Guild Wars 2

Precursors, arguably the hardest part of Legendary weapon ingredients to obtain, are currently (as we all know) bar none, the most expensive items in the game. Where will they go from here? Will they retain their extremely high values, go up, or go down, and why?

Feel free to quote Devs comments on their drop rates etc. Any facts contribute to the question at hand.

My personal feeling about the question is that logic dictates, as the game ages and people play more and more, more people will be getting level 80. They will be overachieving, getting tons of skillpoints and map completion. They will be accomplishing, making money and looking for something to spend it on, and what better than a precursor? I cannot foresee a reason why precursors would go down or at least not retain their current values unless their mechanics, and Legendary mechanics, are significantly altered.

I just need 225 more globs of ectoplasm to complete my gift of fortune. Then, I need 340 more badges of honor and 246 more obsidian shards (already at 112,000 karma). Then, I have to grind Twilight Arbor and craft the unicorn statue ans save for icy runestones. After that, I’ll throw rare shortbows into the forge (money still from selling vendor trash from DEs to buy fine T5 mats, the rest will be gathered) and hope for the best. Yes the RNG is ridiculous but if you do it often enough over a long enough period of time it will happen.

There’s a dev video on legendaries and they even admit themselves that the precursor is supposed to be ultra difficult to obtain.

Personally, I think the price will slowly go up over time simply because that’s been the trend. They’ve been fluctuating somewhat in the past week though, and in this game nothing can stabilize due to the nature of the market.