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To give you a direct comparison, the third EndMod IO would add .04end/second. The Proc is 5x as good as the third EndMod.

Actually, Physical Perfect adds so little endurace recovery that it's almost not worth slotting EndMods at all.

*shows up with a clone, both wearing colorful cardboard hats* I heard there was a party?

*surveys shambles* Hrmm, seem to have missed it. This "real job" thing is really throwing me off >.<

Congratulations!

What does 200M buy you in a base, anyway?

I'm running a bit behind. New computer components arrived (motherboard, processor, video card, ram) so I just had to tear it apart and put it together the right way. MUCH better now :-D Haven't done much with the market in the meantime, just letting my inventory liquidate. Here's the sales of the past couple days:



Important tidbit on the lower left: I've broken 2 billion! For those keeping score, that's 18 days from a fresh account to Inf cap. I'm sure it's possible to do it faster, but I feel pretty good about going from no market knowledge to Inf cap in less than 3 weeks.

Also, holy crap that second billion came fast! Really, it took me 14 of the 18 just to get to 10 digits, and now I've doubled my wealth in half a week! I'm almost disatisfied. I thought I was going to have to work at it to get to 2 billion in under 21 days.

At this point, I'm probably going to slack on the marketing. I'll only be updating this thread every other day at best, which is probably about as often as I'll visit the consignment house. I have my 2 billion, but only the barest inkling of what to spend it on, and my characters are levels 20 and 16. The whole reason I first visited this forum was to make enough money to outfit myself in full Common IOs at 22. I think I've adequately fulfilled this goal ;-)

I do welcome any comments, tips, or other posts anyone would like to leave.

*stumbles towards coffee pot smelling of french fries and covered in ketchup*

Mrrgrumblework >.<

I actually ended up adding a whole new column to my spreadsheet to calculate a higher markup just for those, since they were going for so much more than cost. Sorry to block you like that

Just an update, nothing super-exciting last night


At 1.70B Inf and rising. Rapidly pushing 2 billion, I think I'll make it today.

I don't think I'm being very clear about the "cost is no object" thing. Here's a build I mocked up quick along those lines. It does not cap any defenses, but it does have high Ranged and AoE defense as well as what I think is decent AoE damage potential.

Now, I'm an absolute novice when it comes to building IO sets and such. I'm sure there is huge room for improvement. I think, however, that this gives you the idea. I don't care about soloing with my Defender, I have my Scrapper for that.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.803
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 50 Magic Defender
Primary Power Set: Kinetics
Secondary Power Set: Dual Pistols
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Transfusion -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(3), Numna-Heal/Rchg(3), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(5), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(11), Numna-Heal(19)
Level 1: Pistols -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Dual Wield -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(39), Thundr-Acc/Dmg(48)
Level 4: Siphon Power -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(5)
Level 6: Siphon Speed -- P'ngTtl-Rng/Slow(A), P'ngTtl-Acc/EndRdx(7), P'ngTtl-Dmg/Slow(7), P'ngTtl-Acc/Slow(9), P'ngTtl--Rchg%(9), P'ngTtl-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(11)
Level 8: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 10: Swap Ammo
Level 12: Speed Boost -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(13), Zephyr-ResKB(13)
Level 14: Increase Density -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam(15), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(15), Aegis-Psi/Status(17), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(17)
Level 16: Bullet Rain -- Posi-Dam%(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg(19), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(43), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(46)
Level 18: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(21), EndMod-I(21)
Level 22: Suppressive Fire -- Lock-Acc/Hold(A), Lock-Acc/Rchg(23), Lock-Rchg/Hold(23), Lock-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(27), Lock-%Hold(29), Lock-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(29)
Level 24: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(25), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(25), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(27)
Level 26: Transference -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(34), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(36), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(36), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(36), P'Shift-EndMod(37)
Level 28: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Zephyr-Travel(50), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(50), Zephyr-ResKB(50)
Level 30: Tactics -- GSFC-Build%(A), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(31), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(31), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(31), GSFC-ToHit(33), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(33)
Level 32: Fulcrum Shift -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(34), RechRdx-I(34)
Level 35: Piercing Rounds -- Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Knock%(37), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(37), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(39)
Level 38: Hail of Bullets -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(40), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(40), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Oblit-%Dam(43)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(42), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(42), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 44: Web Cocoon -- Lock-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(A), Lock-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(45), Lock-%Hold(45), Lock-Rchg/Hold(45), Lock-Acc/Rchg(46), Lock-Acc/Hold(46)
Level 47: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(48), RechRdx-I(48)
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Clrty-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Vigilance
Level 4: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 14% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 14% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 14% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 14% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 14% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 14% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 14% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 14% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 3.13% Defense(Smashing)
• 3.13% Defense(Lethal)
• 11.9% Defense(Fire)
• 11.9% Defense(Cold)
• 12.2% Defense(Energy)
• 12.2% Defense(Negative)
• 6.25% Defense(Melee)
• 20.6% Defense(Ranged)
• 19.1% Defense(AoE)
• 2.5% Enhancement(JumpSpeed)
• 60% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 5% Enhancement(Held)
• 43.8% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 2.5% Enhancement(JumpHeight)
• 2.5% Enhancement(FlySpeed)
• 2.5% Enhancement(RunSpeed)
• 6% Enhancement(Heal)
• 15% FlySpeed
• 80.1 HP (7.88%) HitPoints
• 15% JumpHeight
• 15% JumpSpeed
• Knockback (Mag -8)
• Knockup (Mag -8)
• MezResist(Held) 10.5%
• MezResist(Sleep) 2.75%
• MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
• 13.5% (0.23 End/sec) Recovery
• 32% (1.36 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 4.1% Resistance(Fire)
• 4.1% Resistance(Cold)
• 3% Resistance(Psionic)
• 20% RunSpeed
• 2.5% XPDebtProtection

