I'm on a mission to gain 10 billion

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  • Linwiz - Lost City
    Linwiz - Lost City Posts: 306 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Barbarian - Dreamweaver wrote: »
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    hax/private server (gimme)
  • Brigid - Harshlands
    Brigid - Harshlands Posts: 1,332 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Gotta say, that's damned impressive. If I'm running the numbers correctly, you've got well over 1.5 billion worth of assets already. Just goes to show that intelligence and ability still have value ingame.

    Also, I think I'd probably laugh myself into the hospital if a non-cashshopping merchant gets a warsoul weapon before any heavy cashshoppers do.
  • Jennalicious - Sanctuary
    Jennalicious - Sanctuary Posts: 1,073 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Linwiz - Lost City wrote: »
    hax/private server

    ^ This ^.....
  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Jennalicious - Sanctuary wrote: »
    ^ This ^.....

    I believe it. Without trying and a 2m coin investment... I ended up making enough coin in 10 days to buy an 8 star orb and two 10 star orbs. If you sit there and merch instead of level and quest, it's easy to make coin.
    I post in forums. This one and others. That's why I post.
  • Barbarian - Dreamweaver
    Barbarian - Dreamweaver Posts: 39 Arc User
    edited March 2010
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    Original S/S

    Check the WC, you'll see some familiar names of Sanctuary.
    Trying to stay anon. here.

    My main is in the upper 90's from doing my dailies. Almost time to decide if I want to keep merchanting or just go Nirvana.
    EQ Goal:
    G15 Nirvana Weapon ACHIEVED!
    Refines +12 ACHIEVED!
    Reroll for Adv. zerk.
    G12 Amber
    G12 Garnet
    Full Nirvana Lunar Armor set
    Armor Pieces (0/6)
    Uncanny needed for G15 (0/1500)
    Tome Scroll (0/1)
    Vit Stones needed assuming 3 sockets per Armor Pieces (0/18)
  • MistaBwanden - Sanctuary
    MistaBwanden - Sanctuary Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    b:nosebleed
  • Suiryujin - Sanctuary
    Suiryujin - Sanctuary Posts: 449 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    want to provide ur fellow sanc player with say...50mil?XD i must say, very very impressive i was not expecting anyone to actually have that much in asset on hand for merchanting. goodluck with ur endeavor >.> feel free to share abit of the wealth if u ever decide to.
    My body is made of swords.
    Iron is my blood, and glass is my heart.
    I have overcome countless battlefields undefeated,
    Without once retreating,
    Nor once being understood.
    Always alone, intoxicated with victory on the hill of swords.
    Therefore, there is no meaning to that life.
    Perhaps this body is nothing but a sword itself.
  • Mrs_Piggie - Sanctuary
    Mrs_Piggie - Sanctuary Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    lol. if ur singsung i would so lol
  • Ephemerai - Sanctuary
    Ephemerai - Sanctuary Posts: 335 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    omg.

    Teach me =( Tideborn skills are so expensive, QQ. 2 TT runs for coin later, I had ~3 mil. Not even maxing out one skill --> 700k left. =_=

    I'd totally merchant, but don't know what to start with ;s I never watch the economy in games... >__<
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Myrtle - Raging Tide
    Myrtle - Raging Tide Posts: 821 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    GOD how is that possible?!
    WOW...the richest peep in PWI!!lolz..!! b:dirtyb:dirty
    MARRY ME!!
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    Each time the sun goes down,
    I remember that somewhere near,
    It's spreding its first morning sunshines.
    b:shy
  • Lunk_Warleg - Sanctuary
    Lunk_Warleg - Sanctuary Posts: 93 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Speechless!
    *wake-up facepalm to myself*
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Solandri - Heavens Tear
    Solandri - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,843 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Ephemerai - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Teach me =( Tideborn skills are so expensive, QQ. 2 TT runs for coin later, I had ~3 mil. Not even maxing out one skill --> 700k left. =_=

    I'd totally merchant, but don't know what to start with ;s
    #1 rule: Don't spend all your money (or even most of your money).

    Your bank balance isn't like a gas tank, where you use it til almost empty, then go about filling it up again. The amount of available funds you have directly impacts how much money you can make. e.g. If there's a sale on d.orbs, the more cash on hand you have, the more of them you can buy to resell once the sale is over.

