Guild Wars 2

So, I’ve not taken the time to level up armour smith, weapon smith or anything else because I keep asking myself one question. Does it give me anything nice at the end? Do I get any cool skins that you can only get from smiting, or do I only get to face the fact I could waste all the gold I’ve made since launch just to get it to max for nothing?

This is why I asked, because I don’t have 10$ to buy anything. Money is a big issue atm, I’m barely have food for the month aha! Thanks for the reply though, I’ll see if I can get a trial for it or something.

So I have a character back from the old guild wars 1 game, and I just realized today I can get pretty much ALL the rewards, only 1 problem, I never bought eye of the north. I played guild wars 1 for like 2 straight years and did pretty much all there was, I quit when I had finished nightfall hard mode. Now in guild wars 2 I see all the reward and mostly I want the gear, and the sword, is there any way at all to get access to them without having eye of the north ? Thanks!

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