Vabbian Armor..

I Might Avenge U

I Might Avenge U

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23 Jan 2008 at 04:53 - 1
Hello,

I have recently decided to buy another set of Elite armor on my ranger and decided I would take on the dread Vabbian Elite armor set...

Elite armor itself requires the following things..
  • 50k in Platinum Cash
  • 200 Bolts of Cloth
  • 32 Leather Squares
  • 16 Rubies
  • 16 Sapphires

What my question is, what would be the best and cheapest way acquire 16 Rubies and 16 Sapphires. Now, by that I mean the best way to acquire them spending the least amount of Money.

At the Current cost of Rubies & Sapphires, it would take about 272k to pay for just the Rubies and Sapphires.

Thanks for any opinion,
~IMAU

Kyrein

Kyrein

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Join Date: Jan 2008

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23 Jan 2008 at 05:00 - 2
trade contracts for the rubies, just buy the sapphires

I Might Avenge U

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23 Jan 2008 at 05:01 - 3
^^

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiki
Completing all the above quests, you can obtain a maximum of 27 Trade Contracts (23+2x2).
That'll take care of 3 Rubies, only 13 left... Feel free to expand on your ideas..

Yuhe Ji

Yuhe Ji

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Join Date: Jan 2008

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23 Jan 2008 at 05:13 - 4
The Ruby and Sapphire Djinn essences can be salvaged for rubies and sapphires. Or you can just buy trade contracts.

Kyrein

Kyrein

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23 Jan 2008 at 05:22 - 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yuhe Ji
buy trade contracts.
thats what i meant

Toutatis

Toutatis

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23 Jan 2008 at 05:32 - 6
There is also a small chance to get rubies by expert salvaging Ruby Daggers (you can get them as drops throughout Vabbi, as well as out of Vabbian chests).

The way I approached getting Vabbian was to grind for something else I wanted (in my case it was stormy eyes to trade for spiked eggnog over Wintersday), and then used the cash that I made in the process to buy the gems. It seems less like you're wasting cash on gems and more like you're getting them as an extra bonus on top of the purpose of the grind.

I Might Avenge U

I Might Avenge U

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23 Jan 2008 at 05:35 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyrein
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yuhe Ji
buy trade contracts
thats what i meant
Last I remember, trade contracts are 1k each.. which would sort of defeat the purpose of saving money..

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yuhe Ji
The Ruby and Sapphire Djinn essences can be salvaged for rubies and sapphires.
yeah, I was thinking about that... Thought it might be possible to farm the Djinn, or if anyone happens to farm djinn and sells the Essences as a byproduct..

Also thought about doing chest runs for Ruby weapons and slapping "Measure for Measure" inscriptions on them and salvaging..

But then I thought about the chances of actually salvaging and getting a Ruby, and it's got to be damn near nothing..

Quote:
Originally Posted by Toutatis
There is also a small chance to get rubies by expert salvaging Ruby Daggers (you can get them as drops throughout Vabbi, as well as out of Vabbian chests).

The way I approached getting Vabbian was to grind for something else I wanted (in my case it was stormy eyes to trade for spiked eggnog over Wintersday), and then used the cash that I made in the process to buy the gems. It seems less like you're wasting cash on gems and more like you're getting them as an extra bonus on top of the purpose of the grind.
Yeah, I starting farming LB points and managed to get 93k or so while I'm currently at r7.. There's a start..

Operative 14

Operative 14

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23 Jan 2008 at 05:43 - 8
Quote:
Originally Posted by Toutatis
The way I approached getting Vabbian was to grind for something else I wanted (in my case it was stormy eyes to trade for spiked eggnog over Wintersday), and then used the cash that I made in the process to buy the gems. It seems less like you're wasting cash on gems and more like you're getting them as an extra bonus on top of the purpose of the grind.
That's what I did. I spent the last year farming Decayed Orr Emblems for Halloween and Wintersday in Gates of Kryta. On the side I bought trade contracts for rubies, and sapphires from other players after I reached my benchmark figure in my storage.

Name a figure in your storage, then anything above that goes to your Ranger. When your Ranger builds up enough cash to buy a single ruby, or a single sapphire, buy them. That way it will break that monstrously large figure into about 4k increments, which is a lot easier to deal with psychologically than building up 100k then splurging all at once on a large number of gems. Using that method I was able to get my Vabbian in about 4 months of farming GoK once or twice a day and getting about 1.2k per run in there. Nicely enough, at the end of the season I had 10 stacks of Orr Emblems built up, and was able to sell 6 of them for about 80k, and spend the rest on holiday items.

