Aclhemist And Sales.. A Myth?

[Erieg]

<p>Hi all, I am looking for some advice. I have a level 70 Alchemist and I seem to not know what I am doing when it comes to making some money. I make combat arts for my guild but that costs me money due to the fact that I pay for the fuel so to try to recoup some money I have been trying to sell potions. After going through my book and the broker I decided that tatics and second sight were good candatites. I also mades some thorns, piety & fortitude for the heck of it. Tatics sells great but nothing else seems to. I am making the potions master crafted though.</p><p>Does anybody have any advice as to what sells? I don't want to get rich, I would just like to be able to support things like personal potion use... [Removed for Content] I sound like a drug dealer. After spending the time to level the alchy to 70 and a jeweler to 70 I find it strange that it seems sorta pointless. I guess I just suck at the broker. Maybe I should just harvest. Thats what my wife does and she IS getting rich.</p>

[Lortet]

<p>Go to the broker- set up advanced search to search for various fighter spells - eg masters for various level ranges - you will find that certain ones are common and not particularly pricey, others are very rare and very expensive. I would suggest making a few AD3's for the ones that are v expensive and putting them up for sale,</p><p>Might be worth checking out the old standards like "rescue" to see if they are available on your server as well.</p>

[Talz]

The short answer is make what other people aren't.

[KerowynnKaotic]

<cite>Erieg wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Hi all, I am looking for some advice. I have a level 70 Alchemist and I seem to not know what I am doing when it comes to making some money. I make combat arts for my guild <b>but that costs me money due to the fact that I pay for the fuel </b>*snipped*</p></blockquote><p>Here's a thought .. <b><u>stop</u></b> paying for the fuel.   The Guildie should pay for the fuel even if they provide the Rare and don't "tip" for the raws.  </p><p>Second, sell the Resist Rare potions.  These are needed on raids and therefore better sellers than your potions geared towards groups/solo/etc... </p><p>Double check the prices on your server's Bloodline & Heritage spells.  Generally all Alchemists buy their Adv. Recipes but not all of them buy the Bloodlines or all the "Teachings of": recipes. </p><p>Stock up on supplies to your chosen tiers and /lvlchat "lvl 70 Alch looking for work!  I work for Fuel+Tip & you supply the Rare."  </p>

[hun_gover]

Spells:  Look for spells not on brokerPoisons:Caustic is by far the most used  damage poison.  Vitality breach may be worth a try for soloers.Gracefulness is widest used Debuff poison, after all Scouts use it, the're by and large gonna debuff their own attack type first, then try Enfeebling.PotionsSecond Sight/Tactics most popular utility poisons.  Transcendance worth ago, as would be all the stat ones.Cures PotionsMC and GM are bought in high numbers for some players in some guilds.  Try Nox, Arcane, and Trauma, dont bother with Elemental.Dont bother with the Reprieves, dont know any mob where you need the Ward potion and they dont really sell.

[Haapy]

Also, do not forget to look into lower tiers, I make FAR more off T2-T4 than off T7 (seems most tradeskillers forget about those once they hit higher levels). Will be especially true once RoK hits <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Mystfit]

It is good you are there for your guild, BUT, barring unusual circumstances, I ask for fuel costs. Or stacks of raws at the least to tuck into my pockets. My alhemist makes most of her coin with GM sales. There is decent sales with MC, it's just not as dramatic. Hopefully, when you make those adepts for your guildies, you are at least keeping the dusts to make the better potions.

[Erieg]

Thanks for all the replys! I didn't even think about the lower tiers. I did try to make adept IIIs but ran into a huge issue... It was right at the time that they allowed all charactors to sell at the same time and the rare loams plumeted in price. ouch.

[Sunlei]

<p> make for the lower lvls too. Many times I go to the broker for potions for my less than 70 lvls, even 30 lvl or 20 and there are NONE for sale. or the price is insane for something that can be made 10 at a time. and only lasts for 2 mins to 10 mins.</p><p>Damage shields, +Intell. buff(not wisdom), health regens and large single heals, disease cure, bonus to crits. I use a lot of those, tons. </p><p>and please try to get the crafting dev. to make better durations, shorter recast timers, and have more potions that will stack with each other. The way potions are now is way over restricted for what they do. That would improve your sales too <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Terron]

My alcy has made more money selling copies of Devastation Fist than anything else she has made. She is only level 58 though,

[Paddyo]

<p>The key for me, making money on my alchemist, is to keep the cost of scintillating dust down as much as possible.  The investment I have in scintillating dust allows me to sell any poisons or potions I make cheaper than, well, anyone is selling them and then some.  Generally speaking, I can make a nice profit selling a grandmaster poison or potion at 1 gold.  since the market seems to be around 2 gold, I have a TON of leeway in pricing so I put them up, and they are usually gone in a day.  </p><p>Also, dont make a ton of anything.  If you keep yourself to one or 2 stacks of each type, you encourage people who want to price stuff higher not to try and undercut you right away.  If they see 20 grandmaster caustic up for 1 gold 50 and they have theirs up for 2 gold 20, they generally will wait for you to sell out rather than pricecut, riding out the time it takes and keeping their profit up.  However, the key to this is, as I said, you have to be able to have as little as possible invested in the scintillating dust.  </p><p>I personally have never made a fighter art for sales purposes.  I got into alchemy to make posion and potions, and the fighter stuff, for me, is just gravy (or a pain in the tail, when guildies start leveling fighter alts and want one of every T2 combat art for their class gratis).  I suppose if you forage loams and craft arts and then get 2 free dusts off each art you are probably able to price under absolutely anyone.  </p>

[zaneluke]

<cite>Paddyo wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Also, dont make a ton of anything.  If you keep yourself to one or 2 stacks of each type, you encourage people who want to price stuff higher not to try and undercut you right away.  If they see 20 grandmaster caustic up for 1 gold 50 and they have theirs up for 2 gold 20, they generally will wait for you to sell out rather than pricecut, riding out the time it takes and keeping their profit up.  However, the key to this is, as I said, you have to be able to have as little as possible invested in the scintillating dust.  </p></blockquote>Very very good post. I have also found that if i put stuff up in "small" amounts people are less likely to undercut you.