    I made ~200 mil cat shopping, but one of the recent patches made the client crash 2-3 times a day on my cat shop computer. I'm really starting to empathize with those of you unable to keep a cat shop up.
  • Lunk_Warleg - Sanctuary
    Lunk_Warleg - Sanctuary Posts: 93 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    By the way, if is not crucial private information, I am curious how long did it take you to raise 1st billion worth of itmes?
    As a side note, it is hard to aim for 10 billions when all your investment funds are 100 millions. But since you have almost 2 billions it is going to be far easier from here onwards.

    If is not a trick of yours (say you didn't charge zen, but you did, or photoshoped the image to look real) then :
    KUDOS !
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Kupuntu - Sanctuary
    Kupuntu - Sanctuary Posts: 3,008 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    If and when you got your "project" done, be sure to inform us who you really are. You deserve to have a status of being the best merchant in PWI.
    100% F2P player. Started PW: March 2007, Quit PW: March 2011.
    pwcalc.com/e7016929e7b204ae "Pure axe" 8k HP multipath BM, last one of my kind.
  • Jennalicious - Sanctuary
    Jennalicious - Sanctuary Posts: 1,073 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I honestly don't understand how you guys can make so much coinage by merchanting. All I see around Arch is people selling stuff at a high price, and buying at low, which would rule out me buying cheap stuff and selling it higher to make a profit. I used to farm TT for mats, then try to sell them by the forges in Arch cheaper than anyone else, but still I am unable to sell them. I am also on a shared computer and am unable to keep a cat shop open unless I am physically at the computer, either in-game or doing something else. Some tips and pointers would be nice.
  • Mega_pro - Raging Tide
    Mega_pro - Raging Tide Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    omg. what is than quest for 10b in lvl 3?
    can i be with you? give name of quest..
  • Dustins_ALT - Harshlands
    Dustins_ALT - Harshlands Posts: 423 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Mega_pro - Raging Tide wrote: »
    omg. what is than quest for 10b in lvl 3?
    can i be with you? give name of quest..

    Failed trolling, Failed English!


    Good luck Op on trying to get 10 billion coins!b:victory
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    ^ my barbs built, full buff in tiger.b:bye

    I'm not going to troll anymore T_T
  • Brigid - Harshlands
    Brigid - Harshlands Posts: 1,332 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Jennalicious - Sanctuary wrote: »
    I honestly don't understand how you guys can make so much coinage by merchanting. All I see around Arch is people selling stuff at a high price, and buying at low, which would rule out me buying cheap stuff and selling it higher to make a profit. I used to farm TT for mats, then try to sell them by the forges in Arch cheaper than anyone else, but still I am unable to sell them. I am also on a shared computer and am unable to keep a cat shop open unless I am physically at the computer, either in-game or doing something else. Some tips and pointers would be nice.
    A big part is taking advantage of gold price fluctuations and the sales. For example, buying Dragon Orbs when they're on sale, and reselling them a few weeks later once prices go back up. Likewise buying Tokens of Luck during the pack sales, and either reselling the tokens later or converting them to items.

    Amassing a sufficient amount of seed capital can be difficult, however. The less you have, the less you can make, and the harder it is to recover from a poor decision. I only really managed to get the ball rolling when a failed PKer dropped his +5 Calamity Axes to me.
  • Barbarian - Dreamweaver
    Barbarian - Dreamweaver Posts: 39 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    My first major coin amount was 100 mil and that's mostly from doing TT's when it was still profitable and selling HP/MP potions in the mines. 100 mil was a lot back then. To put it in perspective, gold was hoovering a little above 100k per back then. People started copying my idea of selling HP/MP potions so I left. 50% sale on D-orbs came and I bought 4k orbs and sat on them for a very very very long time until Anni Packs came out (my goal back then was to get enough orbs to +11 a certain TT90 weapon). Had I started thinking like a true merchant back then, I bet I'd have a lot more than what I have now. Anyway, sold my orbs and bought and opened anni packs. Lost money on that. Anni Packs came around the second time, that's when I started merchanting for real. Can't tell you when 1 bil was achieved since I never really bothered counting how much I actually have.

