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$pIrIt $aMan · Mar 22, 2006, 06:18 PM // 18:18

so many posts and all for the same thing.....FARM DON'T BUY USELESS ITEMS DON'T SELL FOR HOURS IN LA.....well i don't see what's the big deal for so many posts.......and at last grow up you think if someone have 6 mil. gonna tell you how they make them

1 tip; 55 hp monk=big money necro=big money

quickmonty · Mar 22, 2006, 06:58 PM // 18:58

Kind of like real life. Some people work hard for their money, and some want to know the secret for getting money.

Here it is ...... the secret for getting lots of gold ........

.........

......... work for it.

Nickelocene · Mar 22, 2006, 07:28 PM // 19:28

Why you need that much money? I don't understand.
Playing game should be just for fun. That's what I believe.
I know ppl will fire at my reply. But I just don't understand.

Mister Muhkuh · Mar 22, 2006, 07:35 PM // 19:35

i got my first money with warrior and stupid griffin farm and running.
after a while i bought runes and cesta for 55hp monk.
4 days later my necro was ready for ss/sv runs in uw.

i made some runs, made some money...

now i am solo farming fow with my warrior most of the time and sometimes with my guildies duo uw run

quickmonty · Mar 22, 2006, 08:25 PM // 20:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nickelocene

Why you need that much money? I don't understand.
Playing game should be just for fun. That's what I believe.
I know ppl will fire at my reply. But I just don't understand.

Then just be poor and have fun. To some people having enough gold to splurge on vanity armor, superior runes and perfect weapons IS having fun.

To each his own.

Francis Crawford · Mar 22, 2006, 08:25 PM // 20:25

Find something that makes gold that you enjoy doing.

I spent a few weeks when I was new farming Gates of Kryta and selling sub-perfect items to new players who were extremely grateful to have such items for their low-level characters. Then I got bored. I farmed candy canes endlessly, getting caught up in the "farm now before Wintersday is over" excitement. I ended up with 400. I did some buy low/sell high stuff on auctions. That was boring. I'll still fetch somebody a collectible from the desert for 2K or so. I found one customer who instead of paying 2K per item paid 10K, and bought four of them. (He says he gets his gold as a 55 HP monk, and was dressing up other characters in a hurry.) More recently I've done a bunch of SF farming with my wife, because she enjoys that, and I've at least sampled most of the other standard farming places.

At the moment I'm feeling oppressed again by my bulging inventory, with over 20 items waiting for a warrior to be brought post-, and am playing him (he may be my last pre- character ever) until I'm ready to bring him post-.

I guess I could save a little inventory space by advancing my low level characters to the point I was certain they'd never need a weapon again below Req 9, but the warrior is the big win.

I also have a bunch of stuff in inventory of the sort that I used to enjoy selling but no longer do, in case I come to enjoy it again.

Oh yes -- I have 200K, and some greens, and a nice range of collectors items, and a few other nice things, and all except about 10 of the 400 candy canes, and I'm pretty sure that I've given my wife a lot more in the way of gold and greens than she ever gave me. And I've contributed a lot of dyes, jewels, etc. to our communal storage.

On the other hand, she has six characters who've made it at least to the Ring of Fire, and I have only one. It's all a question of what you like to do.

Fortunately, neither of us has much desire for fancy armor.

Zylo Candar · Mar 22, 2006, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Ok i've just got lvl 19 and nearly lvl 20 already..i had less than 500g just before i turned 19. A hour ro so later i had over 6k.... i don't know this might not be much but i'm gonig to tell you what i did...

I mapped to Temple of Ages and joined about 4 different groups for galrath i still had the quest and thought why not do it now?? the fourth group did it so on all those runs i'd made about 3k....the other 3k is from a monstrous eye drop near camp rankor froma blessed gryphon i think and from selling loot i got while kiling giants, bosses(no good loot from them) and trolls.

I have the 1.5k armour set and thats my last set of armour i'll ever by because the only difference between that and the 15k set is looks i've been told so why spend 75K on a set of armour because it looks a little better??

but yes msot people here are right just farm the areas they've said

wsmcasey · Mar 22, 2006, 11:12 PM // 23:12

Farm for materials that collectors need to give the Desert collector items. Sell the items in Ascalon for 500g - 1000g to new players. You can make a nice profit if your patient as selling.

edit: WOOT! I'm Sancho Panza!

Elthanor · Mar 22, 2006, 11:24 PM // 23:24

The reason people like to farm becuase its something to do. Like myself, i am looking for new ways to farm and get gold The Reason? I need it to buy good weapons, i want to get 15k armor, and get spells. There isent much to do after you beat all the mission besides make new players(which i cant) anyways, and why not get gold? You could help noobs, which I am doing and also i would like to help them with gold, cus new players always could use more gold.

