Willpower and Invunerability are good secondaries but not the greatest for farming (if that is what you are after). Typically, you want to look at armor sets that contain a damage aura of some sort. Sets like /Fire, /Elec and even Dark are good for this purpose. Of course, I would be remissed if I did not mention /SD since it contains Shield Charge.
ok cool! that makes alot of sense 
i dont really want the character for anything other then income and salvage farming. so im not trying to invest a bunch into his powers by getting sets and such right now. I will most likely go with SS/Fire. This should be effective using Single origins slots?
Ive also never used SD. is the charge an AOE?
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Yes...although just my 2inf...farming is boring as hell if that's all you interested in. If it's a toon that you're having fun with that's one thing..but building a toon just to farm that you may not enjoy is a recipe for perpetual boredom. A lot of IO's you can get these days just from running tips missions which makes farming less necessary.|
Originally Posted by Visaeon
Ive also never used SD. is the charge an AOE?
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Just saying.
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Well this is the character im trying to build
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=249669
i checked all the sets on the Black market and everything is really expensive. So you can get alot of recipies for this stuff by doing Tip mish's?
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Yes..especially those pesky +recharge IO's that you're dom is most likely looking for for permadom that can be super expensive. You can also get some of those super expensive IO's that you see on the market by running tip's missions, buying them with merits you earn, and then selling them on the market.
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Originally Posted by Visaeon
Well this is the character im trying to build
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=249669 i checked all the sets on the Black market and everything is really expensive. So you can get alot of recipies for this stuff by doing Tip mish's? |
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Tickets are a great way to get good stuff (bronze rolls, for the love of god bronze rolls). That is, good stuff you sell and then have plenty of money for purples. Not to mention on a fire farm in AE ss/fire, on just SOs, is a demi-god.
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Originally Posted by Visaeon
Well this is the character im trying to build
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=249669 i checked all the sets on the Black market and everything is really expensive. So you can get alot of recipies for this stuff by doing Tip mish's? |
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So basically Farm tip mish's which if i remember right you can only do 5 a day that you get credit for. Sell the stuff i get from it that, or save it if its something i need.
Also im a returning player and i know you get merits from doing special tasks and such. Are there certain ones to look out for? Where exactly do i go for the merits i get. i see the merit vendors, but will any do for the good stuff?
thanks a bunch for the tips to guys
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i will prolly try this, ive heard that this is the way to get infamy quickest.
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Originally Posted by ultrawatt
Tickets are a great way to get good stuff (bronze rolls, for the love of god bronze rolls). That is, good stuff you sell and then have plenty of money for purples. Not to mention on a fire farm in AE ss/fire, on just SOs, is a demi-god.
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One last dumb question...
The tip mish's...i read the FAQ and it says they drop off all non critter 20+ mobs...but what exactly drops and how do you identify that you have one?
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An actual tip drops...you'll see them in your contact tab if you change to the tips tab if I recall. It'll tell you a tip dropped.
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Originally Posted by Visaeon
One last dumb question...
The tip mish's...i read the FAQ and it says they drop off all non critter 20+ mobs...but what exactly drops and how do you identify that you have one? |
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Hey, i just wanted to add a couple of things. You can do 5 tips a day, after 10 tip missions you get your morality mission which should give you a hero/ villain merit, provided you're a hero or villain confirming that status. Rogues and Vigilantes don't get hero/ villain merits. You also need to be a hero or villain to enter either Fort Trident or the Crucible to exchange your merits. You can also exchange 50 regular merits and 20 mill inf for a hero/ villain merit but you can only do this once a day. With 2 hero/ villain merits you can buy a rare recipe, Luck of the gambler global recharge sells for between about 150 mill and 300 mill and you can also set the slider to decide at what level you buy the recipe, check the market before you buy to see what's selling the highest and it's generally worth crafting the recipe.|
Originally Posted by Visaeon
So basically Farm tip mish's which if i remember right you can only do 5 a day that you get credit for. Sell the stuff i get from it that, or save it if its something i need.
Also im a returning player and i know you get merits from doing special tasks and such. Are there certain ones to look out for? Where exactly do i go for the merits i get. i see the merit vendors, but will any do for the good stuff? thanks a bunch for the tips to guys |
This is an extremely effective way of making inf in a relatively short time without farming and the tip missions are generally pretty good. Bronze rolls with AE tickets is the other way.
good luck with it and welcome back to the game
Wow thats some very helpful information about the Merits! thanks so much.
