Selling Destroyer Cores or salvaging them?

aelesia

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2010

23 Jan 2011 at 17:13 - 1
Trying to figure out which one's worth more. Destroyer cores go for about 300g per piece. However if you salvage it, you get about 7.5 Granite slabs on average. 10 Granite slabs go for 500g at the Material Trader.

So what do you guys think? =/

Nekodesu

Nekodesu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2009

23 Jan 2011 at 17:19 - 2
I think this is something you just have to choose for yourself really. I mean you will need 2 destroyer cores to make 500g, and sell 2 destroyer cores to make 600g.

aelesia

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2010

23 Jan 2011 at 17:37 - 3
Not really a problem. I've got about 182 destroyer cores at the moment.

Malla13

Malla13

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2009

Angeldustrial Bonsai Muffins [FFS]

N/Me

23 Jan 2011 at 17:39 - 4
I say sell them, but that might just be because I had a heck of a time buying them last week. But I think Nekodesu broke down the numbers quite nicely.

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

23 Jan 2011 at 17:47 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by aelesia View Post
Not really a problem. I've got about 182 destroyer cores at the moment.
182 * 7.5 = 1365 granite

1360 sold to trader at 500g/10 = 68K

or

182 sold at 300g ea = 54.6k

...assuming trader price stays the same and doesn't drop while you are selling 136 sets of 10 granite and assuming you don't find someone desperate enough to pay 400 or 500g per core for the gloves.

dsielschott

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

KURZ

W/Mo

23 Jan 2011 at 19:22 - 6
but you also have to factor in the salvage kits... not alot more money... but still factors in there.. but yes salvaging them will earn more money if price doesn't drop...

Better Than Koss

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2010

W/

23 Jan 2011 at 21:23 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Swift View Post
182 * 7.5 = 1365 granite

1360 sold to trader at 500g/10 = 68K

or

182 sold at 300g ea = 54.6k
You also have to factor in that people aren't buying for 500g, it's what the trader is selling for. Right now people are buying for some where around 9-11k per stack (~440)

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Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Rubbing Potassium on water fountains.

LF guild that teaches MTSC (did it long ago before gw2 came out and I quit...but I barely remember)

N/A

23 Jan 2011 at 21:28 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Better Than Koss View Post
You also have to factor in that people aren't buying for 500g, it's what the trader is selling for. Right now people are buying for some where around 9-11k per stack (~440)
Also, I believe he forgot to subtract salvaging costs.


sooooo subtract 2912 if using expert, 3640 is using a superior, or 782 if using standard kits from the grand total.

Rites

Rites

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2010

Deep in the belly of Texas

R/

24 Jan 2011 at 08:34 - 9
sell the destroyer cores, farm golem runestones to convert to granite slabs

Tom Swift

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2007

24 Jan 2011 at 14:43 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by Better Than Koss View Post
You also have to factor in that people aren't buying for 500g, it's what the trader is selling for. Right now people are buying for some where around 9-11k per stack (~440)
Lol, OK I'll admit that I forgot the cost of the salvaging pack.

But I did not forget the variance in price. The original poster said it was going for 500g - so that was what I used. I included a note that the figures were only correct if the price was, in fact, 500g.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

24 Jan 2011 at 15:08 - 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by aelesia View Post
10 Granite slabs go for 500g at the Material Trader.
You buy 10 Granite Slabs for 500g, but the trader only gives you 400g if you sell them to him. That's 40g a piece and your 7.5 slabs would get you 300g. (296g if take into account the 4g cost of the salvage.)

You'd be better off to sell them to other players for 440-450g.