how do people make so much money? - Guild Wars Forums

dsd · Mar 20, 2006, 04:24 PM // 16:24

how? i mean like i have seen people show me like heck of alot of ectos and like 1,000k i mean come on i want to know other then ebay (i am rich my self but it took me 3 months to get my frist 200k) plz tell us ur ways

sn0w1337 · Mar 20, 2006, 04:27 PM // 16:27

I seem to have luck Oro farming. Made 260k in 3 days off items...Bortaks cesta 55k one day, bortaks claw 65k another, dragos flatbow x2 = 60k. Then you get money picking up and off crap items to merchant.

leeky baby · Mar 20, 2006, 04:28 PM // 16:28

im guessing alot of people made their money at the beginning of the game before the AOE nerf which made it alot quicker to farm.
A lucky drop rare crystaline,dwarn axe people will pay alot of money for.
They save their money up not wasting it on items they do not need.

There are alot fo threads about this so just search it

Yukito Kunisaki · Mar 20, 2006, 04:30 PM // 16:30

I believe the phrases:

"Farm like a madman"

&

"Sleep? Sunlight? Who needs those?"

come to mind...

Caldec · Mar 20, 2006, 04:36 PM // 16:36

i make my money in 2 ways-
1-chest run in FoW i made 300k yesterday on chest runs alone.
2-trading you go 1 LA and watch what people r selling if you see a nice item for a cheap price buy it and resell it for a higher price

The Herbalizer · Mar 20, 2006, 04:37 PM // 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by dsd

how do people make so much money?

*shrugs*

*then goes back to counting ectos*

Do you actually think people will say how they made their gold? I sure as hell wont tell anyone bar the people I trust most about good areas to farm. As for trading tips, I wont say either.

Pompeyfan · Mar 20, 2006, 04:40 PM // 16:40

A lot got their gold last year at the trader reset when ecto/shards/dyes/runes were very cheap - and unlike the last one, it wasen't rolled back, so a lucky few got enough to make it hard on the rest. Plus at the start of the game drops of things like ecto were a lot more common (the phrase I heard was 'they dropped like dust does now'), but that got nerfed due to the farming.

Leon_Ux-ixen · Mar 20, 2006, 04:48 PM // 16:48

Oro farming and FA farming is bull. I spent 3days farming and doing runs and did not get a single item that sold more then 2k. I swear to you now all my item consitsted of plain items only good for salvaging and Dwarf robes! I got a blue, item here and there and saw my party getting purples,golds and greens.! Heck this one dude got 3 greens in a row!!! I even did a 5man run with all henchs and got only a few blues. I say the devolpers hate me, this is 100% impossible (even htough it did happen) and unimagenable. The only purples and golds I got weren't worth a k even noobs knew that. O_o I had to wait till the party left to pick up a shadowbow that someone missed sold that for 3k and an gold item (silly noob) after working like a oak I was able to afford the gratto druid boots. T_T

fiery · Mar 20, 2006, 05:22 PM // 17:22

Get lucky sell high runes, sell materials. Farm.

Silent Kitty · Mar 20, 2006, 05:30 PM // 17:30

Leave town, kill as many stuff as you can. Pick up all the trash, untill your stash is full and sell it in town. Leave town again, kill the same monsters again, pick up everything and sell it again. If you are lucky something valuable will pop, but I wouldn't hold my breath for it. I made 2K a day in post-sear

Now I am bored, and finally see the uselesness of it. It is the easiest way to get money for a 15K armour (A 15K armour takes 7 days of hard labour). It doesn't take brains, and you need no life either

boxterduke · Mar 20, 2006, 05:38 PM // 17:38

I would say farm, salvage materials and sell them
Do not try to stand in a town yelling WTS on items that are low.
Ask yourself, would you buy the item you are selling?
If no is the answer then do not waste your time selling it.

In the price check forums, it tells which mods or items that people wont buy.

Lucky drops.

One way to get rich is not to buy perfect items or mods.

You telling me that there is a difference between 19% enchant and 20%

or a 15>50 fellblade (costs 500k and up) and a 12>50.
Most 15>50 users do not customize their weapons.
with a 12>50 for example you can customize it and get more damage.

