Guild Wars 2

For those who don’t know, here’s what a satchel is. Each of the various crafting professions can make various sets of gear. By set, I mean armor that provides bonuses when equipping 2 or more from the same set. You can make a set 1 of 2ways: making each item of the set individually or making all of the items at once as a satchel (called a satchel because you literally take the items from a satchel, or bag, after creating them). However, for some odd reason, the cost of making a satchel seems to be significantly more expensive than making each piece of a set individuality. For instance, see a satchel of berserker’s exalted armor.

http://www.gw2db.com/recipes/11093-satchel-of-berserkers-exalted-armor

The ingredients are:
6X Cured Hardened Leather Squares
18 X Bolts of Gossamer
10X Spools of Gossamer Thread
11x Berserker’s Intricate Gossamer Insignia

For those who don’t know, the last component is the most expensive. It will cost ~3 gold just to make 1 of 11 berserker’s intricate gossamer insignia. And that’s to create a set containing 6 items. However, if you were to create the 6 items individually, it would only cost you 1 berserker’s intricate gossamer insignia per. That’s a difference of 5 insignias, or ~15 gold.

So why in hell would anyone make a satchel? Is it just that arenanet didn’t accurately predict how expensive insignias would become?

Come on. Nobody?

’cause…

Okay no, I can’t really see why.

Unless you can use it as a bag to keep the set in? but it only says to unpack it. Nope stumped on this one tbf.

Yeah the tailor one requires 7 insignias for the satchel for 6 pieces of gear .. it works out to roughly 105 scales …

So….we all agree arenanet messed up?

Jayne.9251:

Yeah the tailor one requires 7 insignias for the satchel for 6 pieces of gear .. it works out to roughly 105 scales …

No it doesn’t. It requires 11 insignia (unless they changed it today). See the link. That’s a tailoring recipe.

I guess the one I have is a level 50 gear .. it requires 7. So lower tier satchels require fewer .. but it’s still one more (in this case) than the actual gear you get.

Yes we do

FAIL

I have yet to even find snatchel recipes?

Killua.8041:

I have yet to even find snatchel recipes?

snicker

You get satchel recipes from the Mystic Forge by putting in some wine, mystic coins, crystals and then typically a chest piece you’ve made.

Perhaps they’re for people who are concerned about space and storage. Sometimes I make equipment for alts before they reach the level where they can use them, and having their set packed up and taking up only one slot of storage space could be handy. Or, maybe some players just prefer buying the whole set from the tradepost for one price rather than facing a less appealing price by purchasing each piece separately.

In short, you may be paying extra to craft it because the item is more convenient.

I hardly think any amount of convenience is worth 15g though. I’m sure it will even out or else it just won’t be bought/made…. which will even it out.

Yeah, I was looking through recipes on the internet, saw that one, and was stumped by the elevated cost. It should cost at least the same, or even less since you are making a bulk of items… Quite strange.