Nethergoat

sweet, count me in!

So, as I've mentioned a few times I have this experimental stalker I've played to 30 in "casual gamer" style, the goal being to see how much inf someone could earn playing inefficiently and selling drops.

I logged him in last night to move him to another day job spot and checked his market slots.

Uh oh. That stack of lowball bids I made on Gift of the Ancients + runspeed IOs had some winners.

(as often as I disparage silly RP logic around here, it's slightly embarrassing to admit that I 'RP' this stalker as being a normal guy with a sword & no superpowers- so, no travel power. He just runs everywhere. Thus his thirst for the +runspeeds)

Opening the price window was like cracking the door to Bluebeard's Closet- I knew I shouldn't, but I couldn't help myself.

The 'last 5' were in the 10,000,000 inf range.

The little Marketeer with the horns and barbed tail on my right shoulder was hopping up and down screaming FLIP THEM! FLIP THEM! And while you're at it, respec out of the ones you've already slotted and SELL THOSE TOO!

Simultaneously the little RPer in the white robe with the wings on my left shoulder was calmly saying Now, you know the rules- you made them up! No marketeering, no flipping, just selling drops!

Grrrrrrrrrr!
>:

I fixed up my fire tank by slotting knockback sets- cheap, fun and effective!
Happily he was fire/axe, so I had plenty of powers to stick them in.

I'm tempted to -rep Fulmens for doing manual labor to make his millions...


=P

Great screenshot! =D

Once you've figured out how to flip salvage, you can flip anything- the same basic rules apply whether you're flipping Ancient Bones or Apocalypse triples.

Generally, the more expensive your stock the slower the pace- it'll take you longer to get your supply, and it'll take longer to sell. But if you do it right that just means more $$$ for less work.

With 100 million in hand you've got some flexibility. I'll make my usual suggestion- poke around for high demand recipes that show 0 for sale.
Put in some bids for a bit above the 'last 5' price.
Wait.

When you've won a couple, re-list them for a LOT more than you paid.
The Buy It Nao crowd will do the rest for you. =)

Mayhem:

I'd definitely recommend waiting on any build that involves purples. I'm expecting the new mission settings to lure most/all of the farmers out of MA, resulting in a (relative) flood of purple recipes.

That's why the Goat is so loaded right now- I pulled all my purple bids, sold the recipes I was holding and am waiting to buy them back at a discount once I16 lands.

I think my favorite thing so far is seeing how many people interpret disagreeing with a bad or stupid idea as a "personal attack".

It's also interesting that I keep gathering green blocks in spite of my polarizing nature. I have more fans than detractors. Before the rep meter and its comments I'd have guessed the situation was reversed.

I feel 'rich' when I have enough to get what I want with a surplus.

This can be as little as a million or so for characters I'm just going to slot with generics.

The Goat is sitting on 800 million this morning and he doesn't feel 'rich' because there's still a buy a bunch of super expensive stuff I need to buy him.

So, it's all relative.

again, resists work 100% of the time and are entirely predictable.

from a designer standpoint, that makes them better than defense and makes them an unlikely candidate for a buff.

A blaster with tremendous defense can be defeated by one lucky hit.
A blaster with tremendous resistance cannot.

that's a good one Imoba!

=D