4plat to spend... - Guild Wars Forums

Benehime · Oct 04, 2007, 05:11 PM // 17:11

Hey, i played gw a little while ago, now i started all over again, took all my gear and gold from my 3 characters and sold everything, now i got 4platinum.
I made a warrior, does anyone have some info that i could use about what i should buy for lvling?
I'm lvl 5 now
I have prophesies only ^^

Thx in advance
Grz Benehime

SeraCombi · Oct 04, 2007, 05:14 PM // 17:14

keep saving your money, then purchase max armor, runes, and a good axe, sword, and hammer.

if your bank isn't broken at that point, consider yourself lucky, and go buy some ale.

RhanoctJocosa · Oct 04, 2007, 05:20 PM // 17:20

Keep saving your money and try getting collector's armour. To find out where to get collector's armour search it at www.guildwiki.org

Water Angel · Oct 04, 2007, 05:22 PM // 17:22

u will need aproximatively 7-8k for an armor i ndroknar, 5-6k for a good sword 7-10k for axe, 5-15k for a shield.and 18k for runes/insignias.

so ye...keep ur poor 4k and keep economise.

schaapie · Oct 04, 2007, 05:35 PM // 17:35

Water angels is saying the prices for all max stuff. You can get runes for less but 4k is not much. I reccomend you to wait until you can buy an max armor armor (for an warrior 80). And then keep your money for some cheap greens and so on. After a while playing you get more and more money and then you cna buy better stuff.

Smile Like Umean It · Oct 04, 2007, 05:38 PM // 17:38

Absolutely nothing.

At this point in time you don't need it. Don't worry about buying armor until you reach Droknar's Forge. Of course you can still get it from collectors where ever you go.
The same goes for weapons. You don't need the best stuff at this point in time. Use what you get from drops or again, search for collectors. They're a person's best friend.

LicensedLuny · Oct 04, 2007, 06:37 PM // 18:37

Don't spend it. Save it for armor, with runes/insignia maybe and signets of capture and other skills you might want to buy. And don't worry about leveling. Just play through the campaign, explore and do quests, etc. Use the best gear you find from looting your victims, upgrading as you kill things and find better stuff.

For the record, you can get max damage, req 9 swords/axes/hammers/bows/foci/wands/staffs/shields from collectors. With all three campaigns out there, you can find them with most any inherent mod from a collector somewhere. With only Prophecies you can't get to all those collectors yourself, but people will sell you collector gear for 1-2k or less (some will just give it away.) Feast your eyes on the GuildWiki Collector List.

Collector gear won't come with prefix and suffix mods, but you can gather functional mods as you kill too. Keep an eye out for mods you like on your drops and use an expert salvage kit to get them off loot if you want to put them on a better weapon.

Max weapons? That kill stuff just as fast as the uber-leet-zomg-100k+500ecto weapons you see in high end? Yep! The catch? - they're blue texted, not gold texted and they don't look the same on the screen.

In GW, elite gear is about rare skins and oddities, but even poor players can have max gear.

You really don't need much gold at all to play this game. Once you've got your character maxed out, been around, have your max armor, etc. you'll start to accumulate gold as/if you keep playing. Worry about buying snazzy-skinned stuff then.

Cheers!

Serra_Nightbloom · Oct 04, 2007, 07:28 PM // 19:28

I would buy the best armor available. Starter armor sucks. In Ascalon City, buy the 5 pieces of armor with double the armor rating (500 gold). Put a major weapon rune on a weapon helm, a minor tactics and strength rune on two other armor pieces (~2600 gold). Save the rest for buying 5 insignias (Dreadnought, Knight, Stonefist) and another two runes (minor vigor, any other) . Join a large guild and ask a mate for a loaner or freebie weapon.

I would then upgrade the armor as needed for either looks or higher class armor. It will be much easier to play your warrior wearing higher class armor.

jhu · Oct 04, 2007, 09:19 PM // 21:19

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Originally Posted by Water Angel

u will need aproximatively 7-8k for an armor i ndroknar, 5-6k for a good sword 7-10k for axe, 5-15k for a shield.and 18k for runes/insignias.

so ye...keep ur poor 4k and keep economise.

not quite. you can get pretty much anything max for free. just get collector items. if all you care about is stats, you can't beat the price of collector items. as a warrior, you can get max hammers, swords, axes, and shields in the crystal desert for usually 5 collector items. no need to spend 10k+ for weapons at all.