I just dont liek it when people get mad at people like us that want to farm... its fun and why cant rich people help us? ?_?

Kidney Licker · Mar 22, 2006, 11:46 PM // 23:46

I have no idea how I made most of my money as I have only sold 2 items over 100K, and 1 was recently.

I began striking it rich with the introduction of greens in SF,and even then it was only a few 100K or so. The main cause I think was finding a spot I like farming (titans). Supplement this with not buying any expensive items, visiting UW and FOW once or twice a week, selling items quickly to other players and over time the gold just kept accumulating. I was probably playing for about 5 months before I got up really high.

Just find stuff that you like doing in the game, be frugal and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised one day.

(And I've never sold any ectos or shards that have dropped for me.)

EDIT: by "like farming" it's 70%, hooray beating up titans now, and 30% gotta get some money. It helps that the drops are not bad, but really it's having a spot(s) I like going back to that does it for me.

Maria The Princess · Mar 23, 2006, 07:10 AM // 07:10

heres anouther thing!
while i was looking for used acount on e-bay, i found many people listing:
---->selling GW 100k for 15$ us (oviously free shipping lol)
what a great way to make money!
hehe just play the game as much as you can go without sleep and sell something thats not even real for real money, or just go to e-bay, buy 100k or somethin and do your thing! lol
I also found green items for REAL money on e-bay

Manic Smile · Mar 23, 2006, 07:50 AM // 07:50

ebay of course...lol

UW and FoW makes a good bit

certain desert 55 locations still net 2k or so a run

musefanalert · Mar 23, 2006, 09:46 AM // 09:46

There is no need to flame farmers, if they want to waste their time so be it. i have full 15k druids on my ranger and i didnt farm once, i got it merely though doing quests etc (ofc i did get a few good drops but ive only ever recieved one green which is equipped on my war and one 'perfect' stormbow from a trip to get a spider which is equipped on my ranger)

now ive practically given up on the PvE world, PvP is much more my thing though im sure ill go back into the PvE world for factions

Numa Pompilius · Mar 23, 2006, 09:51 AM // 09:51

I have a location which nets me about 20-30K per run, but the run takes over an hour. But like someone said, I do it for fun, and it's just gravy that I get quite a bit of cash in the process.

I also solo farm in FoW a bit, but I hardly make a profit, and I don't like it's such a large element of chance (if I aggro an Ancient Skale I'm dead).

Rilder · Mar 23, 2006, 10:14 AM // 10:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

I have a location which nets me about 20-30K per run, but the run takes over an hour. But like someone said, I do it for fun, and it's just gravy that I get quite a bit of cash in the process.

were in Zeus' name is that local

PrincessKyra · Mar 23, 2006, 10:50 PM // 22:50

UW nets 20-30k per hour easily.

dsd · Mar 24, 2006, 02:43 PM // 14:43

i guess this was a good thred lol yay

Anarki · Mar 24, 2006, 03:26 PM // 15:26

Yeah, UW is the answer, there is no better place no matter what others say

I do runs there with my gf, I'm a 55hp monk and she's ss/sv necro. We (almost) always pick someone who need to capture a spider, they usualy pay 20-30k gold. We get the spider first, then continue to smites. I went from 40k to 750k within one week, I was lucky tho, 1 req 9 shadow blade (from fow chest runs, sold it unid), 15^50% eternal bow (from uw chest) & 1 +30hp always shield. sold all those items for about 400k.
My advice is, make a 55hp monk or ss necro, find a good friend who you can farm often with, and go raid UW.

yo home boi · Mar 24, 2006, 09:02 PM // 21:02

lol atm im well bored i need to get another set of 15k armour b4 factions comes out and i only have 1 pieace so far!!! I farm outside Augbery rock get bout 10k every ....... 2-3 hrs

SnoopJeDi · Mar 25, 2006, 01:23 AM // 01:23

You won't get filthy rich this way, but just try to find areas that give decent armor/etc. drops, and farm for materials. People are ALWAYS willing to buy them, and their value never really fluctuates the way ecto, shards, etc. can. Plus, they're generally overlooked by bots and 55s. I find the southern shiverpeaks great for wood and tanned hides. Cleaing mineral springs in particular seems to be nice for ths, and I make a pretty penny here and there doing it. Like I said, not going to get filthy rich, but if you just salvage the junk, it adds up.

