Guild Wars 2

This is not fun. Not even a little bit. It’s expensive and a pain in the kitten.

It look like for each new exotic I create I get about 2 levels in crafting. So I’ve got at least 6 more exotics to go before I hit 450.

Thanks a lot. Weeee… How fun is this?

I can haz discoveries?

Kincaidia.3192:

I can haz discoveries?

Sorry, that’s with the discovery bonus.

Oh really? Fiddlesticks. Then I’ll shut my cakehole.

Superfun…considering i crafted and salvaged em all(exotics) and got not a single dark matter,black pearl,or how the heck they call this new t7 material.
Very nice…really…very fun have to spend 24 gold to buy the materials and hit the lvl 450…because as WvW player i have tons of gold….never been that happy after an update….i think this update make me even more happy than when they “fixed” the egnineer turrets to make them more viable.

i agree with this. I have spent about 80 gold so far and im level 475. Man this is amazing. Then when i get level 500 i can now start the grind for all the items to FINALLY start crafting. I feel bad for anyone that never started to craft. Good luck is all im going to say.

Nirvana.8659:

Superfun…considering i crafted and salvaged em all(exotics) and got not a single dark matter,black pearl,or how the heck they call this new t7 material.
Very nice…really…very fun have to spend 24 gold to buy the materials and hit the lvl 450…because as WvW player i have tons of gold….never been that happy after an update….i think this update make me even more happy than when they “fixed” the egnineer turrets to make them more viable.

Out of curiosity, what salvage kit were you using, and approximately how many exotics have you salvaged?

So “Dark Matter” is not guaranteed from salvaging Exotics

Ahahahahahahah

As long as its not a grind…well at least ANet says so so it must be true

Glad I read the forums before bothering with this.

“Here’s your new content! You only need to do 12,000 sit-ups to get it!”

I’ve salvaged about 12-15 exotics and have 23 globs of dark matter. I usually receive 2, 3, or none with a pretty good drop rate overall. All with black lion salvage kits.

What do you need Dark Matter for? I don’t see it listed in the ascended list: http://dulfy.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gw2-ascended-greatsword-crafting-32.jpg

edit: NVM…I see you need 10 for the inscription.

It’s there. Bottom of the list on the upper right. (10 Globs of Dark Matter)

Adding a new tier above exotic to crafting without upping the amounts of tier 6 mats is like marketing beef jerky to people without teeth. Who the hell is making decisions at Anet these days? It seems like the decisions get worse and make less sense every time I new one comes out.

I’d heard whispers that it wouldn’t be possible to salvage Dark Matter from crafted exotics, so it was a relief to get the 10 I need from the exotics I crafted to get from 400 to 500 Weaponsmithing. I would have much rather sold those exotics though, to offset the cost of all the ori and ancient wood I had to buy … ouch.

TooBz.3065:

Kincaidia.3192:

I can haz discoveries?

Sorry, that’s with the discovery bonus.

With the discovery bonus, if you do it in the proper order, you need only 8 exotics to get to 450 (well, “only”). Go with ori/ancient wood refinement first, then dowels for 8 inscriptions, then inscriptions, then weapons.
parts for weapons fit somewhere around dowels, but i don’t remember now if i did it before or after.
It does get slow very fast, though.

I’ve salvaged one level 70 exotic. I used a Master Kit, and got two DM.