One question about merits...whats an easy way to get some? When i played the game many years ago i was a casual player in every sense. I never really payed attention to what any of it does. Are the merits only good for the exchange? or can you get good recipies for inventions somewhere? Do the vendors differ at all?
Also i was apart of a ghostyard run or something in sharkhead isles and i got a special merit for it. Whats to be done with these?
There prolly is a thread on all of this so feel free to just link me if its to much trouble.
I appreciate all the help, it makes it very welcoming and easy for returning players like me to pick it back up and stay with it.
This link may be helpful, talks about the alignment merit system:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...69&postcount=3
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Tips missions is the new farm. Just by reconfirming all 18 of my characters to the villain alignment (all solo), I picked up 6/7 purple and bundles of 10-100 mil rare recipe drops. Some of the tips missons can be annoying though if you're running on a higher difficulty. The characters I've had the most success in farming tips are WM/SD brute, SS/SR brute, and my Plant/Psi dom.
When running alignment missions for the purpose of getting merits, I tend to just turn it down to make it a little easy since the purpose isn't XP.
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I'm fairly new to normal merits and what's to be done with them myself and please, if anyone reads this and i give wrong information, feel free to educate me/ us.|
Originally Posted by Visaeon
Wow thats some very helpful information about the Merits! thanks so much.
One question about merits...whats an easy way to get some? When i played the game many years ago i was a casual player in every sense. I never really payed attention to what any of it does. Are the merits only good for the exchange? or can you get good recipies for inventions somewhere? Do the vendors differ at all? Also i was apart of a ghostyard run or something in sharkhead isles and i got a special merit for it. Whats to be done with these? There prolly is a thread on all of this so feel free to just link me if its to much trouble. I appreciate all the help, it makes it very welcoming and easy for returning players like me to pick it back up and stay with it. |
Normal merits can be earned from story arcs, Strike Forces and Task Forces, you can also head to Ouroboros and do older task force arcs, something like the Freakshow Wars, which i think is between about 30 -34 takes about an hour or so, is soloable and gives maybe 40 merits (i really can't remember exactly) this is good if you have say, 12 merits from previous arcs and want to boost it up to 50 so you can add 20 million and buy yourself a Hero/ villain merit. I think the general consensus is that normal merits are not worth trading with a merit vendor for something, as hero/ villain merits can buy recipes worth so much more.
As far as i know, all merit vendors offer the same stuff, according to your level.
I'm only offering this information because until recently, like 2 months ago, i was so poor it was ridiculous, i asked how to earn inf and was given similar advice, since then one of my characters has earned well over 2 billion and i've IO'd him out in ways i never thought possible.
One word of advice, invest time and inf to make inf. If you can be bothered crafting a recipe, if it's rare, chances are someone won't be bothered to invest the time and will pay for it, be patient for a few days, eventually someone will pay so long as you stay within a guide price. Don't be greedy, don't undersell and soon you'll be rolling in it.
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Yeah I run them on +0/x8 for the most part so I could blow through it faster. No point in higher difficulty as I already get decent drop rate for rare/purple and shards. Anyways, when I said annoying Villain Tips missions, I was referring to two specific ones. First is the "Destroy Portal Lab" mission. Getting swarmed by 30-40 PPDs at once during the final fight is not fun and very time consuming. Not worth it at all. Second one is the "Modify Nullifier MKII" mission. Let's just say Arachnos and Malta aren't exactly the idea mobs of choice when it comes to farming.
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Originally Posted by _Krom_
When running alignment missions for the purpose of getting merits, I tend to just turn it down to make it a little easy since the purpose isn't XP.
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In addition to doing tips, (if you have Going Rogue), I suggest spending a bit of time crafting and selling on the market to build up a bit of cash.|
Originally Posted by Visaeon
i dont really want the character for anything other then income and salvage farming. so im not trying to invest a bunch into his powers
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1) 5 mins to check the market for crafted items that regularly sells. I usually look in Endurance Modification, Healing and To Hit Buffs. Let's assume that Eff Adaptor: EndMod sells for 5 mil.
2) Check the corresponding recipe for the items. Let's assume that Eff Adaptor EndMod recipe lv 50 sells for 200k. Salvage for it will cost about 100k.
3) Buy recipe + salvage for 300k. Craft cost of 500k.
4) List crafted Eff Adaptor on market for 4 mil.
5) If it sells for 4 mil, your profit is 4 mil - 800k - 400k = 2.8 mil.
If it sells for 5 mil, your profit is 5 mil - 800k - 500k = 3.7 mil.
You have about 10 market slots, so if you are selling 10 crafted IOs for 5 mil each and all of them sell, you would've made 2.8 x 10 = 20.8 mil (or 3.7 x 10 = 37 mil with a 5 mil sell price).
