Toutatis · Oct 28, 2007, 06:42 PM // 18:42

The easiest way to manage your money is by budgeting yourself. Many players get rich quick by applying some basic accounting skills to their personal economies.

1) Separate your equipment wishlist into two columns - what you want, and what you need. For example, a max weapon is an example of a need, but a Leet N00b-Slaying Sword of Uberness is an example of a want.

2) Go down the column of needs, and use the wiki to work out if you could get any of those needs from a collector. Making use of collectors can save an awful lot of money that you can put towards your wants column later.

3) Prioritise your list of wants. Would you rather have some flashier armor, a flashier weapon, or some new skills first? Decide on which of your wants is the greatest, and only go for one want at a time. It's much easier to start budgeting for things if you only have one goal in mind at a time.

4) Work out what your sources of income are and where you can cut corners. Completing quests is one option - you can get a good deal of money this way, and for quests in Factions and Nightfall you can also get commendations from quests that you can trade at quartermasters for adventuring supplies. Needless to say, take advantage of these commendations - you can save an awful lot of money in this way (in the order of several hundred platinum over the course of time) when it comes to ID and salvage kits; the things that you're always going to need to deal with drops, and transmute general drops into more valuable things.

5) If you want to save for some prestige armor or get a weapon crafted, the issue of gathering materials comes up. The general rule of materials is to not buy them unless you absolutely have to. A great deal of different materials drop from monsters, and as you kill these monsters to get the material drops you're looking for you're going to get a lot of other drops as well - raw cash and other miscellaneous items. There are only a few materials that have never been observed to drop from monsters, and these are the ones you need to get in an alternative way (iron, steel, elonian leather, damask etc). For iron or steel, salvage weapon drops. If it looks like it has metal in it, odds are you'll be able to salvage some metal out of it. For other rare materials that never drop like elonian leather, vellum or damask, pay a visit to an artisan before you visit a rare material trader and compare costs. It's possible to save a good deal of money by using one over the other, depending on current prices.

Dante the Warlord · Oct 28, 2007, 07:01 PM // 19:01

Tips if you accumulate a moderate amount of money and want some nice skinned weapons:

Remember NEVER to EVER buy req 7, 8, or 9 weapons, at least for now. If you want a rare skin go for the high reqs, they do the same everything regarding you meet the requirement and cost a lot cheaper. Also don't buy perfect mods for now, -1 health or -1% percentage is absolutely NOTHING. its a minuscule amount. Only buy max stuff that either not very wanted (vampiric and +armor are the best examples) or sold by some noob who doesn't know pricing. Visit the Giveaway section for some nice high req imperfect stuff, free golds, no cost to you, only problem is you will have to be patient.

Fril Estelin · Oct 28, 2007, 07:29 PM // 19:29

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Originally Posted by Chronos the Defiler

He probably read in the FIRST post :/

My bad!

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Exhonour · Oct 28, 2007, 08:53 PM // 20:53

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Originally Posted by Chronos the Defiler

He probably read in the FIRST post :/

isnt VwK factions? you can make an easy warrior solo farming build with it.

O? and can u help?

Pick Me · Oct 29, 2007, 01:37 PM // 13:37

I can say that the OP has been very frugle with money regarding skills, since skills still cost 800 gp each for him.

As other people have said, spend only on what is necessary.

Since you don't farm, sell runes you don't use to the rune trader.

I sold my Rune of Minor Vigor to the merchant for 1.8k. So I'm guessing people keep buying them from the traders. Economics plays a part in GW as it does in real life. Supply and demand, accumulate as many materials as possible (sell when you have 250 of 1 material) to the materials guy. Do not sell to the merchant, as the Materials guy may buy from you for more (but only buys 10 at a time).

After buying every single skill I can from Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall (except for the Dervish), and some skills from GWEN, as well as having some 15k armors from some of my characters, I'm still at 150k. It is doable to maintain money, just make sure you sell the right things to the right people at the right times.

Mouse at Large · Oct 29, 2007, 03:26 PM // 15:26

Money is only really an issue if you feel you absolutely have to have an armour set/item with a particular skin. You can get prefectly functional armour and weapons that do exactly the same damage/defence from collectors or lower lvl armour crafters. Even better is the tip about actually using higher req weapons you find.

