Tips for keeping your head above water financially in Project1999.

[Bleezar]

Originally Posted by Tecmos Deception [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's really pretty hard for a caster to be so strapped for cash that he can't afford all of his essential spells, imo, even if you don't sell stuff to players. At low levels you just hunt humanoids/skeletons and vendor the armor/weapon/bag drops that aren't upgrades. Most casters can kill wisps at 12 (some sooner) even without any twinking, and you can make hundreds of pp in the course of killing wisps for a few levels, which buys essential spells into the 20s or even 30s... and by that point casters can be killing guards and vendoring fine steel left and right.

You're not gonna get rich doing this, but it is an easy general route to follow to make enough money to get you by while also earning xp. I don't know enough about leveling melees legit to be able to talk about them, however. I also never really bothered to focus on making pp for buying gear while leveling first characters on a server, since they were always casters, so I don't have a list of go-to camps to make more significant PP other than just checking out typical camps like GBS or goblin earrings or fishbone earring or goblin gazughi ring or something.

Not trying to get rich. Just trying to get by. Thanks for your information. I found it pretty helpful to my situation.

[kotton05]

HHK guards is how I started my bank roll

[Cippofra]

To make it short, the fastest way to make money is to level.
Selling standard loot and stuff like HQ bear skins is more than enough to pay for the spells you need. And some +3 INT/WIS item isn't going to make a difference in your gameplay. So just level up.

[August]

When I was a true noob I rolled an enc and I fell into the same problem. I couldn't afford my level 16, 20, or 24 spells.

I had to just buy the ones I absolutely needed. All I can say is as you level up the rewards get better and then you can go back (or not) and buy those miscellaneous spells. For instance - I didn't buy a single illusion spell until 44? I think. Of course, who needs an illusion when you're already playing the master race: Gnome.

[fohkure]

fuck wood elves, big platinum

[Sarius]

Best method for PP is to roll a caster first because they are not gear dependent. Druid would probably be best for early solo ability and port whoring later.

[Beaniron]

How hard is it for a Paladin to solo Hill Giants at, say, level 40?

[Odeseus]

It really all depends on your level. If you are in the teens, maybe Kurns farming bone chips would work. Blackburrow is decent, as if you turn in the fangs you will get xp, faction and I think the reward vendors for a few gold a pop. Plus you have a chance for weapons and other such things off gnolls (humanoid). 20's you can go to SK. Aviaks and gnolls drop a few gold a piece, bronze weapons. Gnolls also have a chance of dropping whips, which can sell for a little plat to a pet class each. Also nice because there is a vendor at the top of the Aviak birdhouse.

Plus these places are decent xp to boot if you're the right level.

[Vexenu]

Originally Posted by Beaniron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How hard is it for a Paladin to solo Hill Giants at, say, level 40?

To the extent that it's possible at all it would be extremely, extremely inefficient. You would be using basically your entire health and mana bar on each kill and would have to sit around and med/heal up for awhile afterward. In contrast, a 50+ Necro can root rot 4-5 HGs at a time and regen their full mana bar by the time they re-pop and can keep up that kill rate indefinitely.

As a 40 Paladin you'd be much better off putting together dungeon groups in Guk and Sol B and getting some drops you can sell in EC. You have to play to the strengths of your class. As a Paladin you won't be good at farming plat, but you have the advantage of being a tank on a server that is starved for them. That puts you in a prime position to form dungeon groups where you can have have direct access to item drops instead of having to farm money to buy them in EC.

[Beaniron]

Originally Posted by Vexenu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

To the extent that it's possible at all it would be extremely, extremely inefficient. You would be using basically your entire health and mana bar on each kill and would have to sit around and med/heal up for awhile afterward. In contrast, a 50+ Necro can root rot 4-5 HGs at a time and regen their full mana bar by the time they re-pop and can keep up that kill rate indefinitely.

As a 40 Paladin you'd be much better off putting together dungeon groups in Guk and Sol B and getting some drops you can sell in EC. You have to play to the strengths of your class. As a Paladin you won't be good at farming plat, but you have the advantage of being a tank on a server that is starved for them. That puts you in a prime position to form dungeon groups where you can have have direct access to item drops instead of having to farm money to buy them in EC.

I suppose I can always kill Highpass guards later. Will I be more efficient at killing hill giants at 50ish?

And I thought this server was starved for healers, not tanks. I see plenty of SK's and Warriors around, but hardly any Clerics.