Monday, March 26, 2018

Rich Iron Vein Farming!!

Hi,

I've found a Rich Iron Vein that's good for farming on my eight characters. You probably all know about it anyway, but I found it in Diessa Plateau. I've now got 7 of my 8 characters stationed there, and get Roverbrit there every morning. They all mine it and get between 12-16 Iron Ore each. Iron Ore sells instantly for about 1s85c->2s each, so this usually brings in about 2g per day extra, for about 15 minutes of work.

Rich Iron Vein
It's just north west of Oldgate waypoint in Diessa Plateau, as you can see from the mini map in the picture. You need to fight some Flame Legion to get there, but nothing tough at all.

I've just been doing more Map Completion on Roverbrit. She's got to 89% now, and has nearly finished every zone except for the Ruins of Orr area. I've got 1000 Platinum Ore now, so it is being sold now too, bringing in a little more gold.

No more Fractals this week. No crafting this week either. The Gem price is still around 120g for 400 gems, so I'm still waiting for it to come down.

Gold: 279g 4s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 429 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 89% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None


Next week, I'll continue to do the Rich Iron Ore farming, and hope to get Roverbrit's Map Completion done.

BTW: It's my birthday today!!

Cheers.

Monday, March 19, 2018

Doing Some Fractals!!

Hi,

I decided to try something different this week, and try out some Fractals. I made sure to get Roverbrit all geared with Karma Beserker armor first. I'm really glad the first couple went well, or i might have given up. The first two were really smooth, and I got some good loot. The second was the same. Then I ran into a couple of failures, dying and not being able to be rezzed, or party wipe. But I persevered and ran quite a few more successful ones.

Roverbrit doing Fractals
With my other time, I did Map stuff and the daily stuff on Roverbrit. She has completed a lot more zones, and is now 74% map complete. She's still got a lot left to go though. For the dailies, those mesmeric who give portals for the jumping puzzles are absolutely awesome! I wouldn't be able to do many, if any, of them if they didn't do the portals.

No crafting this week. I'm still looking to get a lot more high level mats before trying to get Rangerbrit's Huntsman to 500.

For gold, I've got 1000 of Green Wood logs and Copper Ore, so they're being sold on the TP now. This helps bring in the gold a bit. It's up to over 242 now. The gem price is still way too high to buy, but it seems to be coming down a bit now.

Gold: 242g 97s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80

Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 429 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 74% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None


For next week, more map completion for Roverbrit, and maybe some more Fractals.

Cheers.

Monday, March 12, 2018

2nd Map Completion!!

Hi,

Yes. I got Rangerbrit's Map Completion this week. It was much easier on a Ranger than a Warrior. Cursed Shore was last (as it probably will be for all my characters). I really don't know what to do with Gift's of Exploration I'm getting, but I know it has something to do with crafting a Legendary. Well, I'm looking into crafting an Ascended piece before that.

Takling of crafting, I did work on leveling Rangerbrit's Huntsman this week. She even crafting a level 80 Exotic Longbow for Roverbrit, my next character for Map Completion (who got to 55% this week). She got Huntsman to 429, but now needs so much more Elder Wood and Orichalcum Ore now, and the high level crafting stuff for the Inscriptions. This will have to wait, as I'm not going to buy anything off the TP except Globs of Ectoplasm.

Gold went up a little bit this week. In fact, I now have 1000 Iron Ore, so Iron Ore is now getting sold again. As this happens for more and more mats, the gold will come running in again.


The Gem Exchange
As you can see, the Gem price is still very high (118g). I'm not buying at that price. It should come down in April after all the March sales are over. I now have 213g

Gold: 213g 72s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80

Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 429 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 55% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None

That's it for this week, I'll work on Roverbrit's Map Completion this week, and start on Silvybrit if Rover gets it done.


Cheers.

Monday, March 5, 2018

Expanded Storage!!

Hi,

Yes, I decided to spend some of my gems and buy two more expansions for my collection storage. People had suggested I do this after I posted on the GW2 forums. I looked at what it might take to craft some ascended pieces, and you need soooo many mats it's ridiculous. So, having storage at 1000 per item rather than 500 is a necessity.

With that change, my gold making has dried up al lot. All the crafting mats over 500 that I used to sell are now just getting deposited. So, I only went up about 25g this week. 14g from daily, and then the other from doing some World Bosses and selling gear drops, vendoring greens and blues over 1s in value, and from doing lots of Hearts.

Talking about lots of Hearts, I've been doing map completion on Rangerbrit. She's got to 92% completion. She started off finishing the home cities and then got to work on the low level zones. She's now only got some of Fireheart Rise, Iron Marshes, and Blazeridge Steppes, and then some of Straits of Dev, Malchor's Leap, and Cursed Shore to go. Here she is this morning, doing some Fireheart Rise.

Fireheart Rise
I also worked on crafting a bit this week. I got Rangerbrit's Huntsman to 352. But now I need a lot more mithril and wood, so getting to 400 is going to have to wait. Oh, I looked into leveling Jeweler too, but that requires Globs of Ectoplasm. I started salvaging exotics, but then realized I could just buy them on the TP, and sell the exotics on the TP. As a test, I bought 10 for 18s11c each. I now have 20.

Gold: 180g 23s
Gems: 2048

Blondybrit (Norn/Warrior) Level 80

Map: 100% Bags: 8/8/12/15 Crafts: Armorsmith 230 Weaponsmith 408
Rangerbrit (Human/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 67% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Huntsman 352 Jeweler 379
Asurabrit (Asura/Elementalist) Level 59
Map: 26% Bags: 8/8/8/10 Crafts: Chef 252 Tailor 273
Mesmerbrit (Sylvari/Mesmer) Level 80
Map: 37% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: Artificer 300
CharrlyBrit (Charr/Engineer) Level 51
Map: 29% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: Leatherworker 152
Silvybrit (Sylvari/Warrior) Level 80
Map: 66% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None
Necrobrit (Asura/Necromancer) Level 51
Map: 25% Bags: 8/8/8/8 Crafts: None
Roverbrit (Sylvari/Ranger) Level 80
Map: 42% Bags: 8/8/8/12 Crafts: None

That's it for this week, I should get to 100% on Rangerbrit this week, and start working on my other 2 level 80s map completion.

Cheers.