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Sabbat

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(contracts used to be literally meaningless since you'd get 5 mins worth of grinding silver/wk)?
5 million a day. plus bonuses when the gbank gets over a certain amount, normally nets us 30mil each, each payout. So, a potential 60mil a week.
 
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Gravel

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So my only complaint about the game right now is that shit is insanely overpriced. Like, a lot of guides will say "Buy this item for 50-56." The problem is, the economy is so out of whack, that I'd never be able to afford it. What used to be $1-2M silver is now $20-25M.

As such, I'm 53 with just 91/112 AP/DP. I can't even go to the places they say to grind levels because I get my shit kicked in; because it's assumed you'll have better gear by now.
 

zombiewizardhawk

Potato del Grande
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Uhh, most stuff is actually cheaper than it used to be. Most of the grind guides are based around having better gear than 91/112, partly because you didn't used to be able to get to level 53 in 4 hours of grinding. Just grind stuff you actually can until your gear gets a bit better (+15). Gear matters more than character level anyways.
 

sakkath

Trakanon Raider
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What used to be 1m and is now 20m? There's a few things like red coral earrings which are more expensive than they used to be but most things are cheaper.
 

Gravel

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That's pretty much what I was referring to. The blue/red coral shit. It's recommended by every guide, but so far out of my price range.

Maybe I just haven't figured out a decent way to make money yet.
 

zombiewizardhawk

Potato del Grande
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What used to be 1m and is now 20m? There's a few things like red coral earrings which are more expensive than they used to be but most things are cheaper.

Red coral earrings were 15m when they first came out I think and the rings were definitely more than the 500-800k they go for now.

What class are you playing? You can make decent money farming manshas or catfish and selling the relic shards til you get your gear upgraded a bit more for mediah grinding. Also rhutums or w/e the orcs right there are.
 

Gravel

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Dark Knight.

I think I've decided against upgrading gear myself (currently have a +13 Krea weapon, and +10 blue Grunil set that I did myself). Fail stacking system seems fucking stupid. I'd rather just farm and buy what I want.

The Jarette's gear I have (2x rings and earrings) kind of seem better than the coral shit anyway, outside of not being upgradeable.
 

Gravel

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So how do these boss scrolls work? I didn't realize they had a timer on them, so now my Bheg's scroll has 6 days left. But it sounds like people end up with several? Are they just collecting them for weeks before combining (and then where are they storing all the pieces; I think Bheg's was 5 to combine)? Or are there different scrolls I'm not aware of that you can actually get daily?

I'm worried that this one will basically end up going to waste. I already fucked up and let an Imp (Giath?) scroll expire, although that was a non-awakened one. And I'm assuming the ones everyone groups for are just the Awakened versions.

Unfortunately with this game the guides I search for (which is like every 5 minutes while playing; 3 weeks in) either assume you know some of this (and I don't know what they're talking about) or do it at too basic a level. Like I just did the solo Muskan's scroll, but nothing actually tells you where to use it. I just happened to see a video when I googled the scroll which looked like an area in the Bloody Monastery I had already been. And nothing would have indicated that I could solo it (I googled the shit out of that one!).
 

zombiewizardhawk

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Every day you can either get 1 piece of an awakened scroll (which has no time limit until you combine them, so you can save up however many fragments you want before combining) or a normal scroll that has a 7 day time limit (and save up for a week or whatever and run them all at once). The awakened scrolls are a lot harder and give approximately the same rewards as doing 5 of the normal ones. I struggled quite a bit soloing the one awakened bheg I did. If you right click on the scroll it sets a waypoint on your map for where you use it.
 

Gravel

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Been playing it about a month, and man is enchanting frustrating as fuck. In the 30's on two chars for FS. Not really sure what I want to do with em yet.

Was trying to TRI my green awakening, but I'm thinking that's kind of a waste. But bosses are such a crap shoot. One, to even be on when they spawn. And two actually getting loot. I've had 3 Karanda's with 0 loot already.
 

Chimney

Trakanon Raider
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Been playing it about a month, and man is enchanting frustrating as fuck. In the 30's on two chars for FS. Not really sure what I want to do with em yet.

Was trying to TRI my green awakening, but I'm thinking that's kind of a waste. But bosses are such a crap shoot. One, to even be on when they spawn. And two actually getting loot. I've had 3 Karanda's with 0 loot already.

Enhancing is why I quit.

I was spending 1-2 billion a month on failed attempts just to afk and lifeskill it back and repeat.

As for bosses GL. I got all my auras from Karanda before ever getting a chest. Only 2 Zaka chests. Never anything from Kutum or Nouver and I did at least 2-3 of each every week for months on end.

The entire end game is just way too RNG if you want to max out.
 
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Chersk

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Enhancing is why I quit.

I was spending 1-2 billion a month on failed attempts just to afk and lifeskill it back and repeat.

As for bosses GL. I got all my auras from Karanda before ever getting a chest. Only 2 Zaka chests. Never anything from Kutum or Nouver and I did at least 2-3 of each every week for months on end.

The entire end game is just way too RNG if you want to max out.

It's really a damn shame. I like so much about the game and had a good time playing but in the end they drop the ball in way too many vital areas.
 

sakkath

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I'm up to 48 stacks trying to TRI my blue scythe but it's all good. Just pulled a Kzarka Amulet from the night vendor which is pretty good, ill look to enchanting that up soon.