Guild Wars 2

Ok, this is not a thread about the morality or ethics of selling/buying dungeons, or whether or not it is breaking the game, ruining the economy, or just unfair. So please if those things must be discussed, please do so in another thread. Thanks!

Now then. I did my first solo dungeon a couple of days ago. (SE P1). This was my first solo attempt, and I did manange to do it. Granted it took about 4 hours, as I wasn’t too familiar with some of the bosses attack patterns. In any case, I got to the final boss, and was worn out, tired, and just done. So I decided to try to sell it. I didn’t get kicked or anything. But I think my problem was not asking for a specific price. I just asked for reasonable donations in the LFG. I also took the precaution of getting screen shots of account names as soon as they joined. I also again asked for “donations” when each person joined. In the end, we killed the boss and I got 1 donation of 50s, and not so much of a “thank you” from anyone else.

So in the future, if I decide to do something like this again, what would be the best way to do it? What would be a fair price to set for the dungeon? And how do you ensure you are going to get paid, and not kicked?

No matter how hard you’ll try, you’ll get kicked and insulted for selling. Se P1 won’t sell for high, as it’s relatively easy to solo except tazza, and most pugs manage to get the run done in a short amount of time. Try to sell ac/cm for xp, ta aether and arah for dungeon master/ tokens.

oxtred.7658:

No matter how hard you’ll try, you’ll get kicked and insulted for selling. Se P1 won’t sell for high, as it’s relatively easy to solo except tazza, and most pugs manage to get the run done in a short amount of time. Try to sell ac/cm for xp, ta aether and arah for dungeon master/ tokens.

Yeah, thats what I was thinking too. However, I guess my question would be, how do I advertise it, and how to I ensure I get paid? I understand there is a risk, and people can be kittens in that regard. I was trying to be reasonable in my first attempt, and ultimately I got burned. I suppose 50s isn’t terrible, but from only 1 person kinda irritates me.

1.26g seems fair for SEp1. That way people actually come out ahead when they buy it for levels or tokens and you still get decent coin for your efforts.

First, take fillers. Ask 3 other people to come into your lfg and kick them 1 by 1 after the next pug paid. That way you avoid white knight tards. Asking for a donation won’t work if your goal is to sell. Either give, or sell, but don’t find a middle ground. 2g is really cheap, especially considering you get 1,7-1,8g back.

i have actually never been insulted for path selling, granted i currently don’t play.

I’ve been insulted for giving paths. And kicked for that, too.

i was merged a couple times, never kicked, usually gave away to friends – but over the LFG people were always grateful. but still a surprisingly low amount of being merged. used to solo minimum 2 arah paths a day and was only merged like … 3 times ~ then again i always tried to be aware of what was going on in the LFG tool and just waited if people reported to me that mergers were active, so i guess that helped.

oxtred.7658:

First, take fillers. Ask 3 other people to come into your lfg and kick them 1 by 1 after the next pug paid. That way you avoid white knight tards. Asking for a donation won’t work if your goal is to sell. Either give, or sell, but don’t find a middle ground. 2g is really cheap, especially considering you get 1,7-1,8g back.

I might have to try that. Thanks!

i usually just do 1g per. Fills up in no time but i have a q of people who bug on logging in if im running and they usually tip 3-6 extra gold for no apparent reason.

must be nice being rich

Most sales will go smoothly if you don’t use protection but when you are eventually griefed, you will be really kittened as there is no recourse when it happens.

Remember boys and girls, always use protection.

Lord Kuru.3685:

Most sales will go smoothly if you don’t use protection but when you are eventually griefed, you will be really kittened as there is no recourse when it happens.

Remember boys and girls, always use protection.

Yeah. I was thinking about that when I was selling. As soon as someone joined I grabbed a screen shot of their name just in case. But I am going to try it again, and hopefully I can get a few fillers, as well as a greatly reduced running time

pdavis.8031:

Lord Kuru.3685:

Most sales will go smoothly if you don’t use protection but when you are eventually griefed, you will be really kittened as there is no recourse when it happens.

Remember boys and girls, always use protection.

Yeah. I was thinking about that when I was selling. As soon as someone joined I grabbed a screen shot of their name just in case. But I am going to try it again, and hopefully I can get a few fillers, as well as a greatly reduced running time

Just curious.. what profession are you soloing with?

Lord Kuru.3685:

pdavis.8031:

Lord Kuru.3685:

Most sales will go smoothly if you don’t use protection but when you are eventually griefed, you will be really kittened as there is no recourse when it happens.

Remember boys and girls, always use protection.

Yeah. I was thinking about that when I was selling. As soon as someone joined I grabbed a screen shot of their name just in case. But I am going to try it again, and hopefully I can get a few fillers, as well as a greatly reduced running time

Just curious.. what profession are you soloing with?

I did it with a warrior. Tried again last night with my ranger, and it was going MUCH smoother, as most of the bosses you can do at ranged with little to no difficulty. But the problem I ran into with my ranger was dodging off of the platform at the second boss of SE p1 :P it was late and I was tired so I gave up.