Guild Wars 2

I’ve read plenty of bad things regarding precursor crafting at reddit, specially for The Legend and Chosen. I didnt craft the experimental staff yet but I know it takes 35 spiritwood planks and 10 elonian leather squares, just ~300g already. If tier 2 and 3 are costy as well, then precursor crafting is a terrible investment and a fail design. But my question is: for those who already got tier 2 and 3, are they cheaper?

since you mentioned The Chosen, i have to say that it is not as bad as people told. i crafted one, cost me around 350g, using the material i crafted myself including the ascended mats.

if you have to buy the ascended material right away, then it is different story….. could cost more than buying straight from TP.

the saving from crafting your precursor VS buying straight from TP would be around 100g-250g depending on the precursor itself. for The Chosen would be 100g difference. for The Legend i think it is around 200g.

if you love to experience the adventure, then go for precursor crafting. if you are more concern on the savings, then i say it is not worth it. the amount of time required to do the collection part could have earned you more gold for you to purchase direct from TP.

use this to calculate : https://gw2efficiency.com/crafting/calculator OR https://www.gw2bltc.com/en/item/29180-The-Legend

azizul.8469:

since you mentioned The Chosen, i have to say that it is not as bad as people told. i crafted one, cost me around 350g, using the material i crafted myself including the ascended mats.

if you have to buy the ascended material right away, then it is different story….. could cost more than buying straight from TP.

the saving from crafting your precursor VS buying straight from TP would be around 100g-250g depending on the precursor itself. for The Chosen would be 100g difference. for The Legend i think it is around 200g.

if you love to experience the adventure, then go for precursor crafting. if you are more concern on the savings, then i say it is not worth it. the amount of time required to do the collection part could have earned you more gold for you to purchase direct from TP.

use this to calculate : https://gw2efficiency.com/crafting/calculator OR https://www.gw2bltc.com/en/item/29180-The-Legend

You saved my life!!!!!!

I did the math for you if you like, look at the screenshot

Socomhunter.2850:

I did the math for you if you like, look at the screenshot

Looks like crafting just the precursor is about 50% cheaper than buying it from TP. But I’m not sure if I interpreted the data correctly…

you are, i used gw2wiki to calculate all of it. On the left you see the precursor stuff (508.9g total) to current prices & to the right you’ll see how much it’ll cost to upgrade to Bifrost from there on. and grand total means how much precursor + gifts will cost if you buy all mats. Also if you so desire here’s a calculation of zap aswell, all calculated using gw2wiki

Socomhunter.2850:

you are, i used gw2wiki to calculate all of it. On the left you see the precursor stuff (508.9g total) to current prices & to the right you’ll see how much it’ll cost to upgrade to Bifrost from there on. and grand total means how much precursor + gifts will cost if you buy all mats. Also if you so desire here’s a calculation of zap aswell, all calculated using gw2wiki

It really looks interesting to craft precursors and sell them!