Guild Wars 2

I thought I would ask those who have successfully completed one Legendary how they maintained their motivation? While its mainly directed at those that have completed one, everyone is welcome to post their opinion

(below is just some rambling thoughts that you are welcome to skip if you just want to start the discussion)

A few months back I decided I would begin work on my Legendary short bow. I saw that it required 0 Lodestones and was a reasonable precursor. Since then I realized that I don’t use a short bow near often enough and that I don’t really like rainbow unicorn bows enough. Fractals came out and I made a quiver for one of my mains, but after that I began the work of building a different Legendary. [ I didn’t waste any effort since I always knew that there was a chance I might go for a different one, so I started with generic prereqs] I began my work on a Great Sword for my main which a i use all the time.

Now here I am. I have my Mastery gift, a gift of metal, all the mats for either gift of Sunrise or twilight except the Lodestones, all the ecto and mystic clovers and most of the rest of the gift of futune. Also need a precursor.

So here I am. I feel like I have been working hard on my goal but still feel miles away. How do I keep myself going? Should I take a break?

I am personally working towards a smaller goal(which is cultural armor, small thing to some people, for me it’ll take months )
I keep myself motivated by trying it on my character every now and then, remembering myself what I’m working for, and how awesome it will be once I get all the pieces.
(you can copy the code of the weapon from database and link it in chat to try it on in case you don’t know)
Another thing could be by just putting x amount of coin aside. I personally carry around 1 gold at my main. Enough to teleport and repair armor when needed, all coin I make during playing gets dumped into the bank.
After a while you’ll see it starts to add up, which is also kind of motivational to me personally ^^

And I wish you good luck on your way to a legendary weapon!
If only I had the patience instead I’ll just look in awe at the people who manage to get one ^^

Best to set yourself goals, like earning say 5 lodestones a day, or if you want to buy your precursor first, make sure you put all your money in the bank and make goals for how much you put in each day.
I think the most important thing is to not look at the big picture, take it in small chunks otherwise it can really start to feel like you’ll never get there.

Unless you’re a power trader and can buy everything at once it’s best to just slowly work on one gift at a time.

What I did was do a set of ac (3.5-4.5 G) Than turn that money into T6 mats and bank them. Go do something else for 2 hours waiting for DR to reset than run it again. It’s not the BEST way but it’s a reliable way.

For the precursor I waited until anet messed something up and the prices dropped (ie karka)