Guild Wars 2

Yeesh, its 1200g that i can waste my life on trying to get spark. In any case the prices shouldbe lowered or some how have increase in getting it as a drop. its been three months now and i have yet to get 200g as i will never accomplish. I have been at it for 3 onths no luck with the forge and its getting a little irritating ANY suggestions to farm the gold to get it or some how get from the forge

do your world bosses everyday for gold

Zackie.8923:

do your world bosses everyday for gold

So are you suggesting i farm the gold?

Steel Courage.1250:

Zackie.8923:

do your world bosses everyday for gold

So are you suggesting i farm the gold?

ArenaNet would prefer you simply buy gems to convert to gold.

Do dungeons daily.

Save the gold.

Optional steps:
Convert the Tokens into Weapons → Mystic Toliet
If dungeon above level 70 Convert the tokens into Rare Armor(yellow) → Salvage → Sell Ecto/Save if needed still

Or just wait until whatever method for precursor crafting comes out if it ever does.

TexZero.7910:

Do dungeons daily.

Save the gold.

Optional steps:
Convert the Tokens into Weapons -> Mystic Toliet
If dungeon above level 70 Convert the tokens into Rare Armor(yellow) -> Salvage -> Sell Ecto/Save if needed still

Or just wait until whatever method for precursor crafting comes out if it ever does.

ok thanks!

I cannot understand why players complain about precursor prices. They are needed to make a legendary weapon, the weapon of all weapons.

They are suppose to be rare, they are suppose to be extremely difficult to get.

To retain their epic legendary status few players must have one because if Anet had to heed to every QQ’ers demands precursors would be worthless and everyone would be running around with a legendary to the point where legendary will not even be worth a transmutation stone.

To be very honest, buying a precursor from TP for 1200 gold is not all that difficult either.

To buy mine I did only what I liked.

1) I run AC p1,2,3 & CoF P1 &2 daily.
2) I enjoy EOTM and BL wvw.

Doing the above I made a fair amount of money in a short time.

I have also (every time I had 10 globs banked) dumped them into the mystic forge using the 10x clover recipe.

That alone (considering T6 mat prices) made a massive fortune. That is also how I got the bulk of T6 mats for gift of fortune. The rest came from drops and putting in lower the instant buy offers in the TP.

The fact of the matter is 99% of the QQ comes from people who wants a easy legendary whilst they expect it to remain at legendary status. This is impossible.

The other 1% QQ comes from people who lacks the ability to think out of the box on methods of making money in a game where making money is already extremely easy.

So, be bold, think out of the box, choose an activity you like that provide some gold and you will over time get a real legendary and when you get it, it will feel better then a random blue drop.

I’ve just been playing the game for two years. Despite the price increase, I can still afford a precursor if I stop hoarding materials like I plan to craft three Legendaries.. And Ascended armor/weapons.
I dipped a toe into the Mystic Forge “game”. Decided the Ectoplasm was too precious to waste on a gamble, when it could just be sold (or hoarded for plans on a fourth Legendary).

Steel Courage.1250:

Zackie.8923:

do your world bosses everyday for gold

So are you suggesting i farm the gold?

Pretty much need to farm to get that amount of gold. As legendary’s are a non-required item (not having one doesn’t limit you in any way), it falls into the gray-area of grind (you don’t need it but if you want it…).

Slaptjip.4895:

1) I run AC p1,2,3 & CoF P1 &2 daily.

Did this for a month… I’ve lost all desire to dungeon :P
AC path 2 is a bit iffy sometimes each path bring in about 1.5 gold (not including other rewards and drops so you’re more looking at around 2gold minimum), CoF brings in about 1 gold per path (again without counting drops and other rewards). So you’re looking about (if you do all the suggested paths) about easily 10 gold a day.
Whenever I needed money I usually sold my ascended mats (I feel a bit mixed about doing so since I could probably have had a full ascended armour by now). Of course grinding the materials to make your ascended mats is also rather time consuming…

Slaptjip.4895:

I cannot understand why players complain about precursor prices. They are needed to make a legendary weapon, the weapon of all weapons.