Kyrein

Kyrein

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23 Jan 2008 at 05:48 - 9
trade contracts are nowhere near 1k.........
i buy them all the time for like 400g

cosyfiep

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23 Jan 2008 at 06:23 - 10
I do the free chests for cash too---sometimes you can get a gem out of them too.

Kyrein

Kyrein

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23 Jan 2008 at 06:53 - 11
or something that you can stick a highly salvagable on and get 2 rubies off it (done that a few times)

Rothaga

Rothaga

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23 Jan 2008 at 13:39 - 12
I just work towards a title, vanquisher works well, and just save everything that I get. I try to keep around 100k in my storage, and when I get more, I buy whatever I need. You'll find you can get it in what seems like no time.

I Might Avenge U

I Might Avenge U

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24 Jan 2008 at 02:49 - 13
Good Suggestions so far, If trade contracts are 400g ea, then I could make save some serious money off of those... that'd be 2.8k each ruby instead of 5k, which will just about slash the price the rubies in half..

might be worth trying to accumulate as many rubies via salvaging, or doing all the quests I can..

Either way, it should save some decent amounts of money, in the mean time I'll continue to work towards r8 LB, which is 25k points away, which presents more opportunities to make money.

Feel free to post any other suggestions..

Miss Puddles

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24 Jan 2008 at 17:51 - 14
i've gotten several gems from the free chests in elona, as well as from hidden treasures in dungeons.
put a "measure for measure" inscription on ruby or jeweled daggers.
save up some extra money for when you only have a couple gems left to get and don't feel like waiting

DarkFlame

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24 Jan 2008 at 21:38 - 15
You can also use your other chars to do the quests for trade contacts, if you arent planning to get additional sets for them as well.

MagmaRed

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24 Jan 2008 at 21:44 - 16
Don't use Trade Contracts to get Sapphires. You may already know this, but get Rubies only with the Trade Contracts. Save the ones you need for the armor, sell the rest, and then buy the Sapphires with that money. 1 ruby = 2 sapphires basically.

Dante the Warlord

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Join Date: Jul 2006

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24 Jan 2008 at 22:22 - 17
Use trade contracts and buy em for around 400-500g each to get all 16 of your rubies. Then just buy sapphires from the vendor. Its really not that hard once you have all of the rubies, plus not many ppl want to farm all the trade contracts necessary to get the rubies

I Might Avenge U

I Might Avenge U

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24 Jan 2008 at 22:31 - 18
Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkFlame
You can also use your other chars to do the quests for trade contacts, if you arent planning to get additional sets for them as well.
True, but that would take way too long for the amount of gems that I'd get..

Quote:
Originally Posted by Magma Red
Don't use Trade Contracts to get Sapphires. You may already know this, but get Rubies only with the Trade Contracts. Save the ones you need for the armor, sell the rest, and then buy the Sapphires with that money. 1 ruby = 2 sapphires basically.
Haha, that's one of those newbie things that I might accidently do... This actually very smart, because it would cut back all the costs by 25%

so in theory:

Amount of contracts
7 * 16 ( Rubies ) + 8 * 7 ( Rubies, then selling for Sapphires ) = 168

Total Cost @ 450g/contract

168 * 450 = 75.6k

This seems like the most efficient way by far.. Although, I'm seriously doubting the availability of Buying contracts at 450g ea (averaged price) ..

TheRaven

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24 Jan 2008 at 22:33 - 19
Quote:
Originally Posted by Operative 14
Name a figure in your storage, then anything above that goes to your Ranger. When your Ranger builds up enough cash to buy a single ruby, or a single sapphire, buy them.
Yep, that's precisely what I do. I'm currently saving up for Chaos Gloves and I need 19 more ectos. I've pretty much given up trying to solo the UW since practicing the build would send me to the poorhouse with that 1k entrance fee, so instead I vanquish, go to tombs, make fow runs, etc.

I'll set aside a run and earmark everything from the run for my ecto fund. So for example if I wish to do 2 dungeons tonight, I'll complete empty my inventory and cash of all non-essentials and hit the dungeons. Afterwards, I'll merch/sell everything accumulated and the cash made will usually buy an ecto or 2.

Oh yeah, almost forgot. PICK UP EVERYTHING!!!! I'm shocked how many people leave the white and blue items laying on the ground. Hey, they may not be worth a fortune, but they add up.