My 2 year old ele runs around in a mix of Droks and some other 1.5k pieces and uses a modded crafter fire staff

eloc_jcg · Oct 29, 2007, 03:29 PM // 15:29

Sell EVERYTHING you're not using to a Merchant (excluding ID Kits & Superior Salvage kits).

Quaker · Oct 29, 2007, 03:46 PM // 15:46

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Originally Posted by Exhonour

I dont understand how to make money in this game -.- Honestly, the only money i get is from selling sum mob items to npcs, thats it. I cant farm cuz only got faction skills, warrior. I purchased full luxon set, bought new weapon which got me down to 10k. I dont even know if i wanna use the weapon cuz it has fire dmg and best thing to do is to switch to ele as secondary.

In the later areas of the game, gold is much easier to come by. Just playing the game the way you are, will continue to net you gold. It's a good idea to try to get some idea of what some items are actually worth - especially if you've been selling gold items to the merchant. Some items are worth a lot more to other players.

Unless that new weapon is a Fiery Dragon Sword or Fiery Gladius (or some other special case), you can change the fire damage part but using a different upgrade - for a Sword, it would be the Hilt.

At any rate, different damage types work differently in various situations. Although some types might be considered "best", the differences are small.
You don't need to change your secondary to use the Fiery weapon.

bpphantom · Oct 29, 2007, 06:18 PM // 18:18

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Originally Posted by Fril Estelin

By the way, a great way to get cheap and easy money (thanks for the gift Anet!) are the treasures (but only once a month):
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Do_Not_Touch

(and, from my experience, it even seems that a lot of the golds you get unlock runes that you don't have)

Absolutely true. I currently have a set of 6 that I can get to. I want to get to another before the next month so I can do it again.

Granted, that means heading to Nightfall, which means getting nightfall.

De Wilde · Oct 29, 2007, 06:44 PM // 18:44

Here's another thought.

AB and turn your faction into jadeite and sell it.

If you don't have a level 20 toon atm, make one in pvp and go from there. It can become tedious but it really starts to add up if you want to make cash.

As well as doing all the quests - those are also helpful as many have said. You can level up and get cash at the same time (yay)

Snow Bunny · Oct 29, 2007, 06:49 PM // 18:49

Kurzick Fast Faction farming. Steady, dependable.

Stoneys Rock · Oct 29, 2007, 07:14 PM // 19:14

Here's a random tip if you can expert salvage gold runes without breaking the armor and not worth much you can still ID the rune again I find it usually goes 150+ not much but every little helps as well as the armor itself which can be anything from a 100-300 gold. It's not much but every little helps when your strapped for cash right?

Dante the Warlord · Oct 29, 2007, 11:32 PM // 23:32

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Originally Posted by Stoneys Rock

Here's a random tip if you can expert salvage gold runes without breaking the armor and not worth much you can still ID the rune again I find it usually goes 150+ not much but every little helps as well as the armor itself which can be anything from a 100-300 gold. It's not much but every little helps when your strapped for cash right?

I believe they changed that in an update, or so i read, could be wrong since i never tried it. Plus even if they could be separated, there is always the chance that the armor could break and you end up with a bunch of materials or something

Khazad Guard · Nov 01, 2007, 05:25 AM // 05:25

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AB and turn your faction into jadeite and sell it.

If you don't have a level 20 toon atm, make one in pvp and go from there. It can become tedious but it really starts to add up if you want to make cash.

Isn't it easier just to go out into an explorable area and kill some monsters. Jadeite sells for like 200 at the RMT, so you sell it to him for something like 150. Not really worth it just to AB to get 150gold IMO.

