Guild Wars 2

My current level armor is 50 and i’m level 66 at the moment. My question is, is it worth it to craft another armor set. (I would be using the intricate carrion insignia that you get from the crafter) or should I just wait till I hit 80 and get the dungeon gear? And if it is worth it to craft another set would anyone happen to know some good spots to farm full venom sacs?

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If you like leveling your crafting, then buy some embroidered insignias (or if they’re cheap, intricate insignias) from the BLTP instead and just craft with that. Strangely, the insignias themselves are usually cheaper than the total cost of the mats that go into them – but double check before you buy.

Otherwise, just find some blue or green gear your level on the BLTP using the filters. The power difference is noticeable, but not noticeable enough to require you to sink gold into it.

When I was leveling my crafting up with my now-level 80 toon pretty evenly, I would craft myself head, shoulders, gloves, and boots, but buy chest and pants because they require more mats.

Actually, your character level isn’t as important as the level range of the maps you’re playing on. For example, if you’re level 66 but only playing on a level 45 – 55 map then level 50 armor is just fine. But if you’re playing on a level 60 – 70 map, or doing level 60+ dungeons, then it’s definitely time for an update.

You’ve got a few options for upgrading your gear:

- craft the gear yourself
- use drops from monsters
- use gear from karma merchants
- buy your gear from the trading post

What to do depends on your available resources. Crafting can take a lot of materials, but if you complete several maps from each level range you’ll be doing okay. If you play at a faster pace, you may not have enough materials and may need to purchase your gear so you don’t go broke buying crafting materials.

Remember that you don’t have to grind for a specific fine crafting material (like full venom sacs). Instead, trade in the materials you don’t need and use your profits to buy the materials you do need. Or better yet, find a buddy to swap materials with so you avoid the trading post fees. I play at a pretty slow place, and I’ve never been able to acquire all the crafting materials first-hand — I use the trading post to sell what I don’t need and buy what I do, and I’ve always been able to keep up with my tailoring and artificing just fine.

Thanks both you for the responses, I’m going to go ahead and craft a new set. Thanks for the tips for getting all the mats needed it might not be so hard to craft this time.

Cayen.8395:

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DEKeyzToChaos.7381:

If you like leveling your crafting, then buy some embroidered insignias (or if they’re cheap, intricate insignias) from the BLTP instead and just craft with that. Strangely, the insignias themselves are usually cheaper than the total cost of the mats that go into them – but double check before you buy. .

A lot of people are crafting stuff for the sake of leveling crafting. Then selling what they produced for whatever price they can get. They knew they would be making a loss when they started, and went ahead because they aren’t doing it for the coin, they are doing it to hit 400. Maybe for their Legendary, maybe to power level their character.

Lots of stuff is cheaper than its ingredients for that reason. In fact, I’d be surprised if there was anything that didn’t require max crafting that wasn’t like that. Max crafting is only an exception because the only reason to craft stuff there is for profit. But that isn’t guaranteed if there are enough idiots who think “If I mine it myself it’s free”.