Guild Wars 2

I was on reddit earlier today and some one in a thread regarding making money in SW suggested turning plate/leather armor into cloth armor using the Mystic Forge, how does this work?

You put four of cloth or metal armor in the forge and hit forge. Then you hope that you get a light armor out of it. Otherwise, just keep tossing in the undesirables .

Seems more profitable to vendor it.

usually is. Not sure why someone would say to forge it.

You do get a 20% chance that 4 greens will upgrade to a rare so maybe they’re gambling on the chance of getting a light armor back to salvage the silk or getting a rare to salvage for ectos.

It’s mildly profitable to mystic forge all your greens (except light armor) in hopes of getting rares or light armor. You’ll usually, in the long run, make more that way than by vendoring it. However it requires holding on to them and making regular trips to the MF, then spending the time putting them in.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

It’s mildly profitable to mystic forge all your greens (except light armor) in hopes of getting rares or light armor. You’ll usually, in the long run, make more that way than by vendoring it. However it requires holding on to them and making regular trips to the MF, then spending the time putting them in.

I salvage them all for luck essences. Because I haven’t reached that mythical 300% yet.

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Just a flesh wound.3589:

It’s mildly profitable to mystic forge all your greens (except light armor) in hopes of getting rares or light armor. You’ll usually, in the long run, make more that way than by vendoring it. However it requires holding on to them and making regular trips to the MF, then spending the time putting them in.

I salvage them all for luck essences. Because I haven’t reached that mythical 300% yet.

I used to, but I’m not convinced that luck works well enough to actively work towards it. I’ve seen too many posts where people have 300 plus luck and they don’t get better drops than I do at 170 luck. Especially considering how luck works, which is primarily through killing mobs. A very large proportion of loot for most people comes from containers which are not affected by luck.

Imo, the gold you get by selling your loot now will far exceed any future loot you get after you finally hit 300.