What do You do For Gold? - Guild Wars Forums

Monkish Monkey · Oct 23, 2005, 01:09 PM // 13:09

Kinda new to the game and just cant get enough money any advice?

Sister Rosette · Oct 23, 2005, 01:56 PM // 13:56

Well once I have a few in me I get up on the bar and....

Oh. In the game. Um.....farm?

huh · Oct 23, 2005, 02:00 PM // 14:00

I buy it off Ebay!!
Yes thats right!
I'm one of those people who have too much money in real-life and too little money in Tyria so I blow it all on in-game gold.

sigh......I wish I had too much money in real-life.

Note for the slow, everything before this line is not true except for the last line before this line.

I kill monsters, and sell whatever garbage they drop to merchants, traders, or other players.

Edit:
Hey when did our little tags come back?
I'm a member of the Ministry of Knowledge!!
Woohooo

Sister Rosette · Oct 23, 2005, 02:21 PM // 14:21

They came back around 8:00 AM central time.

nightrunner · Oct 23, 2005, 04:08 PM // 16:08

Search the forums for farming strategies. The majority of farming is done by Warriors (usually W/Mo) or smiting monks (usually Mo/W), but not always.

That said, if you're new to the game, you'll want to play through nearly the entire game before farming. Just playing the missions and doing the quests will get you enough money to buy the best AL armor in the game (Droks). It's less efficient to farm at lower level areas, you get more money for your time farming high level areas.

Ashleigh McMahon · Oct 23, 2005, 04:37 PM // 16:37

Heheh.

I asked this earlier, it got fixed, i'm so happy

Hello my personalized title

Regards,
Ashleigh.

Xue Yi Liang · Oct 23, 2005, 09:56 PM // 21:56

One popular way to earn money is to hang around in any city and spam the chat with "please give me money." If you're lucky you might earn enough after 200 hours of begging to buy a starter wand.

j/k - please don't do that.

Pik uR BuM · Oct 24, 2005, 02:33 AM // 02:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xue Yi Liang

One popular way to earn money is to hang around in any city and spam the chat with "please give me money." If you're lucky you might earn enough after 200 hours of begging to buy a starter wand.

j/k - please don't do that.

Hahahaha...

...hahahaha...

i bet you've tried that before.
The only way to get money is to farm, find items worth something eg. gold items or pickup everything you find and sell it to the merchant if you've just started.

One and Two · Oct 24, 2005, 03:21 AM // 03:21

You can always /dance.

Rico Carridan · Oct 24, 2005, 08:55 AM // 08:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkish Monkey

Kinda new to the game and just cant get enough money any advice?

I've found running to be a pretty good way of making money, if you're a warrior. Even at mid levels (~15), you can make about 1-2k doing a run from Ascalon city up to courthouse, or Yak's bend if you have balanced stance, for example (500 g each for 3 people, something like that). Once you get to 20, you can take on more difficult runs, like Lion's to Temple of Ages or ToA to Sanctum. Once you get charge!, you can do forge runs that will net you 10k or more per run. Of course, by that point, you don't have a whole lot of use for money so...

Rico

Suuk · Oct 24, 2005, 11:27 AM // 11:27

Dont buy new armor everytime you have a new opportunity to do so. Like, buying it in Ascalon, buying it in Yaks, buying it in LA, etc.
Make sure you know what drops salvage in materials you need for armor. Salvage these drops. Either sell the other drops or salvage for materials, which you can sell to materials trader or to other players (dont go standing there all day, but go back to Yaks, LA or whatever place where armor can be crafted once in a while).
Make sure that if you sell drops to the merchant you identify them before you sell. This way you get a better price. This is only worth the cost of the id-kit with the items you get when you are away from Ascalon (already around Yaks?). Not sure where exactly the break-down-point is.
Dont buy fiery dragon swords for 5K
etc (aka read other posts)

Seissor · Oct 24, 2005, 12:40 PM // 12:40

-Run from Ascalon to Lions Arch for cash.
-Run to all desert locales for cash.
-Run to Copperhammer, and Ghrotto for cash.
-Kill minotaurs and griffosn outside augury for cash and drops.
-Do the final few missions over and over for cash and drops.

Evil Hypnotist · Oct 24, 2005, 01:15 PM // 13:15

I too had problems getting enough money together until I decided to farm sorrows, maybe 2k per run plus the chance to have a green dropped. The real wage-earner for me was picking up everything i could get my hands on and salvage all the white items and sell everything else. Been doing that a couple of hours a day for a week now and I have 55k in the bank, not much compared to some but a hell of a lot more than I had a weeks ago

The_Janitor · Oct 24, 2005, 08:23 PM // 20:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by One and Two

You can always /dance.

