[Next Message in Time] |
[Previous Message in Time] |
[Next Message in Topic] |
[Previous Message in Topic]
Message ID: 1009
Date: Tue Jul 6 14:27:48 BST 1999
Author: Synzzz
Subject: Re: Money money money, hehe
----- Original Message -----
From: LKW <leekw13@...>
To: <sg-everquest@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [sg-everquest] Money money money, hehe
> From: LKW <leekw13@...>
>
> Hehe no lah, just trying to suggest to u guys to throw in 5-8pp on brewing
> 1st rather than spending on other stuffs. The princple is actually very
> straigh forward - buy a chicken or 5 eggs 1st. If u buy 5 eggs, u can
> either eat them up (spend on items) or hatch them for chickens (buy
scrolls
> and use them to hunt for money, but take longer time at ya lvl, imagine
> the time & money u need to spend to keep the chickens, hehe).
> Alternatively, u can buy a chicken (train ya brewing) and let it lay eggs
> (money). In the short run, spending money on eggs more shiok, in the med
> run, spending on chicken is more practical. In the long run, ultimately
> both achieve the same result, hahaha.
>
> Nice chicken and egg theory huh, LOL ;)
>
> Just a comparison. U spend 4 night hunting earning 40pp. H/w, u can also
> spend 5-8pp to max brewing to 135 in 2 hrs, and another 2 hrs to make
20pp.
> So first night u make 20pp plus max skill. Just spend another 3 nights
of
> 4 hrs u can get 140pp (MIN) in total easily, hehe. At this rate u can
earn
> a FBR in 1 week. This remind me of my UO kakis Asmandi Dragon who used to
> spend 1 whole week just chopping tree making wooden shields and sell to
npc
> in order to buy his 2-storey house, hehe.
>
> I hope this msg will motivate u guys to pick up brewing, it's really worth
> spending time and effort. Of coz, I dun expect u to brew for 4 whole day,
> I myself brew 2 hrs also bu ta han liao. With brewing skill, rather than
> hunting desperately for $ (which can be a pain when u face a whole camp of
> stealers or no one wanna team with u), u can actually spend 1 hr daily
> brewing to give yaself some stable source of money.
>
> Leshrec got a good point on buying scrolls. For the 1st 2 cycles, I try
to
> buy all scrolls only to find out that I only used 2-3 at most. In the end
> I spend so much money on useless scrolls. When I come to 3rd circle
> spells, I seek Leshrec's advice on which scrolls to buy (since we both
wiz,
> it's nice to have someone ahead of u sometime to share with u his
> experience, hehe). Coming to 4th circle I more or less know wat kinda
> spell is impt for wiz. Lvl 5 there is more useful spells, so I buy more
> scrolls. With the help of my brewing, I already got all the wanted
scrolls
> for my lvl 20 (all gate, dd and armor spells except instill which I heard
> need research?), and still saving for my Gossmer Robe or FBR.
>
> Btw, if u can, try to get the dimension bag scroll 1st. This is a VERY
> useful spells for low str caster coz this summoned bag can carry stuffs at
> weightless(?)! The only thing u need to remember is to empty them b4 u
log
> since they will disappear when u log. At high lvl, u will loot stuffs
like
> bronze weap and ring/rawhide armors which r pretty heavy. So this bag
will
> come in VERY handy. U can even sell it to non-magi for some money if they
> intend to camp at wulu wulu place w/o merchants & bank! Since magi can
> summon bandage, u guys got the cheapest mean to train bind wound, which is
> a very nice skills to have when soloing with a pet.
>
> One 'mis'-concept abt binding is tat many casters take it as a source of
> income, but frankly speaking I only take it as a utility spells. I never
> bother to offer bind for a fee unless I'm in good mood or I'm abt to log -
> for free. Of coz donation welcome. So far I heard the max amt pple
> willing to pay is 1pp, and so far I leave it to other to give me as a
> donation - max 5gp so far, hehe. The power of binding cannot be measure
> via monetary term. It's one of the most useful spells casters have, not
as
> a trade but as the ability to adventure. Comparing with the tank who cant
> bind, we casters are so fortunate that we dun have to spend time running
> all the way to our corpse. U r right that lvl shld come first b4 money,
> esp when u r below lvl 16. Dun complain too much abt lousy loot. We used
> to hunt caimen and croc at oasis and the best loot on them is a piece of
> meat tat we can sell for 7cp, hahaha. Most of the pple dun even bother to
> pick them up. Only poor wiz like me go around picking the rubbish, hehe.
>
> I'm also picking up smithy slowly now, after spending 20 skill point on
it.
> H/w, when camping at HH I'm now having problems buying sharpening stone.
> Anyone know where can I get that in HH? Does HH got a bank?
>
>
> Ziltus
>
>
> On Monday, 05 July, 1999 1:07 PM, Leshrec [SMTP:leshrec@...]
> wrote:
> > From: "Leshrec" <leshrec@...>
> >
> > My suggestions on buying spell. Usually, unless i have money to burn, I
> just
> > buy the required spells. For me its usually 3 spells per spell circle
> since
> > most of the other spells are useless. I only buy the rest of the spells
> when
> > I'm a circle higher since I like to have a full spellbook ) I don't
> really
> > know about magicians since I never played one, but I think a DD spell
and
> a
> > Water E summoning spell at each circle would be best if yer trying to
> > economise since u never know when a person is gonna sell a much needed
> armor
> > piece or weapon. Of course, maybe there are other spells a magician
need,
> > but as I said I don't know. As for trade, once you get to about level
20,
> I
> > think its much more profitable to do dungeons such as Unrest. Each mob
> there
> > holds 1pp so in a group of 6, getting 20 pp is no problem within about
> 1-2
> > hours since lotsa mobs there.. Of course trade skills like blacksmithy
> > surely gonna be damn profitable in long run since can make a few hundred
> pp
> > in an hour, but thats gonna be a long time before you can start
> attempting
> > on it (heard cost price very high).
