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  1. cifier
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dragon_Feeder View Post
    Although the idea is valid, selling for 100k and buying for 90k, it will take forever until you can buy 2, unless they sell for more than your listing price
    (The market takes 10% of your selling price)

    I agree, if you are only making 10% and not gain Candy Canes from any other means, as I suggested later in the post, or making 20%-80% (because buying costs fluctuate).

    But I personally did it this way in a weekend, just playing "stock market" with the auction house. As a matter of fact, it was so much fun (for me) I started looking at the New York Stock Exchange.
  2. cifier
    Ok,

    I have read this thread and I still haven't seen a real STEP-BY-STEP way to amass Candy Canes, so I offer this. I will begin this process as a new character, just in case.

    *Note - This method can also be used to generate large amounts of influence.

    1. Kill two or three bad/good guys. (You will need the influence.)

    2. At level 1, find a present somewhere on the beginning map. Open it. If it does not give you one Candy Cane, move to the next one.

    3. Once you have your Candy Cane, move to the Auction House (Wentworths for heros, Black Market for Villains)

    4. Sell your Candy Cane for 100,000 influence.

    5. Go adventure for a while, or log out for a while.

    6. Log back in, or go back to the Auction House. Get the Influence. Offer to buy a Candy Cane at 80,000 to 90,000.

    7. Go adventure for a while, or log out for a while.

    8. Log back in, or go back to the Auction House. Get your Candy Cane.

    9. Repeat steps 4 - 8 until you can buy two.

    10. Repeat steps 4-8 with two until you can buy more.

    11. Once you can buy 15 Candy Canes, now you are off to the races. Buy fifteen Candy Canes, sell 13 and save 2 for your self.

    This entire process can be done in a day. But the time my weekend was over I amass 300 plus Candy Canes, and well over 40,000,000 Influence. But I never knew when to quit so began upping my selling price to 150,000 and 200,000...and began making MORE influence. Now, after a week and a half of play time, I have over 200,000,000 in influence and items at level 36. More importantly, I amassed well over 300+ Candy canes

    This method also earned me a few auction badges and a few extra slots for the Auction House (Oh no!! Not more slots to buy and sell Candy Canes!!! ANYTHING but that!!!)

    If you like, you can just hunt presents until you have 8-10 Candy Canes, and jump-start the process at step 4. This is the way I recommend. While adventuring, hunt present...then go to step 4.

    This process, is what I call "flipping Candy Canes," especially when you get to the buying and selling of a couple of hundred Candy Canes at a time.



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