Patience is the ULTIMATE VIRTUE
By
Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-05-29 17:09 in The Market and Inventions
Quote:
Some of the uniques did go down from 150 mil to 50 mil, but some of them are now back up to 200 mil, esp. LotG+Recharge. Guess people can't wait 10 days to use AMerits if they want 5 of them NAO.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
This was, of course, right before Amerits crashed the market.
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Just something I observed.
I have a companion that plays a single character only - they've tried one alt, and they weren't "feelin' it", so they switched back. They've been playing for less than six months.
While I'm not what I would call "rich", I'm "comfortable", and can equip my veritable army of alts with "pretty good" gear - Miracle and Numina uniques, Luck of the Gambler +7.5%, and Invention IOs.
Over the last 2-3 months, the character's progressed from having no "extras" in their power window, to having a fairly long list of benefits - all from cashing in Hero Merits. They'll do their five tips a day - which is about all they have time to play, anyway - and every 2 days, rack up a Hero Merit, and buy themselves something. So they feel they're doing "alright".
I inquired how this person was doing for money - and / or what they were doing for money. They replied that it was "kinda silly", which made me even more interested.
"Well, I've found, on the market, if I bid about 50 K for a level 50 recipe, it'll fill eventually, and then I can sell them to a vendor for about 90 K."
Yeah, I said. I call those "garbage runs", and nearly every marketeer has done them at some point. (They're also terribly time-consuming, but I didn't feel like mentioning that to them and spoiling their fun.) Hey, no risk, guaranteed returns, sounds great. So, how much have you made from these runs, I ask? What's your nest egg?
...they've saved up 300 million inf. From garbage runs. They've never bought anything (or "anything major"). Just "saving up" - in fact, they even said, "I just find it's easy - I put in my bid when I'm done for the night, and by the next day, they're full." And they still get a juicy IO every 2-4 days with Hero Merits.
So, for those who say money is hard to come by, and the IOs you want aren't available? I have to agree with the Goat - Patience pays.
Edit - Note that I'm not saying this causal player was "rich". I'm saying at a very casual basis, they're slowly assembling a nice build, and the cash to buy themselves (essentially) whatever they want.