Money in this game

[Frostbyte]

Is crafting a must to make money in the game or can you get by without crafting and able to make moneyIs just doing quest and selling loot good enough ?

[Norrsken]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Is crafting a must to make money in the game or can you get by without crafting and able to make moneyIs just doing quest and selling loot good enough ?</blockquote>you can get money by just selling loot on the broker. the like t6 and 7 quests are ok for cash, but there ae only so many of them out ther.e

[Rokaab]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Is crafting a must to make money in the game or can you get by without crafting and able to make moneyIs just doing quest and selling loot good enough ?</blockquote><p> No, you do not need to craft to make money, it may save you a bit, but you dont need to.</p><p>For example, I'm a 70 provisioner, I havent done crafting in like months, for a while it made me some money, but then there was too much food/drink for sale on the broker and it was being sold at about fuel cost - less in some cases - therefore I decided it wasnt worth my time to make it for the broker since it would get me not a lot. Yeah, when I need food/drink I can easily make it for myself, but I certainly dont use crafting to make money. Note: some crafter classes probably do better than others for making money, but the point is that no you dont need to craft to make money.</p>

[Frostbyte]

other then crafting or harvesting what would be the best way to make money then ?

[Karlen]

Some of the best ways to make money are by harvesting for crafting raw materials and searching zones for "?"s.  In both cases, gather them up to sell them on the broker. Some harvestables and ?s are not worth much money, but there are rare versions of each which can be quite profitable.

[ParlMoebius]

Farm.  Or find a small team to regularly group with and run instances, following up by selling the loot over the broker.  Masters and legendary/fabled gear are going to be your best cash makers, but even adept 1's and trash loot can add up to a decent amount.  Learn to use the broker, without being comfortable with it, you'll find it difficult to make cash.

[Crib92]

<p>While crafting may not be your ideal way of making money it is a nice crutch to have when you really need it.  I have a 70 Jeweler and I can make a ton of money with him.  With how frequent rares drop, I make jewelery, adept 3 spells, and symbols and can generate multiple plat a day for maybe an hours worth of work.</p><p>As others have stated, ?'s, harvesting rares also work very well.  (If you just want to sell)</p>

[Drokmed]

<cite>ParlMoebius wrote:</cite><blockquote>Farm... Learn to use the broker, without being comfortable with it, you'll find it difficult to make cash.</blockquote> Ding!  Right on the money$.  Learn the broker.  Buy a crate, and setup shop, preferably in your home.  Learn to price compare, monitor what sells, keep notes. Farming/harvesting for rares is easy money.  A level 20? can farm t2 areas like commonlands/antonica for an afternoon and make a plat off the rares, but only if you know how to price them correctly on the broker...

[Frostbyte]

farming, would be like gathering, collecting, mining, harvesting, lumbering??  anything and everything ?? also including those "?"

[StoneySilen]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>farming, would be like gathering, collecting, mining, harvesting, lumbering??  anything and everything ?? also including those "?"</blockquote>yes

[Ziole]

<p>Yeah anything. Some of the raw material, depending on the tier, won't sell for much but there are some that are more expensive. For example carbonite, the T3 metal, can go up to 12 silver each, however a cluster of gold in the same tier doesn't sell if you put it for more then two coppers. It depends on how many classes use it. Carbonite is used by alot of crafting classes so it is expansive while velium is mostly only used by scholars and therefore is cheap as dirt. </p><p>You should gather all that you see so it will make room for more nodes of the type of mat you want will spawn. Plus grab and "?" or "!" you will see since some of them sell for loads and can be used for collections.</p>

[Bloodfa]

Farming can also refer to hitting an instance or particular area known for especially tasty loot.  If you and a few others regularly hit an instance that cons green to you, you can motor through it and pull some items that might garner you a few coins.

[Frostbyte]

i tend to play solo more then groups are there any solo instance that would also make good or decent money or is it just the groups instance ?

[Runestone]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>i tend to play solo more then groups are there any solo instance that would also make good or decent money or is it just the groups instance ?</blockquote><a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Solo_Instances" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Solo_Instances </a> Should be what your looking for. I have found that some of the payed instances (mini expansions) are a good way to farm a bit of extra money at lower levels. Some of the recipes and spell books sell well enough.

[Frostbyte]

how do the solo paid instance work cause it shows lvl 20-50, that a huge gap, is it set up based on the level that you entered the instance in ? and i'm assuming that lvl 20 is a good time to purchase splitpaw Forgot to ask this, does non-paid instance work the same, based on the level you enter it at ?

