GuildWars Millionaires everywhere! (?)

Yup as post start and continues to state,money is easy to make i myself earned 2mil buying and selling items then buying some items now pretty much worthless pricewise but i still like them.Then decided FOW armour was for me so Dual UW and solo'ed FOW and within 3-4 months made enough and still had a mil in box now im down to 200k buying all the gear in guild hall and buying amber/shards.But when i have my chars round the factions missions and i want somthing to do ill earn my cash in UW/FOW and buy more same stat/dif skins that i fancy.

As people with money dont always farm like myself its just when you want somthing you just go out get the cash together and buy it. And it does feel better knowing earned it buy putting the time in to get it.




and one more thing only time ill part with real cash is when MORE SLOTS !!! are able to be bought i want 4

Money is easy to make if you have the patience to do it and/or be one lucky bugger. I hit 1million after a month of serious SF/Griffon farming while saving for my fissure armor. Nowadays I don't farm and I barely make any cash, with my bank fluctating between 70-80k (and dropping....ok ok, i spend it on keys :P) My guildie on the other hand has close to 2million because of his farming and mainly because he's the luckiest bugger in the world. The drops he gets are ridiculously amazing (a near perfect Serpent Axe before Factions came out for example) (un)fortunately, his luck caught up to him and he merched his FoW chest piece the other day >_<

I don't like to have more than 250k in cash... I usually keep that in storage, some 10k on my character, and the rest in keys / materials. I got bored and bought 100 sapphires one day, because I had too much over 250k

Money used to be impossibly easy, farming could bring in huge amounts when ectos were high... I spent most of my cash on FoW (14k ectos ftl) then prices dropped

I guess I have a lot of potential wealth... I can farm easily and I don't get bored of it, I just have so much other stuff to do with factions out. Maybe when I max my titles I'll farm more.

Don't think it's that hard to make money now, although UW farming certainly got ripped up.

I seem to go through money as fast as I get it; or I go in binges. My major weakness is the need for 15k armours for my mesmer...

So far I have crafted (15ks)
Rogues (Still have)
Enchanters (Still have)
Kurzick Enchanters (Have)
Luxon Enchanters (Trashed... it was ugly )
Virtuoso (Have)
Nobles (Sold, it wasn't... special)
Canthan (DrRoboto not for me)
... I seem to have bought them all... my life no longer has meaning!

You could give some of the armor to me and make a new set

What will you do with my armor, collect it?

~ Avarre: "Fear me I have theo's armor! RAR!"
~ Theo: "Where did my armor go? Why is that mob of Wardens laughing at me?"

I've played for 11 months. Greatest ammount of money - ever - account wide: 90k.

Are they E-baying it? Of course. This has to stop. The next time I see a guy in full FoW knight's armor I am going to hurt someone :P

I've been playing for about 12 months, and only once or twice have I had over 100k - and that doesn't last long

If there is a weapon I particularly want (or 15k armour), then I'll get out the 55. A little light farming and a bit of buying, then I'm skint again.

My policy is to never buy anything over 100k (and even then, rarely over 20k). I really don't do ecto - never even seen one.

EDIT:
... and how happy am I that I don't care much for the Canthan greens?

Guild Wars is probably one of the easiest games to earn money fast. after near 3,000 hours of playing the game for 12 months I've had millions of gold pass through my hands. Usually while running a campaign my character winds up with near 100k anyway. Thats not to add in b/p runs, FoW chest runs, or any other activity I do to earn money. I usually dont work with selling items to players unless they're perfect rare skinned items. Its just not fun having to sit in town selling. Farming amber for awhile was good money but the price has dropped down a lot used to be able to sell 10 for 30k And believe me it did not take long at all to get 10,000 faction (kurzick). A lot of money I made was also through Sorrows Oro runs and way back when FA runs were going strong. Used to sell razorstone for 90k+ that was the easiest time for me at least to make GW gold. I can't say I spend money wisely either. When VBA came out way back when the Tombs were defiled I bought it for 160k which was probably the worst trade I've ever made.

