Where do you farm cash? - Guild Wars Forums

Shiing! · Feb 29, 2008, 11:38 AM // 11:38

May have already been posted, probably has.
Was just wanting to know which areas the people here at Guru find most profitable in terms of getting money.

DoA doesn't count.

I've been doing FFF alot lately which is 150g per minute, but surely there's more profitable areas?

Killed u man · Feb 29, 2008, 12:07 PM // 12:07

1. The richest people in GW did NOT farm their cash...
They Either:

-Glithced/Duped
-PowerTraded
-Got Omgzors lucky on (chest-)drops
-Ebay'ed it

2. There is a reason why people arn't spamming around where they farm their gold... Gues what:
Lot's of people farming = Overfarming.
Overfarming = Flood of "Items" specific to this area.
Flood of "Items" specific to this area = Massive Price Drop.
Massive Price Drop = No More Profit

Look at IDS-farming... My guildies was one of the first who knew about the spot, he sold over 20 IDS's for 50K+ each... Look at what is happening to DoA...

3. Don't expect an uber-farm... As much as some farms in the past were quite "retarded" easy and netted you alot of cash/hour, uptill now there hasn't been a single farm that made a person so rich he didn't have to farm anymore for the rest of his GW carreer... (With the exception of pre-AoE/Loot Scaling Ecto farming in UW)

You'll have to get lucky on drops, ebay it or try and powertrade, srry friend...
You're in the same boat as the other 95% of GW players are...

Shiing! · Feb 29, 2008, 12:18 PM // 12:18

Nah, don't want an uberfarm. And I know the richest cheated.
Just want to raise money for my Obsidian armour

I worked out that in 4000 FFF runs I'll have enough for 120 ectos toward my obsidian armour. Should I just carry on doing that you think?
Doing FFF, I can make one ecto per hour. It'll take me about a month if I do 3/4 runs a day.

Ghostcell · Feb 29, 2008, 12:23 PM // 12:23

stick with the fff.
do 25 runs a day, thats how many runs it takes to get 10k faction saved up.
just keep slowly saving the gold you get from it.
thats how i saved up a bunch of my gold... til i used it and now i'm back to my poor old self

Akroma Angel NL · Feb 29, 2008, 12:28 PM // 12:28

i run chest and 1 on the 100 chest i get normally an itme thats 50-100K+ worth
then its just sell the itme and get the money
but selling is hard todays...

Rosa Vixen · Feb 29, 2008, 12:56 PM // 12:56

i get lucky...
currently have elite luxon on my ele, and elite imperial on my rit...going for elite kurzick now

tsmarcot · Feb 29, 2008, 01:54 PM // 13:54

***This is NOT a Pro/Con comment about UB***

Well, I know you said DoA does not count, and if you actually complete the quests it is not "farming", but DoA is still the easiest and quickest way to get money and ecto. Granted you need to have EotN for Ursan Blessing and you should have a decent rank in both Norn (use the bonus weekend starting today) and Lightbringer.

The fact is that you can still sell an Armbrace of Truth for 100k+10e or more currently and that is only doing 3-4 full runs plus killing Mallyx.

Myself, I went from about 200k and 10 ecto to over 2,000k and 500e in just the last 2 months. It may not be the most popular build in the guru forums (or to many people who like the true skill builds) but it is undeniably easy to make money.

Just thought I'd throw that in there... Take it or leave it, and good luck in your quest for FoW Armor

liv4night · Feb 29, 2008, 01:55 PM // 13:55

I myself have never purchased any game money with real. My necro has Obsidian plus I had around 800 K give or take after buying. I just have took on alot of hydras and wardens with my 55 necro on HM. Very little has been from selling items, just farmed a little each day and saved it up.

