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Yeah, or the equivalent purchase in the store.

I think that's a great idea, I'm going to suggest it in a PM to Zwill! Wow, we should have been game designers, huh!

Except when forming TF nowadays, I've been specifically using the help channel so that even free folks can reply. And it's effective. I do get newbies replying (Usually with "What is a DfB?" but still at least they can talk). I also advertise in broadcast and tell folks to come to ms. liberty, for example, so folks in zone can use local to join.

Er, same GPU as what? Surely not what the OP proposed.

It's kinda rough, I agree. But like others said it was one of the few things that actually sent the RMT spammers packing, so I think we have to put up with it.

Free players can use /local, /team, help channel (/hc), and I think /friends. So you can chat with your free buddy with the /friends channel at least. That's not as convenient as /tells and globals, but it's an option. Global friends should let you at least see when each other is on, if you need to set up a new toon as a friend.

Exactly what I was going to say. /Rad + 6 pets = good times. Corruptors love meat shields. Any -Res based brute would do well too, maybe Energy/Dark, or Fire/Fire?

Also, Crab. Tankage, at least somewhat, and debuffs to stack with /Rad.

Every time you put something on the market, even for storage, the sale history comes up. I have to click once on the item after I put it up, but it's not really tedious. If it isn't selling for anything, it's junk.

From a casual player's view, you're kind of spoiled by selling your first item for 700 million. There's a couple of dozen IO sets that sell each in the 5-30 million range, that most folks would consider "worth it" to craft and sell. Whether you do, is up to you.

*BUY* for 1-2 million. Sell for one inf. Yes, not all rare salvage sells for 1-2 million but I figured that would be pretty obvious to anyone. I'm saying it's not out of line to buy piece of salvage for 2 million if you plan to craft with it. Obviously, if the bid history is much less, try offering less first.

That was really an excellent list for someone who calls himself a noob, or for anyone really. Kudos.

Adding: visit your server forum (here on these forums) and say "Hi," and ask about global channels. They are your best bet for getting teams, help, and what not.

Sell your salvage and inventory on the market. Don't save it. Don't worry about prices much, sell everything for 1 inf. Although if you have a recipe that sells for 1 million or more, take the time to craft it and then sell the result, it should be worth it. The University (Cap au Diable or Steel Canyon) has a tutorial for you on crafting. Check your contacts.

Around level 35, look into crafting recipes for yourself. Before then it's kinda expensive and not worth it so much.

No, but here's what I do.

Sell absolutely everything on the market for 1 inf. The reason is the badges and rewards you get for selling stuff are way better than the few inf you'll get by vendoring stuff.

The sole exceptions are common salvage and recipes that sell for more than 50k or so. The common salvage you want to consider keeping, and the recipes should be investigated to see if their IOs will sell for a lot.

Any IO that sells for more than 2-5 million inf should be crafted and put up for sale at basically half price, so it'll move. The rest, just sell quick and don't look back.

Getting reamed by paying 100k for common salvage just irks me. You may not care, but that's why I hang onto the expensive stuff. Note that you can buy uncommon and rare salvage for tickets in the AE. Go do some of the Devs choice or Guest missions in the AE. They're fun, and you'll build up a supply of tickets in case someone is trying to ream you over a piece of uncommon salvage. (Rare salvage sells consistently in the 1-2 mil range. Just buy it.)

That's it. In summary, craft/save the expensive stuff, and sell everything else for 1 inf. Saves time and hassle, and the inventory increases you get from badges are way worth it.

Yup, what Kit said. You basically did everything right: don't get greedy, and try to minimize your time buying and selling, within reason.

Some folks claim they can farm the market over a weekend or so and make a billion Inf. I don't see how, but you can sure make 100 million or so pretty quickly and without a ton of effort. That's without lucky purple drops. Just a bit of careful buying, selling and crafting will make some nice returns, as well has give some folks the neat salvage or Enhancement they want.

Messing around with the market is one of my favorite "down time" things to do.

I thought market access also got you access to salvage drops. Whereas Inventions was slot/use plus the ability to craft. I could be totally wrong about this though.