That all said, if you keep your money and know what to sell and where it should be no problem for you to get enough money for any item you want in the game.

indeed, all you new guys, it just takes a bit of playing, thats all..

ive played this for ~3 months (just checked it, 390hours playtime, about 80 of which are purely afk'ing) and I have made about 2.5mil (its a guess, might be off somewhat).

why did I make it ? coz its boring in gw after a point for me.. how? mostly came from solo fow and 2man uw, some of it (about 300k i suppose) came from when amber was 3-4k, and more even from greenies like merkis gaze and so on



but do we actually need this money?

Why does anyone care who wealthy in GW? Its not like its real life. Its a game. I just want to play. I don't care if all 7 grp'ies are poor or rich as long as they can play. The GW economy is not real life. Its not like I am going to watch the trading posts and boards like the nasdaq. So the price of ecto goes up or down. So I have to play longer to save up GW cash for my weapons or armor. So someone pays a few real dollars for GW cash. Whats the big deal?

I guess I am just ignorant and don't understand.

An interesting thing to think about is that much of the money made from farming does tie into ebay. If you look at the people buying everything you farm i bet that more than half ties back to ebay. That at least half of the 6000k i have on my 4 accounts came from ebay because I'm sure a lot of my customers for running buy from ebay.
Just food for thought.

i was thinking that there is a massive amount of people on ebay who buy gold. if you look at some of the famous companies they have thousands of customers (look at feedback). there must be tens of thousands of gold purchases on ebay alone. and then you got the websites aswell.

Don't think it's too hard to get 1000k and 100k on each char. Just need a little patience and research on trading and the economy. Constitent flow of money from doing two man uw runs and b/p groups, I guess. I made 1000k and 100k plus within 5 months but the /age shows it's been much longer. I gave up on the game trying to make a 55 monk when sup monk runes ranged from 15k - 20k a peice. When I finally made my 55 monk, the aoe nerf commenced. AAAARGH On the debate of money vs wealth. Either people are addictive and let the game control you (3000 plus hours over x amount of months) or not, and play for fun with maybe 1 - 20k in storage. It doesn't matter how much money you have, it's more about how abundant you feel with x amount of cash. :P just my point of view. There is a reason developers made 1.5k armor and fow armor roughly 1.4 million with the "exact" same stats. Collectors weapons and green weapons with perfect stats that don't even range from 100k + 50 -60 ectos unless it's uber rare like urghoz

55 monk farmer and atm machine



Storage account



Here is my Progression of Monk Armor Purchases from having 1.3k to 70k to 1000k in Storage

Nice collection of armor. Of course there is one sign of an ultra rich player, black dyed bags on all their chars

u got a very tidy storage there, mine is full of weird stuff

Howd you spot an eBayer? Well i saw this in the Ascalon int district earlier while trading some black dyes to a friend on the US server.

'WTB Ghias Staff WTB 300k' (something to that affect, probably got the spelling wrong).

Now who actually pays that much for a staff? Theres the outside chance that they're legitimate, but anyone paying 300k for a green item that will eventually be worth an Ogre Slaying Knife, and more to the point, probably the same as another staff out there with mods you can get for about 30k. Speaking of Ogre Slaying Knives, i have 3 in storage...

There are obviously people who legitimately pay for things like Crystalline Swords too, but then again your almost guaranteed to be VERY unique in that sense, also the chances that they'll go down in price are very slim indeed.

Blacktemplar, however much you obviously farm, i do envy your storage space I still have a Beautiful Pearl in mine, for some reason i don't wanna get rid of it...

9 month maximum is 30k

Ok ...... I really admire all the players that devote so much time to collect gold through farming and trading! Thanks to them I can buy what I'm not able to find, yes I'm unlucky too! :P

I tried farming with my monk, making her a 55 monk with the help of my guild, but I found it boring and ripetitive.
I'm no good at selling my items, I have no patience and I sell to the first player at a very low price, or I don't sell at all and give my surplus items to guildies or I sell to the merchants!
After more than one year of playing I have more or less 150k not much but I did not waste time on thing different than fully playing the game.
Trading and farming is not for me, I'll be a happy poor player!

