15k armor is soooo awsome but...

Dras

Dras

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

[BOOM]

D/

it is realy expensive. I have a 20 Derv and 20 Sin and plan on buying 15k armor for both but i have no clue how to make 60k+ the cost of mats. Any suggestions? i have a few of the mats saved up, but the money seems to be the main problem.
P.S. i plan on buying the derv's first

Miriel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2008

I know this'll be an incredibly slow process and there's probably better suggestions out there, but you know the drops you get in the game? Pick them all up and sell them. I had 60k before I even realized it :3

Barbie

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2008

Qu??bec

W/

Farming, trading, running and vanquishing are all good ways to earn fast money. I also personally like Fronis Irontoe's Lair in HM (1.5k each 10 minutes run, tomes, lot of xp, and ale ^^)

Lawrence Chang

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

United States

[SOHE]

W/

power trading

example:
Seller: "WTS TOTEM AXE 5K!"
You: Dude ill give you 2k for it .. thats all i got
Seller: Blah.. fine.. i was looking for a quick sale anyways.
5 min later

You: "WTS TOTEM AXE 5K!"

Winston

Winston

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

Melbourne, Australia

Identify your white items as well, it adds to their value.

Joe Fierce

Joe Fierce

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2007

Disconnect the fascination

LF High End PvE Guild that's not filled with elitists.

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston
Identify your white items as well, it adds to their value.
good tip, i've known this since the friggin dawn of man but you'd be surprised how many people have been playing for ages and still don't know this!

RedStar

RedStar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

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[Bomb]

E/

Do EotN xD.
I was able to buy half of my sin dwarven armor when I finished it (and I had to buy the stupid skales xD) and I still had some money left.

Gift3d

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

Along with some of the suggestions in this thread, make sure you do Zaishen Challenge every day. earn the faction up quick, buy Zaishen keys, open Zaishen chest (or sell the keys for like 3k each). Most of the time you'll get crap from the zchest, but it does have the chance to drop a few items, that just one will make you filthy rich for the rest of your GW career.

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

Meh Z chest is Just way to gamble. you shouldnt open it before you got 10 x 15k sets atleast :S best way just do missions and All guests and you earn money faster then you think

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Yeah, you should be unlocking stuff for your heroes before using the Z-chest.

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

I wasn't able to afford my first 15k set until about.. ooo.. a year after I started playing. However, that was without dong heavy duty farming runs. The extra time spent makes me appreciate the sets that I do have even more.

Just save your money, work on other things, identify your whites from high end areas, and you'll probably be pleasantly surprised by how fast that 75k shows up in your pockets.

obsidian ectoplasm

obsidian ectoplasm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

I suggest Farming to get cash-

Power trading, Chest running, Z-keys are a bit of a gamble and you dont have money to throw around.

For starters

do you have HM on any campaigns?

What professions do you have skills with and what professions can you play>

Grasping Darkness

Grasping Darkness

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/f...play.php?f=234

RhanoctJocosa

RhanoctJocosa

Legendary Korean

Join Date: Aug 2006

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dras
it is realy expensive. I have a 20 Derv and 20 Sin and plan on buying 15k armor for both but i have no clue how to make 60k+ the cost of mats. Any suggestions? i have a few of the mats saved up, but the money seems to be the main problem.
P.S. i plan on buying the derv's first
Use whatever money you have saved up to gear your dervish for UW/FoW solo. You should be able to make the money easily in a week.

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

don't hoard, just merch. You'll have all the money you need in no time...

arsie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2007

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dras
it is realy expensive. I have a 20 Derv and 20 Sin and plan on buying 15k armor for both but i have no clue how to make 60k+ the cost of mats. Any suggestions? i have a few of the mats saved up, but the money seems to be the main problem.
P.S. i plan on buying the derv's first
Getting all the Treasure Chests in Nightfall with 3-4 characters should yield you 60k.

Buddhaofwar

Buddhaofwar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

Flying Gophers

W/

seconded on NF chest runs.

Kyomi Tachibana

Kyomi Tachibana

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

Oregon, USA

Where iz teh Bonuz [WitB]

P/W

NF chests ftw.

A single run on my necro yielded me 30k, then my ele was another 20k, my mes got 25k, paragon got another 20k.

This is including drops on the way/from the chests.

I wouldn't reccommend UW/FoW until you have a decent amount of money already and are experienced in farming, since it can end up costing you way more money that you make when you first start. If you have prophecies, running from Beacon's Perch to Droknars Forge can yield quite a bit of money.

If you have HM unlock in Factions, you can take a Monk Hero with your sin and do Naphui HM to farm feathers, a stack of feathers sells for around 7k at current market prices. And doesn't take that long to get.

