Jun 28, 2005, 10:25 PM // 22:25 | #1 |
Academy Page
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SoCal
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Exhausted Frustration
Can someone please give me some practical advice? I feel totally defeated and unable to accomplish my goals in this game. What I need to know is if I screwed myself over of if there is a way to get what I want with what I got.
I am playing as a ME/E, post Ascension, just finished the Infusion/Kill Markis mission. I need money. I need items. I can't find anything. If I do a group of henchies, I get nuttin. A few gold drops here and there, nothing from mountain trolls, no purple items, no gold items.... you get the point. If I go solo, I'm pretty quickly smacked down and forced to retreat to the nearest town, still empty handed. My guild is relatively small and we just aren't online together that much. If I go with PUG everyone keeps what they find and I still get nothing. How or where do I get stuff? If I do FoW/Underworld it's gonna cost me a plat every time. Can I do it with henchies and still end up with stuff? Is my build just a crappy solo build? Do I really need to make a W/Mo just for the purpose of farming? How am I ever supposed to advance and get good armor and cool weapons if I can't generate any cash? Do you see my problem? I'm amazed when I see all these people auctioning off stuff that they just "have to get rid of to save space". I wish I had that problem. So, my Guru friends, what the heck do I do? Start over, or can I make this build successful? Last edited by tuskenraid; Aug 18, 2005 at 11:05 PM // 23:05.. |
Jun 28, 2005, 10:34 PM // 22:34 | #2 |
Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Anderson IN USA
Guild: Ecks Di [xD]
Profession: W/N
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find a pug for fissure, generally each person gives the leader 125 gold so for 8 ppl that equals the plat, you dont have to get very far in fissure to make good money
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Jun 28, 2005, 10:39 PM // 22:39 | #3 | |
Academy Page
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SoCal
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Question though. Since I've never been in there, any suggestions for how to prepare for it so that I am not a burden the rest of the group? I know I hate PUG's with idiots who run ahead and aggro everything and make everyone else mad. I don't want to be that person. Also, what kind of drops can I expect in there, roughly? |
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Jun 28, 2005, 10:39 PM // 22:39 | #4 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2005
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do u have enough energy to double-cast meteor shower? (arcane echo or whatever)... there are places i can easily farm w/ my ele/mo, i think u could make it work. wisp me in game sometime The Shrodekill but yeah... it doesnt cost u a plat to go to fis or uw... costs a meer 125 to go with a group and mesmers can be very good there. i dont like farming w/ W/Mo so i wouldnt do that
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Jun 28, 2005, 10:42 PM // 22:42 | #5 | |
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Location: SoCal
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Thanks for the help. |
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Jun 28, 2005, 10:43 PM // 22:43 | #6 |
Underworld Spelunker
Join Date: Feb 2005
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what do you consider a good return per hour?
example i am still relatively low level and am not to lions arch yet this is after expert salvage and id kit expences in 1 hour average i can get 3-5 fur squares which i sell to the trader at over 300 (1-1.5 plat) or (just now) 5 steel 4 dyes (2 purple 1orange 1red) 1 minor rune (sold for 339) 1 grip of fortitude inventory junk totaling just over 600 gold |
Jun 28, 2005, 10:48 PM // 22:48 | #7 | |
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BTW, did you see the cost for fur last night? SHEESH, it was being sold by the trader for over 4 plat for 10 pieces. |
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Jun 28, 2005, 10:52 PM // 22:52 | #8 | |
Underworld Spelunker
Join Date: Feb 2005
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i will take a look now as i am sitting on 10 at the moment |
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Jun 28, 2005, 11:42 PM // 23:42 | #9 | |
Jungle Guide
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Germany
Guild: Servants of Fortuna
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Jun 28, 2005, 11:52 PM // 23:52 | #10 | |
Academy Page
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Location: SoCal
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However, I would also like to have some nice things while I go about this process. Things like weapons, armor (even the exorbitant 15K armor or FoW armor), runes and the like. In case you hadn't noticed, those things cost money and/or need to be salvaged from drops. I'm sure you understand where I'm going. Let's see, so far, doing the "normal" game I've gotten a whole 2 gold drops and about 4 purple ones. Seem a little unbalanced? See why some of us need to go and do a little hunting for better gear and items? this thread isn't about farming. However, for now, it is a necessary evil in the game, and I would like to know if my character is capable of some other practical suggestions for getting those things. Maybe YOU now understand what I was saying. |
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Jun 29, 2005, 12:52 AM // 00:52 | #11 |
Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: May 2005
Location: California
Guild: Nublet Brunch [NUBB]
Profession: E/Mo
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10 fur squares goin for 4 plat!! and those are the 1s u get from charr hides. dang i mite have to yank those out of storage and go do a little selly selly to get me some mucho green
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Jun 29, 2005, 04:37 AM // 04:37 | #12 |
Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Anderson IN USA
Guild: Ecks Di [xD]
Profession: W/N
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to answer you about the drops, obsidian shards drop CONSTANTLY, they are usually worth 3-5k each, also chaos axes drop alot, shadow shields, lots of stuff that sells very easily, ive got a couple items people consider GODLY too, i usually just sell em off for like 10k cause i am not patient with selling crap, but anyways, its awesome gold going there
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Jun 29, 2005, 05:39 AM // 05:39 | #13 |
Academy Page
Join Date: Jun 2005
Guild: Knight Vision [KnV]
Profession: Mo/
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You could just do those Shiverpeak missions over and over again, and maybe you'll get lucky like my warrior; she got a rare shortbow to drop for her with a +30 fortitude mod on it. 75k in about a minute of WTS spamming at LA.
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