RyanB
Legacy of Elijah Guild Leader
First let me say, I think there is more to GW than having shiny things, and that shiny things don't have any sort of "eliteness" about them. That said, my OCD does like to fill up my hall of monuments super full, especially since I've been playing a while and "beaten everything". Regardless on how one feels on shiny things, we all often face the issue of A) we'd like to have more cash for something in GW and B) making money in GW is usually extremely boring, and not usually associated with actually playing the game.
Hoping that actually playing the game is the goal for GW2 development.
That said, I'll add stuff I do, and would love to hear yours. Of course, even boring things can be fun in limited doses or good company.
I believe I despise farming more than most, so would love to hear your ideas. Let's play the money making game.
Stuff I personally do, have done, or will be soon:
1) SoS farming in UW
Solo, kinda boring, yields 5 ecto an hour. Highly recommend some good music playing. Fun if you enjoy killing Aatxe and Skeletons. Can also be done in a dual setup, bit faster and more fun but definitely less profitable.
2) Speed clears
Right now I'm just doing FoW, but I can't believe I actually enjoy it. Doesn't feel as farmy, or maybe it's the social aspect. These all take something up front, usually a little bit of learning outside of the comfort zone, but I think they're worth it and fun from what I've seen.
---- Fissure of Woe SC ----
Figure 15 mins waiting for a group, 30 mins to clear HM. Usually get ~4 shards on my T1 route and about half a dozen golds between chests, enemies, and end chest.
---- Underworld SC ----
I haven't started this yet, but plan to soon. Will report back on profit/fun/drama levels. This one is harder to get into due to needing a bunch of ghastly stones to get into a good group, and need to finish a bunch unless you buy them.
---- DoA speed clear ----
These are fun and easy, or hard/coordinated and more profitable. Glaiveway takes ~1:30 to clear with a good PUG. I've done that and found it fun. Trenchway can be done in under 30 minutes (!!!!!). I'd say a good glaive group can make 30k/hour overall, which isn't bad for a team sport.
3) Passively buying cons
Detailed here. Easily makes about 45 plat per hour in an alt window while playing, but requires 1) money 2) skill points 3) a second account. The huge quest XP from FoWSC has been helping fuel this one for me.
4) Holilday Events.
There's often an insane amount of cash to be made at events, and the upside is the quests are new, and limited time. So, it's kinda fun to grind out.
---- Snowball Dominance (Wintersday) ----
Obscene amounts of cash to be made on this quickly repeatable quest. I would estimate I made about 100k/hour worth of drunk/party/sweet points, but I was also using a dual-instance setup with a ranger and necro. Friend's necro mule has ~250k ebon. I heard Raven got legendary survivor on her mule, hahaha.
---- Mobstoppers (Halloween) ----
Long story short, you continue to accept/drop a quest, and get stacks. Use them to capture skeletons of dhuum in the underworld throughout the year (you were going there anyway, right?). Make fat, fat cash next halloween. How much cash? Well, I grabbed 6 stacks (1500 mobstoppers). For every 3 mobstoppers, you get 10k xp, 1 plat, and 25 trick or treat bags. I've been doing this passively while soloing with SoS, doing UW runs with you guys, and will be doing UWSC. When I turn in my stacks this October, I stand to make:
500 platinum, 50 ToT stacks (worth ~35k ea), and 5 million xp - good for ~4 instant legendary survivors and 333 skill points - good for ~200 plat worth of cons profit. Wizard (one I got this idea from, among others) picked up 30 stacks. No way he's gonna farm that though...go Wizard go!
5. Power buying/selling
Let me first say I HATE buying/selling. It's annoying, and I am not patient. That said, this is just one more reason to have an alternate account. Play windowed, put your WTB/WTS out there, and simply wait for a PM while you play in your main window. Easy as pie.
Also, there are some very predictable patterns in guildwars. ToTs WILL BE cheap during halloween. The items in them WILL sell for a lot more just a few months later. I bought a bunch during halloween @ 25k each, and made 40% more just a few months later. Want to really get the most of your money? Do something like this: buy event items in bulk, like ToTs. Wait, and sell more before Wintersday. Buy Wintersday gifts. Wait, and sell those points a few months later. Essentially you are getting very predictable, very high compound interest. One could easily double one's money every 6 months with this method.
Again, lots of different ways to do it, but the best tip I can give is use that second account to change a miserable thing into something you don't mind doing.
6. Gifts of the Traveler
Easy way to make quick, passive money each week. I can tell you it IS more profitable to sell your gifts than open. I wait till I have a bunch and sell all at once to reduce time. Nice having alt proph accounts and an assassin that can run anywhere, because on proph weeks I usually buy items cheap (usually less than half the price gifts sell for), and snag 25 gifts for a quick 50+ plat profit. Easy money.
7. SAVING money
This one could almost use it's own thread (maybe it should?) but I'll just say that often there are many different routes of achieving something in GW, and some are more expensive than others. Of course, saving money and then using it to make money is another reason to do this. We all have limited supplies of cash, some more limited than others.
