Curse

asdar · Jun 10, 2005, 04:58 PM // 16:58

I just don't get all the threads about farming and gold. I've never played a game where gold was easier to get. I get to Draknars and just buy all the parchment and feathers and steel I need, I don't even salvage and still I'm overflowing with gold.

It's not far reaching to think I could buy my own sigil in one weekend of play. Not through farming, just through trying to join exciting groups and playing the game.

I have the max off hand Ankh and main hand rod for a monk in my opinion and back up armor for melee/elemental/power set ups. I've got runes in my back up armor.

I just don't have anything else to buy and I'm not a hard core player. I'm barely a notch above a casual player.

I know I'm not bright or better than everyone else. I do stupid things like buy my Leg armor twice and basically throwing away that gold. Maybe if I knew what items other people are wanting to buy I'd understand a little better some of these complaints.

Chev of Hardass · Jun 10, 2005, 05:07 PM // 17:07

First, there is the 15K armor. Total: 75K for a warrior 60K for a non-warrior. I am buying this now, because I do not want to risk loosing a Superior rune when I do get it, which I must.

Seccond, I would spend moey on runes, if I had 99K for a Superior Absorbsion, I would have one. Or superior vigor, I need two cannot aford one.

Weapons, two level 20's have run through this game for me and I still have not found what I am looking for, or found someone sell it hat a price I can afford. Maybe you find everything you could ask for, but I find nothing I can use (almost all ranger stuff, and I am not a ranger).

Aug · Jun 10, 2005, 06:10 PM // 18:10

Most people aren't farming for gold. Not really. They're farming for skill points and un-identified to runes.

Galatea · Jun 10, 2005, 07:35 PM // 19:35

Yeah, I've got nearly 100K - most of which I got just from selling items I've found while doing quests, missions, and killing for fun.

I'm just hanging onto it because I have yet to buy my 75K armor (I'm waiting to see the re-design of the Aeromancer Set before actually purchasing it), and I want to find myself a really nice fire staff, rather than wand/offhand item, so I could add mods to the fire staff. On top of that, I still have runes to get.. haven't decided what element to buy a Superior for. I'll be poor once I make all my decisions ^_^

I did spend over 5K though to treat a few of my guild members to some Dwarven Ale. Someone got promoted to Officer yesterday, and we had a drunken ale dance party in the Guild Hall.

Sir Skullcrasher · Jun 10, 2005, 07:43 PM // 19:43

you can't farm for gold in old ascalon, unless you kill bunch of monsters while your party-less.

i heard that later on, that players can get 100 or more gold drop per monster they killed.

As for me, i spend gold for armors and weapons!

ManadartheHealer · Jun 10, 2005, 08:03 PM // 20:03

I spend gold on getting more gold (play the market, make rare crafting materials, etc.)... haven't bought armour in awhile and I have never bought a weapon (just customize whatever crap I find

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Ensign · Jun 10, 2005, 08:08 PM // 20:08

Boots

Ollj · Jun 10, 2005, 08:13 PM // 20:13

I just spend 11k to buy 20 skills for one character from a skill trainer.
Just buy each set of 15k armor if you like. try the underworld versions of them.

Keesa · Jun 10, 2005, 09:17 PM // 21:17

I have a dye habit.

Howling Wind · Jun 10, 2005, 09:26 PM // 21:26

Spend alot on weapons and runes. Won't bother with the 15k armour until they get a druid version that looks cool and quite different from the standard one. Or does it have a unique graphic set already?

Eclair · Jun 10, 2005, 09:28 PM // 21:28

I think the 15k druid set dyes differently. The normal set, only the bamboo dyes right? In the 15k set, the bamboo doesn't dye, but the armor itself does. I saw a all pink female ranger in druids yesterday

I spend my money on 15k armor, and dyes, and more armor, and more dyes...

Also saving up for a nice sword or bow

Kha · Jun 10, 2005, 09:40 PM // 21:40

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Originally Posted by Keesa

I have a dye habit.