It takes me about 10 mins to gather recipes and craft them. I try to keep recipe and salvage costs under 1 mil and target at least a 2 mil difference between cost and list price.
The caveat is that you have to wait for your stuff to sell. For me, it usually takes a day or two, but can be as short as 10 mins. It really depends on the number of people buying stuff.
You can do this with any toon, btw. The only requirement is a bit of inf to buy recipes, salvage and crafting. For some tips on building initial capital, check out the Market forums.
I admit that I do run AE from time to time on my Elec/Shield brute whenever a friend wants a few levels, for prestige or to kill time while waiting for someone. However, I prefer not to farm.
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Awesome! thats a good idea. So it seems like the biggest time constraint is going to be me learning which recipies and materials are cheaper then the final product for profit. i have about 1.5 mil inf so far. Should i shoot for lvl 50 rec or does it not really even matter. Would you recomend i do this with lower lvl rec and build up my infamy then start dealing with the lvl 50 ones? Only bother with unique ones...which are orange?|
Originally Posted by crayhal
In addition to doing tips, (if you have Going Rogue), I suggest spending a bit of time crafting and selling on the market to build up a bit of cash.
Example: 1) 5 mins to check the market for crafted items that regularly sells. I usually look in Endurance Modification, Healing and To Hit Buffs. Let's assume that Eff Adaptor: EndMod sells for 5 mil. 2) Check the corresponding recipe for the items. Let's assume that Eff Adaptor EndMod recipe lv 50 sells for 200k. Salvage for it will cost about 100k. 3) Buy recipe + salvage for 300k. Craft cost of 500k. 4) List crafted Eff Adaptor on market for 4 mil. 5) If it sells for 4 mil, your profit is 4 mil - 800k - 400k = 2.8 mil. If it sells for 5 mil, your profit is 5 mil - 800k - 500k = 3.7 mil. You have about 10 market slots, so if you are selling 10 crafted IOs for 5 mil each and all of them sell, you would've made 2.8 x 10 = 20.8 mil (or 3.7 x 10 = 37 mil with a 5 mil sell price). It takes me about 10 mins to gather recipes and craft them. I try to keep recipe and salvage costs under 1 mil and target at least a 2 mil difference between cost and list price. The caveat is that you have to wait for your stuff to sell. For me, it usually takes a day or two, but can be as short as 10 mins. It really depends on the number of people buying stuff. You can do this with any toon, btw. The only requirement is a bit of inf to buy recipes, salvage and crafting. For some tips on building initial capital, check out the Market forums. I admit that I do run AE from time to time on my Elec/Shield brute whenever a friend wants a few levels, for prestige or to kill time while waiting for someone. However, I prefer not to farm. |
thanks for the info, thats good stuff
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Here's a link to a post by Fury_Flechette, she goes from 0 inf to over a billion in a week and explains how to do it. All the information you need is in this post, it's lengthy but well worth the read.|
Originally Posted by Visaeon
Awesome! thats a good idea. So it seems like the biggest time constraint is going to be me learning which recipies and materials are cheaper then the final product for profit. i have about 1.5 mil inf so far. Should i shoot for lvl 50 rec or does it not really even matter. Would you recomend i do this with lower lvl rec and build up my infamy then start dealing with the lvl 50 ones? Only bother with unique ones...which are orange?
thanks for the info, thats good stuff |
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...4&referrerid=0
see you in the billionaires club
Breth
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Originally Posted by Breth
Here's a link to a post by Fury_Flechette, she goes from 0 inf to over a billion in a week and explains how to do it. All the information you need is in this post, it's lengthy but well worth the read.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...4&referrerid=0 see you in the billionaires club Breth |
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...4&referrerid=0
Another good way to get some starting capitol is to sell your salvage that you have (and get). I tend to have ~1 million worth of salvage on most of my toon's by level 10. Some things are surprisingly sought after even if it's not a rare piece. Go through your salvage and see what it's worth and you'll get a feel for what some of the big 'winners' are when it comes to making a buck.
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Wow you guys are awesome help. i really appreciate all the advice and finger pointing to where i can find this stuff out.
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So ive always heard that Brutes can farm and collect resources better and faster then all other AT. Im trying to build my dominator and slot him out but i could use a better farm character.
I was thinking Super Str and Will or Inv. im looking for something that can be powerful and effective for farming mish's solo or with one other while using IO's. i see a hundred different build guides on the front page and i frankly dont want to try the different builds out to find what works.
What say the forums?