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zap · Jul 12, 2005, 07:44 PM // 19:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mavrik

Furs yesterday were selling for 2722g for 10 in Raknor. So I sold all the ones I had.

Cool....I got lucky today....just sold off the rest of them for 304..EACH wouldn't you know they wouldn't break that price at the material trader where you can sell them 10 at a time...NOOOOOOOOOOOO LOL

Sybil Uisce · Jul 14, 2005, 02:10 AM // 02:10

I've read about half of this thread and i would like to read the rest but its late and i just wanted to thank elric for the information so far ive tried the piken to diessa run, only there and back once and got 2k...one run there and back at level 20 is like not very many minutes...if i did that for an hour i can only imagine. thank you very much Elric ^_^

God of Anarchy · Jul 14, 2005, 03:33 AM // 03:33

hey...this is kinda off topic,i figured id ask you guys beacuse all of you seem intelligent...i want to build a new character that isnt going to bore me,the most enjoyable character i have right now is a lvl 12 necromancer,i love it...but im afriad if i keep playing with him as much as i do i will get bored of him too,please aid me...: )

Wings of Illusion · Jul 14, 2005, 06:24 AM // 06:24

jeez Elric, i dont think one of your posts was under 100 words....

Elric · Jul 14, 2005, 08:01 AM // 08:01

My second post was definately under 100 words. ^^ *sinister laugh*

Sybil, np ^^

blane · Jul 15, 2005, 01:44 AM // 01:44

What happened to the parchments price? Material Trader buying it for only 200/10. Last time 500+ and i waited to get higher up but now lose money.

Kali Ma · Jul 15, 2005, 05:37 AM // 05:37

You know, I used to think that all those posters saying that threads like these called unwanted attention that would eventually call down the nerf bat were somewhat paranoid. And I'd really believed that salvaging/crafting/selling was the one money making endeavour that wouldn't possibly get nerfed. But they did... it appears that they actually nerfed materials trading.

I've been collecting materials and salvaging almost every drop I get for awhile now, and was saving up all these materials to sell back to the trader when the prices went back up. But now pretty much everything I have crafted is in the red when it comes to selling back to the traders, and no matter what time of day I log in, they only offer 30g for a stack of any normal materials.

Total bummer... makes me honestly wonder if this thread had something to do with it. It's just too convenient that this happened now.

zap · Jul 15, 2005, 02:25 PM // 14:25

Kali...

Could be...could not be.

If there is any resemblance of a free economy in the game ...as Anet wants us to believe according to the recent text on the traders after the change....the prices will go back up at least some.

I am more and more believing that this is a controled situation that is only supposed to LOOK LIKE a free economy however. They would be able to control it via supply side.....by regulating the drops and such. But, I have seen more and more resently what looks to me to be a "reset" in prices from the traders. One minute parchment is 679/10....3 minutes later it is 200/10 ........that just would not happen in a free economy. Even one that is run between high/low stops as we were speculating before.

....when is the last time anyone saw parchment at 800/10?

I think more and more that this is a game for Anet...."Let's see how many players we can mess with this week" sort of thing. Like I said before....incredible programmers just can't leave stuff alone...even if it works!

I got lucky last week and was able to sell out everything at my sell price....everything except parhment that is. But, there were a number of times when the prices rose well only to drop like rocks to unbelievably low prices....they would rebound considerably in the next 5 minutes...but took some time to get back up to the spot when they would drop again. I think Anet may have lowered the ceilings on the price of materials.

Now, is it because of threads like these? Maybe. In reality, when the prices are really high, more peeps want to cash in on it...making the prices lower. IF Anet is concerned about some peeps sliding through the cracks and the game being too easy for them...they will notice the price of materials without watching these boards.

On the other hand...it could be that threads like these are causing more and more peeps to deal in materials...thereby increasing the supply....which DEcreases the prices.

I guess we will all just have to sit and watch won't we.

Multifaros · Jul 16, 2005, 05:20 PM // 17:20

When i do the Piken Square run, all i get is those Axe bla bla that turns into Tanned Hides when i salvage them... No figurines at all...

BUTT, should i go to Senetarium and turn them into Leather Squares? It costs much, 5 tanned hides + 50g for ONE leather square... And when i sell the leather squares to a marterial trader in Ascalon, do i really get much money? I mean, is it worth to pay 20 Tanned and 200g for 4 Leathers?