Back when the Droks run was popular I would make 200k+ a day easily. I would just get on at peak times and make 3 runs and hour, that is 45k an hour for pushing a few buttons over and over again and trying not to fall asleep.

Thx for all your replies to my storage lol. Here are some amazing trades I made that did not come from farming:

Traded:
90k + jade armor + mini hydra for Mini Bone dragon

15k for +5 energy crennelated sword

Spider run payment: req 8 15^50 storm bow

Over 200k + 50 ectos in buying and trading kuunvangs when they just came out.



Sold:
Mini Bone dragon for 100k + 130 ectos and 5 shards

+5 energy crennelated sword for 100k + 10 ectos

req 8 15^50 storm bow for 100k + 24 ectos

I beleive this is off the top of my head but 2 weeks ago.

Poor people can get rich fast trading smart and selling even smarter.

word.

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No thanks.. I think there are enough ebayers running about gw as it is.. don't encourage the children...

I've never once ebayed in game gold, yet I have full fissure armor on my mesmer .. go figure. I try to keep a balance of ~400k on each of my two accounts.

I've sold a lot of things to a lot of stupid people though ^^

i got sent this message a while back but it cracks me up whenever i read it. He claims he has a good reputation yet i have never heard of him. willing to pay 20% more. sounds good to me just means a few more million for me . reaks of ebay as it just sounds really dodgy and childish. i never bothered replying as what i own will never be for sale and has taken many months to find.

.........I am here to buy all your high end items. I am one of the few high end dealers in guild wars with a good reputation. But, that's a bit of a self serving statement (hehe), so read my reviews on guildwarsguru.com/auction under the name [removed]. I have tons of money and ectos and will pay the worth of the item. If you are a good trader, I don't mind leaving a tip too. (usually +20% on top of the proce that I buy it from you.) I am not some snotty nose teenager with his mommies credit card! One of the few responsible adults (i.e. big kids) that shops here for my guildmates and those less fortunate. Most of these weapons I give away as incentive for guildmates making rank or just helping other guldmates out. I keep some for myself, although I do win halls from time to time (depeding if I can get a good pug to go) and the drops I get there I tend to keep for myself. Hope to hear from you soon. I shit ectos and sneez plat! Let's do business.....

Why does that sound like someone I know under one of their many alts.. the robin hood theme gives it away....

i thought it might be someone who made another account. The person who sent the message has not made a single post. I have an idea who it is based on their guild name but am not 100% sure. If you care to pm the name I could pm you who i think it is. The person i think it is does not speak like that though...

I played Factions for 2 weeks
- made over 250k

how?

converting my Kurzik faction to Amber (1000 faction per amber)

selling amber at 2k+ each

You don't need ebay to buy FoW-Armour, you never needed it if you had the luck or were at the right place to the right time or had a good eye on the ongoings on the market. Today FoW-Armour is way easier to get even, I personally don't bother with ebay comments, it's the jealousy of those who can't save up.

The best way to make gold right now are the chests in the elite missions. For me there is not really anything to save up for, most of the good stuff goes to guildies. I am happy with what I have.

eBay. Thats how most people got their money. For the 10% of us who worked for it by farming ectos or sigils (or in my case, candy canes ), kudos. I can finally afford my fissure armor.

I am almost constantly "poor" in GW. The problem is, I want FoW, but I have 3 accounts and 12 characters, so rather than maxing out on character I try to make all of them look good.

So instead of buying FoW for my 2 monks and possibly a warrior or ranger, I've bought 18 sets of 15k. I made 31k last night in 45 mins from UW farming with my brother and what did I do...I bought materials for my female monk's 15k Saintly armor...