Toutatis · Feb 29, 2008, 01:56 PM // 13:56

I don't farm. I run around doing quests and killing the monsters that ANet has graciously decided to put in the way between the quest giver and the quest reward. I get plenty of cash by only doing that - enough to give my Mesmer 11 sets of prestige gear (#12 is on the way too; only the issue of getting to the crafter remains).

Numa Pompilius · Feb 29, 2008, 02:06 PM // 14:06

Who cares about being richest?

When I need cash, last for the norn armor for my ranger, I send my 600 monk into CoF, or kill some raptor nestlings, or clear snakedance. Yes, it's grinding, yes, it's farming, yes, I pretty quickly made enough for the armor.

Luckily for me I find most of the "prestige" stuff fugly and don't bother getting it.

beanerman_99 · Feb 29, 2008, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Before the Cathan New Year event I had 70k on me. I spent it down to less than 10k during the event and with just simply playing and merching all drops I am back up to over 40k. This is just after only a few times of playing too. I don't get to play much anymore cause I have 5 month old son who takes up all my time. I think money in GW is much more easier to come by than most people think.

Shiing! · Feb 29, 2008, 03:29 PM // 15:29

Thanks for all your suggestions. I think I'll just stick to FFF actually with the occasional DoA thrown in there when I have time.

HayesA · Feb 29, 2008, 03:45 PM // 15:45

I get lucky on occasion, then I go splerg on new armour for my toons. Besides that, I just farm/Vanquish the usual areas.

Took up running, aswell, as a source of decent gold. LA -> Ascalon, or LA -> The Desert are pretty decent money makers.

RobTehUnknown · Feb 29, 2008, 03:51 PM // 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killed u man

1. The richest people in GW did NOT farm their cash...
They Either:

-Glithced/Duped
-PowerTraded
-Got Omgzors lucky on (chest-)drops
-Ebay'ed it

2. There is a reason why people arn't spamming around where they farm their gold... Gues what:
Lot's of people farming = Overfarming.
Overfarming = Flood of "Items" specific to this area.
Flood of "Items" specific to this area = Massive Price Drop.
Massive Price Drop = No More Profit

Look at IDS-farming... My guildies was one of the first who knew about the spot, he sold over 20 IDS's for 50K+ each... Look at what is happening to DoA...

3. Don't expect an uber-farm... As much as some farms in the past were quite "retarded" easy and netted you alot of cash/hour, uptill now there hasn't been a single farm that made a person so rich he didn't have to farm anymore for the rest of his GW carreer... (With the exception of pre-AoE/Loot Scaling Ecto farming in UW)

You'll have to get lucky on drops, ebay it or try and powertrade, srry friend...
You're in the same boat as the other 95% of GW players are...

I find this post unethical because I have around 12mil to my name, I didnt ebay, doa or overfarm,glitch OR dupe, got rare chest drop, or ebayed. I made money by simply farming UW occassionally and HFF. So please dont generalize the whole GW community

Shiing! · Feb 29, 2008, 04:05 PM // 16:05

12 Million. So that's what. How many stacks of ectos? :/

pkodyssey · Feb 29, 2008, 04:45 PM // 16:45

[sarcasm]

China

[/sarcasm]

I am sitting on a sizable stack of gold and I didn't ebay, scam, dupe, etc.

I believe that there was a post about a month ago stating that over 80% of the players in the game have less than 20K.

I couldn't imagine blowing all the gold I EARNED.

HawkofStorms · Feb 29, 2008, 05:41 PM // 17:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobTehUnknown

I find this post unethical because I have around 12mil to my name, I didnt ebay, doa or overfarm,glitch OR dupe, got rare chest drop, or ebayed. I made money by simply farming UW occassionally and HFF. So please dont generalize the whole GW community

That's why he said power trading in there, which is a legit tactic. To all you whining about "Killed You Man's" post, read it again. He didn't say everybody cheats. He just listed the most common reasons people have 5 million+ gold in the game.

His post is not really unethical at all. It is the truth. The richest GW players either power traded (buying low, selling high) or cheat. Very few farmed it like you guys.

