I have a few questions about obsidian armor. How in the world do people save enough for it? I have about 500 hours over 2 years on my account and have been nowhere near it. I think ive made maybe 500k in the time ive played. I did little farming, mostly playing through the game, but i see everyone with it dyed black, chaos gloves, and a black voltaic and tormented shield. How long does it take to save up that much? Does power trading really net that much money? Just a few questions that i had.
NOTE This is not a QQ im poor thread. I'm just wondering how people can afford things that expensive.
Obsidian Armor
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Loki Seiguro
Farming and luck.
Some things just take a while.
Some things just take a while.
aoeclald
In the old days of Prophecies-only, ectos were a lot easier to farm for (as I am aware and what I've been told, not entirely sure on this), and multiple gimmick farming builds along the times that people have taken advantage of before they were whacked with the nerf hammer (namely Perma Sins). Most of the people you see wearing them are monks for a reason, because monks are some of the best money makers in this game.
I am saving up for obby myself at the moment, and have played for 3 years but only recently have decided to save up. Through title hunting, farming when bored, and just general progression in the game (along with salvaging, IDing and taking the time to sell in Kamadan rather than straight-up merchant-ing) I have made most of my funds in less than a month. If you put all other wants and desires out of the way, and make obsidian a goal, you too could and would be surprised how fast you can get it.
Remember, it's not the amount of time you've played, but how you play it.
I am saving up for obby myself at the moment, and have played for 3 years but only recently have decided to save up. Through title hunting, farming when bored, and just general progression in the game (along with salvaging, IDing and taking the time to sell in Kamadan rather than straight-up merchant-ing) I have made most of my funds in less than a month. If you put all other wants and desires out of the way, and make obsidian a goal, you too could and would be surprised how fast you can get it.
Remember, it's not the amount of time you've played, but how you play it.
FengShuiDove
Farm one stack of ectos. Keep the ones you need for the armor, sell the others, buy the shards and wiiiiiiiiiiiin. Farming the ectos should be easy, almost every profession has a reliable ecto farm one way or another.
crazybanshee
I basically farmed the materials and made mine. If you don't have to buy them, then it doesn't really cost you much.
Broni
When I had Obsidian Armor on my Ranger (I say was because that account got hacked and everything got deleted), it really wasn't hard to make yourself a small fortune. Weapons like the Sephis Axe could net you more than enough for Obsidian Armor alone with the right stats. I actually got a perfect Sephis Axe drop from a chest run and made a ridiculous amount from selling it. I was offered the exact same axe with the same stats a couple of weeks ago and I was shocked when I asked him the price for it. Farming things like Ettins, Trolls etc could easily get you a nice amount of money too.
It just requires patience, eventually you'll get there and if you get a lucky break, you might just get a few nice items along the way. Just farm the UW for the ectos, buy zkeys with Balth faction and sell them, get a few nice spots to farm in and go there every once in a while.
It just requires patience, eventually you'll get there and if you get a lucky break, you might just get a few nice items along the way. Just farm the UW for the ectos, buy zkeys with Balth faction and sell them, get a few nice spots to farm in and go there every once in a while.
dilan155
farming mostly, people farm like crazy nowadays because most have nothing else to do. haven't you seen the number of people who have that exact stuff you said in Kamadan, practically every monk is. some poeple do power trade, but thats not a steady income, you kind of have a hit or miss situation, farming on the other hand is a constant, although less rewarding than powertrading. also back in the day there were so many ways you could make money, you could farm ectos with 55 monk, you could sell old req 8,7 stuff etc. now a days all that farming is ruined by loot balancing
Kerwyn Nasilan
Abuse OP farms, I made my whole set in a week of the easy SF Perma Chaos Plains farm, back when it was about 10 ectos for a 20 min farm.
