A money thread that has nothing to do with FoW armor... - Page 2 - Guild Wars Forums

DaHammer · Oct 06, 2006, 04:24 PM // 16:24

Here's my suggestion - PLAY THE DAMN GAME!! Don't waste your money getting run anywhere except possibly to Drok's. All that accomplishes is getting your LOW level character to a HIGH level area where you'll be basically worthless. I can see getting a run to Droks for max armor but fight your way to Beacon's and THEN get the run. Hang around in the major towns and monitor the trade and chat channels. Pay attention to what people are buying. I'm not talking about "godly" weapons and such, I'm talking about the items that the COLLECTORS will trade for. Don't merch those dune burrower jaws, bleached shells, azure crests and the like. SELL them to other players. Some items are more in demand than others so concentrate on those. Keep in mind that some of the collector weapons are just as good if not better than a lot of those pretty greens and golds and a lot of players realize this. I personally made over 1000K selling Bleached Shells before ANet shut down that market. I couldn't farm them fast enough because saavy warriors knew that the Crimsom Carapace shields were the best in the game at that time. Lastly, salvage salvage salvage and when you get tired of that, salvage some more. In other words, go into the crafting materials business. You can make nice money on weekends when everyone is looking to get their shiny new armor and materials prices are high at the trader because of high demand and low supply. Tanned Hides - hint hint hint. Just to give you my resume - I have 12 characters in 2 accounts and have beaten both Prophecies and Factions with 10 of them. I have NEVER been to the UW nor do I have any desire to go. I've made all my money PLAYING the game and paying attention to what other players are buying. I've gotten run to Droks exactly 5 times and ALL of them were FREE (test runs). I've always tipped the runner whether it was asked for or not. I solo farm from time to time but make more money from selling crafting materials than I do from uber items. I hope this has been as helpful as the previous posts.

Jackylicious · Oct 06, 2006, 07:30 PM // 19:30

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Originally Posted by martialis

I assume you're level 20 with crappy armour and weapons. You're going to have a very hard time getting past that mission with henchies. You can't finish the game with them, and playing with humans is much easier some of the time. Before you start soloing for large amounts of cash, you'll want to get drok's armour, collectors weapons, and green weapons, which in Tyria means playing in groups. But finish the game first.

Bold text = just wrong.

dansamy · Oct 06, 2006, 09:09 PM // 21:09

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Originally Posted by DaHammer

Here's my suggestion - PLAY THE DAMN GAME!!

QFT.... It sounds like you've rerolled several times. You are your own worst goldsink. Whatever character you have now, stick with it. You can change attributes, skills, etc. in GW so your one warrior can be any warrior you want him to be just by changing out his skillbar, attributes and weapon. Don't buy every new armor level that you find. Use collectors armor until you decide on whatever "end-game" armor you want. (My mesmer stayed in pre-searing armor until I got her past the Desert and bought 15k Enchanter's.) Use collectors weapons and don't buy expensive mods from fellow players. Use what you salvage off other drops. Get a crappy weapon with a +25hp suffix on it? Salvage that and use it. It's worthless in the trade market, but for you, it's a free extra 25hp. Can't afford Superior Vigor? Buy a minor and don't use any superior attribute runes. Use minors for those too until you can afford the superior. Don't buy every new skill you see. If you are running an axe warrior build, focus on axe skills, "weapon attacks" that aren't limited to one weapon and other skills from strength/tactics as needed. Don't waste your funds buying up hammer skills or sword skills until you are ready to change over to using one of those instead.

lennymon · Oct 06, 2006, 10:32 PM // 22:32

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Originally Posted by martialis

I assume you're level 20 with crappy armour and weapons. You're going to have a very hard time getting past that mission with henchies. You can't finish the game with them, and playing with humans is much easier some of the time. Before you start soloing for large amounts of cash, you'll want to get drok's armour, collectors weapons, and green weapons, which in Tyria means playing in groups. But finish the game first.

this is utter bs, all of tyria can be henched quite easily with only 2 missions having any level of difficulty...this includes bonuses. He's also stated that he already has droks armor, and the issue isn't what weapons he is using, but the cash flow.

to the OP I'd say, since you arent really interested in making money via interacting with other people (aka buying and selling - I've deduced this by reading the fine print in your autobiography), I'd suggest just leave off buying keys (collector stuff in the desert is better anyway. Or just craft some weapons in droks. Then you just dont spend money, thats basically how I got rich... pick up everything, salvage or sell, only buy the skills you are actually going to use right away until you get 'too much money' and you'll accumulate wealth easily.

