

I got to personal lvl 100 a couple of days ago
I have 9 characters in full ascended (excluding breathers and water weapons)
I have 1 character with 150 AR,
I have 7 characters (soon to be 8 ) with 115-122 AR (these do not have +7 infusons but +5…)
I own Ad Infinitum and I have a +7 and a +12 on it, and it’s in one of my shared slots, so all characters can use it…
I do not think I’ll ever get the money back from fractals alone but the investment has allowed me to do content which I experience as challenging.