Guild Wars 2

In regards to the cost of crafting materials… My biggest complaint is the amount of items needed appears to require farming to maintain your crafting level with your character level. Unless you pick one trade that doesn’t require those items (Artifice and Cooking I believe, haven’t done them yet I’m not positive). I have Huntsman and Leatherworking on my Ranger. After the initial whoopsie in thinking it was a grind to level, I normalized my inventory and started discovering items. I can level one with the normal progression of the game, however trying to do two makes me go to another lower level area to farm.

So my biggest issue there is the difference in levels and the increase in requirements. An example being Pillaging Wool Enhancement, requires 3 fine crafting materials, while the Embroidered Wool enhancements require 8 but no other real increase in matts. Doesn’t seem like a logical increase for these items. You end up spending more than twice the amount to for a marginal increase. It would seem to me it would be better to have a smaller increase in Fine Crafting material and a larger increase in the wool/Jute/Cotton/whatever. The increase just feels like a forced penalty for increasing your crafting.