Malice Black · Oct 07, 2006, 12:11 AM // 00:11

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Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

Buy low sell high.

Says my 15ks

someone with 800g CANNOT get into trading...800g buys f8ck all.

Poor advice to say the least.

Some tips..

1. Complete the game
2. Buy droks (there is no reason why you shouldn't have 10k by the time you get to droks via the correct way)
3. Learn to solo farm (trolls are a good starting point the money sucks but you can move onto bigger and better things later)
4. Buy only what you need (buy high req weapons for PvE chars..req8 are a luxury you cant afford)
5. Chest running is a money sink, you rarely make your money back.
6. Never resort to buying gold online..if you do it time to quit playing as you are taking the game too seriously.
7. ENJOY!!! even farming should be enjoyable..if it becomes a chore take a break ( a month or so)

Basically just rounded up what everyone has covered..

red13xx · Nov 05, 2006, 02:06 PM // 14:06

Warrior are great for running learn to run ppl places early on will make you have a lot of cash...I remeber my very first run was ~10 mins and I got like 5k right there. There are maany scammers so you just going to have to deal with it...I even ran a group once of 7 and 1 person actually payed and I was charging 500 gold for the run to get infused..It was sad...But after you dealt with all the scamming and a few decent players then you will see that you dont have to run anymore and can start soloing for your money..as you proceed to get better elite skills...then life will be easier and you can start doing bosses for greens etc. But in the end running will get you a good profit fast..a desert run can get you a lot of cash too if you are good enough to master that run.

red13xx · Nov 05, 2006, 02:25 PM // 14:25

Believe it or not some players sit in droks and do that run and a make 100k in a few hours..Same with desert runs...Learn to run places and become an expert runner will earn you some extraordinary cash fast...A friend of mine that stopped play once told me he use to even get PM from players for runs and they would give him 5k alone for the drok run...

Alias_X · Nov 05, 2006, 03:07 PM // 15:07

As long as you are able to upgrade your characters armor and maybe upgrade the weapons, you are all set. You don't need anything else.

If excess money is what you crave, then you must play for excess amounts.

englitdaudelin · Nov 05, 2006, 05:20 PM // 17:20

Caveat reader: I'm notorious in my guild for NOT being a solo artist or farmer. I'd much rather play missions and quests.
That said, sometimes, I need to fatten the Xunlai Bank. So I take my little necro, load up on degens and so on, and...

...farm me some lvl 10 minotaurs outside Ice Tooth Cave.

Lame, right? Not really. One trip of about 20 min. nets me 800g-1.5k, depending on drops and salvages. One run I got a silver and a black dye. Almost every run gets me a dye of some kind. Minotaur hides salvage into tanned hide or into leather squares. Sometimes weps have good mods; sometimes not. Two steel ingots can turn into 300g pretty fast. By the time I gather up all the gold, merchant stuff, and salvage stuff, it's not bad.

Best of all--it's really not hard.

That said, I gotta seriously agree with the posters who said: play thru the game. Missions are more lucrative than quests, which are more lucrative than just running around aimlessly. Sanctum Cay is henchable--I've done it with necro and warrior and ranger--as long as you're careful. Once you get to the desert, find all the towns and mission areas. Don't pay for the run. Don't buy random crap. Hoard your money. Keep purple weps that are max damage, or salvage for half-decent mods.

I'm like you--a bit anti-social. But in the desert, you may need to bite the bullet and join a group.

Good luck, dude.

Absolute Destiny · Nov 05, 2006, 08:54 PM // 20:54

Just to update everyone....

A friend advised me to deposit 1k into storage each time one of my four characters passed the 2k mark.....
I currently have over 5k in storage, and that's just from playing through the game with my char's...
Still haven't gotten past Sanctum Cay yet, but I haven't attempted it in awhile.

