Elite Armour....... - Guild Wars Forums

MarkusParkus · Mar 24, 2009, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Hi

Im Looking To Buy Some Elite Armour For My Female Wa / Mo.....
My Question Is... How Do You Afford It !??
Ive Been Playin Around 4 Months And The Most Money Ive Ever Had Is 15k!
I Think I Need Around 70k All In For Armour + Matierals...

Btw Ive Tryed Doin Uw Runs And I Sorted A Build To GEt Through Crasping Darkness's But Keep Dying At Smite Crawlers! So THink Uw Farmings Outta The Question...
Oh And I Only Have Prophicies,
Any Ideas?
Thanks, Markus.

Tom Swift · Mar 24, 2009, 04:15 PM // 16:15

Not sure if you can do it with prophecy only skills but farming the elementals outside of sardalac sanitarium in hard mode was how I managed to get my first elite armor. They drop quite a bit of granite (which tends to sell well) as well as the occasional ruby or sapph, and gold weapons. you can make about 10k an hour.

It does have to be in hard mode, however, so if you have not finished the campaign then finishing the story line should be your first objective.

Edit: here you go, found this on pvxwiki: http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:W/an...emental_Farmer You can replace enraging charge with sprint and all the skills are available in prophecies.

glacialphoenix · Mar 24, 2009, 04:16 PM // 16:16

You can save up the materials - salvage them instead of selling them. You might want to check up on materials crafters and see if it's more worth it to craft than to buy rare mats straight from the trader.

For the record, I didn't get my first elite set until about 6/7 months in, and that was after a friend gave me some amber.

MarkusParkus · Mar 24, 2009, 04:26 PM // 16:26

Thanks For Tha Quick Replys

Think I'll Give The Ele Farming A Go Soon,
Are The Z-chest Drops Worth Buying A Few Z-keys And Hoping For A Everlasting Tonic Or Somethin Else Valuable?
Thanks

Covah · Mar 24, 2009, 04:26 PM // 16:26

1. Don't type like that

2. If you don't get the other games the best thing you can do is go to pvxwiki.com and look for proph only farming builds.

3. Continue playing the game and don't buy items after you have max weapons. It adds up.

Shursh · Mar 24, 2009, 05:22 PM // 17:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Covah

1. Don't type like that

2. If you don't get the other games the best thing you can do is go to pvxwiki.com and look for proph only farming builds.

3. Continue playing the game and don't buy items after you have max weapons. It adds up.

4. Don't buy zkeys - the chance of getting your money back from everlastings etc. is slim to none.

Tom Swift · Mar 24, 2009, 06:40 PM // 18:40

You don't make any money buying z-keys. You get mostly creme brule's, fire waters and worthless high req golds. I'm level 4 zaishen and have only gotten 3 or 4 elite tomes and 2 golds that were even worth thinking of selling.

The money is in selling them. Register your account with Tolkano then go to guildwars.com and make your predictions. 1st update of next month collect your points and get zkeys and sell them. Free cash.

Eragon Zarroc · Mar 24, 2009, 08:23 PM // 20:23

make predictions and sell z-keys every month. make about 100k if the prices don't take another drastic dip, lmao

jonnieboi05 · Mar 24, 2009, 11:11 PM // 23:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Swift

You don't make any money buying z-keys. You get mostly creme brule's, fire waters and worthless high req golds. I'm level 4 zaishen and have only gotten 3 or 4 elite tomes and 2 golds that were even worth thinking of selling.

The money is in selling them. Register your account with Tolkano then go to guildwars.com and make your predictions. 1st update of next month collect your points and get zkeys and sell them. Free cash.

hey, i'm r7 zaishen (1550 keys used) and i havn't gotten a single valuable item WHATSOEVER from the chest... imagine how i felt when i used 990 keys at one shot to spike from r4 to r7 just to see stacks of creme brule/firewater. /cry T_T Q,Q ;'( ect ect

A11Eur0 · Mar 24, 2009, 11:27 PM // 23:27

you can make money if you buy the keys then resell them for more, but that's not likely to happen any time soon.

Farm/predict for the keys and sell them, then farm what you can with what you have.

MarkusParkus · Mar 25, 2009, 12:33 AM // 00:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05

hey, i'm r7 zaishen (1550 keys used) and i havn't gotten a single valuable item WHATSOEVER from the chest... imagine how i felt when i used 990 keys at one shot to spike from r4 to r7 just to see stacks of creme brule/firewater. /cry T_T Q,Q ;'( ect ect

Lmao! Noted....'Do Not Buy Z-keys In Hope Of Getting Sometihng Rare'.....
Thanks For All Tha Quick Replys Guys,
Going To Go Register With Ol' Tolkana Now.
Thanks, Markus.

