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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:01 PM // 19:01   #1
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Default Where did all that $$$ come from? And where did it go

When guild wars first came out, noone had any cash whatsoever right? Now thousands of us have millions and million, where did all that cash come from? Did people keep picking up cash from those monsters and getting it from those missions and and built up gradually? And when you buy something from the merchant where does all that cash go? Does it dissapear??
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:03 PM // 19:03   #2
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Although i myself only have 50k, I cant figure out where ppl get stacks of ecto and 1000k
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:07 PM // 19:07   #3
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It's because you have no idea how to make cash.

Selling crap drops to merchant = cash
Crafting materials used to = cash (5 wood+20g=parchment=300g=profit)
Trading
Farming

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It's not hard to make cash. Most are too lazy, or unwilling to put in the time/effort.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:08 PM // 19:08   #4
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Yeah nothing worth buying anymore so it starts to accumulate. This is what is bad about a world that does not evolve like the other mmorpgs. In their worlds there is always that special weapon or item to go after. But, in the GW world there isn't anything beyond 15^50 or +30hp and the likes of those to get and once you have them there's nothing else to spend your money on except LOOKS and most people aren't into LOOKS they are into POWER. That's why there's going to be a GW2 to hopefully put a lot of that back into this world. At least 10x more that what we have now.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:13 PM // 19:13   #5
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Yeah nothing worth buying anymore so it starts to accumulate. This is what is bad about a world that does not evolve like the other mmorpgs. In their worlds there is always that special weapon or item to go after. But, in the GW world there isn't anything beyond 15^50 or +30hp and the likes of those to get and once you have them there's nothing else to spend your money on except LOOKS and most people aren't into LOOKS they are into POWER. That's why there's going to be a GW2 to hopefully put a lot of that back into this world. At least 10x more that what we have now.
thats not true a lot of ppl are into looks, although power>looks, looks are very important IMHO same reason people go for obsidian armor and elite armor, all for looks
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:16 PM // 19:16   #6
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Yeah nothing worth buying anymore so it starts to accumulate. This is what is bad about a world that does not evolve like the other mmorpgs. In their worlds there is always that special weapon or item to go after. But, in the GW world there isn't anything beyond 15^50 or +30hp and the likes of those to get and once you have them there's nothing else to spend your money on except LOOKS and most people aren't into LOOKS they are into POWER. That's why there's going to be a GW2 to hopefully put a lot of that back into this world. At least 10x more that what we have now.
Someone missed the entire point of GW's equipment setup.

WoW is that way -->

Ohh, and on-topic - trading, farming, luck, and being there for the next big thing (as an example, I got a Murakai's Reaver almost as soon as GW:EN came out. Offloaded it in ~2 minutes for 60k because I felt lazy... now, Reavers are a fraction of that price)

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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:20 PM // 19:20   #7
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It's because you have no idea how to make cash.
Rude to him, much?

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It's not hard to make cash. Most are too lazy, or unwilling to put in the time/effort.
Or maybe *gasp* just maybe did you ever think that some people just don't have the time. Or some people do go out and try to make cash (farming, merchanting, etc) but it doesn't always work out for them?
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:24 PM // 19:24   #8
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:27 PM // 19:27   #9
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Someone missed the entire point of GW's equipment setup.

WoW is that way -->

Ohh, and on-topic - trading, farming, luck, and being there for the next big thing (as an example, I got a Murakai's Reaver almost as soon as GW:EN came out. Offloaded it in ~2 minutes for 60k because I felt lazy... now, Reavers are a fraction of that price)
I sold 10 ambers for 100k so what's your point? lmao Also, IGMO this thread is about why so many people have a lot of money now, not about WOW or what GW's equipment intentions were. Learn to read and comprehend. It's because there is NOTHING worth IMPROVING our characters with IGMO.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:28 PM // 19:28   #10
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Yeah nothing worth buying anymore so it starts to accumulate. This is what is bad about a world that does not evolve like the other mmorpgs. In their worlds there is always that special weapon or item to go after. But, in the GW world there isn't anything beyond 15^50 or +30hp and the likes of those to get and once you have them there's nothing else to spend your money on except LOOKS and most people aren't into LOOKS they are into POWER. That's why there's going to be a GW2 to hopefully put a lot of that back into this world. At least 10x more that what we have now.
It's is called power creep. One of things that is very wrong with traditional MMOs

And thanks god, gw1 does not have one (at least as far as equip is concerned)

/as you see, not everyone is into power, becaue it is poitnless as far as game mechanics are concerned. Your weapon of uberness with 1000 DPS will kill 10k hitpoints just as fast as weapon with 1DPS will kill 10 hp monster. only reall difference is ones e-peen and physical inability of casuals to do some content. Neither is really healthy for game./
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:30 PM // 19:30   #11
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Or maybe *gasp* just maybe did you ever think that some people just don't have the time. Or some people do go out and try to make cash (farming, merchanting, etc) but it doesn't always work out for them?
Troll Much? (couldn't resist)
he wasn't being rude he was just explaining to him, also to be strictly honest is most of it is down to being lazy, although there are some exceptions.