Oct 06, 2006, 04:24 PM // 16:24	#21
DaHammer Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2006	Here's my suggestion - PLAY THE DAMN GAME!! Don't waste your money getting run anywhere except possibly to Drok's. All that accomplishes is getting your LOW level character to a HIGH level area where you'll be basically worthless. I can see getting a run to Droks for max armor but fight your way to Beacon's and THEN get the run. Hang around in the major towns and monitor the trade and chat channels. Pay attention to what people are buying. I'm not talking about "godly" weapons and such, I'm talking about the items that the COLLECTORS will trade for. Don't merch those dune burrower jaws, bleached shells, azure crests and the like. SELL them to other players. Some items are more in demand than others so concentrate on those. Keep in mind that some of the collector weapons are just as good if not better than a lot of those pretty greens and golds and a lot of players realize this. I personally made over 1000K selling Bleached Shells before ANet shut down that market. I couldn't farm them fast enough because saavy warriors knew that the Crimsom Carapace shields were the best in the game at that time. Lastly, salvage salvage salvage and when you get tired of that, salvage some more. In other words, go into the crafting materials business. You can make nice money on weekends when everyone is looking to get their shiny new armor and materials prices are high at the trader because of high demand and low supply. Tanned Hides - hint hint hint. Just to give you my resume - I have 12 characters in 2 accounts and have beaten both Prophecies and Factions with 10 of them. I have NEVER been to the UW nor do I have any desire to go. I've made all my money PLAYING the game and paying attention to what other players are buying. I've gotten run to Droks exactly 5 times and ALL of them were FREE (test runs). I've always tipped the runner whether it was asked for or not. I solo farm from time to time but make more money from selling crafting materials than I do from uber items. I hope this has been as helpful as the previous posts.

Nov 05, 2006, 02:06 PM // 14:06	#26
red13xx Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2006	Warrior are great for running learn to run ppl places early on will make you have a lot of cash...I remeber my very first run was ~10 mins and I got like 5k right there. There are maany scammers so you just going to have to deal with it...I even ran a group once of 7 and 1 person actually payed and I was charging 500 gold for the run to get infused..It was sad...But after you dealt with all the scamming and a few decent players then you will see that you dont have to run anymore and can start soloing for your money..as you proceed to get better elite skills...then life will be easier and you can start doing bosses for greens etc. But in the end running will get you a good profit fast..a desert run can get you a lot of cash too if you are good enough to master that run.

Nov 05, 2006, 02:25 PM // 14:25	#27
red13xx Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Oct 2006	Believe it or not some players sit in droks and do that run and a make 100k in a few hours..Same with desert runs...Learn to run places and become an expert runner will earn you some extraordinary cash fast...A friend of mine that stopped play once told me he use to even get PM from players for runs and they would give him 5k alone for the drok run...

Nov 05, 2006, 03:07 PM // 15:07	#28
Alias_X Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005	As long as you are able to upgrade your characters armor and maybe upgrade the weapons, you are all set. You don't need anything else. If excess money is what you crave, then you must play for excess amounts.

Nov 05, 2006, 05:20 PM // 17:20	#29
englitdaudelin Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: East Coast Guild: Soldier's Union [SU] Profession: N/Me	Caveat reader: I'm notorious in my guild for NOT being a solo artist or farmer. I'd much rather play missions and quests. That said, sometimes, I need to fatten the Xunlai Bank. So I take my little necro, load up on degens and so on, and... ...farm me some lvl 10 minotaurs outside Ice Tooth Cave. Lame, right? Not really. One trip of about 20 min. nets me 800g-1.5k, depending on drops and salvages. One run I got a silver and a black dye. Almost every run gets me a dye of some kind. Minotaur hides salvage into tanned hide or into leather squares. Sometimes weps have good mods; sometimes not. Two steel ingots can turn into 300g pretty fast. By the time I gather up all the gold, merchant stuff, and salvage stuff, it's not bad. Best of all--it's really not hard. That said, I gotta seriously agree with the posters who said: play thru the game. Missions are more lucrative than quests, which are more lucrative than just running around aimlessly. Sanctum Cay is henchable--I've done it with necro and warrior and ranger--as long as you're careful. Once you get to the desert, find all the towns and mission areas. Don't pay for the run. Don't buy random crap. Hoard your money. Keep purple weps that are max damage, or salvage for half-decent mods. I'm like you--a bit anti-social. But in the desert, you may need to bite the bullet and join a group. Good luck, dude.

Nov 05, 2006, 08:54 PM // 20:54	#30
Absolute Destiny Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oklahoma City Guild: Forgotten Realms [FR] Profession: W/	Just to update everyone.... A friend advised me to deposit 1k into storage each time one of my four characters passed the 2k mark..... I currently have over 5k in storage, and that's just from playing through the game with my char's... Still haven't gotten past Sanctum Cay yet, but I haven't attempted it in awhile.