DarkFlame · Oct 04, 2007, 09:34 PM // 21:34

4 plat ain't what it use to be. Save it, spend it only on the essentials, like armor and skills. Avoid things like farming, perfect weapons/mods and expensive greens. And just play and enjoy yourself.

freaky naughty · Oct 04, 2007, 11:20 PM // 23:20

Just save it, alright? Prophecies has very few ways to make money so that 4k is gonna be worth a lot to you in the next few months. Use collector armor and weapons. If you want a quicker way to make money I suggest buying EotN

Neo Nugget · Oct 04, 2007, 11:43 PM // 23:43

Yep, i'd save it for max armor in Droknars Forge.

jon0592 · Oct 05, 2007, 12:03 AM // 00:03

Or give it to the less fortunate (not suggesting me).

Smile Like Umean It · Oct 05, 2007, 01:26 AM // 01:26

Less fortunate? The guy ONLY has 4k and that's from purging his account.

Can't really find too many people more less unfortunate than that. Even if you could, he can't afford it.

$neekie · Oct 05, 2007, 09:36 AM // 09:36

Arnt you guys going to fast for the OP?

I would hold on to the 4k and buy the armor(30) at asclon city after pre searing(but dont rush tru pre searing).

Try to buy a bag in presearing, it expensive(1k) but will pay it self back because you can hold more drops to sell to the merchant. Hold on to the collectors items(charr carvings,spiderlegs ect, there stackble and give a better income then 2or3 gil weapons, just take all the blue drops) until you find the collectors, these weapons and armor(in pre) are enough. What i did in presearing was clear all field(next to the quests) until i didnt get xp anymore, this also will give you enough drops. I left pre, level 9 and with 3k+(and a charrbag + black dye

) This is offcourse if your still in pre searing...

After pre dont rush tru the game, you ll learn the value of stuff(and master the skills). Just kill alot of monsters, do the missions/quests. The money will come natural, later in the game you can get the 15k armors and other expensive stuff(you ll need to farm for it though)

You dont need the expensive stuff, its mainly to show off. Ill go for functionality over beauty. For sure in the begining. Try finding a helpful guild or players along the way.

Have fun! mzzls

wilebill · Oct 05, 2007, 11:17 AM // 11:17

Stay in presear until level 8 or more. Save valuable dyes! Presear is your opportunity to be a solo farmer! Make the most of it. Leveling up through Prophecies, take all of the quests you can find. Get all the skills quests you can find.

Use collector's weapons, and collector's armor, especially when you get to the desert. Heh. You should wind up rich by the time you hit Draknor's Forge! Playing Prophecies with no short cuts and using its rich collector and quest resources is still the most fun to be had in Guild Wars, IMHO.

Griff Mon · Oct 05, 2007, 12:50 PM // 12:50

You can do quite a bit in pre to save and earn money. If you can make it past level 10 or so, you might want to consider going for the 4 bosses at the altar in the Northlands. Not only does dye drop there, but armour with runes on it, Charr Bags (holds 10 items), Charr Salvage Kits (mini-expert salvage kits), and armour that has runes on it. Acquiring these things for free in pre will help you accumulate quite a bit by the time you cross over.

Steboy93 · Oct 05, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24

I would advise you to buy a max damage sword/axe/hammer, a decent shield and the ascalon armour to start with.

Goldleader · Oct 05, 2007, 04:37 PM // 16:37

It's all about buying items you will keep. Don't waste your money on non-max weapons now, since you know you will just swap them out in another week or two.

Just don't spend your money on runners. Work your way through areas and keep saving your money. As it was stated before 4k isn't much anymore.

Once you get to a place that sells max armor (like Droks), make sure you purchase the chest and the leg pieces first (they take the highest percentage of hits).

jhu · Oct 05, 2007, 06:24 PM // 18:24

again, there's really no need to spend any money in this game. max armor and weapons can be found in the crystal desert being given away by collectors. all of the required items are easy to obtain. in the meantime you can still just continue using collector items.