Btw, for those you of you with 1000k+100k on each char and farm a bit of it, would you mind PMing me some of your farming spots?

Edit: Shots of my characters, in comparison to Blacktemplar...

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EDIT: If your picture is too large for the forum, please post links instead. -Swampgirl

ive been playing 10 months

and i guess i know what im doing in this game


i always laugh at the stupid prices people pay, but whatvere.

90% of my cash goes on dyes and armour becuase i just like looking nice, as a result a rarely have much cash its spent almost immediatly on "another" set of 15k armour.

armour isnt a waste its pretty.

I've never been extremely rich, but I've managed to hover around 300kfor quite some time even though I continue to dump a lot of money into armour and wepons. Its easy to make that much farming in the right spot. Most of my money was made spider farming in fow and selling shards. The one big hit I had was a 15^50 r9 shadow blade. But the money from that has long since been spent and I'm still as well off as I always was.

I farm sorrows by myself with my ranger and 3 hench
I farm fow for shards with my war
I farm greens in Cantha

Its pretty easy to get money that way. My problems is that now I don't really have anything to buy other than even rarer skinned wepons, which I'm not too concerned about.

Besides ebay. There are people who manage to make pretty good money just playing the game. Farming is one major way yes. Some people are just lucky its till random, farming just slightly increses the chance cause your doing it over and over. (Till everyone starts doing it :P).

Timings another, if you can get lucky during a new event or update your golden, I remember back when sorrows furnace came out like the first or second day I sold a green I think it was the shadestone (a cheap one outside of sorrows) for like 50k.

The economy is F'd up, you just gotta find your way through it

I finally hit 500k mark, this target I set about ~2 months ago...that time I had around 80k and plenty of gold and green items in my storage whose prices I knew not.

I made a necro, first i did mm runs in tombs, got decent greends I netted about ~70k, then i converted the necro to 55 and would farm hydras and griffons, alot of cash + chests + drops so i got alot of money from there. Then I got bored of my 55 and made him ss/sv, and i started making money from ectos. then ectos stopped to drop and i didnt bother with my necro, i did some chest runs with my warrior, initially, drops were nicer then they became bad, so i stopped to give chest luck some time. Now I had one character full of inventory i needed to sell, so at nights and evenings i'd spend 2-3 hours in market, while i'd chat with my freinds online, so it wasnt a boring excercise for me, i started to learn the market prices, and then i sstarted this excercise of buying low and selling high, and i made profits and kept selling my stuff, now when i hit 500k, my that guy still has full inventory :/ and i need to sell things again. Oh and I forgot I invested alot in elite mission keys, one key is 1.5k and chances of a zodiac drop are v. high and you are guaranteed that you can surely eel even a crappy zodiac drop for more than 1.5k so its all profits ppl.

I donot disagree when ppl say users use ebay, but saying everyone does that is...kind of a slap on the face of people who haeworked hard fo their money. Now these are usually the people who know shyt about market and whats hot and what you can do to make alot of money. They just wanna sit on their lucky bums and hope someone drops them a mursaat bow 15^50 or something/ My best single drop was a stonehart I sold back in the day for 49k.

Get to know what character is hot for money making, and let me tell you, its a necro and a monk.

Making money keeps getting easier for some reason as you keep getting richer. Its someone exponentiol.

And dont waste money on armours and other stuff. I have some 15ks on my warriors and ele dyed black and my warrior has chaos axe, which i got from a drop, my ele and necro use zodiac staffs, which arent perfect but close to perfect...so i get to use decent skinned weapons for zero money. Dont complain if you waste money on things that dont matter practically, be proud of that or stop complaining.