They are suppose to be rare, they are suppose to be extremely difficult to get.

To retain their epic legendary status few players must have one because if Anet had to heed to every QQ’ers demands precursors would be worthless and everyone would be running around with a legendary to the point where legendary will not even be worth a transmutation stone.

To be very honest, buying a precursor from TP for 1200 gold is not all that difficult either.

To buy mine I did only what I liked.

1) I run AC p1,2,3 & CoF P1 &2 daily.
2) I enjoy EOTM and BL wvw.

Doing the above I made a fair amount of money in a short time.

I have also (every time I had 10 globs banked) dumped them into the mystic forge using the 10x clover recipe.

That alone (considering T6 mat prices) made a massive fortune. That is also how I got the bulk of T6 mats for gift of fortune. The rest came from drops and putting in lower the instant buy offers in the TP.

The fact of the matter is 99% of the QQ comes from people who wants a easy legendary whilst they expect it to remain at legendary status. This is impossible.

The other 1% QQ comes from people who lacks the ability to think out of the box on methods of making money in a game where making money is already extremely easy.

So, be bold, think out of the box, choose an activity you like that provide some gold and you will over time get a real legendary and when you get it, it will feel better then a random blue drop.

agree. money to buy a precursor in game is not that difficult, once you have all the t6 mats you need. i don’t get the complaints in that regard. if you made it your only goal, you could have a legendary within a year of relatively casual gameplay (a couple hours a day).

but still, “buying” the main element of the legendary weapon by either doing/grinding “normal game-play tasks” or using a credit card to convert gems to gold, is hardly “legendary”. the weapons don’t really hold any status…and most aren’t even that rare.

Slaptjip.4895:

I cannot understand why players complain about precursor prices. They are needed to make a legendary weapon, the weapon of all weapons.

They are suppose to be rare, they are suppose to be extremely difficult to get.

To retain their epic legendary status few players must have one because if Anet had to heed to every QQ’ers demands precursors would be worthless and everyone would be running around with a legendary to the point where legendary will not even be worth a transmutation stone.

To be very honest, buying a precursor from TP for 1200 gold is not all that difficult either.

To buy mine I did only what I liked.

1) I run AC p1,2,3 & CoF P1 &2 daily.
2) I enjoy EOTM and BL wvw.

Doing the above I made a fair amount of money in a short time.

I have also (every time I had 10 globs banked) dumped them into the mystic forge using the 10x clover recipe.

That alone (considering T6 mat prices) made a massive fortune. That is also how I got the bulk of T6 mats for gift of fortune. The rest came from drops and putting in lower the instant buy offers in the TP.

The fact of the matter is 99% of the QQ comes from people who wants a easy legendary whilst they expect it to remain at legendary status. This is impossible.

The other 1% QQ comes from people who lacks the ability to think out of the box on methods of making money in a game where making money is already extremely easy.

So, be bold, think out of the box, choose an activity you like that provide some gold and you will over time get a real legendary and when you get it, it will feel better then a random blue drop.

BORING.

The current way to get a precursor is the most un-legendary, un-interesting, and finally un-fun thing I’ve ever heard being in a video game before.

Right now the process to get a legendary weapon is an endurance race and that’s it. Assuming you don’t get extremely lucky the race is to see if you burn out on the game first or finish a legendary item.

If only Anet would follow through with their precursor system that they first mentioned nearly 2 years ago now that all might change a bit. I haven’t played the game in nearly 10 months and it’s extremely disappointing that it’s still not in. And funnily enough people are still using the same tired excuses defending the current poor legendary creation system that they did 2 years ago.

I run the dungeon paths I like, mostly the ones that can be run thru with any random pug 80s without significant delays because no one knows mechanics. You can do a really quick 30 gold a day if you get in a good flow with them. AC P3 and SE P1 are the most fool proof dungeons in the game. I don’t know why Anet allows such easy gold in explorables, they are both considerably easier than the story modes. There’s lots of other dungeons that are good gold per hour without a 5k+ AP zerk group too.