Thanks for the tip-list Archie. I'ma cutpast it into the OP. Actually, this seems like a good format update. Any list of tips that anyone posts will be cutpasted into the OP, with any redundancies removed. Maybe we can make a real marketing handbook out of that post.

For bidding, my "before bed" activity is to revisit what's been profitable the past couple days and fill my slots with bids at 75% the going rate. In the morning I cancel what hasn't filled and craft the rest.

Thanks for the kudos. I'm hoping I can crank into gear now and complete 2B in 21 days. That would be the real victory, I think: fresh account and no experience to influence cap in 3 weeks.

Here is last night's update, I was too sleepy to post it before passing out. Time of last screenshot was just before midnight.



749M Liquid Inf. Yeah, that's about 500M less than the last update. It's all invested in bids that should payoff over the next couple days. Made my first foray into the level 40 sets, and finding them profitable if surprisingly cutthroat. This is the level that most of this forum hangs out, isn't it? Salvage prices have gone through the roof, I'm seeing 100k commons regularly. Have to keep reminding myself that 90k is nothing and barely effects the final price point.

Anyone know a good way to merge multiple screenshots into a single picture? The processing is taking up more time than I'm happy with.

*edit* woohoo, over 1,000 thread views! There must be a lot of readers who haven't commented. Please, I invite you to post the market rules you live by, or comment in any way.

*editedit* *cough* I, um, may have had 300M sitting in my mail waiting for my defender to pick it up when I took those screenshots. So, add another 300M Information, and bump the total to 1.049B liquid Inf.

I'm more focused on support than damage dealing. I figure if I'm going to play a Defender, I should leverage the maximum benefit of the higher modifiers if at all possible. I'll be spending most of my time on a team post 20, with a Brute and an Empath, so my priorities for the build are:
Buff/Debuff => DPS ===> Survivability

Would anyone be willing to mock up a build in Mids, price no object?

Thanks again! Tried out your suggestion, and it's being described to me as "definitely a green stone, perhaps a bit more Jade than Emerald" which is just perfect for my purposes.

Oh, and I thought you'd like to know, the RP SG I joined that started with GR is using your charts as a general reference to establish uniforms and such for the military and diplomats. These are definitely the most useful resource I've found on costume making =D

Most of the time you won't wear any tie. However, half your scenes and your character's name will consist of sly nudge-and-wink references to your glory days.

*tries to sneak through in a rediculous outfit, then realizes everyone is looking*
Uhh.. hi!



Don't worry Fedor, it's only a matter of time before the laughter stops and you find yourself playing a con-man on a medical dramedy.

1,223,435,616 Liquid Inf. Break a billion and already 1/4 of the way to the next. Basically a lot of "taking my own advise" today, diversifying into sets I haven't touched in a while and checking the Big 8 for good moneymakers.

Probably because they haven't had an issue with people farming the crap out of a single arc super-efficiently. Maybe someone with better knowledge of what arcs give what reward merits can chime in with some napken maffs and let us know what's possible?

You can get a 30 HVM recipe in 20 days. 3 HVMs are available every 2 days if you spend the money and RMs every day. The point I was making is that you can spend them as fast as you earn them, and you'll still build up to that 30 in 30 days.

*ahem*



That is all.






Well, not really, but it was funnier that way. In my mind anyway :-P

So, I think this might set a new market benchmark. From ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to my first billion in exactly 2 weeks. That is, no starting influence, no characters on the account, no badges, no accolades, no veteran awards that effect the market, nothing at all that gives me any advantage over someone that bought the game on the same day I restarted my account. I didn't even start trying to make money in earnest for a day or two, I was too busy trolling forums to catch up on the game and I had no market slots to speak of.

So, that's my two-week story. Bit of a self-congratulatory post here, but it's been a great day and I feel pretty good about what I've accomplished with the market. I'll post a proper update with everything I sold in the past 24 later this evening, and this thread is far from over.

What are the limits on spending anyway? This is the first mention I've heard of them.

Can anyone point me towards and "Emerald" color on the costume and bright charts?

Here's the 3 column version.



Which do you prefer?

Grand total of about 764M, so made about 100M? Well, I've got... tons sitting in the consignment house. I should liquidate sometime and see how much I'm really worth. Quickly approaching my first billion.