Helix Dreadlock
Some people use bots, or buy their money. (illegal ways)
Some people have no life and farm, some people powertrade, or spend random time doing small farms over year's worth times, or just only buy necessities and dont blow off your cash. (legal ways)
Some people have no life and farm, some people powertrade, or spend random time doing small farms over year's worth times, or just only buy necessities and dont blow off your cash. (legal ways)
Wyndy
I farmed FOW for the shards and got lucky with a chest drop in Kathandrax for an emerald blade. Sold the blade for enough ecto to get the armor and used the rest to buy what shards i didnt have yet. So a lucky drop will get you a long way, otherwise, get to know FOW and UW VERY well. I never considered it farming, just doing those places over and over.
LicensedLuny
500 hrs over 2 years is about 5 hours a week - seems more like a casual, once-in-a-while kind of playstyle. There are a lot of people that play far more frequently, and they're probably the ones you're seeing.
Power trading can net you a lot more than what you need to get expensive armor, but it requires you spend time learning and keeping up-to-date on prices and demand. Some (maybe most) people hate trading and will do almost anything to avoid it. But if you get into it, it can become like a whole new game. Most of the successful traders I know do it for the enjoyment of that part of the game - the accumulation of money seems more like a bonus for them than their primary goal.
Similarly, some people genuinely enjoy farming. It's a game, and there are lots of ways to play. If you find a way to have fun playing that also builds up lots of money, all the better.
In the later campaigns and now with the zQuests, it seems easier than ever to pile up cash just from merching drops and getting quest rewards.
Power trading can net you a lot more than what you need to get expensive armor, but it requires you spend time learning and keeping up-to-date on prices and demand. Some (maybe most) people hate trading and will do almost anything to avoid it. But if you get into it, it can become like a whole new game. Most of the successful traders I know do it for the enjoyment of that part of the game - the accumulation of money seems more like a bonus for them than their primary goal.
Similarly, some people genuinely enjoy farming. It's a game, and there are lots of ways to play. If you find a way to have fun playing that also builds up lots of money, all the better.
In the later campaigns and now with the zQuests, it seems easier than ever to pile up cash just from merching drops and getting quest rewards.
Megas XLR
I spent 2 weeks farming golds from Vaettirs outside of Longeye's when golds were 7/6k and Ectos only cost around 3k.
Tar Ionwe
Power trading is a way to go but it can require a bit of money in the first place to start doing it. Also it is a bit harder with the market how it is, but it can still be done. Start out with cheaper things till you can afford to start trading higher items of course.
Another thing is just to farm, 55 monking is an easy way to make some money. Also keep up with the hot farming spots, (before they are nerfed
). Another good way is to farm the items being collected for the Traveler gifts. Alot of people buying those items so there is alot of gold to be made.
Another thing is just to farm, 55 monking is an easy way to make some money. Also keep up with the hot farming spots, (before they are nerfed
). Another good way is to farm the items being collected for the Traveler gifts. Alot of people buying those items so there is alot of gold to be made.
Thor Tyr
yeah man you jsut need to play more in 41months i have played for 3,219 hours and have 2 sets of FoW with another stack of ectos saved up altho making money like 2 years ago was alot easier greens and items that are worth 5K now were worth 30-100K back then
TheRaven
I've played for 2 and a half years and I have more than enough money to buy 2 sets of Obsidian armor. Personally, I think it's ugly and I like the armor my main chars are wearing a lot better.
Farming is the way to make a lot of cash fast....or power trading but you really need to know what you're doing to power trade and I think it's boring to stand around town for hours trading.
I rarely farm. I just play the game. I don't spend a lot of gold on frivolous stuff. Most of what i've earned I've saved. I enjoy doing the elite areas with friends or pugs and I pick up every drop. I've noticed that many folks leave the white and blue drops. You'd be surprised how quickly the merch money from that junk adds up. I merch almost everything. I can't be bothered to sell to players. That just takes time that could be better spent playing.
