Most Profitable Profession.

Titine

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2008

Aube

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The question is "the most profitable", not "the best farmer".

Looking a CoF run that gets you 15k just from fees (so you can add on top of this golds, hidden treasures), in 40 min ... I am not sure, but I think this beats HM raptor.

In PuG ursan, monks uses their cons set last, so they rarely use them , that makes more $$ at the end of the run.

1>monk
2>elementalist or runner (D, R, ..)

Maverick2201

Maverick2201

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

R/N

Poor Rangers... every day I kick myself because I was at a toss-up between my first char being Ranger or Ele. I chose Ranger and he can't do anything but NM Vaettir farming and spotty support for Glint's Challenge...

Khanduras

Khanduras

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Inside

East Elona Trading Company [etc]

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Elementalist Monk Ritualist Necromancer Warrior Mesmer Assassin Dervish Ranger (In the pre-nerfed trapping days, they'd be right under Ritualist in my book) Paragon

XBC

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Indiana

[ROME]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Maverick2201
Poor Rangers... every day I kick myself because I was at a toss-up between my first char being Ranger or Ele. I chose Ranger and he can't do anything but NM Vaettir farming and spotty support for Glint's Challenge... That's not quite true; Rangers have quite a few different farming spots, though they may not be incredibly proficient at them.

Mickey

Mickey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Eternal Insight

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moriean
I have to agree with that

/end sarcasm

My personal list:
Elementalist (because they can farm all farming spots in EotN) Ritualist (because of Rezzdog) Monk (55hp/600hp) Necromancer (55hp) Warrior (UW) Mesmer (Lots of e/me and mo/me farms as a me/e or me/mo) Dervish (130hp) Ranger (Rangers Beacon) Assasin (The only reason they are above Paragon is SF) Paragon (@#!%, if you are Paragon get Ursan) In my free time I solo all of the UW on my paragon, I take no damage all the time. No sweat.

/end sarcasm as well

1. Ele
2. Monk
3. Rit

(Rit and Monk are tied in my book.)

Edit: If pugs pulled their heads out of their asses, they might realize how invincibility helps just a little bit, Paragons ftw.

To Being: That new build has been out for a LONG TIME, since Famine came out with Factions iirc. Or at least I noticed it.

Being

Being

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

Society Of Souls [Argh]

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Wow all this Ranger hate.....just.....wow.

Is everyone just bad at playing them or something....I mean to be rated as bad as paragon. O.o

Out of all of the professions I have played (which is all) nothing has been more unique than Ranger. They are able to merge into any other second profession, I think I have farm builds for like every secondary profession on my Ranger, well, except from R/P....wonder why.

In terms of profit, yeah probably Eles hold that above pretty much above all professions, since anet decided to give Eles skills that give them instant win with little effort.

But I laugh every time when I see people who say "rangers cant farm"

I think I can farm just as much if not more than half of the professions listed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hu6L8rtMps

Anyway my old videos can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Anakando1337
New ish ones here (still making)
http://www.youtube.com/user/RangersBeacon2

No I'm not saying Rangers are 'teh ubers' of farming, but so many underrate them.

t00115577

t00115577

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

Mo/

eles are awsoume farmers

Dr Dimento

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

E/Me

I've pro merched, farmed everything conceivable since the original 55s, done runs for people........by far, the most money i've ever made (and the fastest) came from running people through Nahpui Quarter with my ele. I charge people 4 or 5k a pop (i duo with a guildie). This ends up making us each 15k in about 13 minutes. Anything with a platinum to minutes ratio above 1:1 is a get rich quick way of making money. So i will copy this from my other post....since it is relavent.


Note: For normal mode you can use any earth staff of enchanting you want, for hard mode i suggest a shield with a "Like a Rolling Stone" inscription and "Of Devotion" shield handle with a +20% enchant sword or axe w/ "I have the Power" inscription.

All geomancer armor, highest vigor rune you can afford, minor energy storage, minor air, superior earth headpeice.

16 Earth Magic
10 Energy Storage
9 Inspiration Magic
4 Air Magic

[skill]Glyph of Swiftness[/skill][skill]Obsidian Flesh[/skill][skill]Sliver Armor[/skill][skill]Aura of Restoration[/skill][skill]Kinetic Armor[/skill][skill]Stone Striker[/skill][skill]Mantra of Earth[/skill][skill]Stoneflesh Aura[/skill]

Usage: Use Glyph of swiftness to maintain ob flesh. Maintain EVERYTHING at all times with the exception of sliver armor. In normal mode, maintaining kinetic is somewhat optional, but suggested to ease the run. If both Stoneflesh Aura and Obsidian flesh are ending at the same time, Obsidian Flesh has higher priority.....a second or five without stoneflesh is easily survived, ESPECIALLY if you have kinetic armor up.

