Curse

Shaw Shank · Jul 17, 2006, 01:33 AM // 01:33

iv got about 700 hours under my belt and about 20 of those hours have gone towards farming. (as i have only just made a 55monk) I have about 1.5-2mill. i played pvp a lot and pve. the way i get money is buying and reselling. doesnt mean you have to stay in LA d1 your whole life either :P

Vahn Roi · Jul 17, 2006, 01:57 AM // 01:57

I have tried Buying and Reselling, but my limited knowledge of the economy as well as my frustration with in-game selling have kept me from getting rich off said practice.

I instead turn to a more simple, and boring practice - Elona Farming with my 55.

I don't have much, I spend most of my gold on fancy things, I at one point had 120k, but right now I am saving for a decent hammer, I am half way there and I currently have 29k.

Kidney Licker · Jul 17, 2006, 02:39 AM // 02:39

I got most of my money from farming. I don't farm much these days but it helps to get to spots before A.Net nerfs them.

I used to farm the titans quest in North Kryta, but when I go back there these days the number of armour (ie runes) drops has declined in favour of crap like non-max wands/staffs/swords/offhands ..etc.

Poison Ivy · Jul 17, 2006, 02:45 AM // 02:45

I've played the game for about 10 months, and I've already made around 2 million, not including the 5 sets of 15k I bought for my 3 chars.

The best way to make money is buying low selling high, or predicting the market's need of supply, takes pratice and talent, but I have both

Vahn Roi · Jul 17, 2006, 03:13 AM // 03:13

Buying low and selling high seems to be the way to do it, I envy those of you who do it well.

milias · Jul 17, 2006, 03:27 AM // 03:27

Come on, share the wealth, you rich people

Yea, I guess I'm a millionaire myself, but I've worked hard for every gold piece. I've owned the game since September last year, and I don't think I've ever gotten a single 15>50 item, and yet I was able to accumulate quite a bit of wealth through trading mostly.

Poison Ivy · Jul 17, 2006, 03:40 AM // 03:40

Buying low selling high is simple really, buy as low as you can (takes well chosen words, some charming and a few lies

), take it to the auction or Ventari's Sell, and sell for as high as you can :d

Rikimaru · Jul 17, 2006, 03:42 AM // 03:42

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Originally Posted by moo moo

Wow.. i love how people always say E-bay when this is brought up. Since factions came out it is so easy to make money is scary. I made 46k just selling extra materials to trader when i got to full. Ive been playing for about 1600 hrs so far, and its easy to make money. You just have to know were to look. Not everything is about farming, figure stuff out for yourselfs and u make alot of gold. No not scamming. Dont cry when u cant buy the coolest looking stuff in the game. Why? CAUSE IT HAS THE SAME STATS. I dont get this who cares if they are rich, you want to be rich go find something to make money on. U can get perfect items from any crafter now in cantha and they also have nice looking skins also.

Them being rich doesnt give them anything better than other people. So why complain about it?? I will never pay 100k and ecto for anything. Why cause i dont care about skins cause only 8 people can see them. Also i dont like to spend gold on my war. and thats what all the expensive stuff is.

Ha, you should try running around in the cheapest, ugliest equipment you can find, without mini-pets or anything, and see how much fun you actually have playing a "Click-fight" RPG.

Lando Griffen · Jul 17, 2006, 04:24 AM // 04:24

Farming is a very slow way to make money. I'm not an expert on making money in guildwars, but what my little brother does, is whenever he sees a good deal on something, he'll buy it and sell it for a profit. Ofcourse, you have to know what things are selling for, but if you do it enough, you'll make plenty of money, probably save a lot of time, and not have to worry about anti-farming codes.

Former Ruling · Jul 17, 2006, 04:42 AM // 04:42

To be honest, most people STARTED to get their riches (get their first 500k or more) off of The Trader Reset, or Farming before it was nerfed (AoE, and other various nerfs).

Then once you have good seed money like that...It isn't hard to make more money (Have Money to Make Money type thing..).

EDIT: Think about greens...When greens first came out..They were rare items. The "good" greens were in Sorrow's Furnace and you had to farm in groups, and they were sought after. So the popular ones were over 100k...Nowadays noone would THINK about greens being that much except in rare instances. This is because greens with perfect stats even are common...and solo farmable. Think...You used to pay 90k for an axe that didnt even have a fortitude mod on it - now you can pick up perfect vamp of fort and zealous of fort greens for a fraction of that.

