Buy or Craft Destroyer Weapons? - Guild Wars Forums

Avalanche72 · Oct 17, 2010, 05:29 AM // 05:29

Is it more cost-efficient to buy the destroyer weapons (if you don't have the onyx and diamonds) or to buy the onyx and diamonds and then craft destroyers?

Thanks

Pleikki · Oct 17, 2010, 06:51 AM // 06:51

Obv buying materials, you can get the mats for ~30-40k.. When most ppl trying sell weapons for 50-80k.. Overall u see sometimes ppl selling weapons for 30-40k also tho

Xsiriss · Oct 17, 2010, 09:37 AM // 09:37

Uh don't know when you last looked but they generally go for 20-30k. Crafting is mroe time efficient as it's quite hard to track down the ones you need, especially seeing as most of them end up as HoM food.

jackinthe · Oct 17, 2010, 02:58 PM // 14:58

xsiriss must not have noticed the trader was out of stock of diamonds/onyx.

Kosar The Cruel · Oct 17, 2010, 03:11 PM // 15:11

If you're willing to put in a bit of time, then defiantly craft them yourself.
You can farm your own granite outside Sardelac Sanitarium by killing the Hulking Stone Eles in HM. The 100 iron needed can also easily be salvaged off weapons that drop. After that you'll only need to spend money on the Diamonds (roughly 1k/ea), Onyx (roughly 800g/ea), and of course the crafting cost for the weapon itself (5k).
I did this for my 3 destroyer weapons. Worked out well. Overall only costing me 23k per weapon(add a few K for the Superior Salvage Kits used).

Avalanche72 · Oct 17, 2010, 03:35 PM // 15:35

Thanks for the replies!

But wait, should I use superior salvage kits instead of regular ones? And if yes, should I use them for everything that I salvage or just for these materials?

Star_Jewel · Oct 17, 2010, 03:57 PM // 15:57

A Superior Salvage Kit is the same as an Expert Salvage Kit, it just has more uses and costs more per use when purchased from a vendor.

You want to use an expert/superior salvage kit when you want to take a magical item off of a weapon/armor (though it has a chance to break) or if you want to have a chance to salvage rare materials from the item. If you use a regular salvage kit, you will always salvage common materials only. e.g. Use an expert/superior salvage kit on a sword, you have a chance to salvage either iron or steel. Use a regular salvage kit on that same sword, and you will only salvage iron.

own age myname · Oct 17, 2010, 05:23 PM // 17:23

You may have to buy them, idk if Onyx and Diamonds are in stock (thank god I bought all my weps months ago)

Oct 17, 2010, 05:29 AM // 05:29	#1
Avalanche72 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2010	Buy or Craft Destroyer Weapons? Is it more cost-efficient to buy the destroyer weapons (if you don't have the onyx and diamonds) or to buy the onyx and diamonds and then craft destroyers? Thanks

Oct 17, 2010, 06:51 AM // 06:51	#2
Pleikki WTB q8 15^50 Weapons! Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: ???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]	Obv buying materials, you can get the mats for ~30-40k.. When most ppl trying sell weapons for 50-80k.. Overall u see sometimes ppl selling weapons for 30-40k also tho __________________ -->My Buy Thread!<--

Oct 17, 2010, 03:11 PM // 15:11	#5
Kosar The Cruel Krytan Explorer Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Profession: D/	If you're willing to put in a bit of time, then defiantly craft them yourself. You can farm your own granite outside Sardelac Sanitarium by killing the Hulking Stone Eles in HM. The 100 iron needed can also easily be salvaged off weapons that drop. After that you'll only need to spend money on the Diamonds (roughly 1k/ea), Onyx (roughly 800g/ea), and of course the crafting cost for the weapon itself (5k). I did this for my 3 destroyer weapons. Worked out well. Overall only costing me 23k per weapon(add a few K for the Superior Salvage Kits used). Last edited by Kosar The Cruel; Oct 17, 2010 at 03:12 PM // 15:12.. Reason: random errors

Oct 17, 2010, 09:37 AM // 09:37	#3
Xsiriss Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2008	Uh don't know when you last looked but they generally go for 20-30k. Crafting is mroe time efficient as it's quite hard to track down the ones you need, especially seeing as most of them end up as HoM food.

Oct 17, 2010, 02:58 PM // 14:58	#4
jackinthe Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2007	xsiriss must not have noticed the trader was out of stock of diamonds/onyx.

Oct 17, 2010, 03:35 PM // 15:35	#6
Avalanche72 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2010	Thanks for the replies! But wait, should I use superior salvage kits instead of regular ones? And if yes, should I use them for everything that I salvage or just for these materials?

Oct 17, 2010, 03:57 PM // 15:57	#7
Star_Jewel Jungle Guide Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009	A Superior Salvage Kit is the same as an Expert Salvage Kit, it just has more uses and costs more per use when purchased from a vendor. You want to use an expert/superior salvage kit when you want to take a magical item off of a weapon/armor (though it has a chance to break) or if you want to have a chance to salvage rare materials from the item. If you use a regular salvage kit, you will always salvage common materials only. e.g. Use an expert/superior salvage kit on a sword, you have a chance to salvage either iron or steel. Use a regular salvage kit on that same sword, and you will only salvage iron.

Oct 17, 2010, 05:23 PM // 17:23	#8
own age myname Desert Nomad Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota Guild: [TAS] Profession: R/	You may have to buy them, idk if Onyx and Diamonds are in stock (thank god I bought all my weps months ago)