Vesio · Mar 26, 2009, 04:47 AM // 04:47

someone said it earlier but i'd like to restate it.

once you have max armor and max weapon don't buy anything else besides what you need for the armor. Even then you're better of salvaging things for materials and saving the money. Also pick up EVERYTHING and sell it to the merchant. The gold adds up rather nicely after a little bit and you'll be there in no time.

A11Eur0 · Mar 26, 2009, 05:04 AM // 05:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vesio

someone said it earlier but i'd like to restate it.

once you have max armor and max weapon don't buy anything else besides what you need for the armor. Even then you're better of salvaging things for materials and saving the money. Also pick up EVERYTHING and sell it to the merchant. The gold adds up rather nicely after a little bit and you'll be there in no time.

That's exactly how I saved for my first elite set.

After that, making money just started to come easy. Made a monk for 55'ing, killed a bunch of undead, started getting into the other stuff. Good times.

You'll notice when you start to make money, it doesn't stop no matter how you play...normal play through higher level areas just seems to shovel cash into your vault.

Rhamia Darigaz · Mar 26, 2009, 05:13 AM // 05:13

1. do the XTH predictions this month (the mat is this weekend)
2. wait until a week or two into april when anet gives out the reward points
3. ???
4. PROFIT!

Tom Swift · Mar 26, 2009, 01:55 PM // 13:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhamia Darigaz

1. do the XTH predictions this month (the mat is this weekend)
2. wait until a week or two into april when anet gives out the reward points
3. ???
4. PROFIT!

3 a: Make sure your account is registered with Tolkano in the great temple of Balt

3b: Pick up your reward points from Kun Shao in LA, Kamadan, KC or great temple

3c: Turn the points in to Tolkano at 5 points/key

3d: spam wts zkeys 4.5k ea at the great temple.

3e: after a couple of hours finally settle for 4k ea unless the tonic for this month is really cool.

imnotyourmother · Mar 26, 2009, 02:19 PM // 14:19

Now I have a Totally different take on all of this than everyone else.

Make yourself a "Monk/ELE" that you will have STAY in PRE-SEARING. Level that guy up to lvl 10 atleast. This will take you two days. Just look on www.presearing.com for the guide to the Legendary Defender of Ascalon.

From lvl 10 (just do the charr at the gate quest over and over to get to lvl 10)
Get the skills, Healing Breeze, Shielding hands and Firestorm. Set your secondary to Ele when you get firestorm.

Then FARM pre-searing on Special Weekends.

The lucky weekend just passed and I made over 150K in 3 days. i did not eve get to farm on sunday. I took 100K of it and traded it for 200K in post AND I bought a mini Gwen that I still have in pre.

Also if you are looking in the future, you can buy charr carvings in pre for 10-15 gold each and run them to post. During the Halloween and Wintersday Festivals you can trade 3 carvings for 1 ale and sell that for 100 gold. This will also double your gold.

Or you can be a gate monkey and do about 50 runs an hour and get 2.5K an hour or 5K post gold.

thelessa · Mar 26, 2009, 04:53 PM // 16:53

I remember getting elite armor for my ranger and necro once I completed Prophicies, way back when it was the only game out at the time.

So getting elite armor is doable, I just remember saving/salvaging/selling all that I could and crafting materials that were cheaper to craft.

All this was done without serious farming, back then I didn't even know what farming was

Mar 24, 2009, 04:03 PM // 16:03	#1
MarkusParkus Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Plymouth, Uk Guild: [TPoN] Profession: A/P	Elite Armour....... Hi Im Looking To Buy Some Elite Armour For My Female Wa / Mo..... My Question Is... How Do You Afford It !?? Ive Been Playin Around 4 Months And The Most Money Ive Ever Had Is 15k! I Think I Need Around 70k All In For Armour + Matierals... Btw Ive Tryed Doin Uw Runs And I Sorted A Build To GEt Through Crasping Darkness's But Keep Dying At Smite Crawlers! So THink Uw Farmings Outta The Question... Oh And I Only Have Prophicies, Any Ideas? Thanks, Markus.

Mar 24, 2009, 04:15 PM // 16:15	#2
Tom Swift Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2007	Not sure if you can do it with prophecy only skills but farming the elementals outside of sardalac sanitarium in hard mode was how I managed to get my first elite armor. They drop quite a bit of granite (which tends to sell well) as well as the occasional ruby or sapph, and gold weapons. you can make about 10k an hour. It does have to be in hard mode, however, so if you have not finished the campaign then finishing the story line should be your first objective. Edit: here you go, found this on pvxwiki: http://pvx.wikia.com/wiki/Build:W/an...emental_Farmer You can replace enraging charge with sprint and all the skills are available in prophecies. Last edited by Tom Swift; Mar 24, 2009 at 04:19 PM // 16:19..