I have a dye addiction. I've probably sold only 1 dye out of all the ones I've found. I have more dye then I could possibly need for 3 RP characters, but parting with it is just too emotional for me.

Eclair · Jun 10, 2005, 09:42 PM // 21:42

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Originally Posted by Kha

I have a dye addiction. I've probably sold only 1 dye out of all the ones I've found. I have more dye then I could possibly need for 3 RP characters, but parting with it is just too emotional for me.

Me too, I have a stack of every color dye, which takes up 9 slots of my inventory T_T (one's a mixed gold dye) However, I often use them so at least they're not sitting there doing nothing. I generally use green or orange to test armor and weapons to see what dyes and how it dyes.

Volarian · Jun 10, 2005, 09:50 PM // 21:50

LOL @ "I have a dye habit"

Umm you've run thru the game with two diff builds and can't afford a Sup Rune??? Ok, I may be different here but since I didn't jump from mission to mission but rather took quests, adventured thru areas rather than skipping it all and have just passed my ascension.....it wasn't hard to acquire 35-40Plat...in fact I didn't even really pay attention to it. Granted sine the 15K armour doesn't get you better AL over the 1.5.......no need to worry bout building bank for that, the Rune vendor sells the Sup Vig for 16plat (well that's what it listed it at last nite)....again thats no biggie.
Hell now that I"m fused and mostly skill hunting and helping other players/guildies with quests and making my way further into the game.....I'm sure I'll recoup my Rune expense (if I actually buy one)....in no time.

Aug · Jun 10, 2005, 10:07 PM // 22:07

Last night when I checked the price of Sup Vigor, it was at 100 plat. Shocked it would ever get as low as 16. Sup Absorption was also 100 plat.

Eclair · Jun 10, 2005, 10:09 PM // 22:09

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Originally Posted by Aug

Last night when I checked the price of Sup Vigor, it was at 100 plat. Shocked it would ever get as low as 16. Sup Absorption was also 100 plat.

I have never even gotten the the sup vigor to stay in the box long enough to show the price yet =/

Starsky-sama · Jun 10, 2005, 10:19 PM // 22:19

same w/ sup. swords.(havent checked this evening) i dont remember seeing the price for it yet.

anyone with the trader price for it?

Eclair · Jun 10, 2005, 10:22 PM // 22:22

I think around 20-25k, it fluctuates quite a bit between those prices.

Ensign · Jun 10, 2005, 10:37 PM // 22:37

Super Swords and Super Fire are both in the low 30s. They might drop down to high 20s during off-peak hours.

Super Vigor and Super Absorption are both 100k at the trader. For what it's worth, Absorption is worth more.

Peace,
-CxE

Chev of Hardass · Jun 10, 2005, 10:46 PM // 22:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volarian

LOL @ "I have a dye habit"

Umm you've run thru the game with two diff builds and can't afford a Sup Rune??? Ok, I may be different here but since I didn't jump from mission to mission but rather took quests, adventured thru areas rather than skipping it all and have just passed my ascension.....it wasn't hard to acquire 35-40Plat...in fact I didn't even really pay attention to it.

Since you seem to be interested, my Necromancer/Mo, that used to be a Necromancer/Ele has four quests left. All of them are the "*.*'s Path" quests. My W/Mo is at Thunderhead Keep, and was farming for one day before the last update that made farming no fun. He has done every skill quest to date, but I was saving all the Exp quests for after ascention, so that they would count towards skill points (my Necro has 0 and is 2,000 exp from getting another). I always pick up gold, and drops.

So, before you assume that anyone just jumped through the missions to get to level 20, you might ask.

Sure, I play more than the standard casual player (somewhere around 300-400 hours now), but that does not mean I skipp the hard parts to get past you. In fact I am proud to say that I logged on to the servers within 5 minutes of them being open on release for the pre-order customers (2:00 am where I live, and went to school at 9:00am).

And for the reccord, I have never seen a Superior Vigor at the trader. If I had I would pee myself if they only cost 16K, but I don't camp at the trader and wait fo them to show up.