Basicly, is 4 leathers more worth than 20 Tanned + 200g??

Please explain this to me... I need it...

Loviatar · Jul 16, 2005, 07:08 PM // 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Multifaros

Basicly, is 4 leathers more worth than 20 Tanned + 200g??

Please explain this to me... I need it...

if you are willing to wait,
check regularly for price
and be willing to have the chance they will be a loss do it

2 days ago i unloaded 7 leather squares at 200 EACH then went to the crafter and had him craft another bunch which i sold for 200 as well

when i tried today it was only 15 each so i didnt sell

NOTE

char carvings dont salvage them as if you sell the wood for less than 7 you will come out worse than selling the carvings

PARCHMENT

dont bother now as you will lose money

SAME FOR FIBERS INTO LINEN

Elric · Jul 16, 2005, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Well, if we really did screw the economy with all this....we should be proud. ^^ I'm still working on a way to circumvent the latest issues. If I find one, I'll let ya'll know. Good Hunting. ^^

Multifaros · Jul 16, 2005, 08:49 PM // 20:49

When you turn your Tanned Hides into Leather Squares you almost dont earn any money at all.... I figured out this:

10x Leather Squares is worth: about 1480g

What it takes to craft them;
50x Tanned Hide's + 500g, wich is worth about 1426g

Yay, we just got 54g+!!

EDIT: When i say "worth" i mean what they cost in city

Elric · Jul 16, 2005, 11:30 PM // 23:30

Yup the Economy has finaly become so massive it's collapsed in on itself, lol.

SnoDoG · Jul 17, 2005, 06:18 AM // 06:18

This thread has helped my finances, i'm definatly one of the lurkers who read this thread and began dumping parchment into the economy. The charr run from piken still gets about 20 hides per and i never have a problem selling them all. I did find a black dye drop recently on that run, which suprised me greatly. Ive been running with a lvl 20 ranger / monk and it works pretty well.

SnoDoG

Multifaros · Jul 17, 2005, 11:40 AM // 11:40

Just a question:

How can you get 20 charr hides on 1 piken run??? I go with henchies, is it harder to find stuff then?

And, do you turn all the charr hides into tanned hides or do you just sell them? I turn them into tanned hides all the time...

SnoDoG · Jul 17, 2005, 01:58 PM // 13:58

Yeah, I go it alone, it is the only way to get maximum hide output. I have a poisoners bow which drops the charr like flies, and with a combination of lightning reflexes, i can poison a mob quickly and finish them off with some ignited arrows. People will buy the hides raw for 50 each usually in ascalon city one of the first 3 districts is usually good for me, since they use them to trade the collector for furs. Some people try to sell the furs for 250 but i think its easier to just sell them the hides they need and roll on. Someone is usually willing to buy me out each time it just takes some patience and a simple trade line like WTS:----Charr-Hides---50g--ea--(at storage)--- .

BTW:

I got 961 for 10 parchment around 2:00am ths morning and sold my whole lot of 40

Now its back down to 200/10 sorry

SnoDoG

Multifaros · Jul 17, 2005, 03:06 PM // 15:06

Ok, so no salvaging from now...

Ill try to do it alone, you think its possible with a lvl 12 death magic necro? Or a lvl 10 R/Mo?

Ill try.

Loviatar · Jul 17, 2005, 03:58 PM // 15:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Multifaros

Ok, so no salvaging from now...

Ill try to do it alone, you think its possible with a lvl 12 death magic necro? Or a lvl 10 R/Mo?

Ill try.

be ready to run fast going alone at low levels like that.

henchies get the same share as a real person so with 4 in the party you get 1 in 4 of the drops

i turn the hides in for furs and sell them between 250 to as high of 453 a few days ago when i dumped 11

Vhayr · Jul 17, 2005, 04:24 PM // 16:24

I was under the impression that farming had been ubernerfed, so imagine my surprise when today I found three yellow items, four purple items and countless blue items (in about half an hour). All from the same area. Seriously, it was amazing. I got at least one nice item from each run, and quite a bit of gold. Obviously ANet knows where this is, they aren't stupid, but I'm still not sharing. The drop rate started to decrease after a while anyway, so I'll probably leave it for a couple of days.