Mar 24, 2009, 06:40 PM // 18:40	#7
Tom Swift Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2007	You don't make any money buying z-keys. You get mostly creme brule's, fire waters and worthless high req golds. I'm level 4 zaishen and have only gotten 3 or 4 elite tomes and 2 golds that were even worth thinking of selling. The money is in selling them. Register your account with Tolkano then go to guildwars.com and make your predictions. 1st update of next month collect your points and get zkeys and sell them. Free cash. Last edited by Tom Swift; Mar 24, 2009 at 06:42 PM // 18:42..

Mar 24, 2009, 04:16 PM // 16:16	#3
glacialphoenix Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Singapore Guild: Royal Order of Flying Lemmings [ROFL] Profession: Mo/	You can save up the materials - salvage them instead of selling them. You might want to check up on materials crafters and see if it's more worth it to craft than to buy rare mats straight from the trader. For the record, I didn't get my first elite set until about 6/7 months in, and that was after a friend gave me some amber.

Mar 24, 2009, 04:26 PM // 16:26	#4
MarkusParkus Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Plymouth, Uk Guild: [TPoN] Profession: A/P	Thanks For Tha Quick Replys Think I'll Give The Ele Farming A Go Soon, Are The Z-chest Drops Worth Buying A Few Z-keys And Hoping For A Everlasting Tonic Or Somethin Else Valuable? Thanks

Mar 24, 2009, 04:26 PM // 16:26	#5
Covah Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Guild: Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ] Profession: Me/Rt	1. Don't type like that 2. If you don't get the other games the best thing you can do is go to pvxwiki.com and look for proph only farming builds. 3. Continue playing the game and don't buy items after you have max weapons. It adds up.

Mar 24, 2009, 08:23 PM // 20:23	#8
Eragon Zarroc Atra estern?? ono thelduin Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Madness Incarnate Guild: [Duo] Profession: W/P	make predictions and sell z-keys every month. make about 100k if the prices don't take another drastic dip, lmao

Mar 24, 2009, 11:27 PM // 23:27	#10
A11Eur0 Furnace Stoker Join Date: Apr 2005 Profession: W/	you can make money if you buy the keys then resell them for more, but that's not likely to happen any time soon. Farm/predict for the keys and sell them, then farm what you can with what you have.

Mar 26, 2009, 04:47 AM // 04:47	#12
Vesio Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2008 Guild: Praetoria Legionarius Profession: Mo/	someone said it earlier but i'd like to restate it. once you have max armor and max weapon don't buy anything else besides what you need for the armor. Even then you're better of salvaging things for materials and saving the money. Also pick up EVERYTHING and sell it to the merchant. The gold adds up rather nicely after a little bit and you'll be there in no time.

Mar 26, 2009, 05:13 AM // 05:13	#14
Rhamia Darigaz Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2008	1. do the XTH predictions this month (the mat is this weekend) 2. wait until a week or two into april when anet gives out the reward points 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!

Mar 26, 2009, 02:19 PM // 14:19	#16
imnotyourmother Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: in a house Guild: The Knitters Guild Profession: W/R	Now I have a Totally different take on all of this than everyone else. Make yourself a "Monk/ELE" that you will have STAY in PRE-SEARING. Level that guy up to lvl 10 atleast. This will take you two days. Just look on www.presearing.com for the guide to the Legendary Defender of Ascalon. From lvl 10 (just do the charr at the gate quest over and over to get to lvl 10) Get the skills, Healing Breeze, Shielding hands and Firestorm. Set your secondary to Ele when you get firestorm. Then FARM pre-searing on Special Weekends. The lucky weekend just passed and I made over 150K in 3 days. i did not eve get to farm on sunday. I took 100K of it and traded it for 200K in post AND I bought a mini Gwen that I still have in pre. Also if you are looking in the future, you can buy charr carvings in pre for 10-15 gold each and run them to post. During the Halloween and Wintersday Festivals you can trade 3 carvings for 1 ale and sell that for 100 gold. This will also double your gold. Or you can be a gate monkey and do about 50 runs an hour and get 2.5K an hour or 5K post gold.

Mar 26, 2009, 04:53 PM // 16:53	#17
thelessa Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Texas Guild: Purple Puzycats Profession: R/Mo	I remember getting elite armor for my ranger and necro once I completed Prophicies, way back when it was the only game out at the time. So getting elite armor is doable, I just remember saving/salvaging/selling all that I could and crafting materials that were cheaper to craft. All this was done without serious farming, back then I didn't even know what farming was