PM me if you need builds. ^_^

Divinity Sword

Divinity Sword

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2007

Washington

Dragons of the Rose

R/

The way I make money:

Vanquishing.
CoF Running with my 600.
Regular running with my ranger.
Selling tons of whites and really bad golds.

Every now and then I do a UW or FoW run, those are nice if you need ectos or shards.
Just remember, money accumulates fast but is spent very easily.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawrence Chang
power trading

example:
Seller: "WTS TOTEM AXE 5K!"
You: Dude ill give you 2k for it .. thats all i got
Seller: Blah.. fine.. i was looking for a quick sale anyways.
5 min later

You: "WTS TOTEM AXE 5K!"

That is not power trading. That is trading.

ogre_jd

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2008

Canadia

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Fierce
good tip, i've known this since the friggin dawn of man but you'd be surprised how many people have been playing for ages and still don't know this!
That's probably because they tried doing so early on in the game (pre-Northern Shiverpeaks, for example) and found that they weren't getting anywhere near enough extra value per ID or inventory space to make it worth it, so they stopped.

N1ghtstalker

N1ghtstalker

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2007

E/

HM farming or go on CoF HM runs
good way to make easy money without doing anything

Slabby

Slabby

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Belgium

[SCAR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Malice Black
That is not power trading. That is trading.
Agree.
A common power trading scenario:

Newbie: "helo, i had just find a everlasting tonic/eternal blade/[insert rare item here], what iz it wurth ?"
Powertrader: "It's not worth that much but I'm willing to take it out of your hands for a couple of k's."
Newbie: "okay, thanks you"
* Powertrader zones to Kamadan/Lions Arch
* Powertrader opens topic in high end
* Powertrader whisps all his friends.

segnisletum

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

N/

Vanquish. Started a guild with some friends and we didn't have enough money to stock the guild hall. We vanquished and just merched everything and had all the gold needed for the hall in a week and a half. Elite tome drops helped a lot.

Norse

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

heres something cool, you know the free chests in elona?
treasure chest, burried treasure, do not touch etc...
I decided the other day to get all of them on my war. (locations on wiki)
Along with all the golds i got from each one (mostly useless)
I got >21k from them. some of them drop 2.3k or something.

helps if youve finished nightfall so you can get the the area quick, i just made a mass running team with my heroes, lots of "charge"

Zahr Dalsk

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2007

Canada

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Yeah, you should be unlocking stuff for your heroes before using the Z-chest.
PvP unlock packs take care of this. (Although a few skill packs were bugged and didn't give me skills that they should have, which kind of irritated me.)

Dras

Dras

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

[BOOM]

D/

To answer a few ?'s..
-i have all 4 Campains and HM in EotN only
-my sin is right after the borius seabord(sp?) in factions, and my derv is doing Horde of darkness in NF but he has completed EotN.
A few of my ?
-could sum1 describe the Elona chest running thing more? it sounds good but i don't rly get it.
-i ran a little sanctum cay on my derv. didn't have any problems but finding ppl was a little slow.

obsidian ectoplasm

obsidian ectoplasm

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Malice Black
That is not power trading. That is trading.
I hate 12 chars

Rexion

Rexion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Luck]

E/

make an ele. play it through any of the campaigns...
get him/her to have all the skills from the E/Me Raptor Farm - No Elite Required build and bring them to EotN.
Then just start off by talking to Vekk and helping the asuran first. Get to Rata Sum and just follow the guide from there.

Besides, this weekend is Sweet Treat Weekend - even MORE things to get out of it.

My guildy got 3 black dyes from farming the raptor cave in 1 day. (make sure you are on Normal Mode)

Solas

Solas

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ireland

Currently LF Active HA Guild, Glad 2, Comm.3, R2

E/

Save every penny, you'd be suprised how fast it comes in

also the id white items thing is handy

Hou Yuanjuai

Hou Yuanjuai

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

The Arms of Sorrow[KsE]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dras
-could sum1 describe the Elona chest running thing more? it sounds good but i don't rly get it.
There are chests scattered around nightfall that you don't need a key to open, and they drop money as well as an item. Its always gold iirc. They can only be opened 1 time every ~30 days.

Maps are on wiki.

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

Search "making money" and other things. I'm sure you'll find plenty as there have been many many threads asking the same thing.

~closed~

Baron Obeefdip

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2007

Chronos legion

W/R

ya heres a good way go to the town just before Bone palace in nightfall and join a 5 man HM ss/lb farm(hard mode sunspear/lightbringer) farm your points and collect all your drops 3k a run and at least 1 gold drop,best drop ive ever had out of there was a super vigor rune & a dead sword

Earth

Earth

Always Outnumbered

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Commander Ryker
Search "making money" and other things. I'm sure you'll find plenty as there have been many many threads asking the same thing.

~closed~
Eh?

12 chars.