Guild Wars 2

Yes I’m aware of the discovery xp, but that’s not the problem. For example as a weaponsmith:

0 crafting: lvl 10 items – copper → available from starting zone
25 crafting: lvl 15 items – copper → 15-25 zone only has iron
50 crafting: lvl 20 items – copper → same as above
75 crafting: lvl 25 items – iron

Getting to 75 Weaponsmith needs a ton of copper ore, even with discovery. I got 100% map completion in Wayfarer Foothills AND Queensdale while gathering everything along the way, as well as buying a bunch of copper ore from the AH, and going back to Wayfarer Foothills to farm some more copper in order to reach 75 skill. I don’t think it makes sense that you have to go through all that before even moving to the 15-25 area. In fact I just reached 75 skill and I’m lvl 27 so I’m just now heading to the 25-35 area.

225 crafting skill makes level 55 items. 250 makes level 60. As for raising it faster… either buy the mats needed if you have alot of cash, or go back and farm old zones. Discovery gives a lot of crafting xp.

Ok so, I don’t know if it’s like this for the whole game, but I find it extremely silly that copper, green wood, etc is only found in the 1-15 zones, while in the crafting professions they’re needed to craft up to level 25(?) items. I go to the 15-25 zones and suddenly I’m gathering stuff that I wont need till I’ve outleveled the zone, which no doubt means I will have moved on and be gathering some other materials that I won’t be needing till even later. Why am I getting iron at level 15 when it isn’t needed till 75 weaponsmith? My skill level is still at 25, which crafts level 15 stuff! In fact I’m actually 25 at the moment and trying to move onto my 3rd zone, but instead I’m running around starting areas trying to gather copper, because my weaponsmith skill is so far behind my character’s level since nothing I gathered between 15-25 was of any use .

This is stupid design or a ridiculous oversight.