Maximum Platinum and P1999

machin576 · #1 05-09-2011, 05:11 PM

This is a question that goes out to all of you high levels that have more plat than you know what to do with. I want to know how you did it. What is the secret? I saw somebody offer 400k AND a mana stone for a Fungus Staff. How the heck did you get 400k plat? Tell your secrets.

Anyone that reads this and does not have much platz, feel free to guess how much plat Bob has.

I am gonna go with $750k. I bet I am way off though.

Alex · #2 05-09-2011, 05:12 PM

This was explained very well by some people in another thread, but i am too lazy to go find it at the moment. If anyone remembers just link it here and the op will have his answer quickly and efficiently.

baalzy · #3 05-09-2011, 05:14 PM

Some of them cheated.

Others farmed like holy hell. 500-800pp/hr, 6-12hrs/day for well over a year is some serious platinum.

Shadey · #4 05-09-2011, 05:24 PM

This would be great to hear feedback on as prices on items in EC are ridiculously high. Tried one of the old plat farm spots today (aqua gobs) and they are already nerfed (pre when they were in live).

YendorLootmonkey · #5 05-09-2011, 05:39 PM

I devote 3-4 hours a night to cybering in order to make my hundreds of thousands of copper pieces.

Oh wait, you said plat. =(

Trystych · #6 05-09-2011, 05:58 PM

I was the one auctioning that kind of plat for the staff, still am. I play this game way too much, when not raiding I often farm things out of boredom.

My trick to getting plat was playing a necro main and levelling in lower guk and farming that back when even the tower loots were actually worth something. Then I did an enchanter alt for efreeti duoing, and a cleric alt for the same which I took from 39-50 at the efreeti camp. Solo classes are just better for gaining plat, nobody to roll against, if you play a melee try a necro alt. Clerics are also great for farming, every group / duo benefits from one and if you play well you can pull off some pretty ridiculous camps with small numbers of people (duoing fire giants, etc).

Killing hill giants, ice giants, seafuries, those are all good for gaining straight plat per hour if you play a class that is efficient at it.

Also important is to farm items you want instead of buying them. Only sell items in the tunnel when you have a long list of things to get rid of, at the right price there is generally a buyer for anything and having a big list of stuff means better odds of having your time in the tunnel being productive.

Shiftin · #7 05-09-2011, 06:00 PM

plus trystych steals from the guildbank

(this is a joke)

baalzy · #8 05-09-2011, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadey [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This would be great to hear feedback on as prices on items in EC are ridiculously high. Tried one of the old plat farm spots today (aqua gobs) and they are already nerfed (pre when they were in live).

Some spots aren't necessarily nerfed on purpose, more like not fully implemented, it's just hard to find evidence to support why they should be dropping lots of money.

Everyone knows Treants in SK were supposed to be a cash cow, but they kinda suck now. Same for the rangers at the druid circle in WC, not only are they way harder because they cast spells that actually are worth a damn but they don't drop as much fine steel/random vendor trash as they should.

If I recall you're talking about aqua goblin parts/blood which sold for 1-3pp or so to vendors and you'd get one or the other basically every kill, and one of each in a single kill quite a bit of the time right? In Butcherblock?

Edit:
Further to the OP, a necro/mage could get to 50 in a months time depending on their playtime. Some people literally had over a year just to farm their bank accounts up before Kunark hit. I unfortunately wasn't one of them since I didn't come across the server until march :X.

Shadey · #9 05-09-2011, 06:16 PM

Yup the ones in BBM. On the Allakhazam posting for them it pretty much lists when they were nerfed by reading the feedback and seeing when people complained about it being nerfed. Want to say it was 02/03.

My char is only 16 atm and with the really high prices of things i'm looking for ways to make plat. Bone Chips and Silk (when you can find a buyer) can only get you so far. LOL

Estu · #10 05-09-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadey [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yup the ones in BBM. On the Allakhazam posting for them it pretty much lists when they were nerfed by reading the feedback and seeing when people complained about it being nerfed. Want to say it was 02/03.

My char is only 16 atm and with the really high prices of things i'm looking for ways to make plat. Bone Chips and Silk (when you can find a buyer) can only get you so far. LOL

The best way to make plat is to level. Unless you're a warrior, you can get by pretty well on cheap or no gear. Even if you're a warrior, you can get some useful stuff in the kind of price range you can get from farming bone chips (e.g. PGT for ~100pp). The gear in EC isn't terribly expensive when you're level 50 or 60 and have the capability to make a lot of plat in a short amount of time; it's just daunting when you're a lowbie. But when you're a lowbie, there's no real need for all that expensive stuff.

When you get a little higher level, any monster that drops research components is nice for a little plat, as they will sell from 5g to several plat and weigh next to nothing. Aviaks in South Karana are a good relatively low level place for this. Mammoths in Everfrost around level 25 will often drop tusks that sell for 10pp each, but weigh 10 pounds. If you level in dungeons with a group, you'll also get access to some drops that will sell for 50-100pp or so at low levels, which can be nice. Dungeon mobs also tend to drop research components, ringmail, and bronze, all of which will sell nicely.