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HotSnack · Apr 25, 2005, 10:09 PM // 22:09

To follow up on Redfang's post, I'd just like to say that you can pretty much do all the missions with the crappy, generic armour (you know the one, it's always the armour which is cheapest to make in terms of materials). Save your rare and precious materials for masks and lvl 20 armour.

Auh · Apr 25, 2005, 10:16 PM // 22:16

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Originally Posted by DarkWasp

Oh thank god! I thought this thread was going to be about ArenaNet and a money making sceme.

And its twice as threatining when a Mod posts it.

Nice bit of info though.

I misread it... Not quite like you misinterpreted though.. lol.
I misread it as Monkey Mating Scheme.
Good read, good info...
I'm definentl going to be doing that to stock up before the academy.

FrogDevourer · Apr 25, 2005, 10:22 PM // 22:22

When and on which item should I use an expert salvage kit instead of a basic one?

After wasting some expert kits on items which gave me only a few basic materials, my rule of thumb has become to use expert kits only on salvage items (Shaman Garb, Mind Spark Garb...) which can drop a rune or a rare crafting material (silk, steel or linen), or on a weapon with crappy stats and a good component.

Same question for ID kits. Is it a good idea to identify all items? I tend to identify only the items with decent stats for my lvl, or items from late missions.

Kaiwyn · Apr 25, 2005, 10:26 PM // 22:26

Where is the first place you can come across a vault keeper?

Nishio · Apr 25, 2005, 10:30 PM // 22:30

I've found that the fastest way to get gold is to travel through an area that's still gives you experience. If you decrease the henchmen you need, the wasted gold will rise. Another item that you want to keep ahold of are salvage packs, maybe four or three(-300 gold). No matter what zone you're in, you'll eventually run out of room for carrying equipment. Other than that, you may make more money exploring than going through missions since the mission monsters tend to be easier to deal with, and you can always return to a spot to pick up something you left behind if you die.

Expert Salvage Kits seem to work better on runed armor, equipment that unlocks combat abilities, and identified colored items that unlock runes. Rare items sell very well to outfitters. Highly salvageable usually gives a lot of items or occasionally a few rare crafting components. I believe you need to use the expert salvage kit to obtain the rare components, but I can't back that statement up.

Rosie Woogs · Apr 26, 2005, 12:41 AM // 00:41

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Originally Posted by Kaiwyn

Where is the first place you can come across a vault keeper?

in ascalon - at least in post-searing. I was never in pre-searing this last beta, so don't know if there is one there.

Marksmann · Apr 26, 2005, 12:52 AM // 00:52

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Originally Posted by Kaiwyn

Where is the first place you can come across a vault keeper?

In post-searing Ascalon. There was none in pre-sear, but that may all change in the full release, though.

Laz · Apr 26, 2005, 01:24 AM // 01:24

on the first page someone said they got around 30-35 scale fins near fort ranik i love scale fins i will buy them for 15 gold a piece,(sorry i am a collector) so anytime anyone here has scale fins bring them to Lazerous Demnivanni. I LOVE SCALE FINS!!

Kirbie · Apr 26, 2005, 02:21 AM // 02:21

speaking of making golds in game...
i would like to share my experience.
i bought a rune of holding which costs 500 gold in a town.
instead of subtracting 500 golds...i actually earned 500 golds for free..plus a rune of holding.
i was like....cool!!! free golds plus a rune!!!

but i reported it right away...so i think it is fixed now.
it helped me to gather gold for my armour bit faster though lol

just sharing my story

LewsFC · Apr 26, 2005, 05:36 AM // 05:36

Redfang,

That sounds like good advice for a MMORPG or for life. You can look/act rich or you can be rich.

Cheers,
Lews
www.freecorps.net

eagle26 · May 06, 2005, 05:01 AM // 05:01

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Originally Posted by Kirbie

speaking of making golds in game...
i would like to share my experience.
i bought a rune of holding which costs 500 gold in a town.
instead of subtracting 500 golds...i actually earned 500 golds for free..plus a rune of holding.
i was like....cool!!! free golds plus a rune!!!

but i reported it right away...so i think it is fixed now.
it helped me to gather gold for my armour bit faster though lol

just sharing my story

ya um why would u report it? jerk

StormWater · May 06, 2005, 05:42 AM // 05:42

I'm probably not going to be at a point to make use of this anytime soon....

so what about buying expert salvage kits in Yaks Bend, mapping back to early post-sear locations and selling them for 150% - 200%?

I know that I've got some items I'd at least like to try an expert kit on and won't get a chance to get one for a while.