My preferred method

Oct 23, 2005, 01:09 PM // 13:09	#1
Monkish Monkey Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Sep 2005	What do You do For Gold? Kinda new to the game and just cant get enough money any advice?

Oct 24, 2005, 11:27 AM // 11:27	#11
Suuk Krytan Explorer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: the Netherlands Guild: Lovers of Whisky and Women (LWW) Profession: E/	Dont buy new armor everytime you have a new opportunity to do so. Like, buying it in Ascalon, buying it in Yaks, buying it in LA, etc. Make sure you know what drops salvage in materials you need for armor. Salvage these drops. Either sell the other drops or salvage for materials, which you can sell to materials trader or to other players (dont go standing there all day, but go back to Yaks, LA or whatever place where armor can be crafted once in a while). Make sure that if you sell drops to the merchant you identify them before you sell. This way you get a better price. This is only worth the cost of the id-kit with the items you get when you are away from Ascalon (already around Yaks?). Not sure where exactly the break-down-point is. Dont buy fiery dragon swords for 5K etc (aka read other posts)

Oct 23, 2005, 01:56 PM // 13:56	#2
Sister Rosette Lady Fie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sapporo Guild: Tha Skulls [Ts] Profession: D/W	Well once I have a few in me I get up on the bar and.... Oh. In the game. Um.....farm?

Oct 23, 2005, 02:00 PM // 14:00	#3
huh Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Hou Lan Geng [HLG]	I buy it off Ebay!! Yes thats right! I'm one of those people who have too much money in real-life and too little money in Tyria so I blow it all on in-game gold. sigh......I wish I had too much money in real-life. Note for the slow, everything before this line is not true except for the last line before this line. I kill monsters, and sell whatever garbage they drop to merchants, traders, or other players. Edit: Hey when did our little tags come back? I'm a member of the Ministry of Knowledge!! Woohooo

Oct 23, 2005, 02:21 PM // 14:21	#4
Sister Rosette Lady Fie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sapporo Guild: Tha Skulls [Ts] Profession: D/W	They came back around 8:00 AM central time.

Oct 23, 2005, 04:08 PM // 16:08	#5
nightrunner Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Francisco Profession: W/Mo	Search the forums for farming strategies. The majority of farming is done by Warriors (usually W/Mo) or smiting monks (usually Mo/W), but not always. That said, if you're new to the game, you'll want to play through nearly the entire game before farming. Just playing the missions and doing the quests will get you enough money to buy the best AL armor in the game (Droks). It's less efficient to farm at lower level areas, you get more money for your time farming high level areas.

Oct 23, 2005, 04:37 PM // 16:37	#6
Ashleigh McMahon Site Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North East England Guild: WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld] Profession: Mo/Me	Heheh. I asked this earlier, it got fixed, i'm so happy Hello my personalized title Regards, Ashleigh.

Oct 23, 2005, 09:56 PM // 21:56	#7
Xue Yi Liang Jungle Guide Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northern CA Guild: Outlaws of the Water Margin Profession: Mo/Me	One popular way to earn money is to hang around in any city and spam the chat with "please give me money." If you're lucky you might earn enough after 200 hours of begging to buy a starter wand. j/k - please don't do that.

Oct 24, 2005, 03:21 AM // 03:21	#9
One and Two Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2005	You can always /dance.

Oct 24, 2005, 12:40 PM // 12:40	#12
Seissor Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Squiggilyville. Population: Me. Guild: [oRly] Hello Kitty Death Squad Profession: R/Me	-Run from Ascalon to Lions Arch for cash. -Run to all desert locales for cash. -Run to Copperhammer, and Ghrotto for cash. -Kill minotaurs and griffosn outside augury for cash and drops. -Do the final few missions over and over for cash and drops.

Oct 24, 2005, 01:15 PM // 13:15	#13
Evil Hypnotist Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: I Dragon I [PAIN]	I too had problems getting enough money together until I decided to farm sorrows, maybe 2k per run plus the chance to have a green dropped. The real wage-earner for me was picking up everything i could get my hands on and salvage all the white items and sell everything else. Been doing that a couple of hours a day for a week now and I have 55k in the bank, not much compared to some but a hell of a lot more than I had a weeks ago