I've been toying with the different methods of making money in GW, and I would like to know which of these methods is where you make your primary source of income:
-FoW/UW (This means you, Europe)
-Farming
-Buy Low/Sell High
-Crafting Materials
-Other
Many thanks. I'm primarily a farmer, but with all the nerfing, I'm just flat-out broke now and would like to know the mainstream method.
Your Main Source of Income
Eldin
KANE OG
I still farm all the time, it's my primary money maker. Different spots here and there across all three Campaigns with a bit of Boss farming as well.
Still don't know what this farming nerf is that everyone is complaining about.
KANE
Still don't know what this farming nerf is that everyone is complaining about.
KANE
Mournblade
I hate to sound wishy-washy but all of the above. I don't like to do one thing all the time, so I fiddle around with whatever tickles my fancy.
tijo
Farming is the best source of income including FoW and UW. After comes running if you have prophecies. For the others, i dont know, i farm and run ppl and dont really do the others. Theres still some money to be made by questing in cantha and elona, if you intend to follow the storyline, questing should cover all of your normal expenses as well as get you a little extra cash.
nomak
-Buy Low/Sell High - that was in the beginning.
-Farming - now
-Farming - now
Just Another Dude
Farming... tediously... there doesnt seem to be a very reliable fast-money-maker anymore... just farm and farm and farm
KamikazeChicken
Regular drops from playing through the game. You'd be amazed at how many more golds you get when you never farm and play 4-man everywhere. Merching whites also generates a fair amount of gold.
Morgenstern
Playing the game. Brought my warrior to Elone, did all the missions, primary quests, hero quests, Treasure chests, and a fair amount of normal quests to level up my heros. Nice money + the odd alright gold + the odd rune = Primavil Armour once I got to the last mission. I got my weopens as some of my golds. Armour and weopens, plus a character through another chapter, not bad I say. Do that 2 more times = a pimped out warrior.
I have a semi rule that all my characters have to be self sufficent. My ele wants new armour? Tough she has to get it herself, I think that makes the game more fun for me, and makes sure I don't get over bored of farming.
I don't see the point in having lots of money in your account, its there for spending, so I spend it. I don't have a farming build, rarly do UW or FoW, just play the game.
Works for me.
I have a semi rule that all my characters have to be self sufficent. My ele wants new armour? Tough she has to get it herself, I think that makes the game more fun for me, and makes sure I don't get over bored of farming.
I don't see the point in having lots of money in your account, its there for spending, so I spend it. I don't have a farming build, rarly do UW or FoW, just play the game.
Works for me.
Zapper901
Running Droks with my Dervish.
CyberMesh0
Cartography.
DeathandtheHealing
going on one sf run every other week and getting a crystalline on the first drop cause anet loves me
Lotrfish
Playing the game and opening lots of chests while playing the game. I farm a little bit, too, but not much.
idicious
Before AI update Running Droks and Grotto. Still do droks for guildies and m8s occasionally with my Dervish now, Grotto a few times as well.
For a short while I did buy low sell high and made a very large profit off of (from 30k to 250k in 2-3 weeks) but got tired of spending hours spamming in town.
Besides that done the regular farms + some not so regular
All in all I'm happy with the income I generate, don't stick to 1 particular method, and when I have a decent ammount I usually broke myself getting a nice new 15k armor set for one of my chars :s
For a short while I did buy low sell high and made a very large profit off of (from 30k to 250k in 2-3 weeks) but got tired of spending hours spamming in town.
Besides that done the regular farms + some not so regular
All in all I'm happy with the income I generate, don't stick to 1 particular method, and when I have a decent ammount I usually broke myself getting a nice new 15k armor set for one of my chars :s
stuntharley
I farm UW and do w/e is FoTM in farming works great.
Thom Bangalter
Phat HA drops.
Batou of Nine
3 words::
Domain of Anguish
Domain of Anguish
riojin
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Originally Posted by Morgenstern
Playing the game. Brought my warrior to Elone, did all the missions, primary quests, hero quests, Treasure chests, and a fair amount of normal quests to level up my heros. Nice money + the odd alright gold + the odd rune = Primavil Armour once I got to the last mission. I got my weopens as some of my golds. Armour and weopens, plus a character through another chapter, not bad I say. Do that 2 more times = a pimped out warrior.