I'm not trying to show off here by the way, I'm simply pointing out that if you look for places to farm, you'll find them.

Hannibal · Jul 18, 2005, 02:22 AM // 02:22

i think anet will allow a certain number of parchment trades at 'market' price per 24hrs, then drop it to 200g. i got 800g for 10 parchment yesterday.

Jul 15, 2005, 02:25 PM // 14:25	#88
zap Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Nope Profession: W/R	Kali... Could be...could not be. If there is any resemblance of a free economy in the game ...as Anet wants us to believe according to the recent text on the traders after the change....the prices will go back up at least some. I am more and more believing that this is a controled situation that is only supposed to LOOK LIKE a free economy however. They would be able to control it via supply side.....by regulating the drops and such. But, I have seen more and more resently what looks to me to be a "reset" in prices from the traders. One minute parchment is 679/10....3 minutes later it is 200/10 ........that just would not happen in a free economy. Even one that is run between high/low stops as we were speculating before. ....when is the last time anyone saw parchment at 800/10? I think more and more that this is a game for Anet...."Let's see how many players we can mess with this week" sort of thing. Like I said before....incredible programmers just can't leave stuff alone...even if it works! I got lucky last week and was able to sell out everything at my sell price....everything except parhment that is. But, there were a number of times when the prices rose well only to drop like rocks to unbelievably low prices....they would rebound considerably in the next 5 minutes...but took some time to get back up to the spot when they would drop again. I think Anet may have lowered the ceilings on the price of materials. Now, is it because of threads like these? Maybe. In reality, when the prices are really high, more peeps want to cash in on it...making the prices lower. IF Anet is concerned about some peeps sliding through the cracks and the game being too easy for them...they will notice the price of materials without watching these boards. On the other hand...it could be that threads like these are causing more and more peeps to deal in materials...thereby increasing the supply....which DEcreases the prices. I guess we will all just have to sit and watch won't we. Last edited by zap; Jul 15, 2005 at 02:28 PM // 14:28..

Jul 16, 2005, 08:49 PM // 20:49	#92
Multifaros Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	When you turn your Tanned Hides into Leather Squares you almost dont earn any money at all.... I figured out this: 10x Leather Squares is worth: about 1480g What it takes to craft them; 50x Tanned Hide's + 500g, wich is worth about 1426g Yay, we just got 54g+!! EDIT: When i say "worth" i mean what they cost in city Last edited by Multifaros; Jul 16, 2005 at 08:52 PM // 20:52..

Jul 17, 2005, 06:18 AM // 06:18	#94
SnoDoG Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Lords Of Desolution Profession: Me/E	Thanks This thread has helped my finances, i'm definatly one of the lurkers who read this thread and began dumping parchment into the economy. The charr run from piken still gets about 20 hides per and i never have a problem selling them all. I did find a black dye drop recently on that run, which suprised me greatly. Ive been running with a lvl 20 ranger / monk and it works pretty well. SnoDoG

Jul 17, 2005, 01:58 PM // 13:58	#96
SnoDoG Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Lords Of Desolution Profession: Me/E	No Henchies on Charr Runs Yeah, I go it alone, it is the only way to get maximum hide output. I have a poisoners bow which drops the charr like flies, and with a combination of lightning reflexes, i can poison a mob quickly and finish them off with some ignited arrows. People will buy the hides raw for 50 each usually in ascalon city one of the first 3 districts is usually good for me, since they use them to trade the collector for furs. Some people try to sell the furs for 250 but i think its easier to just sell them the hides they need and roll on. Someone is usually willing to buy me out each time it just takes some patience and a simple trade line like WTS:----Charr-Hides---50g--ea--(at storage)--- . BTW: I got 961 for 10 parchment around 2:00am ths morning and sold my whole lot of 40 Now its back down to 200/10 sorry SnoDoG

Jul 14, 2005, 02:10 AM // 02:10	#82
Sybil Uisce Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2005 Profession: E/R	I've read about half of this thread and i would like to read the rest but its late and i just wanted to thank elric for the information so far ive tried the piken to diessa run, only there and back once and got 2k...one run there and back at level 20 is like not very many minutes...if i did that for an hour i can only imagine. thank you very much Elric ^_^

Jul 14, 2005, 03:33 AM // 03:33	#83
God of Anarchy Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida Guild: Godz Of Anarchy Profession: N/E	hey...this is kinda off topic,i figured id ask you guys beacuse all of you seem intelligent...i want to build a new character that isnt going to bore me,the most enjoyable character i have right now is a lvl 12 necromancer,i love it...but im afriad if i keep playing with him as much as i do i will get bored of him too,please aid me...: )

Jul 14, 2005, 06:24 AM // 06:24	#84
Wings of Illusion Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wings Guild: Illusion	jeez Elric, i dont think one of your posts was under 100 words....