Big_Iron · Mar 20, 2006, 05:44 PM // 17:44

Despite a comment or two from above, there's no big secret to farming and making gold. There are plenty of threads in the forums dedicated to builds and areas to farm. Many even include maps. As long as you have the time and patience, you can make gold as easliy as anyone else here. Some take it to another level, almost like day traders, buying low and selling high. I'd rather just play the game, so when I need gold I'll farm the usual places...Trolls, Ettins, Oro, FoW, etc. You have to remember too, some people play A LOT. If you have that kind of time, you can make a great deal of gold.

nitetime · Mar 20, 2006, 05:57 PM // 17:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caldec

i make my money in 2 ways-
1-chest run in FoW i made 300k yesterday on chest runs alone.

HUH? what are you getting from those fow chests? all I ever get is crap and have recently decided to sell most the keys I get.

quickmonty · Mar 20, 2006, 05:58 PM // 17:58

Farming. You should have been farming during the Wintersday event. I was making 20 to 30K per farming run.

rotaulave · Mar 20, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24

I was one of the lucky ones early in the game. CHests didnt cost keys they were free to run, discovered Port SLedge chests and ran the 4 =600-800g per run in 2.5min netting 12-15k per hr. Got some gold items not included in the totals. THen when i got 300k went to rune trader Sept 10th i think it was and Sup Absorption and Sup Vig was 5k each, threw everything i could in to trash that wasnt max or good and bought 300k in Supvig and SupAbsorption. Oh ya they went back up to 100K which ment 6mill in gold
and then bought up ectos saphires and rubies for cheap as i sold off Vig's and Aborption so thats how you get rich. Now i just farm like everyone else, I id everything that is max or near max blue purple or gold and only keep the perfect or -1 perfect mods, or any weapon thats 15^50 and sell. Yes dont waste your time selling the minor weapons or mods, time well spent farming in stead of trying to sell crap. Oh ya I'm retired and dont sleep or eat if its not at the keyboard.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz chomp chomp zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzgoing farmingzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

PulSe · Mar 20, 2006, 06:35 PM // 18:35

play the game ...

wsmcasey · Mar 20, 2006, 06:37 PM // 18:37

I farm quite a bit, and I find the best way for me to keep from spending my money is to invest it in items of worth. Ectos, Shards, Runes............ I buy low and sell high, then re-invest when the prices are low.

Kook~NBK~ · Mar 20, 2006, 07:18 PM // 19:18

For tips on how to make big money in GW, buy my book! "Rags to Riches in GW in 30 Days or Less" For 3 easy payments of 299g, you'll get my 200 page guide filled with tips on where to find those rare drops that can net you big money. You'll also learn the ins and outs of salvaging, merchants, and collectors items. Act wintin the next 24 hours, and I'll throw in a detailed map showing exactly how to reach Daved the Arisan and the simple steps you can take to make cheap wood into precious parchment!

BellyFlop · Mar 20, 2006, 08:29 PM // 20:29

Quote:

(i am rich my self but it took me 3 months to get my frist 200k) plz tell us ur ways

There are a few topics that explain were to farm even shows the way you should run that build.

some people work for it some are just lucky. the ones that farm in hard places (

) have worked on that character to do just that.

But if farm is not your thing then go and get a good team and hunt mosters for greens (same as farm).

i dont know more than the a normal person that reads this and other forums, but i dont think people will post a Hotspot cos A.Net and Bots are watching.

PrincessKyra · Mar 20, 2006, 08:53 PM // 20:53

I've spent countless hours farming in many places in the game. Nowadays, I don't spend much time farming. So, when I do farm, I hate to gamble on things like Greens or rare Gold. I look for consistency in cash earned per hour. If I farm UW for only 30 mins, I can usually count on making at least 10k.

I find that farming UW is the most consistent place to farm in terms of gold per hour. Currently, UW duo (monk & necro) seems the most efficient to me.

I sell globs to the rare material trader to save time. I get an average of about 2 globs per hour. Also, if you ID all items and sell to the merchant, you can make 6-10k per hour from junk alone.

Of course, you can sell globs to humans and salvage stuff too to increase your profit. Personally, I deal with the merchants to save time. 15 of minutes spamming WTS in LA is equivelant to losing 5k in merchant junk.

