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Message ID: 1024
Date: Wed Jul 7 12:55:27 BST 1999
Author: Sereph
Subject: Re: Money money money, hehe
> From: "Synzzz" <hannibal@...>
>
> Hi again,
>
> Where is the spell Dimensional Pocket?? I could not find it in Felwithe..i
> heard it might be in the Gnome
> city Ak'Anon...anyone knows??
>
> Brewing maxes out in 2hrs? Guess i'll try very soon then...is brewing alone
> enough? Or am
> i gonna have to do another trade skill later like Smithing?
> I only have 4pp as of this msg hehe gonna have to get more first..rules out
> chessboard i guess...
> down there only bones! Argh....
>
> I heard about the FBR...but is it really worth paying like 200pp (what i
> heard) for it?
> What does it really offer besides coolness factor? How much dmg does RTS do
> and
> what's the delay? It's 2HB right? Alot of questions...hehe...sorry!
>
> Ahhh...i won't spend whole day brewing lah Ziltus...maybe just 4-6 hrs a
> day? Hahahahahaha
>
> Zanderion (where's my lvl 11? Magi)
>
> ----- 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 ;)
> > > >>
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