Guild Wars 2

So in order to obtain crystalline ore , you must:
– find a good/fresh Dragon stand map with 3 commander
– do a 40 minutes minimum chain events.
– beat an elder dragon.

Then go on an hunt for noxious pod:
– that are in zone infested with high damage mob (hello veteran smokescale & legendary wyvern).
– with player that only care about their own loot. If you are taken in the trail of mob that they are aggroing too bad for you.
– with a time limit of 14 minutes.
– while they migth disappear in front of you.
– with a random chance to actually get something.

Minimum amount for something on post meta DS vendor : 50 crystalline ore.

Obviously this is not skippable if you don’t like it, because a lot of thing use this as money (lot of guild stuff, futur legendary, collection).

So if you hate doing it, you just cut a big chunk out of the expansion.

You can also blitz the HoT story. Doesn’t take that long because, well… it’s not that long.

Not to say that’s an amazing alternative, but it’s a thing.

I guess.

Obtention is a good word.