Jul 14, 2005, 08:01 AM // 08:01	#85
Elric Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005 Location: Purgatory Guild: The Holy Lotus Archive	My second post was definately under 100 words. ^^ sinister laugh Sybil, np ^^

Jul 15, 2005, 01:44 AM // 01:44	#86
blane Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Singapore Guild: Sg Knights Profession: N/Me	What happened to the parchments price? Material Trader buying it for only 200/10. Last time 500+ and i waited to get higher up but now lose money.

Jul 15, 2005, 05:37 AM // 05:37	#87
Kali Ma Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: N/Mo	You know, I used to think that all those posters saying that threads like these called unwanted attention that would eventually call down the nerf bat were somewhat paranoid. And I'd really believed that salvaging/crafting/selling was the one money making endeavour that wouldn't possibly get nerfed. But they did... it appears that they actually nerfed materials trading. I've been collecting materials and salvaging almost every drop I get for awhile now, and was saving up all these materials to sell back to the trader when the prices went back up. But now pretty much everything I have crafted is in the red when it comes to selling back to the traders, and no matter what time of day I log in, they only offer 30g for a stack of any normal materials. Total bummer... makes me honestly wonder if this thread had something to do with it. It's just too convenient that this happened now.

Jul 16, 2005, 05:20 PM // 17:20	#89
Multifaros Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	When i do the Piken Square run, all i get is those Axe bla bla that turns into Tanned Hides when i salvage them... No figurines at all... BUTT, should i go to Senetarium and turn them into Leather Squares? It costs much, 5 tanned hides + 50g for ONE leather square... And when i sell the leather squares to a marterial trader in Ascalon, do i really get much money? I mean, is it worth to pay 20 Tanned and 200g for 4 Leathers? Basicly, is 4 leathers more worth than 20 Tanned + 200g?? Please explain this to me... I need it...

Jul 16, 2005, 07:57 PM // 19:57	#91
Elric Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005 Location: Purgatory Guild: The Holy Lotus Archive	Well, if we really did screw the economy with all this....we should be proud. ^^ I'm still working on a way to circumvent the latest issues. If I find one, I'll let ya'll know. Good Hunting. ^^

Jul 16, 2005, 11:30 PM // 23:30	#93
Elric Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2005 Location: Purgatory Guild: The Holy Lotus Archive	Yup the Economy has finaly become so massive it's collapsed in on itself, lol.

Jul 17, 2005, 11:40 AM // 11:40	#95
Multifaros Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	Just a question: How can you get 20 charr hides on 1 piken run??? I go with henchies, is it harder to find stuff then? And, do you turn all the charr hides into tanned hides or do you just sell them? I turn them into tanned hides all the time...

Jul 17, 2005, 03:06 PM // 15:06	#97
Multifaros Academy Page Join Date: May 2005	Ok, so no salvaging from now... Ill try to do it alone, you think its possible with a lvl 12 death magic necro? Or a lvl 10 R/Mo? Ill try.

Jul 17, 2005, 04:24 PM // 16:24	#99
Vhayr Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK Guild: Malice Nights [MN] Profession: A/Me	I was under the impression that farming had been ubernerfed, so imagine my surprise when today I found three yellow items, four purple items and countless blue items (in about half an hour). All from the same area. Seriously, it was amazing. I got at least one nice item from each run, and quite a bit of gold. Obviously ANet knows where this is, they aren't stupid, but I'm still not sharing. The drop rate started to decrease after a while anyway, so I'll probably leave it for a couple of days. I'm not trying to show off here by the way, I'm simply pointing out that if you look for places to farm, you'll find them.

Jul 18, 2005, 02:22 AM // 02:22	#100
Hannibal Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houston Profession: N/Mo	i think anet will allow a certain number of parchment trades at 'market' price per 24hrs, then drop it to 200g. i got 800g for 10 parchment yesterday.