Along the way I've found about 6 or 7 really NICE drops. I'm talking about stuff worth over 100k. 6 or 7 isn't many among the 1000s of drops I've collected, but that's all it took to make a million. Heck, 2 of them weren't even drops. I bought a mini grawl off an auction site for 5k and resold for more. I got lucky once and the local Barnes and Noble put the mini Asuran mag on the shelf 2 weeks before they should. I sold that ingame for quite a bit of cash.
I'm not a farmer. I'm not a power trader. I'm not a PvP Elite player with loads of titles. I'm just a regular player going thru the campaigns, vanquishing and exploring dungeons. If I can do it, you can do it.
Farming is the way to make a lot of cash fast....or power trading but you really need to know what you're doing to power trade and I think it's boring to stand around town for hours trading.
I rarely farm. I just play the game. I don't spend a lot of gold on frivolous stuff. Most of what i've earned I've saved. I enjoy doing the elite areas with friends or pugs and I pick up every drop. I've noticed that many folks leave the white and blue drops. You'd be surprised how quickly the merch money from that junk adds up. I merch almost everything. I can't be bothered to sell to players. That just takes time that could be better spent playing.
Along the way I've found about 6 or 7 really NICE drops. I'm talking about stuff worth over 100k. 6 or 7 isn't many among the 1000s of drops I've collected, but that's all it took to make a million. Heck, 2 of them weren't even drops. I bought a mini grawl off an auction site for 5k and resold for more. I got lucky once and the local Barnes and Noble put the mini Asuran mag on the shelf 2 weeks before they should. I sold that ingame for quite a bit of cash.
I'm not a farmer. I'm not a power trader. I'm not a PvP Elite player with loads of titles. I'm just a regular player going thru the campaigns, vanquishing and exploring dungeons. If I can do it, you can do it.
Dont Nerf The Perma
500 hours? sorry but your going to have to be a little more crazed and obsessed with GW before you make an obby set. i've been playing for about a year and i've logged 1,400 hours. but congrats, unlike me you have a life
Hyper.nl
I've played GW for 2000+ hours and for a long time did not bother about the expensive FoW armor. Only when I already got many other things I decided to give it a go. Without any farming here.
I did however spent a long time hunting titles and while doing that I always grabbed all the white items to sell. They may seem to be useless but over a long time it counts up.
Tip 1: Control your trading. Take the time to find the right price. As buyer you're the one in power. Find the lowest prices.
Tip 2: Set priorities. You may want to get elite armor, runes and some excellent weapons before bothering to get obsidian. If you go for obsidian, don't waste money on other things. Sell golds as unidentified. Sell lockpicks to players. Sell elite tomes. Be at festivals to collect presents. Don't stand in the rings to waste money. Sell the party items. You cannot work on everything at once.
Tip 3: Have a long breathe.
I did however spent a long time hunting titles and while doing that I always grabbed all the white items to sell. They may seem to be useless but over a long time it counts up.
Tip 1: Control your trading. Take the time to find the right price. As buyer you're the one in power. Find the lowest prices.
Tip 2: Set priorities. You may want to get elite armor, runes and some excellent weapons before bothering to get obsidian. If you go for obsidian, don't waste money on other things. Sell golds as unidentified. Sell lockpicks to players. Sell elite tomes. Be at festivals to collect presents. Don't stand in the rings to waste money. Sell the party items. You cannot work on everything at once.
Tip 3: Have a long breathe.
Pleikki
If you're lucky and you farm you can get with one lucky drop obsidians, if youre good power trader and have money to trade with you can easyly make obsidian armor monies with one trade..
KoKoS
buy online gold and don't tell anyone 
lol jk ;P
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The forth fly
you missed out on the super easy Chaos Plains farm 1 sack of ecto took me 18 hours max to get,now id would do the dungeon SoO,farm a bds or do UW/Fow SC and hope for a e-blade or obi edge
Ditto
It's kind of about keeping up with the trends, too. New OP fads come along and if you get in quick enough to (frankly) abuse it, you usually net some decent coin before it gets nerfed. Call it farming but for some people it actually is kinda fun.
