barb money making

Prolinechan - Sanctuary wrote: »

hey guys, i myself as a veno have no problem getting money, i easily farm 100k each hour. but my friend (barb... duh) keeps bothering me about it. he says: "Your the veno, you make money, give me money damnit!" and it an be anoying sometimes.
so my question is. does any of you have a good advice for my friend to make money as a barbarian.he's lvl 52 (stats i dont know...)
thanks guys

Veno's usually make more money because they have very low expenses. We only have to repair our weapons most of the time, and we rarely use pots or other apoth items. We also don't have that much use for charms the majority of the time unless we pk.

Doesn't sound like a great friend if he's always demanding that you give him money. It's my understanding that barbarians start making a lot more money once they are more capable of running TT, Rebirth Orders, etc. You always make money faster at higher levels.

even with TT.. the prices are dropping really fast.. its not a big money maker.. you can play the market.. you can grind.. you can TT.. you can do rebirth quests... all of it makes money.. just nothing at that fast a pace

i made all my money off rebirth quests.. but that was when tome frags were 400k a piece.. now they are like 150k a piece.. not as big a cash cow anymore

Devarsi - Sanctuary wrote: »

your friend is just lazy and a beggar... barbs don't make money as easily.. but he can grind just as easily.. he just won't make money as fast as you.. it will still be making money ... his best bet is entirely physical mobs of earth element typing (because of poison fang) .. i don't remember if there are any around those levels though

Grinding on magic mobs is actually pretty easy.
You just run up with Alclarity. Flesh ream twice (rinse) and repeat.

Your friend is a moochb:laugh

Lextrux. Dont worry so much. I am a sword BM too and my advice to you would be know what DQ items to sell. I manage to sell all my DQ items after lots of patience and earned me pretty much. And DQ items drop pretty common around this lvl.

As for barb, every class is capable of making money. Just more or less. For a barb, it will be a problem cause they tank a lot. However, if your friend uses his money wisely, he would get by. He can just use less pots and sit rest instead and he should know heiros are cheaper than pots so ask him to use one if he doesnt have one yet. But he is only a barb... Imagine wizards and cleric, spending so much on their skills. He should just deal with it himself.

be smart, join a guild with a tw bankroll!

making money in gridding... a barb?

I am a miner, I farm materials to made ultimate substances. I can made 6 US (ultimate susbtances) per hour, I sell 2 US in the actioneer for 135K, so If I sell 6 US I can get around 380K per hour, and yes I farm the materials with my barbarian because he is my main char. I almost spent 9 millions to get my tt 70 stuf, plus helm of aqua vishou and equine talisman.

Its hard work makeing money as a barb at 1st when i started to get the high repair costs i was useless at makeing/saveing money burning it all on pots/repairs so i had a read over the forms on tips to playing ur barb.

1st thing is dont grind in human yes u have more damage u might kill the mob faster but grinding in kitty is much better with the use of sunder maxed to ur lvl means no more money to spend on pots saves about 150k for a 8 hour grind.

2nd people often sell things cheaper in kitty shops if u dont have a 2nd pc/laptop to run a stall 24/7 like me u can offten pick up a few things cheap in kitty shops and resell in the AH for a bit more while ur out grinding for money!!

3rd repair as offten as u can makes it seem like u spend less than when u turn up and the reapir cost is 160k+ 2 or 3 times a day depending on how much u like to grind.

Its not easy playing a barb one of the slowest most clostly classes to lvl but its not hard to make money just takes time i can make 500k+ a day and affter reapirs, pots, miji, i can stilll walk away with 300k for the bank.

Also dont wast cash on mp pots a mp charm in the long run is way way cheaper than buying mp pots if u want to make money hand over foot ur playing the rong class so reroll a veno stop bringin a bad name to the babrs by mooching of ur friends guildies dont be so lazy get out there and use ur brain its not realy hardb:angryb:angry

When I farm, I have a helm with + 3 MP Regeneration, use all my buffs, accationally use sunder, and mostly use Advanced Spark Eruption.

With this set up (and the correct mobs, which I will not provide lol) I use zero pots, mana nor health, and can farm as long as my heart desires.

You would be surprised how much +3 MP regen actually helps a Barb never use MP pots. And the rare times my life gets below my comfort zone, I just rest for 60 secs and have full HP and MP. I plan on getting Tree of Protection which costs 200 stamina to never have to rest while farming. A lvl 2 blade gives you 10 yiyan stones which is 400 stamina. So each tme you cast the spell it essentially costs you 420 coins, which can be made up by 1-3 coin drops from mobs.

As far as repair costs, well they are high but I have noticed that I usually have 10% of the dragon quest and item drops cut out by the repairs, but the coin drops make up for all if not more than the repair cost.

Also save all the pots you get and put em in storage. I am still using lvl 40 mana pots lol.

I farmed for 1 hr yesterday and made 130k on drops, 30k in coins, repair cost 28k. So I think I am making decent money as a barb.

Morandres - Harshlands wrote: »

Don't waste time shopping, grind grind grind!b:laugh

I advocate the opposite! b:laugh

When I had about 5mill I roughly doubled it thanks to the surprise pigment sale that happened a month or so ago. It took 1 week for the pigments to all sell, at which point the Battle Packs went on sale and effectively turned the ~10mill into ~16mill. Total profit of ~11mill for about 2 hours spent trading, most of which was opening pigments/Battle Packs.

Obviously I got very very lucky and had enough capital to invest in the first place, but my point is that shopping can be hugely rewarding for very little time investment, even for us "poor" Barbs. b:chuckle

Best advice. Gathering materials and apothecary.

Even at low levels, gathering materials and then selling them to others can often make up for your repair costs. Gathering materials while grinding can also give you those little breaks in combat to recover a bit of health/mana and save on potion costs. Often, those materials are just sitting there, so you might as well help yourself. When you get to the level 26+ range, secondary mats, like leather and oil can earn you quite a bit of money when grinding, so grind smart and find out what drops what. In my mid-late 30s I was making a good 20-40k an hour grinding on spawns in the secret passage between selling mats and DQ items.

Apothecary is also strongly suggested. Those hp/mp per tick drugs are awesome for grinding. Other herbs can be made into other useful drugs that improve damage, or defense, both can make your life easier in certain situations.

Beyond that, I would suggest doing a more offense based build until the around level 70. Higher damage means smaller repair bill, and slightly higher agro. Below level 70, you usually won't be required to tank too many extremely hard things, so as long as you can keep agro, and have a cleric who doesn't have their head up their bum, you're usually good. After level 70, you can pretty much figure out if you want to be an uber tank, or just a decent one.

be smart, join a faction with a tw bankroll