But I can agree precursors as is are pretty much the stupidest concept in gaming history. The game simply doesn’t have enough content to support the length of time needed to beat the RNG on precursors. We shouldn’t be told we have to play the same few dungeons 5000 times per legendary. Honestly dungeon gold should be cut by 3/4 and move the gold gains to WvW and EotM. Get people doing things that wont burn them out so quickly. Dungeons are too small and predictable to be the only method of getting gold.

I don’t actually find it that hard to get gold, the tricky part is not spending it.

I’ve been saving for my precursor for about 6 months, with no farming and no great drops (most valuable was I think about 10g) and I’ve got 300g so far. I’d have more if I was willing to farm, or even do dungeons regularly, or if I didnt keep taking little bits out for other things. But I’m not in a hurry so I’m ok with doing it slowly.

fellyn.5083:

BORING.

The current way to get a precursor is the most un-legendary, un-interesting, and finally un-fun thing I’ve ever heard being in a video game before.

There’s nothing exotic about Exotics, rare about Rares, masterly worked about Masterworks, or fine about Fines. Do you know why?

Because those are names that were picked to describe the item’s strength, nothing more, nothing less.

Conflating the item’s “legendary” designation with the process of acquiring it is a MISTAKE that will only make you unhappy, so stop doing it!

fellyn.5083:

BORING.

The current way to get a precursor is the most un-legendary, un-interesting, and finally un-fun thing I’ve ever heard being in a video game before.

If you forget Precursors exist, the game is much more enjoyable…..give it a shot.

Legendary Weapons are 100% optional…..

(If you land a lucky precursor drop THEN you can worry about all this mess).

Learn how to solo arah and sell paths to make 20+ gold an hour. I plan on learning to do this when I have time to finance frostfang, as I died inside when making howler due to all the botched CoE, AC, and TA pug runs.

Slaptjip.4895:

I cannot understand why players complain about precursor prices. They are needed to make a legendary weapon, the weapon of all weapons.

They are suppose to be rare, they are suppose to be extremely difficult to get.

To retain their epic legendary status few players must have one because if Anet had to heed to every QQ’ers demands precursors would be worthless and everyone would be running around with a legendary to the point where legendary will not even be worth a transmutation stone.

To be very honest, buying a precursor from TP for 1200 gold is not all that difficult either.

To buy mine I did only what I liked.

1) I run AC p1,2,3 & CoF P1 &2 daily.
2) I enjoy EOTM and BL wvw.

Doing the above I made a fair amount of money in a short time.

I have also (every time I had 10 globs banked) dumped them into the mystic forge using the 10x clover recipe.

That alone (considering T6 mat prices) made a massive fortune. That is also how I got the bulk of T6 mats for gift of fortune. The rest came from drops and putting in lower the instant buy offers in the TP.

The fact of the matter is 99% of the QQ comes from people who wants a easy legendary whilst they expect it to remain at legendary status. This is impossible.

The other 1% QQ comes from people who lacks the ability to think out of the box on methods of making money in a game where making money is already extremely easy.

So, be bold, think out of the box, choose an activity you like that provide some gold and you will over time get a real legendary and when you get it, it will feel better then a random blue drop.

Hey ill try that to that helps a lot!

i really am so glad i got this response i cant wait to read all of this thanks so much ill get spark in no time!

Oh and statistically speaking, don’t use the clover recipe to get mats after you have your clovers, as it was calculated to result in an overall profit loss. You’d be MUCH better off converting skill points to money by converting specific lodestones based on their relative prices, which can usually get you at least 20 silver per skill point spent.

20s / skill point is ridiculously low. You can easily get 1g / skillpoint with a little research in what to promote…..claims of up to 5g / sp when the market is “right” (which it is NOT now as I understand it).

Brother Grimm.5176:

20s / skill point is ridiculously low. You can easily get 1g / skillpoint with a little research in what to promote…..claims of up to 5g / sp when the market is “right” (which it is NOT now as I understand it).

Yeah but the amount of mindless clicking required to do that makes me want to die inside.

