Ascended Salvage-O-Matic

[TheSoulTkr.6928]

I'm kind of curious what would your guys' opinion be if A-net were to add an ascended salvage-o-matic and how do you think it should be balanced.

 

I think it shouldn't be a gem store thing. maybe costing 250 gold + 500 laurels upfront to purchase (maybe even require the ascended recycling achievement to purchase). However the benefit is unlimited uses and a removal of the laurel cost per use but costs 80 silver per use in it's stead. (the average gain of 1 laurel if buying an heavy crafting bag and instant selling the mats is about 60 silver. take the price of 1 of each material and add them divide by 8 to get the average cost of 1 of each mat, but the bags give 3 mats so multiply by 3 to get the average cost of a bag which costs 1 laurel. So divide that in half, and the 1 gold each charge normal would cost in half and add them together for the 80 silver per use)

 

IMO be a nice quality of life improvement, eats at a lot of coins and laurels upfront. and eats at more coins over time too. This is both kind of a suggestion for a-net to look at and a discussion on if they implemented it how it should be done.

[Infusion.7149]

It would not be a "salvage-o-matic" if it's not in the gamestore.
You don't need to use laurels, you can buy ascended salvage kits using fractal relics or magnetite shards (using PVP league tickets or WVW skirmish tickets is not advisable due to a far larger timegate) but it still costs gold. See https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_Salvage_Kit
and https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_Salvage_Kit_(5_uses)

If implemented in gemstore it could just cost 1g per salvage , that's probably the most logical conclusion. The QoL would be saving 2 fractal relics / magnetite shards per salvage.

Edited May 18, 2021 by Infusion.7149

[TheSoulTkr.6928]

49 minutes ago, Infusion.7149 said:

It would not be a "salvage-o-matic" if it's not in the gamestore.
You don't need to use laurels, you can buy ascended salvage kits using fractal relics or magnetite shards (using PVP league tickets or WVW skirmish tickets is not advisable due to a far larger timegate) but it still costs gold. See https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_Salvage_Kit
and https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ascended_Salvage_Kit_(5_uses)

If implemented in gemstore it could just cost 1g per salvage , that's probably the most logical conclusion. The QoL would be saving 2 fractal relics / magnetite shards per salvage.

The portable composter is essentially a salvage-o-matic for food obtained through the game and not the gem store.

 

You don't need to use laurels unless your an open world player who doesn't do fractals due to a lack of friends and a general distaste from bad lfg groups in MMOs and would rather stay away from it. And WvW isn't a priority for you because it isn't very fun. Then Laurels are your only option.  But you could have it be purchasable from the other vendors with the respective currencies.

Edited May 18, 2021 by TheSoulTkr.6928

[Infusion.7149]

23 minutes ago, TheSoulTkr.6928 said:

The portable composter is essentially a salvage-o-matic for food obtained through the game and not the gem store.

 

You don't need to use laurels unless your an open world player who doesn't do fractals due to a lack of friends and a general distaste from bad lfg groups in MMOs and would rather stay away from it. And WvW isn't a priority for you because it isn't very fun. Then Laurels are your only option.  But you could have it be purchasable from the other vendors with the respective currencies.

Funny that you say that since I have over 9K skirmish tickets remaining plus 2x Conflux and 3 sets of legendary mistforged WvW armor.

Portable composter is for food items, whereas ascended salvage is more of a luxury item. Your average player not doing fractals or raids isn't going to be swimming in ascended.

It is highly unlikely to be implemented if not a gemstore item as there is no ROI to develop such a thing.

Edited May 18, 2021 by Infusion.7149