Arnox.5128 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 18-19 gold per pop. And most people I know don't run it. What's going on? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirogen.9561 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Charged Quartz Crystal is needed for Celestial gear. And it is time gated 😞  12 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiamat.8254 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Plus for anyone who generally plays solo celestial gives you the perfect all round stats to do so. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 + you get it for free in the level 80 boosts now so most have tried it and maybe dont find it worth it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAlcedo.3281 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 As Cele gear is very niche and only use full on some Wvw Builds, most charged quartz is obtained by random chance. Not by creating them. The people creating them probably use them for themselves. Atleast that's my guess. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farohna.6247 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said: As Cele gear is very niche and only use full on some Wvw Builds, most charged quartz is obtained by random chance. Not by creating them. The people creating them probably use them for themselves. Atleast that's my guess. I have made it for myself but also sell it on the trading post. Once they reworked some things last year, the prices went up. Not just for WvW but some pve and open world builds too. I build up quartz and transmute it, not random. Easy gold. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiamat.8254 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 I create charged quartz every day in home instance 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAlcedo.3281 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Just now, Farohna.6247 said: I have made it for myself but also sell it on the trading post. Once they reworked some things last year, the prices went up. Not just for WvW but some pve and open world builds too. I build up quartz and transmute it, not random. Easy gold. Many people have quartz nodes in their home instance and you can get randomly charged quartz from it. Thats why i think most of the charge quartz comes randomly from nodes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farohna.6247 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 1 hour ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said: Many people have quartz nodes in their home instance and you can get randomly charged quartz from it. Thats why i think most of the charge quartz comes randomly from nodes Oh true, I do get that randomly from mine. Good point! Â 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roche.7491 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) Highest stats in the entire gw2 arsenal. Place it in a legendary equipment set and you can play any build or class you want for all you characters. Edited May 20, 2022 by Roche.7491 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 That is pretty simple. Not enough people are willing to make and sell them. Lack of competition leading to high prices is well known. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 2 hours ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said: Many people have quartz nodes in their home instance and you can get randomly charged quartz from it. Thats why i think most of the charge quartz comes randomly from nodes also drops from wintersday gifts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchonWing.9480 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) You can craft them for cheaper. It just takes 2 charged quartz per insignia/inscription, but it's time gated. Edited May 14, 2022 by ArchonWing.9480 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Trinkets still need 5 😕 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnox.5128 Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, ArchonWing.9480 said: You can craft them for cheaper. It just takes 2 charged quartz per insignia/inscription, but it's time gated. I hate the crafting in this game though. You make vendor trash all the way up until max level. Edited May 14, 2022 by Arnox.5128 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaia Skyhawk.5064 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 A tip for getting Celestial gear, there's a variety of stat selectable stuff ingame for cheap. Headpiece, buy the ice golem helm box of the TP for around 1g. Shoulders/legs/gloves/boots, buy the bladed armor boxes from the Itzel vendor in Heart of Thorns for Airship parts + 1g (if you've done any fair amount of stuff in Verdant Brink, you'll be swimming in airship parts or have loads of crowbars and can just run around the map opening supply boxes to get the parts quick). Weapons. If you need a celestial pistol, rifle, greatsword, sword, or staff, grab one of the Iron Legion weapons from the TP for a fraction of the cost of a celestial equivalent. Gold Fractal weapons are also stat-seletable, as are the haunted weapons during halloween. For trinkets, you're honestly best going straight for ascended stuff. A few days of daily fractals (depending on your tier level you're doing) will net you the pristine relics to get the 2 ascended rings. alternately for accessories/backpack and have living story season 3. you can do the winterberry farm at bitterfrost to get 2 rings (attune one of them so you can wear 2 black ice bands) 1 accessory, and a backpack. you can get the other accessory and amulet from other season 3 maps, but I'd recommend if you have Icebrood Saga's Bjora Marches accessible, to go farm eternal ice there to very easily get Aesgirs's Amulet and Talisman for ice + some karma (both are purchasable after doing some fairly simple achievements in the map) If you're looking at a long-term option to be able to easily make time-gate or otherwise expensive armor of any stat available up to Path of Fire, get yourself all the Lunatic Armor recipes during Halloween (somewhat expensive, but long term savings more than make up for it) and you'll gain access to crafting stat-selectable exotic armor, which unlike other exotics DOES NOT SOULDBIND to a character. Yep, you can treat it like ascended armor and swap it between characters. Hope you find this info useful 😄 2 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Because it is made from angels. Not easy to skin I can assure you! