The key issue with crafting components in this game is that there’s not really much worthwhile to obtain with them.
In GW1, various crafting materials were required for each purchasable armor/weapon skin. Krytan armor still required Krytan materials… But Elonian armor required new materials like Elonian Leather. Stuff in Cantha required Spiritwood Planks.
I’ve seen many people complain that the Ascended skins aren’t worth it for various reasons.
Elonian Leather is worth less than the components that it consists of.
Various leather components, generally, are about the same as they were months ago (or maybe even cheaper now.)
We need cosmetic grind. It’s been established in past topics.
Adding stuff to the Gem store may serve to reduce the overall amount of gold… but does nothing to impact crafting components.
Add to it that Ascended weapons are crazy expensive for the minor stat increase.
If you ignore getting your crafting to 500 and buying all the crafting materials necessary…
You could probably almost afford a Legendary with all that you’d save.
And that Legendary, unlike Ascended, would allow you to change stats on the fly.
