Can you really be THAT rich?
maraxusofk
lol i love these forums. game may suck but this place doesnt.
Kusandaa
Someone's angry O_o. Or looks like it.
Anyways.
In all honesty, I don't care if I have cash or not until I wanna afford some random item. I'm nowhere near as rich as a powertrader and I don't consider my personal needs a good reason to start powertrading either... I'm not a gambler by nature, I'm NOT lucky in general and I want to PLAY the game, and not spend hours trading stuff (even on Guru it becomes a pain).
So I'm pretty much a farmer. That's how I got my obsidian armors, and the few rare weapons I actually like and bought from farming profit. I guess I take advantage of big farms like UW and DoA to make my cash: made a million in a week from farming ectos and selling them, started the night the perma-SF update went live, made cash outta DoA when the 600/famine/smiter trio became popular (less than my UW runs, about 700k)...
And yet, 100k's a decent amount for me to have in storage. Even lower if I don't have anything in mind that I want to buy.
I care even less about the cash other people have, but I'm not surprised that some people have stacks and stacks of ectos. Hey, if their fun is to powertrade, fine by me, really. Sure I'll find it impressive if you have a req9 inscribable Crystalline sword, but I won't be jealous. After all, I buy the stuff I like. You like your item? Cool, it's what matters.
But in the end, what matters is the general skill of the people I team up with. You can have a lotta cash and still be a pretty bad player... and if you consider yourself a good player because you have more cash than me, I'll find it pretty sad. (Just like I don't consider myself a better player because I've got 6 FoW sets... I just like farming >_>)
Anyways.
In all honesty, I don't care if I have cash or not until I wanna afford some random item. I'm nowhere near as rich as a powertrader and I don't consider my personal needs a good reason to start powertrading either... I'm not a gambler by nature, I'm NOT lucky in general and I want to PLAY the game, and not spend hours trading stuff (even on Guru it becomes a pain).
So I'm pretty much a farmer. That's how I got my obsidian armors, and the few rare weapons I actually like and bought from farming profit. I guess I take advantage of big farms like UW and DoA to make my cash: made a million in a week from farming ectos and selling them, started the night the perma-SF update went live, made cash outta DoA when the 600/famine/smiter trio became popular (less than my UW runs, about 700k)...
And yet, 100k's a decent amount for me to have in storage. Even lower if I don't have anything in mind that I want to buy.
I care even less about the cash other people have, but I'm not surprised that some people have stacks and stacks of ectos. Hey, if their fun is to powertrade, fine by me, really. Sure I'll find it impressive if you have a req9 inscribable Crystalline sword, but I won't be jealous. After all, I buy the stuff I like. You like your item? Cool, it's what matters.
But in the end, what matters is the general skill of the people I team up with. You can have a lotta cash and still be a pretty bad player... and if you consider yourself a good player because you have more cash than me, I'll find it pretty sad. (Just like I don't consider myself a better player because I've got 6 FoW sets... I just like farming >_>)
Snow Bunny
Rusty you just made my day.
free_fall
I bought a Tormented shield on one account and leave it in storage, so I can let whichever Koss I happen to be out with use it, just, on the off chance I join a pug, to hear people say OMG/WTF - your Koss has a Tormented shield!?
carnage-runner
Rusty... Dude... *Bows down* I AM NOT WORTHY!!!
And Kusandaa, your right. Being comfortably rich and knowledgable of the game is better than being exorbitantly experienced in one of the two facets. So instead of going out and killing someone... Just join in on the current farms. My advice... Get an Ele, a Sin, a Monk, and a Warrior. All lvl 20, with max armor and a collection of reasonable equipment. And start capping skills and buying skills...
And Kusandaa, your right. Being comfortably rich and knowledgable of the game is better than being exorbitantly experienced in one of the two facets. So instead of going out and killing someone... Just join in on the current farms. My advice... Get an Ele, a Sin, a Monk, and a Warrior. All lvl 20, with max armor and a collection of reasonable equipment. And start capping skills and buying skills...
JONO51
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Originally Posted by xRustyx
Here's my story about how I became ballin in Guild Wars, without even playing the game. Y'all either know my status, or you don't need to know.