Vincaro · Jul 17, 2006, 05:12 AM // 05:12

I've been playing for 14 months on my main account and right now have 138k, but that's probably because 3 of my characters have 2 sets of 15k armor each and one has one set, and now two have the Luxon 1.5k that I bought all the Jadite for (42 total, that's at least 50k at the prices at which I bought it.)

And that's not to mention all the money I spent on previous armors and weapons for every character... only my Assassin doesn't have a green. And a lot of Greens are Cheap Perfects

I make a lot of money... I just can't hold on to it...

KingKryton · Jul 17, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13

only way i have ever had more than 80k at one time was when i sold my shiro minipet

Captain Arne Is PRO · Jul 17, 2006, 05:27 AM // 05:27

Last week alone:

Bought: +5 energy serpent axe: 100k+25 ecto
Sold: +5 energy serpent axe: 100k+35 ecto
Bought: perfect dragon scythes: 25k
Sold: perfect dragon scythes: 28 ecto

Ty to rich AND stupid noobs!

Shujinko Teh Baka · Jul 17, 2006, 05:28 AM // 05:28

I been playing for 7+ months. the day after Factions came out, i got my 1st 100k + 300ectos drop

milias · Jul 17, 2006, 05:58 AM // 05:58

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Originally Posted by Shujinko Teh Baka

I been playing for 7+ months. the day after Factions came out, i got my 1st 100k + 300ectos drop

100k+300ectos? Hmm, I don't think anything in Factions is worth that much to the best of my knowledge

EDIT: Oops, you said the day after Factions came out, so yea, I guess it's possible if you got a req 8 15>50 Zodiac sword the day right after.

Shujinko Teh Baka · Jul 17, 2006, 06:10 AM // 06:10

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Originally Posted by milias

100k+300ectos? Hmm, I don't think anything in Factions is worth that much to the best of my knowledge

EDIT: Oops, you said the day after Factions came out, so yea, I guess it's possible if you got a req 8 15>50 Zodiac sword the day right after.

Nah, i just got a Req 8 celestial sword 15^always -5egy. 10/10 adren +30

TheLordOfBlah · Jul 17, 2006, 06:12 AM // 06:12

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Originally Posted by Vel Satis

The trader resets made a lot of people very rich very quickly aswell.

I think you missed the part where they reset the state of the game to before the traders reset.

shadowfell · Jul 17, 2006, 06:55 AM // 06:55

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Originally Posted by TheLordOfBlah

I think you missed the part where they reset the state of the game to before the traders reset.

I think you missed the part where the previous poster was talking about trader reset, not the recent trader bug and subsequent rollback.

yhm · Jul 17, 2006, 07:06 AM // 07:06

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Originally Posted by shadowfell

I think you missed the part where the previous poster was talking about trader reset, not the recent trader bug and subsequent rollback.

Yes, I still remember that trader reset last summer, ecto was at a very low price(300g or something). I happened to have 70k+ at that moment.

Guinevere Ac · Jul 17, 2006, 07:08 AM // 07:08

milionaire here. basicly i have just 1 character and i dont waste money everywhere.
main source of money is to know the game better the the mass. buy-low resell-high, the skill to see things before they start to have effects on the economy... etc

some quick examples

- bought a storage of superior vigor around 24-25k before faction came out sure the wave of new char would have spammed the rune trader buying them... result, sold them around 35-36k after 2 weeks
- during the dragon event i invested all my cash in black dyes, pretty sure the price would have spiked once players got their masks... result 185k earned reselling dyes after a week
- farmed items when they're hot. ex kaolin domination staff. when i saw the supply was nearly 0 and some mesmers were rdy to pay 100ectos for it, i was one of the first to mass farm it i believe... just dropped 2, but i sold them realy high.
- during the old PVE event i realized that rara material traders had the same stock in cantha and tyria. alias when someone sold amber/jadeide in cantha i could buy them in tyria. spent hours and hours spamming the material trader, and i managed to buy 450 assorted amber/jade for around 200 each. profited nearly a milion on this alone
- we know chest-gold rate are way better when few ppl farm them. once factions was out i rushed almost everywhere henching coops till kurzick places... there just was NOONE in cities, i had hours with nearly 100% goldrate, dropping gothic skins everywhere.

and after 13 months my /age command says i played 1004 hours
it's not that hard to make real money, just need brain