When I first started playing I grinded it out with my Ranger-elem and finished the game, but didn't find too many good things or make much gold. I started using henchies to do those fire islands for chests. Made enough to get some decent weopons, but still never broke 100k. I stopped playing for a while and came back to try a standard warmonk. Took him to FoW and then the HoH when the new greens came out. I knew after 2 days of the new greens dropping and my 1st 5 man run that there would be an abundance of uber greens. That's when I decided to middle man all the nice new greens. So I spent a few weeks trading the new greens (700-900k worth), materials and stuff from FoW. It took 2 weeks/3 weekends and I got to a million. Later I got lucky and traded for some nice Chaos Axes before they dropped in price and made another 800k+. During this time this guy was buying up iron for factions and i thought that steel would be a better investment. I picked up steel for 75 -90 gold each and made 900k+ off of that.
Now I have several million worth of gold, weopons and materials and I'm trying to figure out if I should invest it or just sit on it till prices drop on the things I want. I don't trust the weopons market because of ANET. I figured ANET did this to get people to move on to factions if they wanted the rare elite items since those HoH greens had "Godly" stats and everyone had them. Then ANET increased the drop rate of good mods, devaluing existing weopons even more.
Ectos, Shards have dropped in price and might not go back up. Rubies and Sapphires haven't jumped. I'm down to a few hundred steel which I might keep for armor and stuff, but that is no biggie. Those CE dragons should be in abundance if a fair percentage of CE's are bought. So I see nothing worth investing in, but I will need room for all the junk im currently collecting/selling.
Any chance ANET will be raising the amount of gold an account can hold? If its bad for me, I can only imagine what it's like for those people with stacks and stacks of ectos.
Merged: What to invest in?
Showtime
UndeadRoadkill
See, the rich have their own dilemmas, too!
Cyan The Archer
I cant answer your question, but can you answer mine?
If you have several million worth of gold why on earth are you trying to get more money and why do you care about the prices? You can buy anything you want!
Oh, and do you mind donating a few millions to me? I really need that.. ehh.. thing!
If you have several million worth of gold why on earth are you trying to get more money and why do you care about the prices? You can buy anything you want!
Oh, and do you mind donating a few millions to me? I really need that.. ehh.. thing!
MMSDome
it surely is bad for you, you are a millionmare that cant buy anything else! Invest in plant fibers, dont worry one of the future chapters they may be as valuable as ecto!
No really man, you dont need money just play the game hell donate some! Maybe to me! It makes you feel good when you donate to me *snickers* Just buy some more good rare weapons since you can and sell more materials, because you can
No really man, you dont need money just play the game hell donate some! Maybe to me! It makes you feel good when you donate to me *snickers* Just buy some more good rare weapons since you can and sell more materials, because you can
Vermilion
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snip is ftw.
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Wish I had those kind of problems.
UndeadRoadkill
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Evilsod
All i can say is
Incorrigible Ale-Hound
Incorrigible Ale-Hound
UndeadRoadkill
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All i can say is
Incorrigible Ale-Hound |
Dr Ripley
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Incorrigible Ale-Hound |
Second that. Buy a few thousand brews and join us on the dark side...
capblueberry
go to ascalon, find a lower lvl new player on his first character, and give him 50k or so, congrats you just made someone's week
Esprit
I'm sorry you have too much money.
Really, my heart breaks for you. /sarcasm
Really, my heart breaks for you. /sarcasm
Vermilion
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Yeah, I was being facetious.
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( After I looked up what that word meant >.< )
Mini-pets! Selling/reselling is possibly profitable right?
chessyang
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Any chance ANET will be raising the amount of gold an account can hold? If its bad for me,
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but nice story i enjoyed it.
Showtime
ok, that all sounds nice, but no one can think of things that are worth holding onto. Not necessarilly to make more dough, just mostly not to lose too much of the initial investment. ectos ended up not being a great investment, but it is the easiest thing to buy/trade.
Riken Chrono
i think investing in dyes is good its what i do
bunnyblaster
Some people enjoy the act of getting rich. It's somewhat fun.
EPYON
EPYON
R A C
I got a feeling that cheap dyes and basic crafting materials will rarely go down in value. Those are probably the wisest items to invest in. Especially something lame like yellow dyes. I garauntee they won't go much cheaper.
Talon one
thats a tough question. with all the new gold sinks, i wouldnt be surprised to see prices for almost everything to go down. rare materials and dyes and everything will always be in demand, but how much something is worth depends on how much gold people are willing or able to pay for it.
unique items are pretty cool, like the minipets. but you can only carry a limited amount of those
the only real safe investment is gold and platinum - a million gold may be worth more in half a years time than it is now.
unique items are pretty cool, like the minipets. but you can only carry a limited amount of those
the only real safe investment is gold and platinum - a million gold may be worth more in half a years time than it is now.
nimloth32
lol, anet must implement stock market in the game..for the investment for the riches..
heist23
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anyway, common materials are probably the best thing to invest in. 2 or 3 stacks of each material would be enough to cover all of your bases in case the price of something suddenly jumps.
Amber and Jadeite will probably devalue over time, but it's could be something else to occupy your time with.
dyes are not a very good investment, in my opinion. nothing but silver and black dyes are ever worth anything above 500g. more like chump change than anything. black dye will probably increase in value, since it's viewed as "uber l33t".
i'm no market analyst, and if you followed my advice, there's probably a large chance that you'd lose some thousands....but hey, investment isn't always without risks.