Oct 04, 2007, 05:11 PM // 17:11	#1
Benehime Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Oct 2007	4plat to spend... Hey, i played gw a little while ago, now i started all over again, took all my gear and gold from my 3 characters and sold everything, now i got 4platinum. I made a warrior, does anyone have some info that i could use about what i should buy for lvling? I'm lvl 5 now I have prophesies only ^^ Thx in advance Grz Benehime

Oct 04, 2007, 07:28 PM // 19:28	#8
Serra_Nightbloom Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2006 Profession: N/Me	I would buy the best armor available. Starter armor sucks. In Ascalon City, buy the 5 pieces of armor with double the armor rating (500 gold). Put a major weapon rune on a weapon helm, a minor tactics and strength rune on two other armor pieces (~2600 gold). Save the rest for buying 5 insignias (Dreadnought, Knight, Stonefist) and another two runes (minor vigor, any other) . Join a large guild and ask a mate for a loaner or freebie weapon. I would then upgrade the armor as needed for either looks or higher class armor. It will be much easier to play your warrior wearing higher class armor. Last edited by Serra_Nightbloom; Oct 04, 2007 at 07:36 PM // 19:36..

Oct 04, 2007, 11:43 PM // 23:43	#12
Neo Nugget Site Contributor Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: R/	Yep, i'd save it for max armor in Droknars Forge. __________________ "Even if the morrow is barren of promises, nothing shall forestall my return."

Oct 04, 2007, 05:14 PM // 17:14	#2
SeraCombi Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hiding in a cave in old Ascalon	keep saving your money, then purchase max armor, runes, and a good axe, sword, and hammer. if your bank isn't broken at that point, consider yourself lucky, and go buy some ale.

Oct 04, 2007, 05:20 PM // 17:20	#3
RhanoctJocosa Legendary Korean Join Date: Aug 2006 Guild: The Benecia Renovatio [RenO] Profession: W/	Keep saving your money and try getting collector's armour. To find out where to get collector's armour search it at www.guildwiki.org

Oct 04, 2007, 05:22 PM // 17:22	#4
Water Angel Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Paris Profession: Me/E	u will need aproximatively 7-8k for an armor i ndroknar, 5-6k for a good sword 7-10k for axe, 5-15k for a shield.and 18k for runes/insignias. so ye...keep ur poor 4k and keep economise.

Oct 04, 2007, 05:35 PM // 17:35	#5
schaapie Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Netherlands Profession: E/Mo	Water angels is saying the prices for all max stuff. You can get runes for less but 4k is not much. I reccomend you to wait until you can buy an max armor armor (for an warrior 80). And then keep your money for some cheap greens and so on. After a while playing you get more and more money and then you cna buy better stuff.

Oct 04, 2007, 05:38 PM // 17:38	#6
Smile Like Umean It Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: E/Rt	Absolutely nothing. At this point in time you don't need it. Don't worry about buying armor until you reach Droknar's Forge. Of course you can still get it from collectors where ever you go. The same goes for weapons. You don't need the best stuff at this point in time. Use what you get from drops or again, search for collectors. They're a person's best friend.

Oct 04, 2007, 06:37 PM // 18:37	#7
LicensedLuny Badly Influenced Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Buying Humps! (No kidding! Check my buy thread) Guild: Hello Kitty Krewe [HKK] Forever!-ish	Don't spend it. Save it for armor, with runes/insignia maybe and signets of capture and other skills you might want to buy. And don't worry about leveling. Just play through the campaign, explore and do quests, etc. Use the best gear you find from looting your victims, upgrading as you kill things and find better stuff. For the record, you can get max damage, req 9 swords/axes/hammers/bows/foci/wands/staffs/shields from collectors. With all three campaigns out there, you can find them with most any inherent mod from a collector somewhere. With only Prophecies you can't get to all those collectors yourself, but people will sell you collector gear for 1-2k or less (some will just give it away.) Feast your eyes on the GuildWiki Collector List. Collector gear won't come with prefix and suffix mods, but you can gather functional mods as you kill too. Keep an eye out for mods you like on your drops and use an expert salvage kit to get them off loot if you want to put them on a better weapon. Max weapons? That kill stuff just as fast as the uber-leet-zomg-100k+500ecto weapons you see in high end? Yep! The catch? - they're blue texted, not gold texted and they don't look the same on the screen. In GW, elite gear is about rare skins and oddities, but even poor players can have max gear. You really don't need much gold at all to play this game. Once you've got your character maxed out, been around, have your max armor, etc. you'll start to accumulate gold as/if you keep playing. Worry about buying snazzy-skinned stuff then. Cheers!