I have a semi rule that all my characters have to be self sufficent. My ele wants new armour? Tough she has to get it herself, I think that makes the game more fun for me, and makes sure I don't get over bored of farming. I don't see the point in having lots of money in your account, its there for spending, so I spend it. I don't have a farming build, rarly do UW or FoW, just play the game. Works for me. |
Corinthian
Any random green drop from bosses I kill while questing through campaigns... Or a gold rune if I get very lucky. I'm struggling to get my necro a 1,5k armor! 
VGJustice
I just play the game. And every so often, I get some phat l00tz that pads my money pouch quite nicely.
Also, buying low and selling high isn't just for people wanting to get rich quick!
Also, buying low and selling high isn't just for people wanting to get rich quick!
Iuris
I just play the game with several characters, and it would seem that between mission/quest rewards and random drops, they make quite enough to get a nice elite armor for each. Each evening, I find myself several quests and a few thousand gold ahead.
With the addition of Elona treasures, this has gone even further.
It may not be enough for FoW armour and Chrystalline swords, but it is enough for the main character. Also, the collectible drops are enough to let me equip most of my heroes.
With the addition of Elona treasures, this has gone even further.
It may not be enough for FoW armour and Chrystalline swords, but it is enough for the main character. Also, the collectible drops are enough to let me equip most of my heroes.
Rampager
Running to towns, Running missions and chest runs
SotiCoto
Whatever crap is dropped for me in my travels.... I pick it up and sell it to the merchant. Thats the long and the short of it. I don't have any more special ways of getting cash....
... Ok... maybe one.
I've found some bosses when soloed will drop scrolls... occasionally rare scrolls... and I can merch them for 400 apiece... which isn't necessarily too shabby... Funnily enough I've never tried selling them to a Rare Scroll Trader...
But thats about it. I don't deal with human meatbags as regards buying or selling... generally....
... Ok... maybe one.
I've found some bosses when soloed will drop scrolls... occasionally rare scrolls... and I can merch them for 400 apiece... which isn't necessarily too shabby... Funnily enough I've never tried selling them to a Rare Scroll Trader...
But thats about it. I don't deal with human meatbags as regards buying or selling... generally....
Star Naiad
Farm Kournan Pendants sell them to Helenah in Gandara, the Moon Fortress for Bone Idol which is 270 gold and buy like 20 of them and merch em and i make 5400G
Miss Puddles
honestly, picking up every single item that drops for me, as long as i have inventory space. id'ing and salvaging all those things and merching what i dont want.
that and the free treasure in elona
that and the free treasure in elona
Kotetsu Rain
Now I can do any of the above. I have an A/E Solo green farmer that i toy around with and I run Droks whenever I need some spare cash. I swear my networht across all my characters has to be in the 600k range but I've never seen a 3 digit number in front of my platinum. >:P Anyways when your starting out these are some of the things that you can't come to do quickly so heres what I did when I started out.
You always get meaningless drops from monsters and the such but instead of selling those right away to the merchant see what you can salvage them into first AND how high the stacks (10 of a material) are going for in the merchant. Your net worth will begin to rise little by little by paying more attention to what you can get in the long run instead of immediatly selling for quick cash.
You always get meaningless drops from monsters and the such but instead of selling those right away to the merchant see what you can salvage them into first AND how high the stacks (10 of a material) are going for in the merchant. Your net worth will begin to rise little by little by paying more attention to what you can get in the long run instead of immediatly selling for quick cash.
the_jos
Picking up everything on my path and merch those.
The rest is just doing quests and missions.
Furtermore, reconsidering what you spend is not a source of income, but helps keeping a positive cashflow.
The rest is just doing quests and missions.
Furtermore, reconsidering what you spend is not a source of income, but helps keeping a positive cashflow.
wetsparks
I sell all whites to the merchant. Blue, purple, and golds get identified, if they are any good I'll sell to other people for fairly cheap so that I dont spend all day spamming a sell (enless it is worth big bucks, then it would be worth spending all day spamming). IDing all the colored stuff usually makes the 100 gold back after the second or third item plus a couple thousand more gold. After IDing, if it says highly salvageable, I salvage it because the materials are worth more than the item.
