More Gems!

Hi,

Yes. I made it towards 100g and got enough to buy more Gems. I noticed that the price had dipped below 100g for 400 gems and I was close to 95g, so I made a push to get the 97g I would need. I did a World Boss and sold some stuff and got over 97g, and was heartened to see the price of 96g50s, which I gladly paid.

As you can see, the price is above 100g again now:

Gem Store

So, other than making gold, what did I do this week:

Well, I didn't get them all to 50 as planned, but I did play Silvybrit to 51, getting her half way through Bloodtide Coast (with a bit of Dredgehaunt Cliffs on the side). When she got to 50, she did a bit more Personal Story. I also crafted her some level 50 gear to make her life easier, but I don't think I'll bother with that on the others. I played Necrobrit to 49, also in Bloodtide Coast with a bit of Dredgehaunt Cliffs. The amount of Iron Ore they both got was a major contribution to the gold income.

Other than that, I did the daily on Rangerbrit, except when it had stuff to be done in Dry Top or Silverwastes. Blondy is the only one who has unlocked that. So, Ranger got geared up a bit more.

That's about it. I still need to get Mesmerbrit and Charrlybrit into Bloodtide Coast. Also, I'm thinking of having another Ranger as my 8th character, not a Guardian. I have really enjoyed all the Ranger play this week.

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 76% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 48% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 226 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 46
Map: 18% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 45
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 51
Map: 24% Bags: 4/4/8/8 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 49
Map: 22% Bags: 8/8/8/5 Crafts: None

The plan for next week is more dailies and leveling. I'll probably start my other Ranger too. In thinking about Gems, it's my Birthday in a couple of months. I'm going to ask for lots of $25 Gem cards :)

Cheers.

Everyone to 45!

Hi,

Had a fun week playing GW2. I did the daily each day on either Blondy or Ranger, and leveled the whole stable of characters. I didn't do any crafting this week. I just concentrated on gathering mats and leveling.

One thing I did was to make 30g without really trying. I think the star of getting that much gold was Iron Ore. Iron Ore sells for about 2s 60-70c each. With the zones my characters were leveling in, it was a great little earner. I still don't have enough for more gems though. Maybe in a couple more weeks. Or if I really tried to make gold, by farming Iron Ore, or doing lots of Malchor's Leap and Straits of Devastation, or by farming World Bosses, I could get it a lot quicker. But that would take away from the time to level, and that's what I like to do at the moment.

Asurabrit made some more Jute bags for my characters this week, but she ran out of Jute, so filling them all out with 8 slot bags will have to wait.

Most of the leveling was done in Hirathi Highlands. But when it looked like they'd get to 45 before finishing it, I headed off to other zones, and did some stuff there, before completing it.

Oh, one thing I did with gems was to buy a shared bag slot for 700. This has the Copper Fed Salvage tool in it. All the characters aren't using it yet, because they need to use up salvage kits they already have on them.

I did play Rangerbrit quite a bit this week, getting her geared up. I finally figured out where to get Berserker gear for her, and made it to the Temple of Silence in Straits of Devastation to buy lots of them. She's now got plenty of Exotics, and is building up Karma to get more.

Here she is:

Rangerbrit

Gold: 72g 28s
Gems: 1138

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 76% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 227 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 44% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 226 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 46
Map: 17% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 45
Map: 24% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 45
Map: 24% Bags: 4/4/8/8 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 45
Map: 22% Bags: 8/8/8/5 Crafts: None

For next week, I want to get them all to at least 50, and maybe even 55. I play two other games too (Hearthstone and Civ6) so I don't get tons of time to play. But I just got laid off from my job and am on a sort of enforced 60 day vacation, so I should have tons of time to play :)

Cheers.

Back...With Mixed Results

Hi,

Yay, back to GW2, after not having played for about 2 and a half years.

Why mixed results, you might ask.

Well, let's start with the good. I got back in the swing of things doing the Daily and a few World Bosses on Blondy. Very nice. The new daily system is really good. As a PVE player, it does force me to do 3/5, but they give great rewards, and 2g a day is nice too.

Oh, and the logging in rewards? Fantastic. I looked up on the wiki what you get every 28 days, and it's pretty amazing.

So, apart from some 80 stuff on Blondy, I leveled a couple of others this week. I got Asurabrit to 59 and raised up her Tailoring a bit. Then I realized I needed more Linen and so I went back to my lower level ones and leveled Necrobrit up to 38. The goal will be to get them all to 50 and beyond so that Asura can continue on her Tailoring. I must say, I found Necromancer a lot easier to play than Elementalist, so it will be good taking a break from Asura for a while.

Now for the bad.

I tried to complete the Personal Story on Blondy. It was going OK, until I hit a brick wall at the Mouth of Zhaitan. What a horrible fight. First, the pillars were horrible and took ages to get down. Then I hardly damaged the Mouth before dying. I just quit the instance, and don't know if I'll ever be back.

The other things is - Gem prices. What the heck. When I last played, it was about 40g for 400 Gems. Now it's up to about 110-120g!! Yikes. I guess they have put more gold in the game with the daily and login rewards, so I think that accounts for the inflation.

Overall, I do enjoy GW2 and can see myself playing it for quite a while. There are lots of things I want to get with Gems, and lots of characters to level to 80. I considered getting HoT, but decided against it, because it's not my kind of content. The difficulty is high, by all accounts, and I find regular GW2 difficult enough.

Here's how things stack up now.

Gold: 40g 87s
Gems: 1838

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 73% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 227 Weaponsmith 325
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 40% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 226 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 46
Map: 17% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 44
Map: 23% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 42
Map: 21% Bags: 4/4/8/8 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 38
Map: 13% Bags: 5/5/5/5 Crafts: None


That's all for now. More gold making and leveling next week. I might even start my 8th character. I'm thinking of a Guardian. I prefer ranged, but I think melee in GW2 would be fun too.

Cheers.