LOL..this post is so funny, for one thing, if you are buying coral and silver on the broker, you're a moron...Ive never heard of anyone buying rares on the broker..youll see them for like 30 gold each-
you complain about high prices, and the contribute to problem by paying them... If you want to buy coral and silver, go to T Steppes zone, and zone in and out of different antonica zones during prime time, alot of people have them in their banks and don't even know what they are. many of these people have never seen a gold piece in their lives and would be happy to take a gold. I've personally obtained 5-6 ink components this way. Averaging 1.5 gold a piece. Set aside a day and actually go LOOK for coral, if not that day, hey try it the next day... It's not impossible, everyone in my guild has gotten their adept3's this way....
Brokering rares! ROFL! You've got to be joking
For this Ademius fellow.. Hmm..where to begin...Let me start with quoting you here
"No, my complaint is that there are players like myself who, frankly, don't have equal access to the market due to obligations outside the game. We work just as hard as those who do have access to harvest materials and/or craft them into sellable finished products or subcombines. We may even offer them at prices lower than others. But we can't devote hours and hours of time to doing nothing but keeping our stores open. That's what needs fixing."
Some people just never learn... For one, you can trade this stuff into a wholesaler and never broker anything. For another, these items you harvest in high demand(anything but shrubs and fungii) Sell like HOTCAKES, right before your eyes. Ive dumped off 3-4 stacks of each tier 3 resource in an hour.As for the lottery allusion, the majority of money comes from harvesting itsself, but you CAN win the lottery with a rare, yes.
When you harvest in Tsteppes the items you get sell for average of 3 silver a piece, at least 2 silver if you undercut everyone, belladonna, carbonite, ash, pelts, agate, gold clusters...and if you decide to broker them, it doesnt take OVER NIGHT..ive made over 30 gold on the broker and i have NEVER left my comp on overnight.
Go out and harvest all day, and fill your bags. Get a friend, go in luminary Cache in Starcrest. He assigns you wholesaler quest, 15 items, for 48 Silver. By this time your bags are full for TONS of the quests. Have your friend trade you the items the wholesaler asks for 1 at a time, in all six spots however. So in three trade windows you have another 15 items you need for quest. Rinse and repeat. WHen i empty a whole bags harvesting i usually get tons of gold.... 15 items for 48 silver, if you're out there all day filling up your bags..You'll have tons of money
That my friend is how you make money, and if you dont want to waste the time with your friend trading you items for wholesaler quest, just broker them for cheapest price. LIke i said they all sell before your eyes, but youll make less money this way..either way it's not impossible, or even HARD to make money in this game.. you just have to ask around, and try and use a little ingenuity, rather than making long winded whiny posts on messageboards....
I haven't posted on this site since I quit FF long ago i saw this thread here and had to dig up my account info and post im amazed at what im reading... I shouldn't have to post this **** on messageboards for 100s of people to see of how to make money and do things properly, you should ask around yourself, your guild, your friends, and have it done in a discreet manner...I was just too shaken up by this ridiculous complaining to keep quiet
Edited, Wed Dec 15 22:27:40 2004 by Technina