500 hours over 2 years isn't going to get you very far money wise unfortunately. The people you're talking about probably spend several hours a night devoted to simply making money either by speed clearing, dungeon running etc. So yeah don't feel bad...just take solace in the fact that you have a life, and let the rest of us addicts comfort ourselves by looking at our eblades and obby armor.
500 hours over 2 years isn't going to get you very far money wise unfortunately. The people you're talking about probably spend several hours a night devoted to simply making money either by speed clearing, dungeon running etc. So yeah don't feel bad...just take solace in the fact that you have a life, and let the rest of us addicts comfort ourselves by looking at our eblades and obby armor.
Vindalan Mathios
When Nicholas was collecting Gloom Seeds, I decided to go for a set for my Ele. While farming the Gloom seeds to sell, I also got Obsidian Shards, made a ton of cash to buy ectos. I also made a fortune selling some minis, like an undedicated Destroyer. After buying it and a bunch of other stuff, I'm close to broke again, just over 100K and a few ectos. I'd like to save up for another set for my ranger, as well as chaos gloves for like half of my characters. :/
boxterduke
One thing I do is save, I save the money and don't buy lots of things. All my chars are equipped with nice items but they are req 10 or 11, I don't care since I always run my main attribute at 16.
I save my money and every time I get over 500k I buy ectos. That got me 4 fows and some really nice armors for other chars. I have not played in a while but when I came back to the game a month ago I only had 500k in storage. I started doing quests and zquests and got it up to 800k.
Save your money and that will get you places.
I save my money and every time I get over 500k I buy ectos. That got me 4 fows and some really nice armors for other chars. I have not played in a while but when I came back to the game a month ago I only had 500k in storage. I started doing quests and zquests and got it up to 800k.
Save your money and that will get you places.
HuntMaster Avatar
I'm gonna get me a spiffy set of OB armor here pretty soon. Its about a months worth of work without godmode and about a weeks worth of work with it. Unless you're some kind of mad fiendo who plays 12 hours a day.
My problem is I value mini's more than I do armor. So thats where much of my moneieses has gone. Just got a white wabbit on my ranger. 3rd year ftw during dragonfest.
38 mini's, 10 of which are rares.
PS: 40 months and I don't even think I have 1300 hours total. Not sure.
My problem is I value mini's more than I do armor. So thats where much of my moneieses has gone. Just got a white wabbit on my ranger. 3rd year ftw during dragonfest.
38 mini's, 10 of which are rares.PS: 40 months and I don't even think I have 1300 hours total. Not sure.
talon994
Don't get shiny syndrome
Dont Nerf The Perma
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subarucar
Get some cheap extra accounts when they are on sale and farm the XTH. They also make great mules so you dont need to buy extra storage panes.
nkuvu
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...now I'm a bit more frugal and I feel guilty every time I spend money. Getting a FoW set would drive me crazy cause it would be a constant reminder of how much money I blew on it.
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It doesn't matter if you spend tons on a set of armor, if you enjoy the armor. What else are you going to spend the money on? (and if you prefer that other thing, like minis, who cares? Spend your gold as you like, it won't mean you can't buy food for your characters)
I have two characters with Obsidian armor. I spent a whole lot of gold on those, because I farmed gold and bought globs of ectoplasm rather than farming the ectos directly. But I enjoy the armor, so it was worth it. Note that on other characters I really prefer the normal armor, even in comparison to some elite armor. So my enjoyment is not tied to the cost.
To answer the OP, I bought one set of Obsidian by farming. A lot. I have a lot of characters, so I farmed in lots of places. A few days as a 55-health monk here, some 55-necroing there, some warrior farming over there... enough variety to keep me from going completely insane. The second set I bought with profits from the Xunlai Tournament House, which took a few months (as in, a few rounds of the XTH, not like it took months of effort).