Great value items vs Overvalued items

[Seducio]

Most that play have certain items they get great value out of. When I talk to new players in EC I sometimes get asked what to purchase.

Which items do you find that are great values to purchase in EC? Which items are overvalued?

Here's what I typically recommend to new players on green so they use their hard earned plat wisely.

great value:

10 does sow pots (100p is a steal for these)
55HP rings (200-250p is super low for so many hitpoints
Hooded Black Cloak (1400-1700p for great back item for any class)

overvalued:

Golden Efreeti Boots (5-6k for 9int/wis -seems quite overvalued)



What are some more examples of items that have great value vs cost to new players? How about more overvalued items they should avoid?

[Jimjam]

Not exactly EC items but bandages, cloudy potions, muffins, milk!

Peridots are great to carry, especially mid 40s on.

[sajbert]

GEBS might be 5k for 9 int. It's certainly not your first to get item but it remains BIS or near-BIS for a long time and at the same time there isn't a lot of caster boots (for now anyway).

For non-lowbies most items aren't really noticable in themselves, together they can make a difference however.

[Seducio]

for sure, is that 5k for gebs well spent early on is the point of the thread

5k spent on the other great value items mentioned so far would help a newb much more than gebs.

that's the idea of the thread.

how can someone new stretch their plat for most effectiveness early on

[douglas1999]

Speaking of potions Kilva's Skin of Flame (DS) pots are unfortunately not nearly as good of a value as sow pots. The ds is minimal and lasts for a very short time at lower levels when having a DS would be good for powerleveling yourself. Once it starts doing a respectable amount of damage, mobs are hitting much harder. They are very expensive for shamans to make thus they have to sell them for like 500p to turn any kind of profit, the combines frequently fail even at max alchemy.

[Jibartik]

1 sow is not worth 10p! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

20-30 skill range, cheep mats, there's as many shamans as there are enchanters, at 100p, if that is the going rate, a shaman can make a killing!

I wouldn't pay that much for them though, I feel like sow pots should be 20p for 10 doses.

[douglas1999]

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

1 sow is not worth 10p! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

20-30 skill range, cheep mats, there's as many shamans as there are enchanters, at 100p, if that is the going rate, a shaman can make a killing!

I wouldn't pay that much for them though, I feel like sow pots should be 20p for 10 doses.

The value of a sow pot though is that it allows you the convenience of sowing yourself when\if needed as a class that can't normally cast sow. When you're just tipping somebody for a sow, then sure it's not worth 10p because you have to go through the hassle of finding somebody who can and is willing to cast it on you.

[greenspectre]

Few things are ever worth more value per platinum piece than that first full set of banded armor and decent weapon. Most melees can get something around 6/22 for 100pp or less.

[Nirgon]

Sounds like you should go camp some geboots and rip off all those suckers out there

[Seducio]

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

Sounds like you should go camp some geboots and rip off all those suckers out there

this is how i afforded torpor on blue.


Nirgon, any suggestions for great value items?