[Oceaarea]

<cite>Oakbark@Splitpaw wrote:</cite><blockquote>Spells:  Look for spells not on brokerPoisons:Caustic is by far the most used  damage poison.  Vitality breach may be worth a try for soloers.Gracefulness is widest used Debuff poison, after all Scouts use it, the're by and large gonna debuff their own attack type first, then try Enfeebling.PotionsSecond Sight/Tactics most popular utility poisons.  Transcendance worth ago, as would be all the stat ones.Cures PotionsMC and GM are bought in high numbers for some players in some guilds.  Try Nox, Arcane, and Trauma, dont bother with Elemental.Dont bother with the Reprieves, dont know any mob where you need the Ward potion and they dont really sell.</blockquote> I would agree with this completely ... as a 70 Alchemist I make up to 8-10p / day on occasion..average around 2-4p/day, and I sell all the MC for 3-4g/ea.(t7's).  Arcane Reprieve seems to be the only well selling reprieve. and ALL the Stat enhancers, especially Fortitude do very well.     As with any of these types of questions however, it depends on server.one more word of advise. When you reach 70, do the quest that allows you to convert a lower tier dust to a higher one. Scintillating Dust(on Venekor) goes for 8-10g...where as Lambent goes for less than 1 and takes 2lambent to make Scint. So as you can see your profit margin will be  much higher by converting.Good luck.

[Thunderthyze]

<cite>Erieg wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Hi all, I am looking for some advice. I have a level 70 Alchemist and I seem to not know what I am doing when it comes to making some money. I make combat arts for my guild but that costs me money due to the fact that I pay for the fuel so to try to recoup some money I have been trying to sell potions. After going through my book and the broker I decided that tatics and second sight were good candatites. I also mades some thorns, piety & fortitude for the heck of it. Tatics sells great but nothing else seems to. I am making the potions master crafted though.</p><p>Does anybody have any advice as to what sells? I don't want to get rich, I would just like to be able to support things like personal potion use... [I cannot control my vocabulary] I sound like a drug dealer. After spending the time to level the alchy to 70 and a jeweler to 70 I find it strange that it seems sorta pointless. I guess I just suck at the broker. Maybe I should just harvest. Thats what my wife does and she IS getting rich.</p></blockquote>We all know the "secret" and we're all insanely rich......you think we're going to tell YOU?!? <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />

[Verky]

<cite>khameleon wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Oakbark@Splitpaw wrote:</cite><blockquote>Spells:  Look for spells not on brokerPoisons:Caustic is by far the most used  damage poison.  Vitality breach may be worth a try for soloers.Gracefulness is widest used Debuff poison, after all Scouts use it, the're by and large gonna debuff their own attack type first, then try Enfeebling.PotionsSecond Sight/Tactics most popular utility poisons.  Transcendance worth ago, as would be all the stat ones.Cures PotionsMC and GM are bought in high numbers for some players in some guilds.  Try Nox, Arcane, and Trauma, dont bother with Elemental.Dont bother with the Reprieves, dont know any mob where you need the Ward potion and they dont really sell.</blockquote> I would agree with this completely ... as a 70 Alchemist I make up to 8-10p / day on occasion..average around 2-4p/day, and I sell all the MC for 3-4g/ea.(t7's).  Arcane Reprieve seems to be the only well selling reprieve. and ALL the Stat enhancers, especially Fortitude do very well.     As with any of these types of questions however, it depends on server.<span style="font-size: small;color: #ff0033;"><b>one more word of advise. When you reach 70, do the quest that allows you to convert a lower tier dust to a higher one. </b></span>Scintillating Dust(on Venekor) goes for 8-10g...where as Lambent goes for less than 1 and takes 2lambent to make Scint. So as you can see your profit margin will be  much higher by converting.Good luck.</blockquote>What quest is this? And where does it start for Qeynos Alchemist?

[Calthine]

<cite>Haly@Crushbone wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>What quest is this? And where does it start for Qeynos Alchemist?</blockquote><a href="http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?eq2quest=3770" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A bit of Fire, a bit of Ice</a>

[wolfIII]

<p>Adornments can be profitable.  What sells best for me is lambent and scintillating prismatic applique, lambent epiphanic polish and lambent rugged polish.  you won't get wealthy on them but it pays the bills.  I also do ok on masters cures, all of them sell except elemental.  Don't waste powders on grandmaster cures tho because masters will work on every mob currently in game.</p><p>As far as spells go, the hardest masters to find in this expansion are level 60 spells and in t6 the "ancient Teachings" spells so when I get rares I make adept 3's in those levels.  You get faster turnover than just speculating on all spells.  On this server there is a lot of competition in grandmaster potions and poisons so I stay away from those.  I usually need all the powders i can get just to keep my raid mains going anyway.</p><p>GL tho, Alchys are a good tradeskill to have.</p>