All the Xunlai Bitches know my name All the Tyrian Bitches know I got game All the Elonian Bitches know I move cocaine If you disrespect your ass gets Derv trained Haha that was just some simple shit, this here the real deal yo aight check it I move more Canthan white than the Shiver-peaks If you got the ectos I got crack so come hither beetch Hold up let me check your titles, better not be White Mantle Cuz I've put more Amfah snitches in ditches, I keep my riches To underagers I supply Dwarven Ale, alcohol train heavier than conga by Gaile Lion's Arch Guards move slow like Flail, they start moving when I finished the sale Try to step up to me you get KD'd like gale, you ain't runnin 8 in Gangsta Mastery so your skills fail White Mantle trynna subpoena me through mail, haha elonian plz, I'm more holier than your Veil Now this would be longer cept I gotta hustle y'all, this is the story of a true OG on the streets of Cantha, word to your mother Maybe next time, unless you trynna be Mursaat cuz you get broken then I collect your token. R.I.P. B-Mac yo, Bernie rest in peace all elona praying for you. |
Eazy Duz It
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Originally Posted by WhiteWasabi
The key to thousands of ectos is powertrading. Buy low sell high. The first stack of ectos is the hardest. After that you can invest in higher end items for resell.
You gotta be in the right place at the right time also. So, instead of spending hours in a dungeon farming, you spend hours and hours in kamadan dis1 buying and selling. Just like PVP and PVE, Powertrading is another part of Guild Wars. Maybe there should be a title for powertrading. lol |
Tar Ionwe
I have never had a ton of ecto or gold but I can see how it is possible to get as much as some high-end traders have. I have done some light power-trading and was able to get quite a bit of gold. So on a bigger scale I can see getting 1000e+.
And then there is always farming, well way back in the days before the loot scalling, you could farm a good amount of gold. Two weeks of farming with my 55 I was able to get 400K+.
Everyone enjoys something different is the thing most people I guess don't understand. Like someone said, some people like PvP, some PvE, and then other farming/power-trading. I could sit in Kamadan all day and power-trade and watch the things selling. I enjoy it, I guess just making money is fun. So every one likes something different is the thing.
And then there is always farming, well way back in the days before the loot scalling, you could farm a good amount of gold. Two weeks of farming with my 55 I was able to get 400K+.
Everyone enjoys something different is the thing most people I guess don't understand. Like someone said, some people like PvP, some PvE, and then other farming/power-trading. I could sit in Kamadan all day and power-trade and watch the things selling. I enjoy it, I guess just making money is fun. So every one likes something different is the thing.
Eazy Duz It
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Originally Posted by xRustyx
Here's my story about how I became ballin in Guild Wars, without even playing the game. Y'all either know my status, or you don't need to know.
All the Xunlai Bitches know my name All the Tyrian Bitches know I got game All the Elonian Bitches know I move cocaine If you disrespect your ass gets Derv trained Haha that was just some simple shit, this here the real deal yo aight check it I move more Canthan white than the Shiver-peaks If you got the ectos I got crack so come hither beetch Hold up let me check your titles, better not be White Mantle Cuz I've put more Amfah snitches in ditches, I keep my riches To underagers I supply Dwarven Ale, alcohol train heavier than conga by Gaile Lion's Arch Guards move slow like Flail, they start moving when I finished the sale Try to step up to me you get KD'd like gale, you ain't runnin 8 in Gangsta Mastery so your skills fail White Mantle trynna subpoena me through mail, haha elonian plz, I'm more holier than your Veil Now this would be longer cept I gotta hustle y'all, this is the story of a true OG on the streets of Cantha, word to your mother Maybe next time, unless you trynna be Mursaat cuz you get broken then I collect your token. R.I.P. B-Mac yo, Bernie rest in peace all elona praying for you. |
Lady Raenef
These forums are epic. I haven't laughed like that since I saw Barack Roll on youtube.
DarklingKiller
The key is power trading. I had 2 mil alone from power trading very small sums. It's pretty easy, just requires patience. High-end power trades can bring in stacks of ectos instead of a few measly thousands of gold.
sickle of carnage
I am a hero, the chosen,
Not even the frozen soil can keep me down,
Catch me in the fort selling mass gold weapons,
If you try to jack me see what happens,
It all started in a place called Ascalon,
Where a race called the charr invaded us,
Prince said "hold the wall or we're dead",
Couldn't hold it long to the south we flead,
To Fort Ranik, and all the people had panic'd,
The kingdom was fallin like the titanic,
You see, his (the prince's) daddy got a few problems,
Problem is that he can't solve em,
So he says you're no longer my son,
To the shiverpeaks bitch get yo ass on the run,
Meet the white mantle and beat the white mantel,
Go to the desert and flee from the scandal,
So that chapter closes to the arenas I journey,
Beating these asians in every tourney,
Guild versus guild since I own my own hall,
Spiking their spirits and smiting them all,
Salvage some runes,
And heal divine boon,
Level to 20 on all of my toons.
I take no credit for any of this.