Ancient · May 06, 2005, 04:51 PM // 16:51

So far, my favorite gold scheme in pre is also a very risky one:

Just south of Barradin Estate is a merchant in Green Hills, there is another southeast in what looks like a gypsy camp. Either of these two merchants, or any that are in explorable areas, will work for this trick.

The trick is that I drop my entire inventory at the merchant's feet, then am able to fill every slot with valuable items in the surrounding areas. Come back, sell all, grab your goodies and head back to Barradin to reset. Rinse, repeat, leave pre-searing with 2 plats like I did. =)

If you try it, just keep praying to your respective god that the game doesn't crash or the server doesn't go down, because you lose all but your gold if it does. Luckily, the merchants aren't smart enough to pick up the stuff at his feet rather than paying you for it.

Dreamsmith · May 06, 2005, 06:11 PM // 18:11

Or, rather than dump all your loot on the ground, you could make due with the empty inventory slots you have and just make multiple trips to the merchant. Less risky, and besides, just how much stuff are you carrying around that you're not willing to sell? I believe I had seven slots allocated to things I wanted to keep. The rest was empty after any visit to a merchant.

Quest_techie · May 06, 2005, 09:21 PM // 21:21

I kill lots of shatter gargoyles, they drop scales, I sell them for way to much

Dazzler · May 06, 2005, 09:27 PM // 21:27

Shatter Gargoyles have scales?

My E/Me Lvl 9 needs some of those to buy the pyromancer armor in Ascalon! Where's the closes place I can find some of these beasties?

Drayen · May 12, 2005, 09:29 PM // 21:29

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Originally Posted by Sausaletus Rex

Here's a real example, one I found last BWE. Thanks to belts and bags now being inventory items you can sell them off. In Pre-Searing Ascalon there are collectors that will give you a belt pouch which you can sell for 50 gold each and every time you bring them 5 of a certain item dropped by a specific monster. Those drops are either Skale Fins or Worn Belts. Normally those sell for 2~3 gold each. So, by turning 5 of them into a belt pouch and selling it off you raise the value of each drop to a full 10 gold, which is a pretty good drop for the level of monsters you'll be fighting. Better yet, the collector who wants Worn Belts is right near an Outfitter who'll buy you pouches as well as near a large grouping of the monsters that drop Worn Belts, Bandits. They're all around Ashford which is near to Ashford Abbey, another zone.

Do you guys know if this is stil valid ? I just started a new character..and well..i know where to get the belts --> I know where to find the collector who will give me a pouch --> but i dont see any "outfitter" near there and the "standard merchant" buys the pouches for 5g each only

They removed this, or did i just look at the wrong places (all around ashford and abbey) Thanx in advance

Thraxus · May 12, 2005, 11:29 PM // 23:29

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Originally Posted by Dazzler

Shatter Gargoyles have scales?

My E/Me Lvl 9 needs some of those to buy the pyromancer armor in Ascalon! Where's the closes place I can find some of these beasties?

Right outside Ascalon in Old ascalon. Turn right at the first junction and walk to the end pressing c, probly the first monster you see will be a gargoyle of some sort. And flash gargoyles are usually acompanied by their pals, shatter gargoyles. To kill more just go to the desert section, there are dozens there. In fact all of old ascalon is infested with them.

Ignotus · May 13, 2005, 12:38 AM // 00:38

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Originally Posted by Drayen

Do you guys know if this is stil valid ? I just started a new character..and well..i know where to get the belts --> I know where to find the collector who will give me a pouch --> but i dont see any "outfitter" near there and the "standard merchant" buys the pouches for 5g each only

They removed this, or did i just look at the wrong places (all around ashford and abbey) Thanx in advance

Patched. They now offer 5g for belt pouches. I once got offered 6g for one by some merchant, but that's still not a profit.

Regarding salvaging things in pre-searing, I salvage everthing that isn't "precious". Salvaged materials stack, non salvaged weapons/armor don't stack. I'm a raw material horder (the term for "a woman that is easy" is filtered

).

Chroniss · May 13, 2005, 02:07 AM // 02:07

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Originally Posted by Drayen

Do you guys know if this is stil valid ? I just started a new character..and well..i know where to get the belts --> I know where to find the collector who will give me a pouch --> but i dont see any "outfitter" near there and the "standard merchant" buys the pouches for 5g each only

They removed this, or did i just look at the wrong places (all around ashford and abbey) Thanx in advance

Yeah they only go for 5g now to merchants, but you can easily sell them to other players for 50gold...unfortunatly you cannot trade them in the trade window. The only way to do it is to go to a PvE area with them in your party, and drop the bag on the ground, then have them give you the money.

I did this for 3 pouches, none of the 3 people tried to rip me off, and I got an easy 150gold for it. Course it is a little annoying that you have to do this...wish they would just let you trade empty bags.