State of the Economy: Ingame

[sbvera13]

As one of the said new players, I hope that there's mid level stuff available at mid level prices. If I have to get high-end drops myself to get enough cash to start accomplishing anything then I will be one sad panda.

[Splorf22]

I wouldn't worry Gromzok. People who dupe 1M plat aren't interested in buying midlevel items. For example, as a warrior you can get:

2x Yak Clubs 9/24 750p each
Staff of Battle 31/37 1500p
Silken Whip of Ensnaring 14/28 800p
Tree Weave 25AC 15STR 800p

All easily affordable by untwinked toons by L40 if you loot a lot of words and runes.

[apio]

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

If you'd read my earlier post before jumping to conclusions and hurling insults at possibly the only person on the server who has ever given you any respect at all, which is still more respect than is due, you would have observed that no, it wasn't all removed. Once it is spent, it's impossible to undo. As I said, this went on for months, and it was as simple as cancelling a trades on a laggy connection. The simpler a dupe, the more rampant and harder to keep up with.

confirmed mad. you are the most pathetic person ive seen on this server, and i HAVE BEEN IN IB. Its a mystery to me why rogean hasnt booted you off this forum yet. Probably because your bitter tears are delicious. Can't think of any other reason.

get a life bro

[Gwence]

there was definitely duped plat, I used to get tells from about 3-5 different people at least once a day asking for raid items they could buy.

Im not talking about 1 item some dude that saved up really wanted, I'm talking about a whole list of probably ever dropable that was in game at the time..

one time I got offered 1.2 million for a cloak of flames, and 900k for a damn bloodfire haha.


in retrospect I guess I should've taken the bloodfire offer, Im sure we had extra..

anyone I've personally never had more than 50k plat and it's never affected me, I can't stand EC and the buying and selling scene. I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I am a nerd for playing EQ or any MMO, but to play only to flip items to build a bankroll leads me to believe you are RMT'ing plat, so I pretty much suspect any of the EC trolls of that.

billions might be an overstatement in terms of amount just because I think people say billions without comprehending 10^9 is a very big number, but I wouldn't doubt uthgaard when he says there has been a ton of plat duped on this server. And if the dupe was some kind of exponential gain then yea billions becomes feasible quick.

[falkun]

Originally Posted by sbvera13 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As one of the said new players, I hope that there's mid level stuff available at mid level prices. If I have to get high-end drops myself to get enough cash to start accomplishing anything then I will be one sad panda.

That's the good thing about this server. Mid level items are DIRT cheap because all the high level players have the top tier items. Mid level twinkage, the kind that will carry you to planar gear, is more easily obtainable on this server because the mid-level economy floor has fallen through. No, you won't have a Ringed Mace, but good ole' Yaks are 85+% as effective and 100x cheaper. For knights, Blood Ember and Deepwater is 500-1000pp for all slots except BP/legs. If gear actually matters to you (sorry casters), you can twink yourself out in mid-level gear for much cheaper than was possible on Live.

For instance, on Live I had a warrior main entering the 30's shortly after Kunark release. While the Yak tanked in value to 700-1000pp here, their value held up very well on Live servers, staying in the 7k-9k range for a long time. On P99, my warrior could have afforded yaks, on Live, not a chance.

[godbox]

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[Barkingturtle]

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Godbox, bro', look around. You're on the internet, and you're not looking for gonzo porn you're posting on a message board for a nostalgia-driven video game. Keep it real, holmes.

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

I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I am a nerd for playing EQ or any MMO, but to play only to flip items to build a bankroll leads me to believe you are RMT'ing plat, so I pretty much suspect any of the EC trolls of that.

Honestly I play P99 primarily for the tunnel. It's what's really unique about the server. I buy things, I sell things. I'll make a twink, level it to twenty and then I'll roll another one. That's the fun part of EQ to me, I guess. Sometimes I play EQ2 for no reason other than I like to decorate virtual inn rooms. When I want to pwn a nub I patch WoW and run around on my heirloom hunter or pally. Usually the pally, because my wife has more fun with a pocket healer. That's life. I'm thinking of downloading Star Trek Online now that it's free-to-play because I read they supply a toolbox to design your own episodic adventures for your geeky-ass friends to geek-off to.

Just sayin', there's really a lot of shades of nerd to playing EQ or any MMO.

[Wilshere]

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This.

[Bohab]

Came to p99 around early summer of 2011... started a Rogue because that's what I wanted to play. Quickly I learned this character wasn't going to meet my gear standards selling bone chips and hq bear pelts. If I wanted to gear it right and deal with this economy I had to suck it up and make a solo plat farmer.

Created a necro and progressed through lfay sisters, oot sisters, halfling guards, hill giants and now seafuries. Spent maaybe 2k on necro to reach 200int and 75k later I geared my rogue. Honestly, this did not take more than two months and that's working full time, home, wife etc.. etc... now I don't worry about money on this server because I don't have to. I worked hard and profited.

[godbox]

Godbox, bro', look around. You're on the internet, and you're not looking for gonzo porn you're posting on a message board for a nostalgia-driven video game. Keep it real, holmes.


i like your punctuation bro. keepin that shit real holmes (sherlock?)

and im not into that muppet porn crazy ass japanese