After that I do all the quests cuz they give out money, sometimes an item or tradable thing like comendations, plus the loot from monsters. Do some farming with my warrior and ranger but that gets boring. What I like to do though is make a new character and get all the comendations on the noob isle, sometimes I'll trade them for ale for my drunkard title, but mostly I trade them for scrolls for 100g.
Edit: Try to get your Protector Titles also, having to go through the missions, especially the later missions, multiple times can get you decent money. I get up to 1000 gold per run in the latter missions.
After that I do all the quests cuz they give out money, sometimes an item or tradable thing like comendations, plus the loot from monsters. Do some farming with my warrior and ranger but that gets boring. What I like to do though is make a new character and get all the comendations on the noob isle, sometimes I'll trade them for ale for my drunkard title, but mostly I trade them for scrolls for 100g.
Edit: Try to get your Protector Titles also, having to go through the missions, especially the later missions, multiple times can get you decent money. I get up to 1000 gold per run in the latter missions.
Painbringer
Play the game and collect and sell. Made 20k yesterday off of drops from questing/missions alone. (Granted the black dye and white dye helped get to 20)
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My Green Storage
Bored: a/e - e/a solo farm
Want to: B/P in SF, Ele in Deep
Really bored: Chest Run
Wanted to ALOT, but recently became BS: Solo E/Me smite farming (Nerf Visage / Grasping interrupts are FTL)
But my source of income: Greens.
Don't have to worry about this or that stat.
People know them.
People know the price of em.
Don't need to have it Price Checked / checked for rarity.
Set a fair price and 7/10 times it's a quick sale.
Want to: B/P in SF, Ele in Deep
Really bored: Chest Run
Wanted to ALOT, but recently became BS: Solo E/Me smite farming (Nerf Visage / Grasping interrupts are FTL)
But my source of income: Greens.
Don't have to worry about this or that stat.
People know them.
People know the price of em.
Don't need to have it Price Checked / checked for rarity.
Set a fair price and 7/10 times it's a quick sale.
moriz
i do AB on the kurzick side for jadeite shards.
T N Player
i 55 in moddock crevice, i got a a gold tatoo scim there and sold it for a lot and lots of gold runes there too. my guildie got a white colossal scim so a gold one is possible.
Jesse
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Eldin
For me the income from questing, missions, and exploring covers most of my expenses until about the Crystal Desert/Drok's, where between 1.5k armor between salvage/ID kits and such just becomes too expensive for me.
Also, about how much do you make on average after one hour of farming? I'm just asking because I make about 10k an hour, and I want to know, is that "good" by most standards?
Also, about how much do you make on average after one hour of farming? I'm just asking because I make about 10k an hour, and I want to know, is that "good" by most standards?
-.-
Underworld for now, everything else isn't worth it for a Warrior.
The Herbalizer
pre-factions running
pre-factions power trading
dont need to work for gold now.
pre-factions power trading
dont need to work for gold now.
cosyfiep
questing, missions....and now those treasure chests/buried treasures etc (have 9 toons that can do them and most havent gotten to the later ones yet).
otherwise just playing and then capping all my elites---usually gets me enough for what I need.
otherwise just playing and then capping all my elites---usually gets me enough for what I need.
BuD
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Wanted to ALOT, but recently became BS: Solo E/Me smite farming (Nerf Visage / Grasping interrupts are FTL)
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When no guildies are around late at night I solo UW with with my Ele & the build youre talkin about. B4 NF I farmed trolls for a long long time with my Ele, then I made a Monk then farmed pretty much everything around the trolls (Avicara Tundra Giants & Grawl). I have since made a Warrior, Id like to start doing chest runs.
Envious
My primary money maker is Farming, though I do a bit of UW/FoW.
Traveller
I really haven't a main source of income. When Prophecies was new, I used to farm and farm and grind and grind until I became very bored of it and had to take a break from gaming. I usually make money whenever there's a fad around, like IDS or 3x green weekends, but right now I have about 2k in my bank account but I just can't be arsed to grind for more. It'll come if it'll come.
Here's to hoping they reset the Elona treasures once again - that's a really fun way to get some money and some nice weapons!
Here's to hoping they reset the Elona treasures once again - that's a really fun way to get some money and some nice weapons!
Cebe
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