Guild Wars 2

Currently I’ve got a method for earning gold. All the gold I earn I spend on items which I then salvage for luck.

Which items would get me the most luck per gold spent on buying them ?
After factoring in the proceeds I get from selling anything other than luck that comes out of the salvaging. Or is that not valuable enough to matter ?

Due to how much salvaging is involved, I will be using a Coin-Operated Salvage kit for my own convenience. Even though I doubt it is the cheapest salvage kit to use.

I am also aware that the cheapest option will vary as the market shifts, so I’d prefer the information needed to calculate it myself.

salvaging ectos is the best way per gold, because you can sell the other stuff salvage for ectos at a very small loss

I did some Googling and found a reddit thread:
10.5 per Fine gear salvage.
30.8 luck points per Masterwork item salvaged
109.1 luck points per Ectoplasm salvaged

I haven’t found data about the expected value of the other salvaged material. Which might be very time consuming to calculate, so I’m not too surprised about not finding it. But it’s the one thing that will change my current plan.

If you don’t mind a bit of farming you could take advantage of the gold Crown Pavilion. Items in the reward chests plus ten champ bags so plenty of stuff to salvage.

Playing the Trading Post can also work:

Could check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFl2KV7htvA

However, it does require you to play the market to ensure you don’t lose all your gold.

Also check out this post:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Guide-to-300-mf/first#post4091703

While I don’t have any data on how much the salvage from greens is worth, Ectos seem the best choice. I was doing blues before them, and ectos do get me more luck per once I factor in selling the dust and using it to buy more ecto.

They also are much less hassle to salvage than pages upon pages* of blues that fill buy orders overnight.

*There was one day I earned Agent of Entropy 18 times from the salvaging. So about 3,600 blues just for that day.

So I’ll be sticking with ectos.