Also Iding gold runes that hardly can fetch 10g could make it 100-300g not to mention iding white drops can yield anything from 50g-120g a pop. Doing just missions and just doing that can get you a tidy bit on the side without having to put much effort in.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:33 PM // 19:33   #12
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Well, most of the gold comes from people who farm too much and play the actual game too little.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:34 PM // 19:34   #13
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It's is called power creep. One of things that is very wrong with traditional MMOs

And thanks god, gw1 does not have one (at least as far as equip is concerned)

/as you see, not everyone is into power, becaue it is poitnless as far as game mechanics are concerned. Your weapon of uberness with 1000 DPS will kill 10k hitpoints just as fast as weapon with 1DPS will kill 10 hp monster. only reall difference is ones e-peen and physical inability of casuals to do some content. Neither is really healthy for game./
Uh huh that's why WOW is the LEADING MMORPG in the world with Lineage and Lineage II not far behind? hahaha Unhealthy lol you really should think up some better reasons than that, because the casual carebears put in some pretty unhealthy time into GW if that is so. hahahaha what a loser.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:40 PM // 19:40   #14
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I agree with Red Sonya. Because there is no character advancement this game gets boring and old pretty fast and you soon find there's not much to spend your money on. For whatever reason and purpose it is used the carrot in front of the horse method is still highly popular and the most accepted form of rpging online these days used by the majority of online rpgs as well. Gw is just an outcast that wanted and is different, but, the newness is wearing thin and without advancement these types of games just go downhill pretty fast.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:40 PM // 19:40   #15
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No. Simple fact.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:46 PM // 19:46   #16
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I agree with Red Sonya. Because there is no character advancement this game gets boring and old pretty fast and you soon find there's not much to spend your money on. For whatever reason and purpose it is used the carrot in front of the horse method is still highly popular and the most accepted form of rpging online these days used by the majority of online rpgs as well. Gw is just an outcast that wanted and is different, but, the newness is wearing thin and without advancement these types of games just go downhill pretty fast.
No, GW was designed to appeal to those who didn't like such a method but unfortunatly attracted alot of custom from those who do. The system is what it is, the people it was aimed at enjoy a balanced game with no uber weapons.

No matter what they say, those who don't like such a system should play a different game as gw is clearly not to their taste.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:46 PM // 19:46   #17
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Uh huh that's why WOW is the LEADING MMORPG in the world with Lineage and Lineage II not far behind? hahaha Unhealthy lol you really should think up some better reasons than that, because the casual carebears put in some pretty unhealthy time into GW if that is so. hahahaha what a loser.
If WoW is so much better, go play it. One of the main attractions to GW is that you can actually get good equipment without spending hours playing.
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Uh huh that's why WOW is the LEADING MMORPG in the world with Lineage and Lineage II not far behind? hahaha Unhealthy lol you really should think up some better reasons than that, because the casual carebears put in some pretty unhealthy time into GW if that is so. hahahaha what a loser.
Just because everyone and everyone's dog plays WoW doesn't mean it's a better game. If that's true then go play WoW and stop posting on GW forums. Power creep means that whoever plays every momeny of every day of every week of every month of every year is gonna be the best player. GW was supposed to be opposed to that hence all weapons are the same, no going beyond level 20, etc.
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:47 PM // 19:47   #19
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It's because you have no idea how to make cash.

Selling crap drops to merchant = cash
Crafting materials used to = cash (5 wood+20g=parchment=300g=profit)
Trading
Farming

etc

It's not hard to make cash. Most are too lazy, or unwilling to put in the time/effort.

I agree, theres a lot of people in my guild who simply discard greens that are worth 5k or less, where as i will generally try to sell them and if they dont go after two weeks then i give them to new players....

I always pick up my whites, blues and purples the amount of people that dont astound me! A full invent of whites and blues from a level 20 area is worth 2-3k normally!

Its the little things that build up - noticing materials prices is a good one, feather farming for example is quick and easy and gets quite good money atm!
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Old Feb 10, 2008, 07:48 PM // 19:48   #20
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when you have nothing left to spend your money on, it just goes in the bank.

I'm rich, so i give away stuff. Not to the greedy, or anyone on GWG, but that lvl 3 ranger that just came fresh out of shing jea, wondering where the armourer is. If not, Play what you play mostly - other games/hobbies (TF2!)
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