Not even the frozen soil can keep me down,
Catch me in the fort selling mass gold weapons,
If you try to jack me see what happens,
It all started in a place called Ascalon,
Where a race called the charr invaded us,
Prince said "hold the wall or we're dead",
Couldn't hold it long to the south we flead,
To Fort Ranik, and all the people had panic'd,
The kingdom was fallin like the titanic,
You see, his (the prince's) daddy got a few problems,
Problem is that he can't solve em,
So he says you're no longer my son,
To the shiverpeaks bitch get yo ass on the run,
Meet the white mantle and beat the white mantel,
Go to the desert and flee from the scandal,
So that chapter closes to the arenas I journey,
Beating these asians in every tourney,
Guild versus guild since I own my own hall,
Spiking their spirits and smiting them all,
Salvage some runes,
And heal divine boon,
Level to 20 on all of my toons.
I take no credit for any of this.
FrAnt1c??
Make a gw rap topic plox...
Aribeth Tilmeran
I don't farm, never wanted that much money or the best items. I want a game i can get away from the Real world every now and again with great ppl i can talk to and play with. GW gives me this so why do i need money.
Money doesn't buy you happiness.
Money doesn't buy you happiness.
Fallen SeraphiM
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Originally Posted by Aribeth Tilmeran
Money doesn't buy you happiness.
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Div
Rusty wins this thread.
DunesVladHarkonnen
Well for those of you who are mystified as to how these people can all have so much currency legitiamtely, there are ways.
Here is a quick little guide about gold farming that nets about 4plats/hr.
Gold Rush on the Mehtani Keys
But yes, guides can only help you do have to put time in. Nothing is free...well, nothing legal!
Here is a quick little guide about gold farming that nets about 4plats/hr.
Gold Rush on the Mehtani Keys
But yes, guides can only help you do have to put time in. Nothing is free...well, nothing legal!
Silvertalen
Uhh..4plat/hour...I make that much in ~5-10minutes 55 undeads. Granted most of it is crap, but it is 4k.
viper11025
I wan't proof, and ughhh >.> ya!!
You waste your life like that.
XD
:P
You waste your life like that.
XD
:P
FlamingMetroid
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Originally Posted by DunesVladHarkonnen
Well for those of you who are mystified as to how these people can all have so much currency legitiamtely, there are ways.
Here is a quick little guide about gold farming that nets about 4plats/hr. Gold Rush on the Mehtani Keys But yes, guides can only help you do have to put time in. Nothing is free...well, nothing legal! |
and Rusty amazes me with his consistent wins
nidy
"Well, it's no trick to make a lot of money... if what you want to do is make a lot of money. "
You could be that rich too if you farmed a lot.
You could be that rich too if you farmed a lot.
Sierraa
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Originally Posted by Dallcingi
Lol yes u answered your own question they are super dupers... you cant really have 4000e+ unless u bought it or duped it. If you can, probably only a very very select few ppl who farm 24/7 or use bots would be that rich.. either that or guild wars is their life.
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And I like how people complain about the rich people on the game not having a life. It's not like money is hard to come by in GW. I know a few people who spend 2-3 hours a day playing after work and they have 4 characters all with FoW/Chaos gloves/various other 15K armors.
I've also had really lucky friends get eternal blades. ;( One got 2 of them in a short amount of time. ;\ that's a 1000 ecto.
DunesVladHarkonnen
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Originally Posted by FlamingMetroid
PROTIP: 4 plat an hour isn't anything
and Rusty amazes me with his consistent wins |
Ok, it's not PRO coinage...but you gotta start somewhere
FlamingMetroid
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Originally Posted by DunesVladHarkonnen
Ok, it's not PRO coinage...but you gotta start somewhere
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xshadowwolfx
Xunlai Predictions = best farm. Once a month I don't do anything and can get around 100k
AKB48
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Originally Posted by xshadowwolfx
Xunlai Predictions = best farm. Once a month I don't do anything and can get around 100k
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crazypolishman
don't have the patience to farm at all.
I just spent time getting to know the GW economy, and now I can make money in my sleep.
I just spent time getting to know the GW economy, and now I can make money in my sleep.
Pleikki
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Originally Posted by crazypolishman
I just spent time getting to know the GW economy, and now I can make money in my sleep. |
Fallen SeraphiM
Aha,agreed with above,u need brain for that kind of things,not just knowledge,u need a to be talented in that.
If u look at one way traders/powertraders are scammers at one hand,there are kind of things that u need to sacrifice to become rich....
If u look at one way traders/powertraders are scammers at one hand,there are kind of things that u need to sacrifice to become rich....
Shursh
i tried the z-keys "powertrade" last night.
made 25k in about 30 minutes. thanks for the advice.
made 25k in about 30 minutes. thanks for the advice.