    I wasn't always a merchant but I was always cheap. I absolutely won't refine higher than 4 unless we're talking about end game. And end game for me is Nirvana atm.
    EQ Goal:
    G15 Nirvana Weapon ACHIEVED!
    Refines +12 ACHIEVED!
    Reroll for Adv. zerk.
    G12 Amber
    G12 Garnet
    Full Nirvana Lunar Armor set
    Armor Pieces (0/6)
    Uncanny needed for G15 (0/1500)
    Tome Scroll (0/1)
    Vit Stones needed assuming 3 sockets per Armor Pieces (0/18)
  • axt57
    axt57 Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Its really easy to make money in this game; no lie. All you need is about 5m starting money and you can get to over 1bn without leaving west archo in about 5-7 months. Probably less if you try harder.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Mrs_Piggie - Sanctuary
    Mrs_Piggie - Sanctuary Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Barbarian - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    My first major coin amount was 100 mil and that's mostly from doing TT's when it was still profitable and selling HP/MP potions in the mines. 100 mil was a lot back then. To put it in perspective, gold was hoovering a little above 100k per back then. People started copying my idea of selling HP/MP potions so I left. 50% sale on D-orbs came and I bought 4k orbs and sat on them for a very very very long time until Anni Packs came out (my goal back then was to get enough orbs to +11 a certain TT90 weapon). Had I started thinking like a true merchant back then, I bet I'd have a lot more than what I have now. Anyway, sold my orbs and bought and opened anni packs. Lost money on that. Anni Packs came around the second time, that's when I started merchanting for real. Can't tell you when 1 bil was achieved since I never really bothered counting how much I actually have.

    I wasn't always a merchant but I was always cheap. I absolutely won't refine higher than 4 unless we're talking about end game. And end game for me is Nirvana atm.

    if this isn't singsung im dreaming. its devi. lol
  • I_sage_i - Harshlands
    I_sage_i - Harshlands Posts: 332 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    i want a warsoul weapon >.> i allready have enough oracles for level 80 or around that area.....the mystro caster looks awsome.....
  • Taksuke - Dreamweaver
    Taksuke - Dreamweaver Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    lol wow b:shocked

    well done with all the money u are earning so far and keep up the good work
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]<=== thks Forsakenx for the great siggy
  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Barbarian - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    50% sale on D-orbs came and I bought 4k orbs and sat on them for a very very very long time

    Wow... that was a really long time ago. So you held onto them for 5-7 months or so... and your real money wasn't made until the 2nd annipack sale?

    Anyway, good job. Makes me want to take merch a bit more seriously tbh.
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  • Solandri - Heavens Tear
    Solandri - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,843 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Michael_dark - Lost City wrote: »
    Wow... that was a really long time ago. So you held onto them for 5-7 months or so... and your real money wasn't made until the 2nd annipack sale?

    Anyway, good job. Makes me want to take merch a bit more seriously tbh.
    Back when my cat shop was working, I was actually having more fun playing with pricing and seeing how it affected sales, than i was actually playing the game. It's not simply a matter of making as much money as you can when you resell the items. Time is a factor too. You can sit on 10 mil worth of inventory for 2 months, then sell it for 100% profit. Or you can put that 10 mil into inventory you sell immediately for 10% profit a week. In 8 weeks, that will net you 114% profit, so it's actually better (though it's more work).
  • Santacruz - Heavens Tear
    Santacruz - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,776 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    hmm seems he is pretty good al%20(111).gif
  • I_sage_i - Harshlands
    I_sage_i - Harshlands Posts: 332 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    yup i think my dad gonna let me buy a warsoul wep but ill only use it during TT bosses and TW during pk ill use maybe the TT100 thingy that i can never remember the name of but it goes something like sinbranso??
  • DTK - Dreamweaver
    DTK - Dreamweaver Posts: 88 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    This thread has inspired me to take my own merchantign skills to the next level. I Invested all the money i had from farming coutnless TTs and I'm finally 20% of the way to affording max intervals. Nice job showing everyone cash can be made without a credit card.b:victory
  • Brigid - Harshlands
    Brigid - Harshlands Posts: 1,332 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I_sage_i - Harshlands wrote: »
    yup i think my dad gonna let me buy a warsoul wep but ill only use it during TT bosses and TW during pk ill use maybe the TT100 thingy that i can never remember the name of but it goes something like sinbranso??
    A warsoul weapon costs more than a luxury car does. Somehow, I doubt your dad is going to let you just buy one of those.
  • Jennalicious - Sanctuary
    Jennalicious - Sanctuary Posts: 1,073 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    It sounds like you buy limited time only items in the cash shop, wait for them to leave it, then sell them for a good chunk of change afterwards. Is this way more profitable than buying gold low and selling it high? If you do both, how do you know when to buy and sell items for profit, or buy and sell gold for profit? What about times when nothing is on sale in the boutique? How do you make money? Farming?
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