Mar 22, 2006, 11:03 PM // 23:03	#47
Zylo Candar Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: The Foresaken Dynasty Profession: W/N	Moneyyyyyyyy Ok i've just got lvl 19 and nearly lvl 20 already..i had less than 500g just before i turned 19. A hour ro so later i had over 6k.... i don't know this might not be much but i'm gonig to tell you what i did... I mapped to Temple of Ages and joined about 4 different groups for galrath i still had the quest and thought why not do it now?? the fourth group did it so on all those runs i'd made about 3k....the other 3k is from a monstrous eye drop near camp rankor froma blessed gryphon i think and from selling loot i got while kiling giants, bosses(no good loot from them) and trolls. I have the 1.5k armour set and thats my last set of armour i'll ever by because the only difference between that and the 15k set is looks i've been told so why spend 75K on a set of armour because it looks a little better?? but yes msot people here are right just farm the areas they've said

Mar 22, 2006, 11:46 PM // 23:46	#50
Kidney Licker Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Europe Server	I have no idea how I made most of my money as I have only sold 2 items over 100K, and 1 was recently. I began striking it rich with the introduction of greens in SF,and even then it was only a few 100K or so. The main cause I think was finding a spot I like farming (titans). Supplement this with not buying any expensive items, visiting UW and FOW once or twice a week, selling items quickly to other players and over time the gold just kept accumulating. I was probably playing for about 5 months before I got up really high. Just find stuff that you like doing in the game, be frugal and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised one day. (And I've never sold any ectos or shards that have dropped for me.) EDIT: by "like farming" it's 70%, hooray beating up titans now, and 30% gotta get some money. It helps that the drops are not bad, but really it's having a spot(s) I like going back to that does it for me. Last edited by Kidney Licker; Mar 23, 2006 at 01:20 AM // 01:20..

Mar 22, 2006, 06:18 PM // 18:18	#41
$pIrIt $aMan Academy Page Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: at my pc Guild: Greeklords Profession: R/Mo	so many posts and all for the same thing.....FARM DON'T BUY USELESS ITEMS DON'T SELL FOR HOURS IN LA.....well i don't see what's the big deal for so many posts.......and at last grow up you think if someone have 6 mil. gonna tell you how they make them 1 tip; 55 hp monk=big money necro=big money

Mar 22, 2006, 06:58 PM // 18:58	#42
quickmonty Ancient Windbreaker Join Date: May 2005	Kind of like real life. Some people work hard for their money, and some want to know the secret for getting money. Here it is ...... the secret for getting lots of gold ........ ......... ......... work for it.

Mar 22, 2006, 07:28 PM // 19:28	#43
Nickelocene Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2005	Why you need that much money? I don't understand. Playing game should be just for fun. That's what I believe. I know ppl will fire at my reply. But I just don't understand.

Mar 22, 2006, 07:35 PM // 19:35	#44
Mister Muhkuh Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Guild: Ugly Ducklings [ugly] Profession: P/	i got my first money with warrior and stupid griffin farm and running. after a while i bought runes and cesta for 55hp monk. 4 days later my necro was ready for ss/sv runs in uw. i made some runs, made some money... now i am solo farming fow with my warrior most of the time and sometimes with my guildies duo uw run

Mar 22, 2006, 08:25 PM // 20:25	#46
Francis Crawford Forge Runner Join Date: Dec 2005	Find something that makes gold that you enjoy doing. I spent a few weeks when I was new farming Gates of Kryta and selling sub-perfect items to new players who were extremely grateful to have such items for their low-level characters. Then I got bored. I farmed candy canes endlessly, getting caught up in the "farm now before Wintersday is over" excitement. I ended up with 400. I did some buy low/sell high stuff on auctions. That was boring. I'll still fetch somebody a collectible from the desert for 2K or so. I found one customer who instead of paying 2K per item paid 10K, and bought four of them. (He says he gets his gold as a 55 HP monk, and was dressing up other characters in a hurry.) More recently I've done a bunch of SF farming with my wife, because she enjoys that, and I've at least sampled most of the other standard farming places. At the moment I'm feeling oppressed again by my bulging inventory, with over 20 items waiting for a warrior to be brought post-, and am playing him (he may be my last pre- character ever) until I'm ready to bring him post-. I guess I could save a little inventory space by advancing my low level characters to the point I was certain they'd never need a weapon again below Req 9, but the warrior is the big win. I also have a bunch of stuff in inventory of the sort that I used to enjoy selling but no longer do, in case I come to enjoy it again. Oh yes -- I have 200K, and some greens, and a nice range of collectors items, and a few other nice things, and all except about 10 of the 400 candy canes, and I'm pretty sure that I've given my wife a lot more in the way of gold and greens than she ever gave me. And I've contributed a lot of dyes, jewels, etc. to our communal storage. On the other hand, she has six characters who've made it at least to the Ring of Fire, and I have only one. It's all a question of what you like to do. Fortunately, neither of us has much desire for fancy armor.