Mar 20, 2006, 04:24 PM // 16:24	#1
dsd Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: usa Guild: holy green dragons Profession: W/	how do people make so much money? how? i mean like i have seen people show me like heck of alot of ectos and like 1,000k i mean come on i want to know other then ebay (i am rich my self but it took me 3 months to get my frist 200k) plz tell us ur ways

Mar 20, 2006, 04:27 PM // 16:27	#2
sn0w1337 Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Donkey Pops Profession: W/Mo	I seem to have luck Oro farming. Made 260k in 3 days off items...Bortaks cesta 55k one day, bortaks claw 65k another, dragos flatbow x2 = 60k. Then you get money picking up and off crap items to merchant.

Mar 20, 2006, 04:28 PM // 16:28	#3
leeky baby Desert Nomad Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Surrey University Guild: Starting to play again... need a guild Profession: W/E	im guessing alot of people made their money at the beginning of the game before the AOE nerf which made it alot quicker to farm. A lucky drop rare crystaline,dwarn axe people will pay alot of money for. They save their money up not wasting it on items they do not need. There are alot fo threads about this so just search it

Mar 20, 2006, 04:30 PM // 16:30	#4
Yukito Kunisaki Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Profession: W/N	I believe the phrases: "Farm like a madman" & "Sleep? Sunlight? Who needs those?" come to mind...

Mar 20, 2006, 04:36 PM // 16:36	#5
Caldec Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Buffalo, NY	i make my money in 2 ways- 1-chest run in FoW i made 300k yesterday on chest runs alone. 2-trading you go 1 LA and watch what people r selling if you see a nice item for a cheap price buy it and resell it for a higher price

Mar 20, 2006, 04:40 PM // 16:40	#7
Pompeyfan Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Isle of Wight Guild: DVDF Profession: R/	A lot got their gold last year at the trader reset when ecto/shards/dyes/runes were very cheap - and unlike the last one, it wasen't rolled back, so a lucky few got enough to make it hard on the rest. Plus at the start of the game drops of things like ecto were a lot more common (the phrase I heard was 'they dropped like dust does now'), but that got nerfed due to the farming.

Mar 20, 2006, 04:48 PM // 16:48	#8
Leon_Ux-ixen Krytan Explorer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: America, how I dispise it... Guild: Order Of The Mystic Phoenix Profession: R/Mo	Oro farming and FA farming is bull. I spent 3days farming and doing runs and did not get a single item that sold more then 2k. I swear to you now all my item consitsted of plain items only good for salvaging and Dwarf robes! I got a blue, item here and there and saw my party getting purples,golds and greens.! Heck this one dude got 3 greens in a row!!! I even did a 5man run with all henchs and got only a few blues. I say the devolpers hate me, this is 100% impossible (even htough it did happen) and unimagenable. The only purples and golds I got weren't worth a k even noobs knew that. O_o I had to wait till the party left to pick up a shadowbow that someone missed sold that for 3k and an gold item (silly noob) after working like a oak I was able to afford the gratto druid boots. T_T

Mar 20, 2006, 05:22 PM // 17:22	#9
fiery Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: maryland Guild: InYurFace Gaming [IYF] Profession: R/	Get lucky sell high runes, sell materials. Farm.

Mar 20, 2006, 05:30 PM // 17:30	#10
Silent Kitty Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Guild: [TYW] "The Young World" Profession: A/Me	Leave town, kill as many stuff as you can. Pick up all the trash, untill your stash is full and sell it in town. Leave town again, kill the same monsters again, pick up everything and sell it again. If you are lucky something valuable will pop, but I wouldn't hold my breath for it. I made 2K a day in post-sear Now I am bored, and finally see the uselesness of it. It is the easiest way to get money for a 15K armour (A 15K armour takes 7 days of hard labour). It doesn't take brains, and you need no life either

Mar 20, 2006, 05:38 PM // 17:38	#11
boxterduke Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Walking the ruins of Ascalon Guild: DVDF Profession: Me/	I would say farm, salvage materials and sell them Do not try to stand in a town yelling WTS on items that are low. Ask yourself, would you buy the item you are selling? If no is the answer then do not waste your time selling it. In the price check forums, it tells which mods or items that people wont buy. Lucky drops. One way to get rich is not to buy perfect items or mods. You telling me that there is a difference between 19% enchant and 20% or a 15>50 fellblade (costs 500k and up) and a 12>50. Most 15>50 users do not customize their weapons. with a 12>50 for example you can customize it and get more damage.

