Curse

reddswitch · Jun 12, 2007, 08:20 AM // 08:20

Re: Vanquishing

When people say they're making all that money it must be from selling good drops to other players. I don't see how you can make huge amounts of money any other way. Vanquished money reward is tiny. Money drops split between party. Selling the crap golds from chests to merchants is a net loss. Gold drops are rare for me in any mode. The most I've seen a gold item go for is <500.

So, 5 chests costs 7500 for lockpicks, lockpicks basically break for me. 5 crap golds about valued 2500, that's generous. Pretend 2 golds drop, valued 1000, generous again. Vanquishing gives you about 1000-1500? After all that, there's a loss of 2500. Even if all the whites and purples are sold it might not even add up to 2500 to break even. Money divided up isn't even worth mentioning.

I really don't see how people claim to make so much vanquishing. If you're selling items to other players then I'd like to ask them how they make their money cause vanquishing isn't it. Farming is still the main source of it.

cataphract · Jun 12, 2007, 08:25 AM // 08:25

Vanqushing for me gives me enough money to cover the lockpicks. Add a lucky drop from a monster or a chest and I'm in the plus. Yesterday I got a +30 sword pommel. Day before that +30 axe grip. And there a two +5 (20% enchants, +30 health), req9 War Axes sitting in my inventory. Last week I had 5 elite tomes drop from 6 chests. If that's not a profit - I don't see what is.

Corinthian · Jun 12, 2007, 09:20 AM // 09:20

Bonus items which you can create with /bonus and a few plats for major runes for 12 chars and their heroes = problem solved. No need for farming.

FalconDance · Jun 12, 2007, 02:37 PM // 14:37

You know, I never noticed when the "nerf" went into effect. 'Course, that could be because I don't farm....

The free chests in Elona: I have one character who can get to all of them and several others who can get to about half. It's fun to see what pops out of those - and it equips heroes quite well. The gold, several plat in a romp, goes back into the 'bank' (only about 196K in there these days - just bought a bit of armor). Any drops along the way are sold to the merchant and then keys are bought (if I remember) for the trip to the next buried treasure.

Otherwise, the closest thing I'm doing to farming would be salvaging crafting materials as I map clear to have enough for the vellum needed for the new Labrithine monk tats. And since I'm also working towards the cartographer's title(s), is that really considered farming?

Eleven characters (some in elite armors, others in the armor *I* like regardless of what others think is "best"), all three games, rarely (as in maybe a half dozen times in two years) sell weapons to others (usually just give away) and no problem whatsoever in having considerably more than enough gold, weapons, etc.

What am I doing wrong that I don't have to farm to succeed?!?

~Falcon

Marth Reynolds · Jun 12, 2007, 07:39 PM // 19:39

I was doing the deep wall hm team build to get some decent drops and sell em.. Will most likely get nerfed by the update gaile posted.. GG you actually nerfed my income -_-