Mar 22, 2006, 11:12 PM // 23:12	#48
wsmcasey Jungle Guide Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Right behind you. Guild: HeRo Profession: W/Rt	Farm for materials that collectors need to give the Desert collector items. Sell the items in Ascalon for 500g - 1000g to new players. You can make a nice profit if your patient as selling. edit: WOOT! I'm Sancho Panza!

Mar 22, 2006, 11:24 PM // 23:24	#49
Elthanor Krytan Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: IL Profession: A/W	The reason people like to farm becuase its something to do. Like myself, i am looking for new ways to farm and get gold The Reason? I need it to buy good weapons, i want to get 15k armor, and get spells. There isent much to do after you beat all the mission besides make new players(which i cant) anyways, and why not get gold? You could help noobs, which I am doing and also i would like to help them with gold, cus new players always could use more gold. I just dont liek it when people get mad at people like us that want to farm... its fun and why cant rich people help us? ?_?

Mar 23, 2006, 07:10 AM // 07:10	#51
Maria The Princess Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: Aequitas Deis	heres anouther thing! while i was looking for used acount on e-bay, i found many people listing: ---->selling GW 100k for 15$ us (oviously free shipping lol) what a great way to make money! hehe just play the game as much as you can go without sleep and sell something thats not even real for real money, or just go to e-bay, buy 100k or somethin and do your thing! lol I also found green items for REAL money on e-bay

Mar 23, 2006, 07:50 AM // 07:50	#52
Manic Smile Desert Nomad Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hawaii Guild: ----- 15^50[Rare] ---- Alliance: ----- [SMS] -----	ebay of course...lol UW and FoW makes a good bit certain desert 55 locations still net 2k or so a run

Mar 23, 2006, 09:46 AM // 09:46	#53
musefanalert Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: We Like Music [Loud] Profession: R/	There is no need to flame farmers, if they want to waste their time so be it. i have full 15k druids on my ranger and i didnt farm once, i got it merely though doing quests etc (ofc i did get a few good drops but ive only ever recieved one green which is equipped on my war and one 'perfect' stormbow from a trip to get a spider which is equipped on my ranger) now ive practically given up on the PvE world, PvP is much more my thing though im sure ill go back into the PvE world for factions

Mar 23, 2006, 09:51 AM // 09:51	#54
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	I have a location which nets me about 20-30K per run, but the run takes over an hour. But like someone said, I do it for fun, and it's just gravy that I get quite a bit of cash in the process. I also solo farm in FoW a bit, but I hardly make a profit, and I don't like it's such a large element of chance (if I aggro an Ancient Skale I'm dead).

Mar 23, 2006, 10:50 PM // 22:50	#56
PrincessKyra Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Crystal Mansion [CM] Profession: W/	UW nets 20-30k per hour easily.

Mar 24, 2006, 02:43 PM // 14:43	#57
dsd Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: usa Guild: holy green dragons Profession: W/	i guess this was a good thred lol yay

Mar 24, 2006, 03:26 PM // 15:26	#58
Anarki Krytan Explorer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sweden Guild: Almost Famous Profession: W/N	Yeah, UW is the answer, there is no better place no matter what others say I do runs there with my gf, I'm a 55hp monk and she's ss/sv necro. We (almost) always pick someone who need to capture a spider, they usualy pay 20-30k gold. We get the spider first, then continue to smites. I went from 40k to 750k within one week, I was lucky tho, 1 req 9 shadow blade (from fow chest runs, sold it unid), 15^50% eternal bow (from uw chest) & 1 +30hp always shield. sold all those items for about 400k. My advice is, make a 55hp monk or ss necro, find a good friend who you can farm often with, and go raid UW.

Mar 24, 2006, 09:02 PM // 21:02	#59
yo home boi Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: The Neutral Selection [TNS]	lol atm im well bored i need to get another set of 15k armour b4 factions comes out and i only have 1 pieace so far!!! I farm outside Augbery rock get bout 10k every ....... 2-3 hrs

Mar 25, 2006, 01:23 AM // 01:23	#60
SnoopJeDi Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Nov 2005 Guild: Saved By My Pinchers of Peril Profession: R/N	You won't get filthy rich this way, but just try to find areas that give decent armor/etc. drops, and farm for materials. People are ALWAYS willing to buy them, and their value never really fluctuates the way ecto, shards, etc. can. Plus, they're generally overlooked by bots and 55s. I find the southern shiverpeaks great for wood and tanned hides. Cleaing mineral springs in particular seems to be nice for ths, and I make a pretty penny here and there doing it. Like I said, not going to get filthy rich, but if you just salvage the junk, it adds up.