After working on meteorlogicus vol 1 for a day I reached the part where I have to craft the required rod and core, I found out i need roughly 250 gold or to spend a week farming in order to get all the required spiritwood planks and seeing how I can craft only 1 per day even if i were to craft them myself it will take me 25 days total to craft all the required items. And thats only for the first volume, I assume volume 2 and 3 will be painful to collect and have to keep in mind that RNG which is always a kitten, so all in all it is much much cheaper and less of a hustle to just buy the precursor from the TP.
I am not complaining here I am just confused why would Arena.net promise fun less painful way of obtaining a precursor and then gate it with RNG and make it cheaper to just buy one ? It is such a hustle that i got turned off and will just buy the precursor. fun for everyone!