Congrats! Although for some reason, I was under the impression that you were already in the club.
Teams are the number one killer of soloists.
I was hanging around outside the club, spying on the people inside, stealing their ideas, and using them to get myself inside the club.
Theoretically speaking, I could have combined all of my money from my other alts and gotten in sooner, but that didn't feel like as big as an accomplishment. Also, I've got enough invested to be in the club several times over, but this is the first time I've ever actually exceeded 1 billion influence on hand.
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So you're an ebil, marketeering, stalking voyeur. |
Originally Posted by Neogumbercules
I was hanging around outside the club, spying on the people inside, stealing their ideas, and using them to get myself inside the club.
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Have about (hopefully) 250m ready to find its way into my pocket if my stuff sells as well.
I've had this character for maybe a little over a year. Started out dead broke like everyone else, but managed to get in on some of the AE boss farming craziness which catapulted me to 50 and gave me enough tickets to get a lot of the expensive uniques, which I slotted instead of sold. The rest of my money came from doing TFs and getting lucky a couple of times which allowed me to soft-cap myself on the cheap. This was ALL on the black market prior to side switching and the merge.
I then started to farm AE, using Nethergoat's amazingly in-depth technique of searching for "ticket farm" and doing one of those maps, I could hit 1500 and reset pretty fast. 99% of what I got was junk when I rolled bronze but I still made some money on it. I started doing golds instead, and while I never got anything super good, I made decent money doing that as well (and got burned a few times).
Once the merge hit I went rogue, moved to Paragon, and started flipping a particular IO. This is where the real money comes from. I experienced first hand how much more money I could make by crafting and selling when doing AE farms. This actually blows my mind. People are willing to spend sometimes more than double the amount, just to get a pre-crafted IO when it only takes 5 minutes to buy and craft what you need.
Considering the volatility of the market right now, and the sheer number of people flipping this IO I'm working, and I'm still making about 120m profit on every set of 5... anyone can do this. I'm probably not even being as efficient as I can be, but here are some tips to people starting out:
Put your time into doing content that will reward you with something good. TFs, AE, even this new alignment stuff. Fighting -1x8 at level 50 can net you purples if you're feeling lucky, and you'll still make a decent chunk of change on other drops.
Fight the maximum number of foes your character can handle.
Always craft and sell. Crafted IOs almost ALWAYS sell for more than the recipe alone.
Be patient. Things won't sell right away. Wait a couple of days if you have to.
Get all of your rare salvage from AE. 580 tickets a pop.
Don't get upset if what you're selling suddenly drops. Just because one guy came along and sold a stack for 15m less than what you listed for doesn't mean you need to pull out and re-list. Hold out, and someone will eventually buy your items.