Guild Wars 2

Any thoughts on how the release of HoT will impact any items on the BLTP?

Really hard to say without knowing what kinds of items HoT will introduce. Probably, whatever items are required for the precursors will go up… but we don’t know what those are. 400-500 crafting mats are a safe bet since any new recipes will likely be that level at least.

There are some weapons/armor that are wanted simply for looks. When new stuff hits in HoT, I expect there to be some new shinies to chase after beyond the legendaries. So, at least the “wanted for looks” stuff should drop in price a bit.

Joy.8791:

Really hard to say without knowing what kinds of items HoT will introduce. Probably, whatever items are required for the precursors will go up… but we don’t know what those are. 400-500 crafting mats are a safe bet since any new recipes will likely be that level at least.

This, 100%.

A lot of people are stockpiling materials now assuming they’ll be required for legendaries, other newly craft-able items, and/or guild halls.

But that’s based on a huge guess. For all we know legendaries will be a collection of unique items all of which are completely new to the expansion, like the wintersday ornament collection but cranked up to 11 or a series of achievements and challenges.

If it turns out current materials aren’t important to new content then those folks will dump them on the market and the prices will go down. If it turns out they are important, or the supply is reduced because of a change in old content, then they’ll go up and those folks will make a killing.

Assuming the Mordrem weapon skins go up in ticket pricing soon, I’d imagine they’ll be rather sought after during the expansion since they fit the jungle environment so well.

Ehh, I wouldn’t bank on that. You also need to consider the popularity of the weapon skins themselves. If they are regarded as unappealing or uncool, they just won’t sell. From what I’ve seen, reception of the Mordrem skins has been rather lacklustre, aside from the Staff. (Which is basically a reskin of Kraitkin.)

I expect pre prices to drop some more…