Curse

dr love · Dec 05, 2006, 08:44 AM // 08:44

So i'm coming up on my first million, after plenty of selling to merchs and players, but nothing over 100k. It makes me wonder how guys have the cash to throw around to bid on items at like 500 ectos and such!

To my understanding there have been a few key moments in game where people have amassed huge sums of money, or created very valuable items. I'll start the list, but I'm sure there are plenty more going back in the history of guild wars.

1. that fateful day when all material prices were reset to 100g. I wish I could have been there. (I'm thinking this is #1 for guys with riches comin out of their ears)

2. invention of the 55 monk and solo farming in the early days
3. farming greens when they first came out in sorrows furnace
4. invention of the droks run!! though i don't know the prices it started off at
5. bringing back post-sear items to pre
6. grinding it out 2 man style in FoW for months on end.
7. finding a titan gem from domain of anguish
8. finding a crystalline sword
9. finding an elemental sword

what else can you add?

Tactical-Dillusions · Dec 05, 2006, 08:53 AM // 08:53

Farming superior runes from ettins, once had 3 from 4 kills. Was a definite money spinner until it got nerfed.

FelixCarter · Dec 05, 2006, 09:09 AM // 09:09

Resisting Aaron Sorkin's mind control powers... Oh wait.

Scratch that.

Mini-pets. Bone-Dragon specifically, but this includes Kuunavang, Shiro, and Rurik.

Oh, and that damn Varesh that nobody and their mom wants anymore.

Lag Hell · Dec 05, 2006, 09:17 AM // 09:17

1. Stand in LA 24/7
2. Post in ventaris sell
3. Profit

Mystic- · Dec 05, 2006, 09:19 AM // 09:19

HoD Swords

conjurer · Dec 05, 2006, 09:36 AM // 09:36

hoh chest drops

Carth` · Dec 05, 2006, 09:41 AM // 09:41

I knew someone who one day had no more than about 2K, then got 4 birthdays on his characters and got 4 Bone Dragons and sold them all and was stinking rich.

FelixCarter · Dec 05, 2006, 09:44 AM // 09:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carth`

I knew someone who one day had no more than about 2K, then got 4 birthdays on his characters and got 4 Bone Dragons and sold them all and was stinking rich.

Those kinda people turn into the larvae form of Bill Gates.

Scf Blacknight · Dec 05, 2006, 09:45 AM // 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carth`

I knew someone who one day had no more than about 2K, then got 4 birthdays on his characters and got 4 Bone Dragons and sold them all and was stinking rich.

Proof?

zankoku · Dec 05, 2006, 09:48 AM // 09:48

- Early Ettin rune farming (when superior runes were anywhere from 30k-100k).
- Drake run farming.
- Rare material arbitrage (back when it was possible to buy low from the merchant at Time A and sell back for more at Time B later in the day) (still possible today among players).
- Buying low, selling high in LA1.
- Merchant reset (picked up a few stacks of ectos and shards).
- Selling novelty items when they're still novelties (i.e., minipets).
- Rubies and sapphires (it was a gamble and it paid off).
- Basically, be aware of market trends and anticipate them.
- Chest runs.
- UW, minotaur and troll farming.

Ghost Recon · Dec 05, 2006, 09:57 AM // 09:57

Most people who are rich either got there buy.

Very early UW farming
Chest running in Dreadnought's Drift
The Rare material trader reset (The first one not the second time as we got a server roll back the second time)
HoD swords

They were probably one of the easiest ways to get the cash before all got the nerf bat. With the exception of the rare material trader thing which was just a mess up by anet.

jackie · Dec 05, 2006, 10:09 AM // 10:09

Power Trading

Gli · Dec 05, 2006, 10:12 AM // 10:12

I got my first taste of riches farming for Icy Dragon Swords. I made 800k off them in the early days of their emergence. I even used 2 territory changes to sell them in the US because prices were better there. That got me into solo farming, whereas I hadn't much cared about gold before that.

Lag Hell · Dec 05, 2006, 10:15 AM // 10:15

actually, there isnt really 1 easy way, all the methods require a certain amount of work, (except maybe the 100g ecto, bone dragon or 15>50 crystalline hoh ppl). Say if u ask all the multi millionaires to do a /age most (90%) will have around 5000 hours under their belt, so just play the game, and ull get the hang of it. And i remember this from sum1s Avatar text.. Fun>Loot

Taurus · Dec 05, 2006, 10:15 AM // 10:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by conjurer

hoh chest drops

My friend got a crystal sword there and bump, went from 100k to millionare in a sec.

Carth` · Dec 05, 2006, 10:39 AM // 10:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scf Blacknight

Proof?

It was just someone I met once, and he gave free stuff away. I don't know if he was telling the truth. But statistically I'm sure there are quite a few people out there who got lucky with their birthday presents.

Sophitia Leafblade · Dec 05, 2006, 10:39 AM // 10:39

I know a friend whos super rich who has doen it all; Farming Solo, Dual & Team, trading, chest running, Running(Missions and Between towns)

Personally ive tried all of these and been successful on each of them aside from 1 minor problem i have the worst luck known to man and i never get anythign good drop wise. Ive only ever found 1 Sup vigor in the 19+ months ive been on gw and i found that during the period when Vigor had dropped below 20k (due to all the Ettin farmers of the time) and considering all teh questing and exploring i do ive never had the farming code activate against me and yet i still get no good things

dr love · Dec 05, 2006, 11:35 AM // 11:35

these are some fantastic posts! all kinds of neat little things.
i've been semi interested in making a spreadsheet of values of stuff in gw and then turning it into a fun project like a business section in the newspaper.

i.e. whats goin up, whats goin down, market trends, maybe have inflation rate

i think it'd be an interesting read for ppl. i check the traders almost everyday just out of interest.

icedwhitemocha · Dec 05, 2006, 11:37 AM // 11:37

A person I didn't know gave me ~700k worth of stuff in one trade window because I PC'd his crystalline on a forum (he was a retired drok's runner; essentially done with the game... but still)

not joking either

So I think you can add Karma to your list

Ninna · Dec 05, 2006, 11:40 AM // 11:40

Factions release,
Amber was initially selling to people for 5-6k each

I made over 300k the 1st month of Factions, only selling amber