Oct 04, 2007, 09:34 PM // 21:34	#10
DarkFlame Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ascalon Profession: E/	4 plat ain't what it use to be. Save it, spend it only on the essentials, like armor and skills. Avoid things like farming, perfect weapons/mods and expensive greens. And just play and enjoy yourself.

Oct 04, 2007, 11:20 PM // 23:20	#11
freaky naughty Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2007 Profession: Mo/N	Just save it, alright? Prophecies has very few ways to make money so that 4k is gonna be worth a lot to you in the next few months. Use collector armor and weapons. If you want a quicker way to make money I suggest buying EotN

Oct 05, 2007, 12:03 AM // 00:03	#13
jon0592 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: N/	Or give it to the less fortunate (not suggesting me).

Oct 05, 2007, 01:26 AM // 01:26	#14
Smile Like Umean It Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: E/Rt	Less fortunate? The guy ONLY has 4k and that's from purging his account. Can't really find too many people more less unfortunate than that. Even if you could, he can't afford it.

Oct 05, 2007, 09:36 AM // 09:36	#15
$neekie Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Netherlands Profession: R/	Arnt you guys going to fast for the OP? I would hold on to the 4k and buy the armor(30) at asclon city after pre searing(but dont rush tru pre searing). Try to buy a bag in presearing, it expensive(1k) but will pay it self back because you can hold more drops to sell to the merchant. Hold on to the collectors items(charr carvings,spiderlegs ect, there stackble and give a better income then 2or3 gil weapons, just take all the blue drops) until you find the collectors, these weapons and armor(in pre) are enough. What i did in presearing was clear all field(next to the quests) until i didnt get xp anymore, this also will give you enough drops. I left pre, level 9 and with 3k+(and a charrbag + black dye ) This is offcourse if your still in pre searing... After pre dont rush tru the game, you ll learn the value of stuff(and master the skills). Just kill alot of monsters, do the missions/quests. The money will come natural, later in the game you can get the 15k armors and other expensive stuff(you ll need to farm for it though) You dont need the expensive stuff, its mainly to show off. Ill go for functionality over beauty. For sure in the begining. Try finding a helpful guild or players along the way. Have fun! mzzls

Oct 05, 2007, 11:17 AM // 11:17	#16
wilebill Desert Nomad Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mt Vernon, Ohio Guild: Band of the Hawk Profession: W/Mo	Stay in presear until level 8 or more. Save valuable dyes! Presear is your opportunity to be a solo farmer! Make the most of it. Leveling up through Prophecies, take all of the quests you can find. Get all the skills quests you can find. Use collector's weapons, and collector's armor, especially when you get to the desert. Heh. You should wind up rich by the time you hit Draknor's Forge! Playing Prophecies with no short cuts and using its rich collector and quest resources is still the most fun to be had in Guild Wars, IMHO.

Oct 05, 2007, 12:50 PM // 12:50	#17
Griff Mon Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the Elfen Forests of Washington State Guild: Damage Radius Profession: N/	You can do quite a bit in pre to save and earn money. If you can make it past level 10 or so, you might want to consider going for the 4 bosses at the altar in the Northlands. Not only does dye drop there, but armour with runes on it, Charr Bags (holds 10 items), Charr Salvage Kits (mini-expert salvage kits), and armour that has runes on it. Acquiring these things for free in pre will help you accumulate quite a bit by the time you cross over.

Oct 05, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24	#18
Steboy93 Furnace Stoker Join Date: Feb 2007 Guild: Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] \| Ex-Officer [TAM] Profession: W/	I would advise you to buy a max damage sword/axe/hammer, a decent shield and the ascalon armour to start with.

Oct 05, 2007, 04:37 PM // 16:37	#19
Goldleader Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2006 Profession: Mo/Me	It's all about buying items you will keep. Don't waste your money on non-max weapons now, since you know you will just swap them out in another week or two. Just don't spend your money on runners. Work your way through areas and keep saving your money. As it was stated before 4k isn't much anymore. Once you get to a place that sells max armor (like Droks), make sure you purchase the chest and the leg pieces first (they take the highest percentage of hits).

Oct 05, 2007, 06:24 PM // 18:24	#20
jhu Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jun 2007	again, there's really no need to spend any money in this game. max armor and weapons can be found in the crystal desert being given away by collectors. all of the required items are easy to obtain. in the meantime you can still just continue using collector items.