Batou of Nine
this thread sickens me. its a game. Not real world economics. If all you are in it for is to make loads of cash, find ways to maintain your net worth, then sit on it forever, then why did you buy this GAME!! its a game.
If you really enjoy that sort of thing, apply it to life. Life is where its at!
And if your not at that age yet, then start enjoying the game before you grow up as a workaholic.
(oh, dont wanna sound hostile or pragmatic, its just, people see that as a problem... in a GAME? Somethings wrong there imho.)
If you really enjoy that sort of thing, apply it to life. Life is where its at!
And if your not at that age yet, then start enjoying the game before you grow up as a workaholic.
(oh, dont wanna sound hostile or pragmatic, its just, people see that as a problem... in a GAME? Somethings wrong there imho.)
heist23
nothing's really stopping him from playing the game how he wants. if he wants to invest in a game, then go ahead. i didn't buy this game to be told how to play it. i don't think he did either.
UndeadRoadkill
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nothing's really stopping him from playing the game how he wants. if he wants to invest in a game, then go ahead. i didn't buy this game to be told how to play it. i don't think he did either.
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Makkert
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Haggard
Buy FoW! its not getting any cheaper!
generik
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Buy FoW! its not getting any cheaper!
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Andy_M
The OP has two choices. Pork futures or frozen Orange juice..
Mimi Miyagi
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The OP has two choices. Pork futures or frozen Orange juice..
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I'd go Pork Bellies. Something fishy is going on over in the OJ trading section. I think the Dukes are trying to corner the market.
Ren Wuying
After making my first million, i just went to ascalon at random times giving low level characters some 10k's. Made a lot of people happy. If you don't want 1000 people swarming around you, buy the low-level item they are selling for high price.
Downside is that some people have a habit getting angry if they get only 10k for free. "You suck, give me atleast 50k since you have that much!".
Downside is that some people have a habit getting angry if they get only 10k for free. "You suck, give me atleast 50k since you have that much!".
TriX
You forgot your [showoff] [/showoff] tags.
fiery
Spent my million on buying Mini Pets and getting 15 k end game armor for my Cantha Warrior. Now im at 10 k and the farming nerf,kill 30 grawl no drops, IT BITES.
bobrath
With that kind of bankroll...
Open up a "gaming" establishment based soley on GvG combat. Post your lines and over/unders. Sure you'll take some losses as you learn to handicap correctly, but at least you can always say "there's no bet too big".
Just watch out for the germs Mr Hughes.
Open up a "gaming" establishment based soley on GvG combat. Post your lines and over/unders. Sure you'll take some losses as you learn to handicap correctly, but at least you can always say "there's no bet too big".
Just watch out for the germs Mr Hughes.
Mustache Mayhem
at the op.. I would'nt ask advice on this board- it's good for a laugh even the build section is overrun but in factions amber is hot right now.. long term I'm not sure what to invest in that's stackable but the celestial stuff/gothic axes and amber is good for flips (you prob already know).. I sold off all my ectos awhile bac but looks like they're sticking around 5k so that might be a good stable investment to rebuy into- who knows really right now.. look at sup absorbs
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Ren Wuying
MasterDinadan: haha, yeah. The nerve of some people...
They should make VIP-class towns, to where you can only get in with a 100k fee. in these cities you could buy your 1mil armour pieces, drink your 100k ale, and dye your clothes with exotic 500k dyes.
Yeah.. i'd like that.
Also create a slave-class that does your bidding for the lowly tasks that are not suitable for the noble-class.
They should make VIP-class towns, to where you can only get in with a 100k fee. in these cities you could buy your 1mil armour pieces, drink your 100k ale, and dye your clothes with exotic 500k dyes.
Yeah.. i'd like that.
Also create a slave-class that does your bidding for the lowly tasks that are not suitable for the noble-class.
dreamhunk
lol I think that it how it should be. I give thumbs up to anet for droping the prices. I have to say I am rich in the game, I am happy that anet went this route. I have been spending a ton of my gold on 15k armor and runes. I can't for get skills.
quickmonty
This thread was good for a laugh. 
I'll never have that problem. I'm always buying vanity items and giving gold and things to my guildmates. Still need to buy that rare crafting trader for the hall.
I'll never have that problem. I'm always buying vanity items and giving gold and things to my guildmates. Still need to buy that rare crafting trader for the hall.
mattrung2
Personally i love how anet continues to strive to make guildwars a 2 hour waitfest as you wait for a 12 man team to gather in an elite mission area with a half decent build with no full-morons present or you go to the ridiculous 12 man alliance battle area that no one goes to or you go do the classic tombs with the 8 man 45 minute wait, Such fun. Then once you get your 12 man elite mission group 15 minutes away from urgoz, 5 of your 12 man team err 7's and you've only wasted the 2 hours getting the group together and the 3 it takes to get to where you were... Again such fun
lyra_song
I think you guys are being too harsh.
-.- He had good drops, made some good investments in materials and he's rich.
I suggest stop worrying about investments and try out the PvP side. Alliance battles, guild battles, etc. You could also try to get the various titles. You have money, relax and do something else.
For me, the best investments i made were in my guild. Funding armors and skills, my guildies have become stronger and are certainly worth more than what i originally invested in them :P Time and moneywise.
-.- He had good drops, made some good investments in materials and he's rich.
I suggest stop worrying about investments and try out the PvP side. Alliance battles, guild battles, etc. You could also try to get the various titles. You have money, relax and do something else.
For me, the best investments i made were in my guild. Funding armors and skills, my guildies have become stronger and are certainly worth more than what i originally invested in them :P Time and moneywise.