Curse

Zinger314 · Jun 17, 2006, 04:27 PM // 16:27

(NOTE: I am NOT giving away money. Do NOT fill up this this topic with "Can I have some? plz?" as it's not funny and it's borderline trolling.)

After selling the Totem Axe for ridicolous amount and getting on the enemy vs. enemy farming bandwagon, I now have quite the sum. I have 270k, which is probably more than atleast 90% of the users.

However, I have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to purchase.

The problem lies in the fact that there's nothing substantial (for primary casters) to buy inbetween 15k Armor and FoW Armor. A full set of 15k costs 75k (or 155k if you involve Luxon/Kurzick Armor) while a full set of FoW costs more than 1 million+ gold. That's quite a big gap.

In-between this gap, there are weapons with special skins that can be purchased. Perfect Celestial, Perfect Zodiac, Kanaxi's, and Urgoz's weapons are good examples. However, only Warriors, Rangers, and Assassins are overly dependant on weapons. So how do casters spend huge chunks of moola?

My main, as you see from the avatar, is a Necromancer. She sports 15k Canthan and has perfect Weapons for all 3 Necromancer Attributes (even that overpriced Ghial's Staff.)

My other main, a Ritualist, sports 15k Kurzick, dyed completely black, and also has a set of perfect weapons (fortunately, that's very easy, since Restoration and Channeling rely on Ashes.

)

Another one of my characters, my Monk, sports 15k Saintly, dyed black, and also has a set of perfect weapons.

My Elementalist (which sports 15k Pyromancer), my Warrior, and my Ranger have been put on hold indefinately since no one seems to want them in groups.

Now you see the problem. All my central chaarcters already have 15k Armors (with expensive dyes!) and perfect weapons. There's nothing for me to buy.

What exactly do casters do with large sums of money?

KamikazeChicken · Jun 17, 2006, 04:29 PM // 16:29

I hear you. I'm sitting on ~1.2 million pure gold, and that's after dropping at least 200k on making a character PvP ready. I've nothing to spend it on except making characters pvp ready, and even that only spends it to a certain extent!

fb2000 · Jun 17, 2006, 04:30 PM // 16:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

What exactly do casters do with large sums of money?

they make warriors and buy stuff for them. personally, my casters have seen like 100k max, the warrior in the mean time is surely approaching the 2mil mark.. ive talked with guildies, everyone seems to like buying stuff only for warrior

and who said you actually have to buy soemthing all the time? ..

Rent · Jun 17, 2006, 04:31 PM // 16:31

Sit on it, wait for something to catch your eye?

Zinger314 · Jun 17, 2006, 04:35 PM // 16:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rent

Sit on it, wait for something to catch your eye?

As I said, that won't happen. Casters can't find BETTER weapons. And I can't get BETTER armor.

Riplox · Jun 17, 2006, 04:40 PM // 16:40

Work on bettering other characters. If you have a character you've been neglecting, start using him/her. Level that char up and get stuff for it. I'm pretty sure that 270k would go pretty quickly with getting a new char up and running, and it expands your playing potential too.

Mr_T_bot · Jun 17, 2006, 04:46 PM // 16:46

Start buying pointless stuff and stop helping inflation.
Buy superior identification and salvage kits and give them to n00bs or something.

Rent · Jun 17, 2006, 04:51 PM // 16:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

As I said, that won't happen. Casters can't find BETTER weapons. And I can't get BETTER armor.

I'm not sure where I said weapons or armor, nor where I said to spend it soon.

Sit on it. Long-term. See if they introduce new armor/items/whatever to the game that you decide you want.

Bane of Worlds · Jun 17, 2006, 04:54 PM // 16:54

try to achieve one of those expensive goldsink titles lol

chessyang · Jun 17, 2006, 05:00 PM // 17:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

(NOTEWhat exactly do casters do with large sums of money?

well when amber was selling at 3.5k i made few 100k and now i can affort a nice crystline sword! and one of them shepis axes. Just stuff i aways wanted -)

But ya i still have 200k+ left and just don't know what to buy. i guess a few ectos when the prices go back down.

tomcruisejr · Jun 17, 2006, 05:06 PM // 17:06

buy yourself some show off items. such as mursaat hammer 15^50 8-9rq.

HawkofStorms · Jun 17, 2006, 05:08 PM // 17:08

Might I suggest buying several different armor sets for the characters you use often. Get Tormentor, Scar Pattern, MM, and Reverant Armor (don't forget the bloodstained boots). Wearing certain armor for certain situations/builds is viable.

Mister O · Jun 17, 2006, 05:13 PM // 17:13

skills...

quickmonty · Jun 17, 2006, 05:13 PM // 17:13

Gotta love the "I have more money than I know what to do with" types.

Buy some NPC's for your guild hall. Buy guildies' Droks armor when they get their first character there (doing the storyline, not running). Give gifts to guildies and friends. Sit on it until you have enough for FOW armor. Lay awake at night worrying about what to do with it. LOL

KamikazeChicken · Jun 17, 2006, 05:17 PM // 17:17

Well, once someone's UAS'd, has every NPC in the guild hall (not that I bought them), and has all the vanity desired (15>50 crystalline enough for ya?), there's just nothing to spend gold on that's not entirely boring.

I'd just be happy increasing max storage capacity, so my characters aren't full. >.>

Jestah · Jun 17, 2006, 06:09 PM // 18:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

I have 270k, which is probably more than atleast 90% of the users.

I seriously doubt that. All it takes is 1 lucky drop or a bit of farming. Even bad players can do things like ettins, there used to be endless whammos with 1.5k plate in bettletun talking about how many sup vigors they've found. That was easy enough but now with faction farming even weekend players can get 100k in the space of a few hours.

You can kit a character out with a perfect (stats wise) set for 20/30 or so plat. The only real economy in guilds wars is for rare skins and expensive armour materials. It's just a way of letting grinders have their rewards without punishing casual players.

If you don't have practical items to buy just blow it on frivolous stuff just for the hell of it.

Fate · Jun 17, 2006, 06:15 PM // 18:15

If you're looking for functional, I'd go with skills.
You never know when you're gonna hear about a new build and want to run it only to find you're missing a critical skill. I don't mean just for your primary, I mean start getting all the secondary skills too and the elites. Not only does this make it easier to run different builds but it also helps you on your way to the skill capper title. Also, you could buy lots and lots of keys and work on the chest opening title (which simultaniously works on the gold item identing title)

With a little spending like that you could have the "Kind of a Big deal" title real soon

drunkard title is a big cash sink too

Wildi · Jun 17, 2006, 06:23 PM // 18:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

As I said, that won't happen. Casters can't find BETTER weapons. And I can't get BETTER armor.

this is what I hate in GW, if I have millions of gold (I don't) then let me buy a unique 1 hand staff for one million gold with 6 energy instead of 5 (pve only)
this is just an example

LiQuId StEeL · Jun 17, 2006, 06:27 PM // 18:27

Spoil your casters rotten with vanity skin weapons, and multiple, multiple sets of 15k

Kurow · Jun 17, 2006, 06:31 PM // 18:31

put your money towards something good! Make a dye chart for some of thsoe armors youve got. (be sure not to do it in maguuma jungle, who can tell what the colors really look like in those pictures... >_>)