A couple of notes:
Bosses/EBs give much better Inf/Experience rewards than other mobs. An EB can gives more inf than mission completion. Bosses are VERY worth sticking around for after a mission ends if you can take them safely. (most frequent is when a Freak Tank Rezes himself after mission end). The same goes for hunting. A blue Boss will probably get you more than a yellow minion so don't be afraid to go after them.
Personally I have found IOs to be more expensive than TOs/IOs plus they give less bonus than an SO until 30-35.
Do your own story arcs and get the Reward Merits. Do a reward turn in (preferably 30+) and if you get lucky you can have enough money to outfit all your characters (gotten as much as 120 million off 1 recipie).
Any salvage that sells for a very high amount (luck charms) you should hold onto a few of instead of selling all of them. Last thing you want is to have to buy them back.
If you need money you can easily buy Salvage/Recipies from the market at rates below the Store rates then sell them to the Store. This can be a good way to raise cash, especially during events/after new releases when the market gets flooded with items and few buyers.
Get the Crey Employee/Intern Day badge so you get a Tier 3 inspiration after each mission, then sell them at market. Even a low level character can make a killing like that.
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lol totally rating up for the necro. Smooth, Ultra_Violence.
Even though there are players that like this gude I felt the need to update it for I9. And I will try to give advice for those that want to gain the influence for their costume pieces that they need.
This guide is for everyone.
1.) Sell all enchancements that you cannot use. Sell all invention salvage and recipes until level 12. If you want a certain costume piece then only buy the normal enhancements like TO's, DO's and SO's (depending on the level of toon you are playing) until you either get the costume piece in a drop or buy it.
2.) Before selling check the price for the recipes and salvage at the stores and then go to the market to see if you can get a better price at the market or the store.
3.) Do not buy to keep all of your enhancements green. Now you can use common IO's to save on your influence. You can use level 15's and wait to replace them with level 25's
4.) Change your enhancements every five levels. You can either chose to do so at levels like 13,18, 23, ...etc, or you can chose levels 12,17, 22, ...etc. This only is true for the normal enhancements (TO"s, DO's, and SO"s).
5.) Sell enhancements at the proper stores. Sell as soon as you get a full tray unless you are on a team or on a timed mission. Avoid deleting, the reason is because almost every time I have deleted a TO to open room for a DO or SO I have gotten a TO of lesser value. Avoid deleting anything if possible, this includes invention salvage and recipes.
6.) Exemplar out of sg/vg mode if possible. Now with I9 you may not need to do much exemplaring. I have goten some good influence streetsweeping in the pvp zones, from the drops I got.
7.) Do lower level tasks forces out of sg/vg mode if possible.
With I9 you may not need to do this, because the salvage and the recipes that you will be getting will sell for a lot of inf either at the market or the stores.
8.) Play one level in sg/vg mode and one level out, starting at level 25 where you start losing influence if possible. This may not be needed as much with I9. You maybe able to play in sg/vg mode all of the time.
9.) Use enhancements from drops.
10.) Leave the mission as soon as you have completed it. Do not stick around to clean up the rest of enemies left. Usually the amount of enemies left are worth less then the mission bonus. You are trying to get as many mission bonuses per level as possible. Remember if you do run out of content concerning story arcs, then do safeguard missions to cover the gap. I will make this one optional if you want to mop up everthing then go ahead, because defeating those extra enemies may give you a rare invention salvage drop that could net you millions.
11.) Do not frequently change your difficulty settings. Optional due to I9.
12.) Do not frequently change your costumes. Optional due to I9
13.) You maybe wondering when do I use set IO's? The only thing I can say that is dependant on if you need a costume recipe or not. If you do then you can wait to use IO's until you have the costume piece that you need. As far as level wise I cannot help you with that answer. Because this guide is not for that.
Using most of these suggestions I have mentioned above, my main in my sig has his dragon wings (for concept) and has over 10 mil inf.
If I have missed anything please feel free to add to my suggestions.
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