Guild Wars 2

Very well said Vend! That’s exactly why I won’t be crafting anything, probably not even for myself. I can buy it much cheaper than I can make it and it takes zero effort and zero time. Anyone who thinks the system as it currently stands is A OK has either not crafted anything at all, or they are just woefully misguided. I’d much prefer to give up the exp and have my effort be rewarded in at least a small profit.

For those talking about proper market research being the key here and my lack of profitability being a product of my laziness…

I’ve crafted top teir exotic lvl 80 gear of both weapons and armor. I made a very small profit on one set of armor I crafted, only because someone had put up a very generous buy order that I happened to stumble into. The second set of the same armor that I made lost me those profits because noone was willing to pay enough to even cover my expense. I lost my you know what on every weapon that I sold. I’m talking about lvl 80 exotic weapons here not cookie cutter run of the mill junk. I don’t even want to mention my expense in karma points to get those exotic recipes. That was another waste of a different kind of currency.

With all the people who actually craft complaining about the problems. I don’t see how anyone can sit there and say we’re all crazy or lazy or whatever else. At the rate things are going there will very soon be market shortages as people figure out that crafting is a waste of their time, effort, and money.

The economy needs some work. It’s not difficult problem to solve, it just requires a few minor modifications. The problem is that in a complex system like this it’s very difficult to know exactly what needs to be adjusted. EVE online had some similar issues back when that game was in it’s first few iterations, they ended up hiring a full time economist to sort it all out, and if there is one MMO I can point to for it’s stellar (no pun intended) economy, it’s EVE.

My 2 isk (cough, cough) I mean coppers…

Deag

You all make good points, and I agree with most everything you have said. The thing is, that the problems with the game economy can’t be chalked up to any one thing. It’s all a cumulative effect. The biggest problem that I see is that you have a TON of folks all trying to level up their crafting at the same time. The overall effect is a HUGE shortage of mats and a HUGE glut of people trying to sell their stuff so they can keep leveling up their crafting. The drop rates on the mats needs to increase significantly for a few months and then taper back off to where they are now. Also I hate to even suggest such a thing because it’s gamer anathema to ever complain about too much of a good thing, but it has to be said that right now this game simply drops way too much good gear seemingly randomly. Rare items should be just that, RARE, I get dropped at least 2 rares every time I play for an hour or so, and a ton of masterwork items as well. Player made items can’t compete with rares that drop with major or better sigils already in them! Heck players can’t even increase the uniqueness and desirability of their crafted items by putting sigils or runes into them. Trust me I learned this one the hard way! Players should be able to put runes and sigils into items without them becoming soulbound. I learned by trying to make a set of armor for my wife and being a nice guy and putting the runes into each item. OOOPS! That one costed me a few silvers at a time when each and every silver was precious!

Anyway, my point is that several things need to be addressed at once in order to turn the situation around. (Which I desperately hope that they do!) I just completed armorsmith and weaponsmith to 400, and I really wanted to train all of the crafting skills because I actually find building and marketing to be a very enjoyable part of MMO’s, but I am not going to train anything else until the economy is fixed. I’ll just buy stuff off the market if I want it.

My 2 coppers….

Deag