Mar 20, 2006, 05:44 PM // 17:44	#12
Big_Iron Desert Nomad Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Edge Guild: Tormented Weapons [emo]	Despite a comment or two from above, there's no big secret to farming and making gold. There are plenty of threads in the forums dedicated to builds and areas to farm. Many even include maps. As long as you have the time and patience, you can make gold as easliy as anyone else here. Some take it to another level, almost like day traders, buying low and selling high. I'd rather just play the game, so when I need gold I'll farm the usual places...Trolls, Ettins, Oro, FoW, etc. You have to remember too, some people play A LOT. If you have that kind of time, you can make a great deal of gold.

Mar 20, 2006, 05:58 PM // 17:58	#14
quickmonty Ancient Windbreaker Join Date: May 2005	Farming. You should have been farming during the Wintersday event. I was making 20 to 30K per farming run.

Mar 20, 2006, 06:24 PM // 18:24	#15
rotaulave Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ftl Fla Guild: Knights of Pallas [KOP] Profession: W/Mo	I was one of the lucky ones early in the game. CHests didnt cost keys they were free to run, discovered Port SLedge chests and ran the 4 =600-800g per run in 2.5min netting 12-15k per hr. Got some gold items not included in the totals. THen when i got 300k went to rune trader Sept 10th i think it was and Sup Absorption and Sup Vig was 5k each, threw everything i could in to trash that wasnt max or good and bought 300k in Supvig and SupAbsorption. Oh ya they went back up to 100K which ment 6mill in gold and then bought up ectos saphires and rubies for cheap as i sold off Vig's and Aborption so thats how you get rich. Now i just farm like everyone else, I id everything that is max or near max blue purple or gold and only keep the perfect or -1 perfect mods, or any weapon thats 15^50 and sell. Yes dont waste your time selling the minor weapons or mods, time well spent farming in stead of trying to sell crap. Oh ya I'm retired and dont sleep or eat if its not at the keyboard.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz chomp chomp zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzgoing farmingzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mar 20, 2006, 06:35 PM // 18:35	#16
PulSe Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: By the nearest comp Guild: [nZo]	play the game ...

Mar 20, 2006, 06:37 PM // 18:37	#17
wsmcasey Jungle Guide Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Right behind you. Guild: HeRo Profession: W/Rt	I farm quite a bit, and I find the best way for me to keep from spending my money is to invest it in items of worth. Ectos, Shards, Runes............ I buy low and sell high, then re-invest when the prices are low.

Mar 20, 2006, 07:18 PM // 19:18	#18
Kook~NBK~ Grotto Attendant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A little chalet outside Drok's Guild: Natural Born Killaz	For tips on how to make big money in GW, buy my book! "Rags to Riches in GW in 30 Days or Less" For 3 easy payments of 299g, you'll get my 200 page guide filled with tips on where to find those rare drops that can net you big money. You'll also learn the ins and outs of salvaging, merchants, and collectors items. Act wintin the next 24 hours, and I'll throw in a detailed map showing exactly how to reach Daved the Arisan and the simple steps you can take to make cheap wood into precious parchment!

Mar 20, 2006, 08:53 PM // 20:53	#20
PrincessKyra Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Crystal Mansion [CM] Profession: W/	I've spent countless hours farming in many places in the game. Nowadays, I don't spend much time farming. So, when I do farm, I hate to gamble on things like Greens or rare Gold. I look for consistency in cash earned per hour. If I farm UW for only 30 mins, I can usually count on making at least 10k. I find that farming UW is the most consistent place to farm in terms of gold per hour. Currently, UW duo (monk & necro) seems the most efficient to me. I sell globs to the rare material trader to save time. I get an average of about 2 globs per hour. Also, if you ID all items and sell to the merchant, you can make 6-10k per hour from junk alone. Of course, you can sell globs to humans and salvage stuff too to increase your profit. Personally, I deal with the merchants to save time. 15 of minutes spamming WTS in LA is equivelant to losing 5k in merchant junk.