AJD · Feb 29, 2008, 05:55 PM // 17:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shiing!

Nah, don't want an uberfarm. And I know the richest cheated.
Just want to raise money for my Obsidian armour

I worked out that in 4000 FFF runs I'll have enough for 120 ectos toward my obsidian armour. Should I just carry on doing that you think?
Doing FFF, I can make one ecto per hour. It'll take me about a month if I do 3/4 runs a day.

What you need to do is do some UW solo to supplement that.

Shiing! · Feb 29, 2008, 06:35 PM // 18:35

Yeah maybe. I have a Necro and my brother just made a 55 so we'd have to try it I think. Hmm.

Commander Ryker · Feb 29, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shiing!

Nah, don't want an uberfarm. And I know the richest cheated.

No you don't know that because it's not true.

Next time search instead of asking the same questions that dozens before you have asked.

~closed~

Feb 29, 2008, 11:38 AM // 11:38	#1
Shiing! Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: The Mentalists [THPK] Profession: A/	Where do you farm cash? May have already been posted, probably has. Was just wanting to know which areas the people here at Guru find most profitable in terms of getting money. DoA doesn't count. I've been doing FFF alot lately which is 150g per minute, but surely there's more profitable areas?

Feb 29, 2008, 12:07 PM // 12:07	#2
Killed u man Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2006	1. The richest people in GW did NOT farm their cash... They Either: -Glithced/Duped -PowerTraded -Got Omgzors lucky on (chest-)drops -Ebay'ed it 2. There is a reason why people arn't spamming around where they farm their gold... Gues what: Lot's of people farming = Overfarming. Overfarming = Flood of "Items" specific to this area. Flood of "Items" specific to this area = Massive Price Drop. Massive Price Drop = No More Profit Look at IDS-farming... My guildies was one of the first who knew about the spot, he sold over 20 IDS's for 50K+ each... Look at what is happening to DoA... 3. Don't expect an uber-farm... As much as some farms in the past were quite "retarded" easy and netted you alot of cash/hour, uptill now there hasn't been a single farm that made a person so rich he didn't have to farm anymore for the rest of his GW carreer... (With the exception of pre-AoE/Loot Scaling Ecto farming in UW) You'll have to get lucky on drops, ebay it or try and powertrade, srry friend... You're in the same boat as the other 95% of GW players are...

Feb 29, 2008, 12:18 PM // 12:18	#3
Shiing! Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: The Mentalists [THPK] Profession: A/	Nah, don't want an uberfarm. And I know the richest cheated. Just want to raise money for my Obsidian armour I worked out that in 4000 FFF runs I'll have enough for 120 ectos toward my obsidian armour. Should I just carry on doing that you think? Doing FFF, I can make one ecto per hour. It'll take me about a month if I do 3/4 runs a day.

Feb 29, 2008, 12:23 PM // 12:23	#4
Ghostcell Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: =VX9= Profession: N/Mo	stick with the fff. do 25 runs a day, thats how many runs it takes to get 10k faction saved up. just keep slowly saving the gold you get from it. thats how i saved up a bunch of my gold... til i used it and now i'm back to my poor old self

Feb 29, 2008, 12:28 PM // 12:28	#5
Akroma Angel NL Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2007 Guild: [LLL] Profession: W/	i run chest and 1 on the 100 chest i get normally an itme thats 50-100K+ worth then its just sell the itme and get the money but selling is hard todays...

