Well...would you rather be stuck with a level 15 weapon into your 20s and not be able to afford an upgrade on ah, or be forced to craft (not everyone enjoys crafting). Now, if you're looking for specific stats, then the AH or crafting will be the way to go, because RNG is random. I have found plenty of high damage longbows, but then they having +healing when I am looking for +power or +precision, etc. It's actually a nice change of pace from many other mmos. Low level gear is quite affordable for low level characters, and you don't have to have a higher level character to funnel cash into your noobs.

As the amount of low level toons drops and the majority are hanging out in high level areas, you might be able to make better profits from low level gear, but the game has been officially launched for what....two weeks? Yeah, everything will still be in flux.

Honestly, what you can find is nothing compared to crafted items.

If you craft your own stuff you can specialize to specific attributes.

I crafted all the Rare heavy armor sets up to lv80, working on

gathering mats for the Exotic one as we speak.

I vendor and/or salvage all the stuff what I pick up from mobs and

sell the unneeded materials. Usually I loot a lot of normal (blue) and

masterpiece (green), some rare (not that often, with crap stat selection usually)

items - nah, just trying to tell that these items are not that good at all.

OP:

" I find myself not caring about crafting armour etc as its not as good as the drops."

Craft Rares, lvl up your crafting profession to 400, craft max stat exotics = profit.

Continue crafting Rare and Exotic items for experience (lvl up = +1 skillpoint)

Use the skillpoints to craft Legendary items. (Optional)

Originally posted by chryses

I don't want to talk about all the things I like in GW2. I love the game (suits my busy RL) and there is enough threads on these points.

 

My biggest moan in GW2 so far are all the Green and Blue drops.  Within a 1 hour game slot I can pick up 6-12 Blue and Green items.  What does this mean for game play?

• There are 300 of the same item on the Trade post.  No real feeling of 'omg I found something special'.
• I am crafter at heart but as I am finding so many green / blue items, I find myself not caring about crafting armour etc as its not as good as the drops.
• Being overloaded with so many good items is not realistic.
• People stop using the Trading Post as they find all the weapons/armour they need.

 

IMO they need to make it a semi rare occassion when you find a blue/green item.  e.g. 1 per 1-2 hours if you are really active. This will:

• Encourage crafters to make items.
• Raise up prices on the Trade post 
• Make it easy to sell or salvage gear as you don't have to deal with 24 'good' items.

 

They really need to scale back drops.  Other games you see 3-6 of the same item on the Trade Post.  Not hundreds. 

 

Crafted exaotics are better than dropped ones due to the simple fact that you can customize them more. I do agree with you that themepark games in general need to be more crafting focused. 

Started to work on crafting again last night.  At the very least XP is pretty decent and a break from combat.  Based on comments it looks like some really good gear can be be made above and beyond heart purchases and drops.  Just need to stick at it I guess.

Thanks for the polite comments, not sure why some people just have to get personal!

I did say I love the fking game, not that, that should make any difference.

Originally posted by chryses

Started to work on crafting again last night.  At the very least XP is pretty decent and a break from combat.  Based on comments it looks like some really good gear can be be made above and beyond heart purchases and drops.  Just need to stick at it I guess.

Thanks for the polite comments, not sure why some people just have to get personal!

I did say I love the fking game, not that, that should make any difference.

 

What? Not a single person made it personal with you. Not sure why you felt the need to go there.

What it means is that green and blue drops dont mean the same thing as they do in Wow.

You need gear to salvage for certain items.

I still have been able to make sets of gear that are better then all the random pieces I find while leveling.

Originally posted by chryses

Started to work on crafting again last night.  At the very least XP is pretty decent and a break from combat.  Based on comments it looks like some really good gear can be be made above and beyond heart purchases and drops.  Just need to stick at it I guess.

Thanks for the polite comments, not sure why some people just have to get personal!

I did say I love the fking game, not that, that should make any difference.

 

What? Not a single person made it personal with you. Not sure why you felt the need to go there.

On the whole no, but some comments like the one below are kinda personal. :)

The economy is insane right now but the OP just seems to be one of those pricks who ruined Age of Conan with their wish for bound items because "if rare loot isn't bound, I am not special for being able to spend 10 hours a day grinding an instance over and over".

Originally posted by Wickedjelly