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Terrokian · Mar 28, 2008, 06:03 PM // 18:03

There's is an amazing amount of info on where to farm for items and what kind of build to do so.But what if your need is not items and your build is ok,but you need 500k gold(money).Now some would say go farm ectos and sell them(or some other high end item).I've noticed that when you start talking "I want 50K+ for my such n such"that you could spend a couple hours trying to find someone with that amount of gold to burn on it.Where or how is a good way to go after STRICTLY gold?Can this be done in both Normal and Hard Mode?

farmerfez · Mar 28, 2008, 06:13 PM // 18:13

The way you make money is by getting those rare items and crafting materials then selling them for gold. If you just farm gold it would take years to get to 500k since only like 100-200 gold drops on average.

Destro Maniak · Mar 28, 2008, 06:25 PM // 18:25

thats not possible. You can get gold items and sell 7 of them from 5k thats a good deal for wisdom(title) people

Terrokian · Mar 28, 2008, 06:33 PM // 18:33

So basically farm items or live on welfare.

kvndoom · Mar 28, 2008, 06:40 PM // 18:40

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Originally Posted by Terrokian

So basically farm items or live on welfare.

Well? What do you want to hear but the truth? The average pile of gold dropped by an enemy in Hard mode is, as already said, 100-200. Best case (and most unrealistic) scenario, you solo-farm an area with a lot of enemies and get all drops for yourself and your average pile of gold is 200 and 1/4 of all enemies killed drop a pile of gold.

1k gold = 5 kills

500k gold = 2500 kills

2500 kills @ 1/4 drop rate = 10000 kills

This is a FAR more generous scenario than you will ever, ever see in Guild Wars. It only gets worse from there. So yes, materials and that lucky rare drop that's valuable will get you to your goal faster than hoping for piles of gold.

kobey · Mar 28, 2008, 06:42 PM // 18:42

Farm ppl from towns

trade or run mission/in between towns

Terrokian · Mar 28, 2008, 06:46 PM // 18:46

Alright message taken.Was curious if maybe I was just completely farming wrong or something.I am relatively new to the game and was just wondering.

Mr. Undisclosed · Mar 28, 2008, 06:55 PM // 18:55

Everything drops gold, there aren't any spots that drop more then another. So youir best best is to provide a service or sell items.

Bocjo Bassannn · Mar 28, 2008, 07:49 PM // 19:49

Hero faction farm.... 150 gold per min... no where else in the game can you make gold that fast (without getting a lucky item drop) Lutgardis Conservatory (factions) is where this is done from....

Breakdown is like this if your farming the Kurzick title track

10k faction is 25 runs thats 3750 gold per 10k faction... takes about 25 to 30 mins for 10k faction.

To max this title is 10 mill faction donated... that is 25thousand runs.....

that is 3 mill 750k gold farmed... time... well nah thats about as far as my math skills go lol

Personaly I think this farm right here is just one more set of evidence that loot scaleing seriously needs to change. When you can make more gold killing NOTHING......something is seriously wrong with the drop rate of cold hard cash.

Allow me to ad I dont find anything wrong with this hero faction farm it is a nice thing for those like me that can not stand alliance battles... But... come on I've totaly stoped killing baddies for loot because quite frankly .... this is more profitable.....

My Lipgloss is Cool · Mar 28, 2008, 07:59 PM // 19:59

Loot Scaling isn't the problem there...It's the fact that a runner can make 350g in <1 minute, every minute (His 150 + two other people dropping him 100 (the usuall going price for HFFF))

MLiC

Dr Dimento · Mar 28, 2008, 09:27 PM // 21:27

Power merching elite tomes.

Buy low, sell high, pocket the difference.

You need a minimum of 50k to get started. Buy monk, ele, and necro tomes for anything below 10k, and sell for 10k or higher. Rit tomes can be had for 10k and easily sold for 14k. The other tomes generally dont move as fast as these 4....

I tend to stick mainly to Monk, Ele, Necro and Ritualist elite tomes.........especially when you're just starting. Once you get to the 150k levels you can expand into whatever you want. I made about 200k in a weekend pretty quickly and very easily doing this.

Stick to the 3 large trade towns (kamadan, lions arch, and the one i always misspell, kiachang center.)

Antithesis · Mar 28, 2008, 11:09 PM // 23:09

Kobey, Bocjo and Dr Dimento have the right idea.

Run people from to town to town / missions / dungeons. You need to be good at it and fraud / failure is a risk.
Power trading is the how-to-guide to getting stinking rich. Boring.
HFFF with multiple accounts is working for me to farm just gold. With 3 a/c's it takes me about 80-90 secs per cycle (town > zone > mission > 3 x reward > town) and nets me 20K / hr in gold. Two accounts trade their faction for Amber, so toss that into the mix. Boring but the faction title tracks are useful for PvE skills.
Event weekends are a gold-mine. Event items sell like hot-cakes so it's easy to make 500K-1000K over a weekend. Requires elbow grease and mindless repetition.
Hidden treasures in Nightfall. With 10 toons (1 of ea class) grabbing rewards once every 31 days, there's an easy 100K-150K for one day's work / month. Treasure drops include cash rewards of 500g to 2500g, they add up quickly to around 10K-15K per character per run.
Farm Raptor Nestlings for gold items, sell in Spamadan as 7 gold unid 5K.