One runner kills the turtle and kirin, the 2nd runner kills the dragon and pheonix.

They should be killed in this order
Necro (turtle)
Elementalist (dragon)
Monk (kirin)
Mesmer (pheonix)

This means runner one goes in the middle left portal, and runner 2 goes in the middle right portal.

It's a cakewalk until you get to the kirin. By this time, runner 2 should be waiting just outside of the pheonix boss's aggro. When runner 1 kills the kirin, an essence of kirin will spawn right by runner 2....plan for the knockdown. Runner 2 should kill that kirin before aggroing the pheonix boss. Once that kirin is dead, while waiting just outside the pheonix's aggro, time your enchants so that you use ob flesh and stoneflesh right after one another......then aggo the pheonix boss. Upon aggroing, DO NOT CAST ANYTHING! There will be kirins in the mob, which will knock you down at the same time......once they knock you down and you get up, cast Kinetic Armor. It has a 3 second cast time, which is perfect for drawing out the Pheonix's [skill]leech signet[/skill] Once she interrupts your kinetic armor, cast ur enchants again to maintain, and cast sliver armor ASAP.

Prior to casting sliver armor, you should be right next to her.

Generally the more experienced runner should take the pheonix, due to the higher difficulty. The runner who kills the kirin is advised to take "I am Unstoppable!" or [skill]Ward of Stability[/skill] in place of Kinetic Armor to counter knockdown from the kirin boss's [skill]Signet of Judgment[/skill]

Have fun!


NOTE: For speed's sake, once you both spawn, you can run to the first bosses without obsidian flesh up (but WITH stoneflesh, stonestriker, and mantra of earth)...however, you must maintain ob flesh prior to aggroing those bosses.

NOTE2: It's more difficult than it sounds, but with practice it becomes very easy. It's about the only way I've been able to make 55k in 50 minutes on any given day. This includes selling the MASSIVE amounts of feathers you will collect along the way.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Being
Wow all this Ranger hate.....just.....wow.

Is everyone just bad at playing them or something....I mean to be rated as bad as paragon. O.o

Out of all of the professions I have played (which is all) nothing has been more unique than Ranger. They are able to merge into any other second profession, I think I have farm builds for like every secondary profession on my Ranger, well, except from R/P....wonder why.

In terms of profit, yeah probably Eles hold that above pretty much above all professions, since anet decided to give Eles skills that give them instant win with little effort.

But I laugh every time when I see people who say "rangers cant farm"

I think I can farm just as much if not more than half of the professions listed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hu6L8rtMps

Anyway my old videos can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Anakando1337
New ish ones here (still making)
http://www.youtube.com/user/RangersBeacon2

No I'm not saying Rangers are 'teh ubers' of farming, but so many underrate them. No. The point is that we're not too viable with our primary profession in farming, aside from trapping.

Also, farming opportunities aren't as open for us. Sometimes we require partners, and most of our income is from Ursan/FoW/UW.

We're not like Monks who can farm any time we want on the fly. It's slower for us. And trust me, I've been playing since 2005 - no I do not consider myself a "bad" ranger, but the fact is ANet didn't give equal opportunities for each class's wealth.

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Titine
The question is "the most profitable", not "the best farmer".

Looking a CoF run that gets you 15k just from fees (so you can add on top of this golds, hidden treasures), in 40 min ... I am not sure, but I think this beats HM raptor.

In PuG ursan, monks uses their cons set last, so they rarely use them , that makes more $$ at the end of the run.

1>monk
2>elementalist or runner (D, R, ..) Umm...no. Rit would still be above monk then because it can do pretty much everything monks can, better.

Aera Lure

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

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If considered since the beginning of the game, monks, by far.

I'd say:

1. Monk.
2. Elementalist.
3. Anything else.

rustyduktape

rustyduktape

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

massachusetts

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by tyla salanari
Ursan
1+2=12!
HAHAHA, i agree Tyla! but man, didn't know this many people would respond to this thread!!! that's crazy. haha, but yeah, for me its gotta be Monk, then Ranger. Ranger is best for quick cash. Running desert > 1 ecto every 2 runs in UW -.-

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

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1.UB
2.Monk
3.Nec
4.Ele
5.Sin
6.The rest

street peddler

street peddler

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

paragon is definitely last place unfortunately, theyre still awesome though.

monk rit and ele would have to be on top.