[Norrsken]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>how do the solo paid instance work cause it shows lvl 20-50, that a huge gap, is it set up based on the level that you entered the instance in ? and i'm assuming that lvl 20 is a good time to purchase splitpaw Forgot to ask this, does non-paid instance work the same, based on the level you enter it at ?</blockquote>all the zones in splitpaw scales from 20 to 50.

[Frostbyte]

sorry if this a really noob question but what does that mean, that the further you going is where you find the lvl 50 content ?? or if you enter at lvl 20 or 50 that the whole area will be based on the lvl you entered at

[Norrsken]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>sorry if this a really noob question but what does that mean, that the further you going is where you find the lvl 50 content ?? or if you enter at lvl 20 or 50 that the whole area will be based on the lvl you entered at</blockquote>the whole zone will scale yto the level you are when you enter.

[Mighty Melvor]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>other then crafting or harvesting what would be the best way to make money then ?</blockquote><p>While crafting is not necessary, I would strongly suggest harvesting.  Even if you never touch a crafting station, the raws and rares you obtain can be a nice source of income.  Also, don't forget those shineys '?' you pick up along the way.  Some are worth plat!</p><p>First investment I would get would be some nice salesman's crates for your house.  This will allow you to bypass the broker fee and also allow you to store more items in your home. </p>

[Frostbyte]

what are shiney's?? and when i played in the past you had to remain logged in to sell stuff from your house is that still the case? how does it work selling items from your house?  where can you get this salesman crate, i remember having a billboard of some sort?

[Norrsken]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>what are shiney's?? and when i played in the past you had to remain logged in to sell stuff from your house is that still the case? how does it work selling items from your house?  where can you get this salesman crate, i remember having a billboard of some sort?</blockquote>you buy the salesmans crates from other players, either directly or from the broker. you put the crate in your billboard, right click it, and place. Put it where its easy to spot in your room. Voila, you are now selling from your room. Well, everything in that box you are.

[Kellin]

<p>Shinys are the question mark items you see glowing on the ground.  Glowing shiny ball with "?" over it.  Bones, butterflies, beetles, moths, etc.</p>

[Frostbyte]

so no need to remain logged in to sell stuff ?

[Frostbyte]

<cite>Kellin wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Shinys are the question mark items you see glowing on the ground.  Glowing shiny ball with "?" over it.  Bones, butterflies, beetles, moths, etc.</p></blockquote>So those things actually sell for a lot ??

[Runestone]

Some of them sell for a tidy sum, yes.

[Lightfoot]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Kellin wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Shinys are the question mark items you see glowing on the ground.  Glowing shiny ball with "?" over it.  Bones, butterflies, beetles, moths, etc.</p></blockquote>So those things actually sell for a lot ?? </blockquote>I've made 105 plat in about 2.5 months just selling shinies. Haven't got much of that left in the bank though after buying my chars horses etc. <img src="/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[FahlenCryptwalk]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>so no need to remain logged in to sell stuff ?</blockquote> Nope, no need to stay logged in anymore, the broker does all the work for you. You just have to login at least once every 7 days to keep your items up for sale.

[Zcore24]

Wylder@Permafrost wrote: <blockquote><cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>so no need to remain logged in to sell stuff ?</blockquote> Nope, no need to stay logged in anymore, the broker does all the work for you. You just have to login at least once every 7 days to keep your items up for sale. </blockquote> You will need to log in every 2 days if on one of the affected servers per this post <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=376211" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=376211</a>

[Leatherneck]

<cite>frostbyte211 wrote:</cite><blockquote>how do the solo paid instance work cause it shows lvl 20-50, that a huge gap, is it set up based on the level that you entered the instance in ?<span style="color: #0000ff"> Yes</span> and i'm assuming that lvl 20 is a good time to purchase splitpaw <span style="color: #0000ff">Yes </span> Forgot to ask this, does non-paid instance work the same, based on the level you enter it at ? <span style="color: #0000ff">Yes</span></blockquote>

[Yrr]

The very best way to make some money is to play the broker game <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. You need to watch prices and buy if someone made a mistake. Then you can sell for normal prices. Very good way to make money, because there are a lot of mistakes out there that just need to be found by you <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. Thats what i do if i need money because my Defiler cant farm those instances. (not in a reasonable amount of time <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />)

[Argul]

Farm Living Tombs (its in Sinking Sands). I can blow up the entire place in like 30 minutes. Real farmers (plat sellers) are always there of course, but they take so [Removed for Content] long to kill a mob you can just blow right past them.

[Frostbyte]

Thanks for the advice everyone, i did the whole collecting shineys, most stuff doesn't sell for much, but i found a couple of butterflies and made 23g of both of them, this was just with an hour playing