Destro Maniak · Mar 29, 2008, 06:15 AM // 06:15

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Originally Posted by kvndoom

Well? What do you want to hear but the truth? The average pile of gold dropped by an enemy in Hard mode is, as already said, 100-200. Best case (and most unrealistic) scenario, you solo-farm an area with a lot of enemies and get all drops for yourself and your average pile of gold is 200 and 1/4 of all enemies killed drop a pile of gold.

1k gold = 5 kills

500k gold = 2500 kills

2500 kills @ 1/4 drop rate = 10000 kills

This is a FAR more generous scenario than you will ever, ever see in Guild Wars. It only gets worse from there. So yes, materials and that lucky rare drop that's valuable will get you to your goal faster than hoping for piles of gold.

Lol is this a joke I kill 33 raptors and I get 150gold coins nearly like every 3-4 runs so its a gold 1/100

Fire The Nutter · Mar 29, 2008, 11:38 AM // 11:38

LOL Reading FTW......

"This is a FAR more generous scenario than you will ever, ever see in Guild Wars"

Zapper901 · Mar 29, 2008, 07:16 PM // 19:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bocjo Bassannn

Hero faction farm.... 150 gold per min... no where else in the game can you make gold that fast (without getting a lucky item drop) Lutgardis Conservatory (factions) is where this is done from....

Breakdown is like this if your farming the Kurzick title track

10k faction is 25 runs thats 3750 gold per 10k faction... takes about 25 to 30 mins for 10k faction.

To max this title is 10 mill faction donated... that is 25thousand runs.....

that is 3 mill 750k gold farmed... time... well nah thats about as far as my math skills go lol

You forgot that you get double the faction if you donate it, so it's only 12,500 runs. At 150g/run, this is 1,875,000. If you do it with 2 paying customers, then it is 350g/run and the total is 4,375,000.

Assuming 1 run takes 1 minute (and it will probably take more), then the total minutes spent would be 12,500, or 208 hours, which is 8.6 days. 8.6 days straight of HFFing will max your title, and net you a (very) good amount of money.

Marverick · Mar 29, 2008, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Dimento

Power merching elite tomes.

Buy low, sell high, pocket the difference.

You need a minimum of 50k to get started. Buy monk, ele, and necro tomes for anything below 10k, and sell for 10k or higher. Rit tomes can be had for 10k and easily sold for 14k. The other tomes generally dont move as fast as these 4....

I tend to stick mainly to Monk, Ele, Necro and Ritualist elite tomes.........especially when you're just starting. Once you get to the 150k levels you can expand into whatever you want. I made about 200k in a weekend pretty quickly and very easily doing this.

Stick to the 3 large trade towns (kamadan, lions arch, and the one i always misspell, kiachang center.)

Sweets / Party Items are better

I bought around 10 stacks of Golden Eggs and Chocolate Bunnies during the easter weekend @ 130g per point. It took only maybe an hour to get that many in Kamadan.

After a few weeks I will sell them for 200g per point.

Mad money ftw

Barbie · Mar 30, 2008, 03:57 AM // 03:57

Running the Cathedral of Flames dungeon makes pretty good money I think. Just go there with a hero and charge people 2k for the run (takes about 50 minutes), so at least 13.5k a run, plus all the drops, hidden treasures and end-chest.
~270 gold/minute

RedNova88 · Mar 30, 2008, 10:12 AM // 10:12

IMO Destroyer Core farming is where it's really at these days. They go for 300-400g each, usually 300 though. If you have the right build and equipment you can solo NM as a Warrior (which I see that you are). It takes about 3-4 minutes and you usually get 3 per run. If you do this I recommend that you save up more than just a few because most people will prefer to buy in bulk.

http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:W/...Destroyer_Core

Follow the directions, except for stats. You need 15 Strength total, otherwise you are more likely to die because Dolyak won't give as much armor, and will last only 18 seconds, rather than 20. Just take points from tactics, because if you have at least 3 in tactics you're fine.

Hope this helps. The only real way to get raw gold has been nerfed for a while now. You used to be able to farm Vermin outside of Senji's Corner and get tons of raw gold but not anymore.

Dr Dimento · Mar 30, 2008, 06:09 PM // 18:09

You can make a metric shit ton of money with an elementalist (and a friend who is also an ele) running people thru nahpui quarter (both normal and HM). The run takes about 13 minutes.....and (charging people 4k a pop, 5k for HM) you can make about 30k per run (split 2 ways is 15k per person).

Takes no more than 13 minutes once you get used to it.......and since 25 is masters (like 30 something in HM) it's easy money.

I find the biggest thing that slows me down is people calling me a scammer in Nahpui because according to them it's "impossible" to do it with an ele........despite the fact that i've solo'd it multiple times (takes 40+ minutes completely solo).

Mr. Undisclosed · Mar 30, 2008, 09:48 PM // 21:48

wait so you just duo? No heroes or anything? I might have to look into that, mind showing me some time?