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Lyssa Apate · Jan 12, 2009, 03:43 AM // 03:43

Like I always do, dump it on armour. Pretty pretty armour.

... most probably Monk & Mesmer FoW.

Lykan · Jan 12, 2009, 05:25 AM // 05:25

Zkeys dropped? Still selling for 5K here.

Khazad Guard · Jan 12, 2009, 05:45 AM // 05:45

If you have countless free space on your account (or several accounts) and you are absolutely mega-super scared of your money losing it's value as it sits in storage you could always waste it on Festival Tickets. They buy and sell at the same price so you never lose anything. The only problem is that a stack is only worth 3750g, but as I said if you had a heap of space on other accounts that's 168.75k for a character with 45 inventory slots...Just a thought....

Then again it's 3.75k per stack -.-

pingu666 · Jan 12, 2009, 06:54 AM // 06:54

spend it imo
armours, titles etc. kitting out your heros to a high level weapons and runes soaks up quite abit of cash too

Lycan Nibbler · Jan 12, 2009, 07:12 AM // 07:12

Hmm Id say that if you have 1,000k in storage, then I really wouldnt worry about whether you get ectos, keys, picks or whatever. I am assuming you have all your heros etc fully equipped?

If you are looking at saving towards getting something rare like a polar bear or similar, then just exchange for ectos or keys and suck up any depreciation - anet always manage to find a way to reduce prices of most things sooner or later anyway.

Age · Jan 12, 2009, 08:17 AM // 08:17

I would dump mine on ecto if I had enough to dump but I don't so like todays real world economy I just save instead of spending.It would be nice if ecto went on sale slashing prices down to say 50 to 75%.

FengShuiDove · Jan 12, 2009, 08:31 AM // 08:31

Growth-stock mutual funds. You want to invest your expendable income in 1/4 size pieces, in four different types of markets. You want your consistent price (lockpicks) funds, long-term growth funds (ectos, which over the course of time will probably fluctuate around the same values), moderate-growth funds (these are the hot-new flavor-of-the-month weapons that you can turn profit on if traded properly), and rapid growth/emerging market funds (Z-Keys could be considered emerging market, and rapid growth would be your rare mini-pets, etc.).

Oh wait. GW =/= RL. Sorry.

sibelang · Jan 12, 2009, 10:27 AM // 10:27

spend on chaos gloves... as many as u can buy... if someday u need ecto, just salvage it!

ppl cant see your ecto on your bank but they can be happy to see your raibow gloves

/sarc

cataphract · Jan 12, 2009, 10:43 AM // 10:43

I'm in the process of spending the gold I've hoarded. Crafting elite armors and destroyer weapons for my monk's HoM. Spent 2 million on unids during Wintersday.

daze · Jan 12, 2009, 10:49 AM // 10:49

Armbraces is the best bet. Best way to consolidate your gold by faaar.
Especailly since Armbraces are easy to find cheap and sell high. Ive seen 30 ecto gaps between the profit margins on armbraces. You can buy one in DoA then jump to scamadan and sell it for 30 more ectos than you paid for it.

Hyper.nl · Jan 12, 2009, 10:55 AM // 10:55

Keep the gold. Anything else gradually decreases in value over time. Only buy items that you actually need.

Yang Whirlwind · Jan 12, 2009, 11:07 AM // 11:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by R Langdon

i stash my cash in ectos, zkeys and lockpicks, if 1 crashes i still have the other two

Same solution for me! Except I include braces as well.

romeus petrus · Jan 12, 2009, 03:26 PM // 15:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yang Whirlwind

Same solution for me! Except I include braces as well.

The issue with braces value is that it fluctuates according to nerfs/buffs. Atm they seem to be stable around 48-50e and have been this way for a couple of months. I have sold no less than 40 braces at that price over the past 2 months, but lately I've been having difficulty selling for 50e. On the other hand imagine what would happen to ecto prices if SF finally gets that long awaited REAL nerf.

Quaker · Jan 12, 2009, 03:49 PM // 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by tootalltoparty

Ecto fluctuates like today's stock market, while Zkey is seemingly dropping in values due to more awareness of Xunlai House.

It's only play-money, does it really matter if the value fluctuates?

I lean toward the "just spend it" idea, but if you must save it for some reason, buy whatever stacks nicely - ectos, shards, keys, lockpicks - and don't worry about the "value" going up or down. (I buy ectos when the case arises, btw)

Cale Roughstar · Jan 12, 2009, 09:37 PM // 21:37

I keep my money in ectos. They have been very stable over the past year or so at 21=100k, barring the huge drop with the whole perma-sin in the UW thing, but they climbed back up to the same price within the next few weeks. Zkeys are pretty solid, and probably arent going to loose much in value, if they do at all. I find armbraces to be a bit finicky lately (though I am not quite loaded enough to be hoarding these). The most solid probably is Lockpicks. Never changed, never will.

That being said, spend it. Spending is wayyy more fun

Zomgyogi · Jan 13, 2009, 05:34 AM // 05:34

I just keep a stack of ectos + cash and if I go over 1mil gold I just buy about 300k in zkeys & use em

. I pretty much never farm at all so I don't buy them too often.

WhiteWasabi · Jan 13, 2009, 06:43 AM // 06:43

I keep alot of money in mini pets. The ones that will not be re-released. Certadon, Celestial Pig, Etc......

Mini pet market... Tic Toc Tic Toc

MStarfire · Jan 13, 2009, 08:10 AM // 08:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by king swift

I put all my gold in ZKEYS. More stable than ecto as their price is not decided by a trader. Easy to sell 20-100k. If they suddenly tank for some reason, you could always open the chest. People use them up more than ecto so demand is higher, supply is less (as people use them.) As for XTH goes, as the keys get used up the prices will go back to 5k. The new monthly tonics will also decide the prices on zkeys (Less with the retarded floating head/more with phantasmal tonic.) Also don't forget, getting r7 zrank is mighty fun.

King Swift----Defender of the Zaishen (7)

I'm going to laugh at you, and everyone else who thinks so once they nerf the price of Z Keys.

I don't remember exactly which set of notes it was in, but Linsey said they're working on a way to "make Zaishen Keys more accessible to the casual PvPer".

I hope that means making them 1,000 faction each. Then i'll get to laugh at all the people who stockpiled them while I sit on my huge pile of money from liquidating them.

Also, nobody cares about your Zrank. Yay. You bought a title. /care

jaximus · Jan 14, 2009, 05:13 PM // 17:13

id say help a few friends out. in game im constantly making new friends and friends from real life are joining to play with me. spend some cash on them, get them fancy stuff. everytime i get a new guild member they get 100k + a new 15k armor set. then over time they get more. easy way to blow cash and making friends in the process is always nice.

in all honesty, if you have all the gear you need and that much cash, theres no way youre going to even spend half of it, so why not blow it on a someone.

Sir Skullcrasher · Jan 14, 2009, 05:43 PM // 17:43

I'm going to save up on ectos and z-keys since both items won't lose that much values over time. Plus there is still a nice demand for both.

Currently selling my wintersday items to make some spare K's.