Guild Wars 2

I always thought Legendary weapons were a waste of time/effort. I thought they were “impossible” to get, way too much work and money.

I guess it was because I didn’t know how to make quick money as I do now. And after few weeks I am able to buy/farm all materials and make the gifts.

It is funny, I research at many places, mostly at wiki, and at this guy’s research:

http://smrrd.de/static/gw2/precursor.html

I remember few months after Guild Wars 2’s release precursor weapons at 100g.
At the end of 2013 “Samuirai” and his research they were about 500g.

So we can say its price have increased 5 times in little more than 1 year.

Today, half of 2014 you can buy a precursor for 1000g or more. Already doubled the value and it is almost 10 times higher 2 years after the game’s release.

I saw many posts/topics by 2013 saying that precursor weapons would be crafted at the feature pack of April 2014, nothing still.

I am not saying this is the right solution or if there’s a right solution, but things the way they are are becoming really bad.

We can “project” untill Christmas precursor weapons reaching easily 1500g-2000g and this number may keep growing and growing endlessly.

The longer the game runs, the more wealth is accumulated.

The more wealth is accumulated, the greater the spread between the rich and the poor.

Any highly desirable item with a minuscule drop rate like precursors will be sold to the most wealthy players wanting one first. Doesn’t matter if player trading is like what we have or a traditional auction, those with the most money will get it first.

Because of that, the “inflation” of precursor prices doesn’t reflect traditional inflation in goods as much as a widening gap in player wealth.

Costing 1000G six months after a cost of 500G would mean Precursors cost 2x as much. We could round that to two and a half as much. Which would mean Precursor price was inflating approximately the same rate in 2014, as they did from 2012 to 2013. (Actually, the price increase rate is less according to your numbers.)

Thus, again according to your numbers, Precursor price inflation seems to have leveled off. How much has the Gold acquisition rate increased in the same amount of time? Has it raised 5x as much? 2x as much? 20x as much?

There is a lack of information here.

I think some people started to find good ways to make real profit or gamble it.

“The more wealth is accumulated, the greater the spread between the rich and the poor.”

That’s absolutely true.

But I still think this price raise is not fair .
When you make a Legendary weapon, you need four items. Each item should be nearly 1/4 of the total cost to be completely balanced.

One can spend 1000 gold to make a legendary, both gifts should be 250g, weapon gift should be 250g and the precursor should be 250g.

Today you are likely to spend 50% of the total value on all gifts and 50% on the precursor.

If it is not intentional (I still think it is unfair), then there’s something really wrong with the drop rate of many materials in the game or the way you get them.