Sunday 14 October 2012

GW2 Useful Tips for Level 80's

Here are a few useful things I have found that may help you to get more out of the game. Feel free to add anything else in the comments, I am probably missing a lot of useful info!

1. The only thing that seems to be going up in value consistently, albeit slowly, is the gold value of gems. If you have spare gold (or even silver) I suggest you buy some. You don't have to go crazy and buy nothing "fun" just don't let the gold stagnate in you bag if you aren't using it, you will need some gems at some point!

2. Globs of Ectoplasm - These are needed for level 80 exotic crafting, most recipes need 5 per item. They do not drop from any mobs, the only way to "create" them is to salvage level 68-80 rares or higher, that's Yellow items. Remember to use the highest level salvage kit to give yourself the best chance of getting a Glob I would recommend the Mystic Salvage Kit (see below). You will get between 0 and 3 Globs for each 68-80 rare that you salvage. Remember sometime you will get none so there is no guarantee. If you don't like the gamble they sell on the Trading Post for around 15-16 Silver at the moment.

3 .Mystic Salvage Kit - I recommend you make and use these rather than the kits you can buy from vendors. You need 1 of each of the coloured salvage kits from the vendors (1 blue, 1 green and 1 yellow) plus 3 Mystic Stones. You can get the mystic stones from the gem store or as part of you reward from the daily if your lucky but that's quite rare and you need 3. Remember that you can trade gold for gems (see tip 1.). Buy the stones and throw 3 stones and the 3 single salvage kits into the Mystic Forge and voila a 250 charge salvage kit with the same likelihood of rare components (Globs) as the Yellow top level vendor kit.

4. Orichalcum Ore, Ancient Logs and Omnomberries - Here is a link it seems to be well maintained. I don't know if all servers have the same spawn points for the nodes, but this is what I have been using for Gunnar's Hold.

5. Gossamer Scraps - Tricky one, I have experimented a couple of times with the Mystic Forge recipe of 250 silk scraps, 1 gossamer scrap, 5 of the top level dust and 5 Philosophers stones, but, its not produced more than 16 gossamer scraps and to be quite honest it's much cheaper just to buy the gossamer scraps on the Trading Post. I have also tried to farm "Rags" from trolls but even with the Mystic Salvage Kit I'm not getting a good return on the time spent.

6. Mystic Weapons - What are the Mystic Coins you get as a reward for your daily/monthly? nice exotic weapons with lightning auras, reminiscent of the mongoose enchant look if you ask me. recipe example for

1 Eldrich Scroll bought from the vendor Miyani next to the Mystic Forge in Lion's Arch
30 or 50 Mystic Coins depends on which weapon you want, which is determined by.........
5 Component A (eg. you want the greatsword 5 Orichalcum greatsword hilts)
5 Component B (eg. you want the greatsword 5 Orichalcum greatsword blades)

Throw the four things above into the Mystic Forge and... Mystic Claymore ....very nice for showing off!

7. Dragon Events - Here is another link select your server and you can see when the dragon events are next due. it seems to rely on us updating it once the events end which appears to be reasonably accurate at the moment. I would go 10 minutes early, you know, just in case.

8. Heart of the Mists - Oh yes, you probably know but just in case, never port back to Lion's Arch. It's a waste of silver. do this for free!

Press H
Select the PvP tab (at the bottom on the left)
Select "Go to the heart of the mists" (top left)
After you port right in front of you is a gate to Lion's Arch

That's all for now, I'll post again when I have more tips. I hope some of this was useful to you.

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