I have 1 mil, what should I do with it?: Spend it, Power trade it, Invest It, Keep It - Guild Wars Forums

runite ringleader · Aug 29, 2008, 08:51 AM // 08:51

After making up my choice of what to do with my 1Mil I have decided to use it and add it to my pool of money which I would power trade from.

So 6 hours later spamming in kamadan AD1 something like this...

WTS Meelee Fellblade Q9 55k ||| WTB Armbrace 100k +10 e/ Torment Shield 100k + 5e ||| WTB Ectos 3.7k

Nothing. Did sell a Torment shield for 100k + 25e though which was nice, but still doesnt suffice my 6 wasted hours in kamadan. Is power trading not very efficient or am I just extremely bad at it and / or extremely unlucky.

People have been telling me how great power trading is, I've been trying to buy high-end items for cheap prices but nobody wants to hand their item over, i try to sell high-end items for high prices but nobody seems to want to buy.

Questions:
1. Who am i actually trying to trade to? (other power traders, desparate traders, farmers that want to make some quick $$$)
2. Is it better then farming?
3. How often would I expect to sell / buy high-end items for cheap cash?
4. Should i spam in trade chat, use party search or both? or is guru better.
5. Is power trading worth it?
6. Am I doing anything wrong?

weggwegwg · Aug 29, 2008, 08:53 AM // 08:53

you should give it to me if you are too stupid to think for yourself.

SkekSister · Aug 29, 2008, 08:53 AM // 08:53

Option 5. Spend a chunk of it on capping elite skills.

Fun, useful and gets you 4 titles.

Squishy ftw · Aug 29, 2008, 08:56 AM // 08:56

I think the first thing you're probably best off doing, is sell those consets/gems. Because selling all of them at an optimal price might not be as easy as you think.

As for your 4 options. If you want more than that million you have. Powertrade.
If you're not all that interested in having more and just want your obsi armor, go get it.

I wouldn't bother with 1. and 3. tbh.

Dronte · Aug 29, 2008, 09:13 AM // 09:13

Dont buy voltaic spear. They are going down.

uzumaki · Aug 29, 2008, 09:23 AM // 09:23

Sell it on ebay for $50 then go out and see the sun and enjoy yourself.

Pleikki · Aug 29, 2008, 09:53 AM // 09:53

Buy 200zkeys and get r3 zaishen

Will Holden · Aug 29, 2008, 10:01 AM // 10:01

powertrade and become richer, then power trade and become richer

and then you go on and on

then quit and realise it was a waste of time

Shasgaliel · Aug 29, 2008, 10:09 AM // 10:09

Use it. Do not keep it for the hackers to get interest in your account. Get the money sink titles like party animal, sweet tooth, drunkard or Zaishen. Equip all the heroes on all your characters. Unlock all skills on all chars (but you need skill points as well). Buy a tonic for 500k or smth. possibilities are plenty.

Strife17 · Aug 29, 2008, 10:15 AM // 10:15

ye spend it on titles that need alot of money to achieve, drunkard, party animal

then get title thingy in HoM. and then enjoy the perks that come along with the title HoM for GW2

kratimas · Aug 29, 2008, 10:17 AM // 10:17

It is fake money who cares what you do with it.

jiggles · Aug 29, 2008, 10:52 AM // 10:52

Make a thread on a fansite so everyone knows how cool you are.

RhanoctJocosa · Aug 29, 2008, 10:56 AM // 10:56

sell it and buy a better game

KoKoS · Aug 29, 2008, 12:08 PM // 12:08

give the 500'000k to me and keep the rest

<-- IGN

Avarre · Aug 29, 2008, 12:11 PM // 12:11

Start grinding your cybering title.

The Meth · Aug 29, 2008, 12:13 PM // 12:13

Buy an armbrace and dupe it.

The Bard · Aug 29, 2008, 12:21 PM // 12:21

spend it of course, what else are money for?

Baku_The_Killer · Aug 29, 2008, 12:27 PM // 12:27

/agreed with Pleikki.

Buy 200 Z.Keys and get r3. But open when they upgrade with the September's Tonic...so you have chance to win some cash.

Zaishen Title =

-Gold items. (Wisdom title)
-Alcohol. (Drunkhard title)
-Tomes. (Skill Hunter title)
-Sweets. (Sweet Tooth title)
-Lockpicks. (Tesaure Hunter title)

You can be lucky and get even a High-End item... that perhaps worth more than 1000k (i.e: Eternal Blade r9 or Eternal Blade r10)

Good luck if you take that option ^^

Baku The Killer. (I'm r6 Zaishen...never get any good,but well...perhaps you have more luck xD)

SOF · Aug 29, 2008, 12:42 PM // 12:42

Don't listen to Pleikki he smells!
Power trade it so you can have moar moneh. *Say 2/3mil* THEN go for whatever Z-Rank you can.