Feb 29, 2008, 12:56 PM // 12:56	#6
Rosa Vixen Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canada Profession: Rt/	i get lucky... currently have elite luxon on my ele, and elite imperial on my rit...going for elite kurzick now

Feb 29, 2008, 01:54 PM // 13:54	#7
tsmarcot Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Guild: Clan Dethryche (dth) Profession: Mo/	*This is NOT a Pro/Con comment about UB* Well, I know you said DoA does not count, and if you actually complete the quests it is not "farming", but DoA is still the easiest and quickest way to get money and ecto. Granted you need to have EotN for Ursan Blessing and you should have a decent rank in both Norn (use the bonus weekend starting today) and Lightbringer. The fact is that you can still sell an Armbrace of Truth for 100k+10e or more currently and that is only doing 3-4 full runs plus killing Mallyx. Myself, I went from about 200k and 10 ecto to over 2,000k and 500e in just the last 2 months. It may not be the most popular build in the guru forums (or to many people who like the true skill builds) but it is undeniably easy to make money. Just thought I'd throw that in there... Take it or leave it, and good luck in your quest for FoW Armor

Feb 29, 2008, 01:55 PM // 13:55	#8
liv4night Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Aug 2007 Guild: Clan Aod Profession: Me/N	I myself have never purchased any game money with real. My necro has Obsidian plus I had around 800 K give or take after buying. I just have took on alot of hydras and wardens with my 55 necro on HM. Very little has been from selling items, just farmed a little each day and saved it up.

Feb 29, 2008, 01:56 PM // 13:56	#9
Toutatis Walking Wiki Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Isle of Medication Guild: Visitors from Aranna [VFA] Profession: Me/E	I don't farm. I run around doing quests and killing the monsters that ANet has graciously decided to put in the way between the quest giver and the quest reward. I get plenty of cash by only doing that - enough to give my Mesmer 11 sets of prestige gear (#12 is on the way too; only the issue of getting to the crafter remains).

Feb 29, 2008, 02:06 PM // 14:06	#10
Numa Pompilius Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: At an Insit.. Intis... a house. Guild: Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF] Profession: W/Me	Who cares about being richest? When I need cash, last for the norn armor for my ranger, I send my 600 monk into CoF, or kill some raptor nestlings, or clear snakedance. Yes, it's grinding, yes, it's farming, yes, I pretty quickly made enough for the armor. Luckily for me I find most of the "prestige" stuff fugly and don't bother getting it.

Feb 29, 2008, 03:00 PM // 15:00	#11
beanerman_99 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: In the clouds Guild: [Sage] Profession: E/	Before the Cathan New Year event I had 70k on me. I spent it down to less than 10k during the event and with just simply playing and merching all drops I am back up to over 40k. This is just after only a few times of playing too. I don't get to play much anymore cause I have 5 month old son who takes up all my time. I think money in GW is much more easier to come by than most people think.

Feb 29, 2008, 03:29 PM // 15:29	#12
Shiing! Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: The Mentalists [THPK] Profession: A/	Thanks for all your suggestions. I think I'll just stick to FFF actually with the occasional DoA thrown in there when I have time.

Feb 29, 2008, 03:45 PM // 15:45	#13
HayesA Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Profession: E/	I get lucky on occasion, then I go splerg on new armour for my toons. Besides that, I just farm/Vanquish the usual areas. Took up running, aswell, as a source of decent gold. LA -> Ascalon, or LA -> The Desert are pretty decent money makers.

Feb 29, 2008, 04:05 PM // 16:05	#15
Shiing! Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: The Mentalists [THPK] Profession: A/	12 Million. So that's what. How many stacks of ectos? :/

Feb 29, 2008, 04:45 PM // 16:45	#16
pkodyssey Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a cardboard box with Internet Guild: The Order of the Frozen Tundra (TofT) Profession: N/	[sarcasm] China [/sarcasm] I am sitting on a sizable stack of gold and I didn't ebay, scam, dupe, etc. I believe that there was a post about a month ago stating that over 80% of the players in the game have less than 20K. I couldn't imagine blowing all the gold I EARNED.

Feb 29, 2008, 06:35 PM // 18:35	#19
Shiing! Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: The Mentalists [THPK] Profession: A/	Yeah maybe. I have a Necro and my brother just made a 55 so we'd have to try it I think. Hmm.