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyncale.1629 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 24 minutes ago, Alaia Skyhawk.5064 said: A tip for getting Celestial gear, there's a variety of stat selectable stuff ingame for cheap. Headpiece, buy the ice golem helm box of the TP for around 1g. Shoulders/legs/gloves/boots, buy the bladed armor boxes from the Itzel vendor in Heart of Thorns for Airship parts + 1g (if you've done any fair amount of stuff in Verdant Brink, you'll be swimming in airship parts or have loads of crowbars and can just run around the map opening supply boxes to get the parts quick). Weapons. If you need a celestial pistol, rifle, greatsword, sword, or staff, grab one of the Iron Legion weapons from the TP for a fraction of the cost of a celestial equivalent. Gold Fractal weapons are also stat-seletable, as are the haunted weapons during halloween. For trinkets, you're honestly best going straight for ascended stuff. A few days of daily fractals (depending on your tier level you're doing) will net you the pristine relics to get the 2 ascended rings. alternately for accessories/backpack and have living story season 3. you can do the winterberry farm at bitterfrost to get 2 rings (attune one of them so you can wear 2 black ice bands) 1 accessory, and a backpack. you can get the other accessory and amulet from other season 3 maps, but I'd recommend if you have Icebrood Saga's Bjora Marches accessible, to go farm eternal ice there to very easily get Aesgirs's Amulet and Talisman for ice + some karma (both are purchasable after doing some fairly simple achievements in the map) If you're looking at a long-term option to be able to easily make time-gate or otherwise expensive armor of any stat available up to Path of Fire, get yourself all the Lunatic Armor recipes during Halloween (somewhat expensive, but long term savings more than make up for it) and you'll gain access to crafting stat-selectable exotic armor, which unlike other exotics DOES NOT SOULDBIND to a character. Yep, you can treat it like ascended armor and swap it between characters. Hope you find this info useful 😄 Hey, you are ruining my Celestial money-making scheme! Good thing 90% of players do not read the forums. 🙂 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottie.5370 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 21 hours ago, DanAlcedo.3281 said: Many people have quartz nodes in their home instance and you can get randomly charged quartz from it. Thats why i think most of the charge quartz comes randomly from nodes  Hm, I think a bit comes from festivals too - they're a random drop from ToT bags/Wintersday gifts/Dragon Coffers. I usually find that I get 20-30 each time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Alaia Skyhawk.5064 said: If you're looking at a long-term option to be able to easily make time-gate or otherwise expensive armor of any stat available up to Path of Fire, get yourself all the Lunatic Armor recipes during Halloween (somewhat expensive, but long term savings more than make up for it)Â and you'll gain access to crafting stat-selectable exotic armor, which unlike other exotics DOES NOT SOULDBIND to a character. Yep, you can treat it like ascended armor and swap it between characters. or just stick with VB If you do that then gloves are basically free as well. I have 107 glove boxes sitting in my bank and that is after salvaging at least 100 of them just to get rid of Black Lion Salvage kits... Â 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMoon.6098 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) You can craft stat-select gear too via Warbeast. Depending on your charged quartz situation, it can be the much cheaper option to craft. PS - I have a quartz node in my home instance that I farm every day and I can pretty much count on one hand the number of times it has dropped a charged quartz. Edited May 15, 2022 by DragonMoon.6098 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotride.2187 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Some new player on ele complained about mobs in tangled depths, during my meta run today. Aside from the players doing the meta being the usual "top end players" (git gud scrub, etc.), the suggestions were "just go cele ele" which was mirroring my thoughts. Then I looked up the cele prices, remembering this thread. And woah, really funny, I thought trailblazer was bad. If you want to run cele you apparently must spend like 150-200g just on the essentials. I had no idea the lvl 80 character boost was such a p2w feature... Since the new player mentioned they'll try condi/toughness/vit gear, I crafted cele armor/hammer/accessories for them (I got charged quartz for days, after the skyscale fiasco I went through some years ago). Its just insane to me that exotic gear can cost so much. Especially considering cele is by far the best gear for a new solo player going through open world and story. Not only 80% and upward of all the build options are noob traps, but so is gear. Reminds me of other f2p games that have been around for a while and have accumulated so many changes that almost nothing is good/viable. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chichimec.9364 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/14/2022 at 10:03 AM, DanAlcedo.3281 said: As Cele gear is very niche and only use full on some Wvw Builds, most charged quartz is obtained by random chance. Not by creating them. The people creating them probably use them for themselves. Atleast that's my guess.  On 5/14/2022 at 10:15 AM, Tiamat.8254 said: I create charged quartz every day in home instance I do enough quartz farming that I'm also able to create a charged quartz every day in my home instance. Then, every ten days I make and sell a grow lamp. The quartz node in my home instance does indeed drop charged quartz but at a very low rate. I haven't kept an accurate count but I don't think it drops more than 2-3 charged quartz a month. People can correct me on that if I'm wrong. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAlcedo.3281 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, Chichimec.9364 said:  I do enough quartz farming that I'm also able to create a charged quartz every day in my home instance. Then, every ten days I make and sell a grow lamp. The quartz node in my home instance does indeed drop charged quartz but at a very low rate. I haven't kept an accurate count but I don't think it drops more than 2-3 charged quartz a month. People can correct me on that if I'm wrong. But how many people go out of their way to create a charged one? I don't think it's that many. I still believe that the majority of charged quartz in game are from random drops. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinmir.6504 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 The mace, Shiverstone is celestial. Very cheap at 65s. If you do WvW at all, the final Bronze chest gives a piece of Warlord armour every week, you choose the piece and the stats which can be celestial. Â 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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