Best way to get cheap weapons

[Nagoya]

I know your friend quit on you and you're back on your shaman etc.
But would it be only for the archives, i'll drop it here: EC Tunnel section of the forum is great.
Use the search option for any "WTS" for what you're looking for and post your "WTB".
I was looking for a Staff of Battle (400-500pp item) for ages in EC and one day someone just sent me a tell out of nowhere to sell me the staff cause they saw my post on the forum. Same for cultural armor and other things.

Simply put, the p99 forum is like a ghetto Luclin-era Bazaar: u can sell and buy when you're offline using this tool, while still having to do the actual transaction online and get that classic fix you oh so truely needs! profit!

[Kowalski]

Hands out everywhere...

[Expediency]

Many (I'd say the vast majority) of droppable weapons under 250pp are not sold. They rot, are destroyed, are given away, or used as pet weapons. It can sometimes be harder to find a very cheap 10pp weapon than a much more expensive one.

I would not even go to EC to look for one. I'd just make a macro that says "new player xx class is trying to upgrade from (xxxlist current weaponxxx) and has 10pp to spend" and spam it in every zone you enter. I predict you have a new/free weapon within 30 minutes.

[Yttrium]

So to be fair, I wasn't asking for a handout. My goal in this was to spend plat I earned selling bone chips on items I wanted to help a friend get started. And yes getting 60 and farming items is a simple solution, though clearly unrealistic as a short term goal to be achieved. I didn't ask "What is the simplest method to get items?" I asked where I could best spend the money I already earned.

Sorry for the rant, as in all things internet I appreciate the helpful majority.

[Lhancelot]

Crystalline spider fangs are really cheap and hard to beat starting out. Usually 150-250pp and its 10/22 iirc.

[Jimjam]

If you are in the EC area anyway, consider hitting up Rivervale (provided you are not Kill on sight!)

There is a huge volume of high level druids passing through, I bet many of them have unwanted weapons wasting their bank space.

Auctioning there that you are a newbie looking for a cheap entry level weapon might end well.