I'll try to think of some more, but figure this should be more than enough to get people started. I'd love to hear others' ideas on how you make money efficiently or answer any questions on these, because farming just isn't usually that fun and I'd love to have people spending more time actually playing.
Hoping that actually playing the game is the goal for GW2 development.
That said, I'll add stuff I do, and would love to hear yours. Of course, even boring things can be fun in limited doses or good company.I believe I despise farming more than most, so would love to hear your ideas. Let's play the money making game.
Stuff I personally do, have done, or will be soon:
1) SoS farming in UW
Solo, kinda boring, yields 5 ecto an hour. Highly recommend some good music playing. Fun if you enjoy killing Aatxe and Skeletons. Can also be done in a dual setup, bit faster and more fun but definitely less profitable.
2) Speed clears
Right now I'm just doing FoW, but I can't believe I actually enjoy it. Doesn't feel as farmy, or maybe it's the social aspect. These all take something up front, usually a little bit of learning outside of the comfort zone, but I think they're worth it and fun from what I've seen.
---- Fissure of Woe SC ----
Figure 15 mins waiting for a group, 30 mins to clear HM. Usually get ~4 shards on my T1 route and about half a dozen golds between chests, enemies, and end chest.
---- Underworld SC ----
I haven't started this yet, but plan to soon. Will report back on profit/fun/drama levels. This one is harder to get into due to needing a bunch of ghastly stones to get into a good group, and need to finish a bunch unless you buy them.
---- DoA speed clear ----
These are fun and easy, or hard/coordinated and more profitable. Glaiveway takes ~1:30 to clear with a good PUG. I've done that and found it fun. Trenchway can be done in under 30 minutes (!!!!!). I'd say a good glaive group can make 30k/hour overall, which isn't bad for a team sport.
3) Passively buying cons
Detailed here. Easily makes about 45 plat per hour in an alt window while playing, but requires 1) money 2) skill points 3) a second account. The huge quest XP from FoWSC has been helping fuel this one for me.
4) Holilday Events.
There's often an insane amount of cash to be made at events, and the upside is the quests are new, and limited time. So, it's kinda fun to grind out.
---- Snowball Dominance (Wintersday) ----
Obscene amounts of cash to be made on this quickly repeatable quest. I would estimate I made about 100k/hour worth of drunk/party/sweet points, but I was also using a dual-instance setup with a ranger and necro. Friend's necro mule has ~250k ebon. I heard Raven got legendary survivor on her mule, hahaha.
---- Mobstoppers (Halloween) ----
Long story short, you continue to accept/drop a quest, and get stacks. Use them to capture skeletons of dhuum in the underworld throughout the year (you were going there anyway, right?). Make fat, fat cash next halloween. How much cash? Well, I grabbed 6 stacks (1500 mobstoppers). For every 3 mobstoppers, you get 10k xp, 1 plat, and 25 trick or treat bags. I've been doing this passively while soloing with SoS, doing UW runs with you guys, and will be doing UWSC. When I turn in my stacks this October, I stand to make:
500 platinum, 50 ToT stacks (worth ~35k ea), and 5 million xp - good for ~4 instant legendary survivors and 333 skill points - good for ~200 plat worth of cons profit. Wizard (one I got this idea from, among others) picked up 30 stacks. No way he's gonna farm that though...go Wizard go!
5. Power buying/selling
Let me first say I HATE buying/selling. It's annoying, and I am not patient. That said, this is just one more reason to have an alternate account. Play windowed, put your WTB/WTS out there, and simply wait for a PM while you play in your main window. Easy as pie.
Also, there are some very predictable patterns in guildwars. ToTs WILL BE cheap during halloween. The items in them WILL sell for a lot more just a few months later. I bought a bunch during halloween @ 25k each, and made 40% more just a few months later. Want to really get the most of your money? Do something like this: buy event items in bulk, like ToTs. Wait, and sell more before Wintersday. Buy Wintersday gifts. Wait, and sell those points a few months later. Essentially you are getting very predictable, very high compound interest. One could easily double one's money every 6 months with this method.
Again, lots of different ways to do it, but the best tip I can give is use that second account to change a miserable thing into something you don't mind doing.
6. Gifts of the Traveler
Easy way to make quick, passive money each week. I can tell you it IS more profitable to sell your gifts than open. I wait till I have a bunch and sell all at once to reduce time. Nice having alt proph accounts and an assassin that can run anywhere, because on proph weeks I usually buy items cheap (usually less than half the price gifts sell for), and snag 25 gifts for a quick 50+ plat profit. Easy money.
7. SAVING money
This one could almost use it's own thread (maybe it should?) but I'll just say that often there are many different routes of achieving something in GW, and some are more expensive than others. Of course, saving money and then using it to make money is another reason to do this. We all have limited supplies of cash, some more limited than others.
I'll try to think of some more, but figure this should be more than enough to get people started. I'd love to hear others' ideas on how you make money efficiently or answer any questions on these, because farming just isn't usually that fun and I'd love to have people spending more time actually playing.
