Curse

MDeshame · May 12, 2006, 04:42 PM // 16:42

cry me river christ almighty.

alen · May 12, 2006, 05:23 PM // 17:23

I know a very good investment

Its meeeeeeee

no really im serious

You have my IGN in my profile if you feel sorry for me

dreamhunk · May 12, 2006, 05:25 PM // 17:25

I think you will the market go back up. however i don't see them being as high as it use too.

MasterDinadan · May 12, 2006, 05:34 PM // 17:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ren Wuying

They should make VIP-class towns, to where you can only get in with a 100k fee. in these cities you could buy your 1mil armour pieces, drink your 100k ale, and dye your clothes with exotic 500k dyes.

You'd undoubtedly get an uproar of people complaining about new elite content that is only accessible to a small portion who spend all their time grinding...

Oh wait... ...

Showtime · May 12, 2006, 05:52 PM // 17:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hunter Sharparrow

You can't be serious....

First it sounds like you rushed through the game, found good farming spots (or signed up to the online guide forums) and did nothing but farm for months.

The op seems nothing more than just a brag "hey look how rich I am". The kind of thing that labels those that are rich as being "stuck up" and/or "snotty".

I am looking at what else to buy so that I won't have to max out all of my gold capacity or lose too much on the conversion later. I don't want FoW armor or diamond moon dust crossbows since Droks and my flatbows work well enough.

Did you even read my post? I grinded out the whole game with my ranger. I got bored and a little frustrated not being able to afford that Dragos Flatbow

, etc. so I decided to try to make money. I did some research here and starting trading. I realized that I could make much more by letting others farm new greens and being the middle man. Made a few hundred... and decided to try for 1 Million gold. Got there and the market on greens was spiraling so I went to higher end items. A lot less sales, more risk and a bigger payday. During that time I diversified into rare materials (Shards, Steel, Ectos, etc). Steel paid off nicely and the rest not so nicely but I didn't lose too much on the other stuff.

Once I figured it out it took around 2 months to make a few mil... It took longer to finish the game my 1st time than it did to get "rich".

Lastly, there is no bragging. I'm just telling what happened and why I am looking to diversify. It sounds like a lot to some, but to others it's not much.
I am trying to find something that would hold it's value like gold since there is a limited amount of gold we can hold. Bad or good, I consider the building of wealth a part of this game.

Now for all people that are upset... Don't be. If you want to come up, read what I wrote, do some research and it shouldn't be difficult. If you just want to pvp, then do that.

Ren Wuying · May 12, 2006, 06:02 PM // 18:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by MasterDinadan

You'd undoubtedly get an uproar of people complaining about new elite content that is only accessible to a small portion who spend all their time grinding...

Oh wait... ...

some of us are just lucky, bare with it masterdinadan

MasterDinadan · May 12, 2006, 06:09 PM // 18:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ren Wuying

some of us are just lucky, bare with it masterdinadan

Ohh, I'm not saying I would mind. I would just do what I always do in situations where content is available that I will never have the resources to access. I'd just pretend it didn't exist :P

I've made peace with the fact that I won't be playing elite missions, so I've practically forgotten they are even there.

People get so jealous over things that other people have and they don't. But I figure, why should I care what everyone else has? It's only important what I have

Evilsod · May 12, 2006, 06:15 PM // 18:15

Ok, with your millions.

1. Go to the nearest major city.

2. Buy up every single dye you can before the trader runs out.

3. Let me sell them all at a ridiculously high price

Showtime · May 12, 2006, 06:31 PM // 18:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsod

Ok, with your millions.

1. Go to the nearest major city.

2. Buy up every single dye you can before the trader runs out.

3. Let me sell them all at a ridiculously high price

That's what people were doing with steel and were selling them at 400-500 a piece. It allowed me to sell at 200-300 all day. I think assassin runes are the new steel. I saw someone ask for 2k for a minor dagger and I ended up paying 450 for one when the trader got them in.

SnipiousMax · May 12, 2006, 06:45 PM // 18:45

Buy your way into a powerhouse alliance, and take a few trips to the elite misisons, then sell the Zodiac Weapons. Not exactly your style...but it might be time for a change of pace!

milias · May 12, 2006, 06:53 PM // 18:53

Don't invest in anything! I'm serious! If you had to invest in something, invest in gold! Hard currency is hard currency, ain't nothing ANet can f*** up to mess with that. If you had to invest in items, I would invest in black dye. But keep most of your stuff in cash. I didn't do that, and now I'm poor, cos ANet royally screwed me up. I used to be a millionaire, and now I'm a poor schmuck...

Maxiemonster · May 12, 2006, 06:53 PM // 18:53

My advice:
- Get Ale and Keys to get titles.
- Stop farming, and start doing stuff you don't earn money with.
- Give to the poor (just be sure you're not giving anything to an asshole).
- Buy stuff you don't need, but that's always nice (Armors, Minipets, expensive skins).

Seriously.. You can never have too much gold.

Draygo Korvan · May 12, 2006, 07:14 PM // 19:14

You can do all sorts of things from silly contests to market manipulation. Going for worthless and expensive titles can be your thing, maybe you will get the Kind of a Big Deal title. (spend lots of money on keys/ale and ID kits).

ignis · May 12, 2006, 07:14 PM // 19:14

can I have your stuff? (c)

Markaedw · May 12, 2006, 10:07 PM // 22:07

there is always donate the my favorite charity "get the monk the best stuff", Alan Nian chapter.

Mr_eX · May 12, 2006, 10:33 PM // 22:33

I just sold my miniature Kuunavang for a tidy profit, and now I have more money in my storage box than I've seen in a very long time, and I want to keep the money flowing.

I'm thinking of the money I've earned as startup money that I'm going to invest, rather than fruitlessly spending all of it, leaving me broke, again.

I have some preconceived notions of profiting off of stuff like ecto and shards, but since I have no experience with such things, I'd rather have everything explained to me from the very beginning.

What should I concentrate on buying/selling in order to make money? When are the peak time(s) throughout the day/week when prices are at highs and lows? Any other tips?

Thanks for your advice. I look forward to raking in the ecto.

CyberNigma · May 12, 2006, 10:36 PM // 22:36

invest in mini-kuunies

Vermilion · May 12, 2006, 10:39 PM // 22:39

Im not the most experienced in this type of thing...but to me it doesn't seem like there would be specifically good times when buying/selling is good. I assume any time a lot of people are on.

And as far as *what* to invest in, well thats up to you. If you think you can sell an upgrade/wep/rune for more than that person is selling it, then I think that'd be a start. Ill stop now because I don't know what I'm talking about. >.<

Lord Xenos · May 12, 2006, 10:42 PM // 22:42

You should just give me your gold and you will invest in my storage gold amount? That sound good?

tONYY · May 12, 2006, 10:43 PM // 22:43

Sapphires and Rubys, the are very low at the moment. I have 2 stacks of both in storage, i promise you, they will go up.