I Might Avenge U · Nov 01, 2007, 05:58 AM // 05:58

Great Suggestions and all in this thread, but no one has mentioned running. Running, I find, is way more profitable than running.. I recently started running Droks on my dervish, and I recently bought:

-New 15k armor
-An Urgoz Longbow
-A new caster Zodiac axe for my runner

All of these cost a pretty penny, but by running droks you can make 20k in about 1hour- 1 hour an 30 minutes.. So much efficient than running..

joemanstar · Nov 01, 2007, 09:51 AM // 09:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fril Estelin

By the way, a great way to get cheap and easy money (thanks for the gift Anet!) are the treasures (but only once a month):
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Do_Not_Touch

(and, from my experience, it even seems that a lot of the golds you get unlock runes that you don't have)

This is the slowest method ever............
Just farm and merchant.......boring but works

Fril Estelin · Nov 01, 2007, 10:03 AM // 10:03

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Originally Posted by joemanstar

This is the slowest method ever............
Just farm and merchant.......boring but works

Slow? It gives you automatically from 5 to 20k plus 5 to 12 golds. It took me about an hour to do 6 and got 8k and 6 golds. It's only once a month, which does not help if you're playing very often and have to have huge amount of cash, but it's so easy! You do it in addition to farming (which is something I rarely do, since playing the game earn me anough money)

In the category "general method to get the best out of what you find", I noticed that salvaging silk from spider webs costs you the 16 golds corresponding to the cost of using the salvage kit (400/25=16), while selling them to the rare material crafter will earn you 15 (at the moment). Can this be a profitable way to make money for some rare material? (of course You should do that only after you have a big amount of the rare material in your storage account, so as to spare the money to buy them back when you need them, silk costs 100g)

TheRaven · Nov 01, 2007, 02:30 PM // 14:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by I Might Avenge U

Great Suggestions and all in this thread, but no one has mentioned running. Running, I find, is way more profitable than running.. I recently started running Droks on my dervish, and I recently bought:

-New 15k armor
-An Urgoz Longbow
-A new caster Zodiac axe for my runner

All of these cost a pretty penny, but by running droks you can make 20k in about 1hour- 1 hour an 30 minutes.. So much efficient than running..

Running can be profitable, but the OP said he only owns Factions. Running is pretty much dead there. One type of running he can do though is mission running. If he can become adept at a particular mission he can charge lazy players to run them thru the mission.

To the OP: My suggestion would be to go ahead and buy the other 2 campaigns. If you enjoy playing this game, you'll find that your world and enjoyment will expand greatly by getting more content and more skills. If money is an issue, just start saving up. The games themselves aren't very expensive when compared to others. (Or start dropping hints for Christmas presents

)

Oct 28, 2007, 06:42 PM // 18:42	#21
Toutatis Walking Wiki Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Isle of Medication Guild: Visitors from Aranna [VFA] Profession: Me/E	The easiest way to manage your money is by budgeting yourself. Many players get rich quick by applying some basic accounting skills to their personal economies. 1) Separate your equipment wishlist into two columns - what you want, and what you need. For example, a max weapon is an example of a need, but a Leet N00b-Slaying Sword of Uberness is an example of a want. 2) Go down the column of needs, and use the wiki to work out if you could get any of those needs from a collector. Making use of collectors can save an awful lot of money that you can put towards your wants column later. 3) Prioritise your list of wants. Would you rather have some flashier armor, a flashier weapon, or some new skills first? Decide on which of your wants is the greatest, and only go for one want at a time. It's much easier to start budgeting for things if you only have one goal in mind at a time. 4) Work out what your sources of income are and where you can cut corners. Completing quests is one option - you can get a good deal of money this way, and for quests in Factions and Nightfall you can also get commendations from quests that you can trade at quartermasters for adventuring supplies. Needless to say, take advantage of these commendations - you can save an awful lot of money in this way (in the order of several hundred platinum over the course of time) when it comes to ID and salvage kits; the things that you're always going to need to deal with drops, and transmute general drops into more valuable things. 5) If you want to save for some prestige armor or get a weapon crafted, the issue of gathering materials comes up. The general rule of materials is to not buy them unless you absolutely have to. A great deal of different materials drop from monsters, and as you kill these monsters to get the material drops you're looking for you're going to get a lot of other drops as well - raw cash and other miscellaneous items. There are only a few materials that have never been observed to drop from monsters, and these are the ones you need to get in an alternative way (iron, steel, elonian leather, damask etc). For iron or steel, salvage weapon drops. If it looks like it has metal in it, odds are you'll be able to salvage some metal out of it. For other rare materials that never drop like elonian leather, vellum or damask, pay a visit to an artisan before you visit a rare material trader and compare costs. It's possible to save a good deal of money by using one over the other, depending on current prices.

