(edited by Ageia.5843)
I’ve never had this happen. Sorry its happening to you.
I read someplace (I think here on the forum) that you aren’t allowed to go in a zone just to gather crafting materials because it is considered botting or something? I’m really confused on this. How does someone gather enough of everything to level their crafting if you can’t do that? Because by the time your character is ready to move to the next area you still don’t have enough stuff to craft what is needed to level crafting!
I am find that cloth/leather drop rate was nerfed too much. I am around lvl 65. I cant get tailoring past 130 and have 3 wool scraps, 184 cotton pieces, 49 linen pieces and 6 silk. My cooking is around 250 and I have 223 butters and 83 chocolate (ie i have plenty of butter clearly). I do not farm. I play the game for fun and I would like to make my own lvl appropriate gear. However, its not possible. I also do not think coin is plentiful. Idk how Linsey plays the game but everything in the game is expensive (traveling, gear, repair, wvw items, ect).
Yes I am using the most mat effecient way to lvl my crafting. You still need apprx 138 Jute to get from 1-75; apprx 400 wool to get from 75-225; apprx 200 linen to get from 225-300; apprx 200 silk to get from 300-375 and havent made the calculations for the 375 to 400.
I understand that Anet doesnt want cloth/leather to flood the market but it shouldnt be so difficult that there is 30 lvl difference between player lvl and craft lvl. Where’s the fun in that?
Pre-change of cooking mats dropping. I was having fun crafting. Now I hardly craft which is a bummer. Sorry but I really dislike the change. A big thumbs down for Anet on that score.
I fully agree with you. Having a huge gap in level vs crafting skill is a detriment to players. I have a couple of characters so the stuff I get on my main one is ok to make stuff for the others, but what about the one who’s doing the “work”? She can’t make her own armor and stuff because already the level difference between her and the crafting is 20 levels.
Tell me about it. I’ll say a small prayer of thanks when I finally get out of 1-15 crafting. My character is already in 30+ and crafting in the first zones because there just isnt’ enough jute. I haven’t even been in the 30+ areas because I’m too busy trying to get enough jute in the starter zones.