But it won't be easy to sell all that stuff you have at max price by the way.

defect · Aug 29, 2008, 01:31 PM // 13:31

I accept donations

Or you could just go to a starter area and give random level 3 people 5k

Aug 29, 2008, 08:51 AM // 08:51	#1
runite ringleader Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2007 Guild: Mystic Spiral Profession: W/	High-End: Power Trading: Did this for 6 hrs in kamadan, nothing, is it worth it? After making up my choice of what to do with my 1Mil I have decided to use it and add it to my pool of money which I would power trade from. So 6 hours later spamming in kamadan AD1 something like this... WTS Meelee Fellblade Q9 55k \|\|\| WTB Armbrace 100k +10 e/ Torment Shield 100k + 5e \|\|\| WTB Ectos 3.7k Nothing. Did sell a Torment shield for 100k + 25e though which was nice, but still doesnt suffice my 6 wasted hours in kamadan. Is power trading not very efficient or am I just extremely bad at it and / or extremely unlucky. People have been telling me how great power trading is, I've been trying to buy high-end items for cheap prices but nobody wants to hand their item over, i try to sell high-end items for high prices but nobody seems to want to buy. Questions: 1. Who am i actually trying to trade to? (other power traders, desparate traders, farmers that want to make some quick $$$) 2. Is it better then farming? 3. How often would I expect to sell / buy high-end items for cheap cash? 4. Should i spam in trade chat, use party search or both? or is guru better. 5. Is power trading worth it? 6. Am I doing anything wrong? Last edited by runite ringleader; Aug 30, 2008 at 08:57 PM // 20:57..

Aug 29, 2008, 12:11 PM // 12:11	#15
Avarre Bubblegum Patrol Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Singapore Armed Forces	Start grinding your cybering title. __________________ And the heavens shall tremble.

Aug 29, 2008, 08:53 AM // 08:53	#2
weggwegwg Banned Join Date: Aug 2008	you should give it to me if you are too stupid to think for yourself.

Aug 29, 2008, 08:53 AM // 08:53	#3
SkekSister Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brighton UK	Option 5. Spend a chunk of it on capping elite skills. Fun, useful and gets you 4 titles.

Aug 29, 2008, 08:56 AM // 08:56	#4
Squishy ftw Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Your backline Profession: W/	I think the first thing you're probably best off doing, is sell those consets/gems. Because selling all of them at an optimal price might not be as easy as you think. As for your 4 options. If you want more than that million you have. Powertrade. If you're not all that interested in having more and just want your obsi armor, go get it. I wouldn't bother with 1. and 3. tbh.

Aug 29, 2008, 09:13 AM // 09:13	#5
Dronte Grotto Attendant Join Date: Sep 2006	Dont buy voltaic spear. They are going down.

Aug 29, 2008, 09:23 AM // 09:23	#6
uzumaki Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: GW Profession: Me/	Sell it on ebay for $50 then go out and see the sun and enjoy yourself.

Aug 29, 2008, 09:53 AM // 09:53	#7
Pleikki WTB q8 15^50 Weapons! Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: ???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]	Buy 200zkeys and get r3 zaishen

Aug 29, 2008, 10:01 AM // 10:01	#8
Will Holden Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Profession: Mo/W	powertrade and become richer, then power trade and become richer and then you go on and on then quit and realise it was a waste of time

Aug 29, 2008, 10:09 AM // 10:09	#9
Shasgaliel Jungle Guide Join Date: Apr 2008 Guild: [bomb]	Use it. Do not keep it for the hackers to get interest in your account. Get the money sink titles like party animal, sweet tooth, drunkard or Zaishen. Equip all the heroes on all your characters. Unlock all skills on all chars (but you need skill points as well). Buy a tonic for 500k or smth. possibilities are plenty.

Aug 29, 2008, 10:15 AM // 10:15	#10
Strife17 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2008 Profession: Mo/	ye spend it on titles that need alot of money to achieve, drunkard, party animal then get title thingy in HoM. and then enjoy the perks that come along with the title HoM for GW2

Aug 29, 2008, 10:17 AM // 10:17	#11
kratimas Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Dec 2005 Guild: Order of the Setting Sun Profession: R/	It is fake money who cares what you do with it.

Aug 29, 2008, 10:52 AM // 10:52	#12
jiggles Desert Nomad Join Date: Sep 2007 Profession: N/	Make a thread on a fansite so everyone knows how cool you are.

Aug 29, 2008, 10:56 AM // 10:56	#13
RhanoctJocosa Legendary Korean Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] Profession: W/	sell it and buy a better game

Aug 29, 2008, 12:08 PM // 12:08	#14
KoKoS Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: aBove Empress Amarox xP Guild: KDT Profession: Mo/E	give the 500'000k to me and keep the rest <-- IGN

Aug 29, 2008, 12:13 PM // 12:13	#16
The Meth Desert Nomad Join Date: Jan 2007 Profession: R/	Buy an armbrace and dupe it.

Aug 29, 2008, 12:21 PM // 12:21	#17
The Bard Metal Machine Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: Scions of Carver [SCAR]	spend it of course, what else are money for?

Aug 29, 2008, 12:27 PM // 12:27	#18
Baku_The_Killer Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Spain Guild: My heros are my own guild. Profession: W/	/agreed with Pleikki. Buy 200 Z.Keys and get r3. But open when they upgrade with the September's Tonic...so you have chance to win some cash. Zaishen Title = -Gold items. (Wisdom title) -Alcohol. (Drunkhard title) -Tomes. (Skill Hunter title) -Sweets. (Sweet Tooth title) -Lockpicks. (Tesaure Hunter title) You can be lucky and get even a High-End item... that perhaps worth more than 1000k (i.e: Eternal Blade r9 or Eternal Blade r10) Good luck if you take that option ^^ Baku The Killer. (I'm r6 Zaishen...never get any good,but well...perhaps you have more luck xD)

Aug 29, 2008, 12:42 PM // 12:42	#19
SOF Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2008 Guild: The Rejected Sins [SOF]	Don't listen to Pleikki he smells! Power trade it so you can have moar moneh. Say 2/3mil THEN go for whatever Z-Rank you can. But it won't be easy to sell all that stuff you have at max price by the way.

Aug 29, 2008, 01:31 PM // 13:31	#20
defect Academy Page Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Africa Guild: [MYST] Profession: W/	I accept donations Or you could just go to a starter area and give random level 3 people 5k