I blow most of my money on armor:
Ranger: 15k drakescale, 15k druids, 15k studded leather.
Monk: FoW, 55 armor
Warrior: 15k glads, 15k platemail
The most I've had is 500k, but I've farmed around 1.5mill. I used to do SF with a group of the same people over and over when they sold for 100k+ectos. I don't know where the money I made from that went... Then I did 55 duo in the underworld and sold some good items I got there. Farmed Serpents and Crystallines in the SF Kilroy Quest. Now in cantha I sell green items, and I've made roughly 300k from that so far. You just have to be at the right place at the right time I guess.

man u lot r just lazy this is wot i do i go on my rit and solo farm outside house zu helter i make 20k every 2hour- 10k every hour lol easy money =) and there chests too gr8 golds

If by popular you mean ridiculously easy. There are now impossible spawns that no-one could get through, back before Christmas you could run it while taking Heroin.

Blacktemplar, as for that 15k sword that you sold for 100k + ectos. I don't think theres anything smart there, i think you just found a complete idiot. Same goes for paying for a 20-30k spider run with a req8 Storm Bow...
If anything, you got lucky. The majority of us don't find fools willing to do things like that often.

I simply love reading the responses of these tunnel visioned @$$hats who think that if they can't do it then no one can ^^ hey, if the world was made so all of us are equal, then we'd all have business empires and sleeping w/ super models, while driving our 1mill cars while getting a BJ in traffic. Same real world things happens ingame. Some people are simply much much more successful in shorter or same time spent as you. I got fow armor on my monk when ecto was at its most expensive 5 months into the game. I got 500k when I got to droknar, and it all started w/ a 15-22 req 10 precious Fiery dragon sword ^^

I especially loved reading neo-geo's rant, hahaha, if I never saw someone who wanted to pat themself in the back harder.... lol

Anyway, let this topic continue, its fun reading all these complaints and accusations, its really only gonna get more serious, and i need better laughs.

I for one am astounded as some(actually alot of them) more successful players of the game such as ank who simply dwarf my accomplishments. Granted that I don't nearly spend as enough time playing and trading the game as they do, still it impresses the hell out of me. Granted that I've had my chances of closing the distance between me and them, there has been alot of times where i predicted a market turn but I didn't pull the trigger(do anything about it) and let the opportunity to make money pass me by. No regrets, I'm happy where I am, could be more successful, but the more I think about it, excessiveness sometimes isn't fun, cause you'll find yourself very very scrooge like.

Believe it or not, the biggest spenders aren't the richest out there(although when they spend, they do it bigtime). I personally wouldn't spend more than 150k for an item, but some people get so zealous of the things they desire they are willing to go all the way, but whatever way they got their money from, those are the kind of people you take advantage of to get rich. Some people got too much time on their hands, they can farm like nuts, then all you have to do is farm them out of their cash. ^^

Also my rant:

WHY ARE YOU NOOBIES COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING UNABLE TO COMPETE/AFFORD THE PRICES OUT THERE!? seriously, the problem w/ these nubs is that they want the gold prestige items in which really doesn't do anything other than skin when they can craft the same thing at a trader/collector. They all want the best of the best skins and complaining and lashing out to the people who can afford and compete for them. Beggars aren't choosers, Anet has made painfully easy for people to get the perfect stuff they need right in their faces, yet they always want what they can't get, then blame their shortcomings on other people, boo hooo.

I want a 15>50 sword for 5k!

~ok, there is a 15>50 dadao sword

OMG! thats collector you nub! i want a fellblade/crystalline/celestial or perfect rare skins in which people are paying out of their ass for!

~... you only got 5k, and you're a tyrian char, this is as good as it gets for you

***** **** ***** NUB! *******!1! YOU THINK I EBAY?! I'M MADE OUT OF PLATS?! I PAY 5K FINAL OFFER!

This is how trader nubs go nowadays, lets not even delve into the deeper bowels of GW morons. Then they complain to Anet about nerfing the successful people -_- seriously, I would love to meet some of these limited individuals in real life just to see how they interact in everyday life. I bet they see someone driving a BMW and think *Man, he ebayed his dollars, bet he stole from a bank*

Please... save us your rants and just go play the stockmarket. I'm sure you'd be more appreciated there.