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Temidien · Apr 29, 2009, 04:00 PM // 16:00

I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere but I can't find it:

Is there a way to farm Birthday Cupcakes in Pre-Sear and transfer to Post for easy profit? Is this even worth any potential aggravation?

I'm back from a 3-year hiatus of GW and I have a lot to catch up on...

JCSwofford · Apr 29, 2009, 04:51 PM // 16:51

They're just as easily farmed in post so I can't imagine that it would be worth your trouble to find large groups in pre to farm them from.

Temidien · Apr 29, 2009, 05:03 PM // 17:03

Sounds good, thanks

Eragon Zarroc · Apr 29, 2009, 05:53 PM // 17:53

just find an area with a large amount of mobs and hack and slash through them over and over again. ur not gonna find any mass killing like bugeor or raptor farming, but hey, it's pre ;-)

imnotyourmother · Apr 30, 2009, 06:35 PM // 18:35

There is only one advantage of farming items in pre and that is to sell them in pre for gold and then convert that gold to post gold at 2/1.

I did this the other week. I had 100K in gold in presearing and I traded that for 200K in post. It took two trades. I have 2 computers running at the same time so it was smooth as silk. They gave me 100K in post FIRST and then I gave them 50K in pre. There is trust involved but there is also reputation!!!

We did this twice and I made out like a bandit.

The cupcakes (and all such items) are well worth selling in pre and converting to post.

I farmed almost 300 Cup cakes with a value of 45K (150 gold each) converted to post is 90K in one weekend is nothing to sneeze at.

Also there is now a new NPC and his Buddy outside of Fort Ranik. Check that out for more gold

Temidien · May 01, 2009, 03:06 PM // 15:06

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Originally Posted by imnotyourmother

Also there is now a new NPC and his Buddy outside of Fort Ranik. Check that out for more gold

Can you explain please?

BrettM · May 01, 2009, 03:52 PM // 15:52

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Originally Posted by imnotyourmother

There is only one advantage of farming items in pre and that is to sell them in pre for gold and then convert that gold to post gold at 2/1.

I did this the other week. I had 100K in gold in presearing and I traded that for 200K in post. It took two trades. I have 2 computers running at the same time so it was smooth as silk. They gave me 100K in post FIRST and then I gave them 50K in pre. There is trust involved but there is also reputation!!!

This makes absolutely no sense to me. If nothing else, why use such risky procedures? Instead of two trades, make four trades. They give you 50k, you give them 25k. No trust involved, except the trust that you are telling the truth when you say you got it in pre.

But, the main question is how anyone figures "pre gold" is somehow worth more than "post gold". Is this some kind of lame joke? What can anyone do with 100k of "pre gold" that they can't do with the same amount of gold earned in post? Trader NPCs won't give you twice as much stuff for it. It doesn't look any different. It doesn't have any kind of descriptive difference that tells you that it was earned in pre. Anyone who makes such a trade with you is simply ripping themselves off, as near as I can tell.

@Temidien: He's referring to Nicholas Sandford and his companion Professor Yakkington, who were added to the Pre-Searing world on April 9.

Snograt · May 01, 2009, 04:05 PM // 16:05

BrettM, it has long been acknowledged that Pre-Searing has a separate economy to post. It matters little to most people, but it matters a lot to the sizeable group of people that have permanent Pre characters. It doesn't apply to merchants (obviously), but then again, Pre-Searing merchants don't sell anything that a perma-Pre needs.

Temidien · May 01, 2009, 04:36 PM // 16:36

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Originally Posted by BrettM

@Temidien: He's referring to Nicholas Sandford and his companion Professor Yakkington, who were added to the Pre-Searing world on April 9.

Thanks for this!

BrettM · May 01, 2009, 06:42 PM // 18:42

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Originally Posted by Snograt

BrettM, it has long been acknowledged that Pre-Searing has a separate economy to post.

Looks like I failed the reading-comprehension test this time. I failed to notice that he was receiving the 100k gold in post, but giving the 50k in pre. My bad. I see where the trust would come in, then.