Oct 28, 2007, 07:01 PM // 19:01	#22
Dante the Warlord Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: W/R	Tips if you accumulate a moderate amount of money and want some nice skinned weapons: Remember NEVER to EVER buy req 7, 8, or 9 weapons, at least for now. If you want a rare skin go for the high reqs, they do the same everything regarding you meet the requirement and cost a lot cheaper. Also don't buy perfect mods for now, -1 health or -1% percentage is absolutely NOTHING. its a minuscule amount. Only buy max stuff that either not very wanted (vampiric and +armor are the best examples) or sold by some noob who doesn't know pricing. Visit the Giveaway section for some nice high req imperfect stuff, free golds, no cost to you, only problem is you will have to be patient.

Oct 29, 2007, 01:37 PM // 13:37	#25
Pick Me Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Thornill, ON, Canada Guild: THE CANUCK MONKS (TCM) Profession: W/R	I can say that the OP has been very frugle with money regarding skills, since skills still cost 800 gp each for him. As other people have said, spend only on what is necessary. Since you don't farm, sell runes you don't use to the rune trader. I sold my Rune of Minor Vigor to the merchant for 1.8k. So I'm guessing people keep buying them from the traders. Economics plays a part in GW as it does in real life. Supply and demand, accumulate as many materials as possible (sell when you have 250 of 1 material) to the materials guy. Do not sell to the merchant, as the Materials guy may buy from you for more (but only buys 10 at a time). After buying every single skill I can from Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall (except for the Dervish), and some skills from GWEN, as well as having some 15k armors from some of my characters, I'm still at 150k. It is doable to maintain money, just make sure you sell the right things to the right people at the right times.

Oct 29, 2007, 03:26 PM // 15:26	#26
Mouse at Large Jungle Guide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Scotland Guild: Fuzzy Physics Institute Profession: E/	Money is only really an issue if you feel you absolutely have to have an armour set/item with a particular skin. You can get prefectly functional armour and weapons that do exactly the same damage/defence from collectors or lower lvl armour crafters. Even better is the tip about actually using higher req weapons you find. My 2 year old ele runs around in a mix of Droks and some other 1.5k pieces and uses a modded crafter fire staff

Oct 29, 2007, 03:29 PM // 15:29	#27
eloc_jcg Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Guild: Guards Of The Citadel [GotC] Profession: E/Rt	Sell EVERYTHING you're not using to a Merchant (excluding ID Kits & Superior Salvage kits).

Oct 29, 2007, 06:44 PM // 18:44	#30
De Wilde Academy Page Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Slayers of Champions [SoC] Profession: R/E	Here's another thought. AB and turn your faction into jadeite and sell it. If you don't have a level 20 toon atm, make one in pvp and go from there. It can become tedious but it really starts to add up if you want to make cash. As well as doing all the quests - those are also helpful as many have said. You can level up and get cash at the same time (yay)

Oct 29, 2007, 06:49 PM // 18:49	#31
Snow Bunny Alcoholic From Yale Join Date: Jul 2007 Guild: Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]	Kurzick Fast Faction farming. Steady, dependable.

Oct 29, 2007, 07:14 PM // 19:14	#32
Stoneys Rock Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wales, United Kingdom Guild: Great Success [GS] Profession: Mo/	Here's a random tip if you can expert salvage gold runes without breaking the armor and not worth much you can still ID the rune again I find it usually goes 150+ not much but every little helps as well as the armor itself which can be anything from a 100-300 gold. It's not much but every little helps when your strapped for cash right?

Nov 01, 2007, 05:58 AM // 05:58	#35
I Might Avenge U Jungle Guide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Profession: R/	Great Suggestions and all in this thread, but no one has mentioned running. Running, I find, is way more profitable than running.. I recently started running Droks on my dervish, and I recently bought: -New 15k armor -An Urgoz Longbow -A new caster Zodiac axe for my runner All of these cost a pretty penny, but by running droks you can make 20k in about 1hour- 1 hour an 30 minutes.. So much efficient than running..