Kaida the Heartless

Kaida the Heartless

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

N/

Necro
Monk
Warrior

Don't have an ele so I can't place that one.

A Urrang

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

Norway

The imperial guards [tigg]

Rt/A

1. Ele
2. Rit
3. Necro

petrorabbit

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaida the Heartless
Don't have an ele so I can't place that one.
That is the problem with this kind of survey. Not everyone plays an elementalist, monk, and ritualist to try farming the same areas to compare what is more efficient. Luckily I have alot of time on my hands to play all 3. So far, it is the elementalist, followed by rit, then monk.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Undisclosed
Umm...no. Rit would still be above monk then because it can do pretty much everything monks can, better. Exactly, monks pretty much are training mode for future Rit farmers

MisterT69

MisterT69

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2007

Scions of Carver [SCAR]

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1. Ele (absolutely pwns NM, HM, solo, or group farming hands down)
2. Monk (55, 600, smite, list goes on and on)
3. Derv (Derv has sick AoE and defense, compared to other melee chars)

My Lipgloss is Cool

My Lipgloss is Cool

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

My Computer

Band Of The H A W K

P/Mo

Now if the list was how much I enjoyed them, mine would be;
1) Monk
2) Necro
3) Ele

But as far as profit goes;
1) Ele
2) Rit
3) Monk
4) Necro

But to answer OP's question;
1) Monk
2) Warrior
3) Ranger

MLiC

ReZDoGG

ReZDoGG

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Indian Township, ME

Nativ War Party (NWP)

Rt/Mo

I'd say all professions that can farm alot of places in Hardmode. Rits have alot of different places you can farm, and farm them quickly... which can lead to alot of profit. Assassin's can farm places that invinci builds can farm and places they can't farm. My best two is Rits and Sins personally, I rarely use anything else to farm.

1. Ritualist (of course )
2. Assassin (gotta know the secrets )
3. Ele
4. Monk
5. Necro
6. Mesmer

For all who didn't mention Rits, your missing out!

My YouTube.com Channel (All Rits in Action) : I also just added a new background image to my channel, looks pretty kew

Dark Tykane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Cult Unseen

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by petrorabbit
And an elementalist cannot solo many places? Last i checked my elementalist can farm more areas than my monk, not to mention takes less time per run. Ok, so farming with a monk is easier. Its too bad monks take longer to run a farm than an elementalist does. Ok, so an elementalist can do EotN farms, that means they have more places to farm. So yes, being able to do the EotN farms is a part of the reason why they are the best farming profession. And in terms of profit, Elementalist is also more efficient at farming than a monk. Why? Because an elementalist's farming run is shorter than the monks. Which means they can farm at a faster rate, and hence do more farms in a time frame than a monk can.

Elementalist can also solo boss run like no other with the E/A SF/Sliver armor farmer, and yes, better than an A/E because higher damage sliver = faster boss kills. This translates to elite tome farming, which can still sell for decent money these days.

As stated before, monks are great farmers if your first learning how to farm and want to make some money. When you've got the hang of that, then you go to something like Necro or rit sacrificing survivability for speed. But in terms of profit and efficiency, elementalist hands down. Haha you seriously don't have to tell ME what an ele can do.
But seriously 600/smite is pretty much THE universal farm nowadays....which is easier to do with a monk than an ele.
Last I heard eles couldn't do 600/smite solo dungeons...(correct me if I'm wrong, I don't much care for dungeons.)

But it is really close, calling someone a noob for saying monk can make more money than an ele is pretty dumb...

Don't take me wrong
Earth magic ftw

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

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Actually I believe almost all caster professions at least can 600/smite dungeons, theres a thread about it here somewhere.

Quote:
Originally Posted by some guy
3. Derv (Derv has sick AoE and defense, compared to other melee chars) That made me lol.

Captain Miken

Captain Miken

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Whatever You Enjoy Playing Most.

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

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Ummm...no. I'm curious what logic you have to back that one up.

Captain Miken

Captain Miken

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Undisclosed
Ummm...no. I'm curious what logic you have to back that one up.
Try farming on a character you hate playing, and then farming on a character you love playing.


Then think long term.



P.S. Any profession can farm noobs for the big money.

Mr. Undisclosed

Mr. Undisclosed

I phail

Join Date: Mar 2007

Phailville

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I have, really I don't play my rit for anything other then farming. How much you like a profession has nothing to do with how efficent they are at earning cash. I don't care if I dislike the profession, if it makes me money then I'll play it. I love playing on my ele but she doesn't make as much money as my rit except on holiday weekends.