Maybe I’ll try that out after I have enough skill points for legendary number 2.. which is probably only 100 or so more, since I can’t remember how much skill points my alts have.

Firstly I suggest creating your own guild purely for the storage space. It takes a good few days to get a decent size tab, but it’s definitely worth it.
After that (and during) do world bosses and dungeons.
Save up all your exotics and rares and when you get a decent amount, toss them in the forge. Hope you get a precusor. Hope you get a precusor, then hope you get a one of decent value (or the one you actually want).

A friend of mine got 3 precursors in 100 staff gambles. I had 9g left, spent it on rare shields and managed to get ‘The Chosen’. Took me like a day after to get the cash so I could actually list it on the TP.

Though, I’ve spent atleast 600g on forge since and had no luck.
You’re better off just getting the rares/exotics yourself.

Craft the rares, forge the rares. Save your money. Any Exotic worth over 2g sell on TP for 10 copper below lowest seller. I have done really well with this method.

500g down that magical toliet of doom so far… Just don’t do it. Just… don’t… Save up the $ and buy your precursor from the tp.

TehHobNob.4687:

500g down that magical toliet of doom so far… Just don’t do it. Just… don’t… Save up the $ and buy your precursor from the tp.

You need to sink well over 1,000g into the Forge before your number of chances even has a SHOT of breaking even.

If you don’t have thousands of gold that you are willing to lose, definitely buy your precursor off of the TP. If you do have thousands of gold, you can bankroll enough attempts to actually come out ahead in the end.

nearlight.3064:

Brother Grimm.5176:

20s / skill point is ridiculously low. You can easily get 1g / skillpoint with a little research in what to promote…..claims of up to 5g / sp when the market is “right” (which it is NOT now as I understand it).

Yeah but the amount of mindless clicking required to do that makes me want to die inside.

Maybe I’ll try that out after I have enough skill points for legendary number 2.. which is probably only 100 or so more, since I can’t remember how much skill points my alts have.

How does researching the proper promotion recipes and promoting stacks of materials require lots of clicks. The KEY to making decent profit is the BOLD text above.

Granted, since the recent Festival of the Four Winds has greatly depleted the material surplus (and thus increased prices) the most pofitable of the promotions are no longer possible. Still, 20s is NOT what anyone should be settling for if trying to monetize your Skill Points.

Brother Grimm.5176:

nearlight.3064:

Brother Grimm.5176:

20s / skill point is ridiculously low. You can easily get 1g / skillpoint with a little research in what to promote…..claims of up to 5g / sp when the market is “right” (which it is NOT now as I understand it).

Yeah but the amount of mindless clicking required to do that makes me want to die inside.

Maybe I’ll try that out after I have enough skill points for legendary number 2.. which is probably only 100 or so more, since I can’t remember how much skill points my alts have.

How does researching the proper promotion recipes and promoting stacks of materials require lots of clicks. The KEY to making decent profit is the BOLD text above.

Granted, since the recent Festival of the Four Winds has greatly depleted the material surplus (and thus increased prices) the most pofitable of the promotions are no longer possible. Still, 20s is NOT what anyone should be settling for if trying to monetize your Skill Points.

No I don’t mean the research part, I meant the mystic forge promotion part. Don’t you have to promote t1 mats further than T2 to profit massively from it? I used a ton of skill points on promoting certain cores to lodestones, which at the time was a lot of clicks but not as much as promoting through multiple tiers.

Not to mention the times and clicks involved with TP buying and selling orders. But this is just from my perceptions at the time. Feel free to point out if I was stupid for doing this, I’m all for making more profit even though you say it’s not as easy anymore.

http://tinyurl.com/gw2-sp-into-gold aka
http://gw2sp2g.herokuapp.com/

Profit is calculated for one promotion, not a chain. As you can see, it’s mostly unprofitable, except for a few niches, typically T1→T2 fines or Cores→Lodes. (Sometimes a few other things show up in the top 5.)

Ok….I do get that doing MASSIVE stack promotions on lower end materials DOES require quite a bit of clicking…..both in buying the mats, promoting them and selling them….point taken.