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Synzzz <hannibal@...>
> > To: sg-everquest@onelist.com <sg-everquest@onelist.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 12:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [sg-everquest] Money money money, hehe
> >
> >
> > >From: "Synzzz" <hannibal@...>
> > >
> > >Hey Ziltus,
> > >
> > >Wah lau, don't make it sound like we're begging for money leh.
> > >I know I complained i'm broke but i didn't say I wanted you guys
> > >to give me any :P Donations are always accepted lah of course
> > >but the key thing, i believe, is that I don't go around hoping for them
> > >or asking you guys for any.
> > >
> > >It's just that i spent 3 whole nights making 40+ pp from hunting? And i
> > >spent
> > >them all on my lvl8 spells which cost 3pp 9gp 8scp per spell.
> > >I'm almost lvl 11 and i'm just thinking at this rate...when i hit lvl
12
> > and
> > >buy those new spells at 5-6pp each...i need at least another 60pp??
> Wah..
> > >siong man
> > >
> > >I did hear of the brewing thing...just that when first heard of
it...was
> > not
> > >very
> > >sure of the details...but i guess now i probably would try.
> > >
> > >One more thing is that in my area where i've been hunting of late...you
> get
> > >better exp
> > >but only shitty bones for loot. (Mummies, skeletons,chessboard Skel
> Pawns,
> > >etc...)
> > >So i had to choose between levelling and making money. I chose
levelling
> > cos
> > >i want to hit lvl 12 faster...the bind affinity spell i thought can use
> to
> > >make some money!
> > >Alot of ppl are willing to pay 1pp at least for a bind somewhere. Best
> > >man...if got 20 ppl
> > >in one night...20pp liaoz...LOL Don't think so easy lah hehe Besides
> I'll
> > >only do that when
> > >i'm short on cash (which is most of the time). I prefer to do for free
> > >actually. Nice guy here :)
> > >
> > >Ok that's it for me...off to work (late again hiaks)
> > >
> > >Zanderion [lvl 10 magi] Innoruuk
> > >
> > >p.s Thanks for the advice Ziltus!
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: LKW <leekw13@...>
> > >To: <sg-everquest@onelist.com>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:16 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [sg-everquest] Money money money, hehe
> > >
> > >
> > >> From: LKW <leekw13@...>
> > >>
> > >> Jus a thought.
> > >>
> > >> Everyone start off been very poor, and even at lvl 18, I'm still very
> > >poor,
> > >> unlike our rich man Garren, hehe.
> > >>
> > >> We guys gotta learn to stand on our feet sometime. I think brewing
is
> a
> > >> very useful trade skill which can easily fulfill ya financial needs,
> just
> > >> that it's kinda boring and take times. Nevertheless comparing with
> > >> hunting, brewing still give me better and faster return than hunting
> so
> > >> far. If we can spend 1-3 hrs a day brewing, I dun see why the new
> chaps
> > >> cant do the same ;) No doubt we try to help by sponsoring abit, but
u
> > >guys
> > >> have to help us to help yaself sometimes ;)
> > >>
> > >> One thing for sure, we the local kakis always keep items which we
> think
> > >> other kakis can used (eg I keep cutt ring for newbies, ring mails for
> > >> tanks, garren keep thu robe for me, les keep woven for me etc). We
> will
> > >> try to help as and when we can, but one must understand the fact tat
> > >> utimately u r the one playing the game and handling ya own char,
hehe.
> > >>
> > >> IMHO, brewing can make some quick buck. At lvl 10 u shld be able to
> save
> > >> up to 10pp. Of coz I know pple will use them to buy stuffs like
> > >> weap/armor/scrolls. But just ponder - if u spend it on brewing, u
can
> > >earn
> > >> even more to buys stuffs, at the same time maxing ya skill.
> > >>
> > >> At lvl 18 now, I'm still picking up bone chips, rusty weaps, animal
> > skins,
> > >> beetle eyes and even rat tooth (7cp) to sell. FYI I'm a wiz with the
> > >> weakest STR amg all races and I keep SIX bags on me to carry loot.
> Many
> > >> times u see me walking between EC and WC while I'm actually running
> with
> > >> 200% overload on me, haha. If I can try so hard to save up money,
I
> > dun
> > >> see why others cant do it. ;P
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Ziltus.
> > >>
> > >> p/s: Just FYI, the npc at tunnel buy at a lower price than FP npc,
so
> I
> > >> die die gotta 'walk' back to FP sell. Now u see I earn all my money
> > using
> > >> all my blood, sweat and tears, hehe ;)
> > >>
> > >> --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor
> ----------------------------
> > >>
> > >> How has ONElist changed your life?
> > >> Share your story with us at http://www.onelist.com
> > >>
> > >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> Singapore Everquest Players List
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >--------------------------- ONElist
Sponsor ----------------------------
> > >
> > >With more than 20 million e-mails exchanged daily...
> > >http://www.onelist.com
> > >...ONElist is home to the liveliest discussions on the Internet!
> > >
> >
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >Singapore Everquest Players List
> >
> >
> > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ----------------------------
> >
> > Campaign 2000 is here!
> > http://www.onelist.com
> > Discuss your thoughts; get informed at ONElist. See our homepage.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Singapore Everquest Players List
>
> --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ----------------------------
>
> How has ONElist changed your life?
> Share your story with us at http://www.onelist.com
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Singapore Everquest Players List