Casual Ebil Achieved!

Hi there, I'm McNum, and I used to hate the market. It was a dark, unfair place where few rich players were out to grief the little guy. In this case "little guy" meaning me and "grief" mean price stuff higher than I had ever seen Inf. I was an annoying little whiner, in other words. That is, until last October.

Last October, I cautiously approached the scary place that is the Market Forum. For I had a pile of Merits, but no clue what to do. As I said back then, I felt like a Dachshund who had caught a car. Great, but now what? You were all very helpful, and thanks to your advice, I got my pile of Merits turned into some three hundred million Inf, causing me to dream of IO'd characters and a billion Inf. I worked slowly on it, playing market casually until I19 hit and I dusted off my old favorite: Aegis Rose, Forcefield Defender. She was running all SOs (and a couple of HOs), so it was time to put what I learned earlier to the test. One month later and I posted a genuine thank you note as what you had taught me had allowed me to not just fully IO out my Defender, but doing so at a profit. Something I would have considered impossible a year ago.

In that thread I may also have said this:

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I could probably start aiming for the cap, just to post a monocle and top hat picture.

Well... A promise is a promise.


(I should probably apologize for the size of the image, but somehow I find it fitting that it's that big.)

I did it. I actually pulled it off. I am a double Inf billionaire! Woo!

It was a silly goal that I honestly didn't think I could do, mainly because I like the market, but I am a pretty casual marketeer. Not spending more than 10 minutes on average when I log in, which isn't even daily, yet I did it.

So thanks guys! Special shout out to Fulmens and Eric Nelson who gave me the advice that sparked this mad idea and Fury Flechette's "A simple illustrated guide to make inf" guide. It works, I can testify to that. The tip on putting stuff up for sale below market price to sell faster is awesome.

Also, to answer my own question from a little over a week ago, This is what happens when you hit the Inf cap:



So I think all that's left to say now is this:
"Hi, I'm McNum, a casually EBIL marketeer!"

So... now what do I do? Mad spending spree? Do it again? Teach others to do it?

Congrats.

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Congrats!

What to do? Well, you might start looking at what would be a dream build for your favorite character or for a new character, or just decent builds for several characters. Since you're marketing so casually I'd just keep doing that, the next billion will come before you even know it. I use the money I make to outfit my various characters with the best builds I can come up with... but I have to market more aggressively to manage my recent builds. ^_^ (I spent something like 3 billion just on Friday -- on two Panaceas and an Apocalpyse, although I overpaid a bit as it turns out).

Congratulations on the cap. And the top hat and monocle, too

Once you've inf capped your first toon, the second takes less effort. Significantly less effort.

So far as decking out another of your alts with IO's, I'd personally suggest only doing that if you actually enjoy the process of coming up with the build and implementing it.

I hate the faff on involved in the whole process, so I've IO'd the grand total of one of my toons properly, and he's my Stone/Fire scranker who's now effectively immune to normal content (by my definition of being able to survive aggro capped Carnival of Shadows indefinitely with no end or health problems).

Congrats. It really is nice to see someone pipe up now and again about making towering piles of money in the game without doing any of the things that sometimes people claim must be the only way such things are possible.

Gratz!

Nice achievment, great picture, and an even better story - Full Points!


Cheers,
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Well, the first thing I did was frivolous spending. I bought my last Incarnate slot. You know, because I could. Lore Unlocked! 50 million Inf out the window, then I claimed my other sale, and I was back at the cap.

Is it normal to end up with a twisted sense of Inf from doing this? I used to be a penny pusher, thinking 10 million as a lot, now I can lose 20 million in a typo and just laugh it off. Or spotting a cheap recipe/expensive IO combination and just throwing 100 million at it in a blink of an eye knowing that it'll come back threefold or better?

Also, just for the record, I hit the cap without ever holding a purple recipe. They just don't drop for me, ever. I considered flipping some, but decided against it since I had a niche or two that were slow but steady profit and was happy with that. I also didn't farm, don't like doing that. Plus, you know, Forcefield/Energy Defenders don't farm that well. I did, however, handle several of the good stuff IOs, like Numinas, LotGs, and Miracles.

But yeah, you're probably right. I should keep on doing it, I'm not going to burn my Inf in a giant fire pit, though. I got several characters that could use a boost for IOs so that comes first. Plus helping out friends and SG mates find the IOs they want at a good price.

Yet... I still find purples to be overpriced for what they do. Not that I'd be asking less myself if I actually got a drop, of course.

But! We've already got the firepit!

Note to self: get someone to make firepit for Freedom base.

Good work
Now bid the 2bil on a level 53 IO to keep it safe and start working on your next 2 bil

Congratulations!!

Sorry, that's kind of a Market forums inside joke. I can't find the post, but one poster who's rather notorious on the forums once made the claim that "95% of the playerbase can't afford SOs at level 50". I was commenting that you are now in the top 5% that can afford SOs.

Sadly, yes. Here's the post in case you're curious:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...97#post3250297

I, too, was beaten to the punch.

But I found it from 23x's thread where he offered to give 5.7 million inf to anyone who asked.

Ah,good times.

Outfit all your characters with SOs? That's unpossible!