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I haven’t played since the very first Wintersday event in 2012. I’ve got a much more powerful computer so I’m looking forward to seeing the world in greater detail, and actually being able to participate in the WvWvW clusterkittens. However, I understand a lot has changed since I last played and since I played a rather nuanced class to about level 30-40 (Guardian) I can’t imagine i’ll be eased back into the experience at that level. Would I be better off starting a new character or muddling through with the existing one?
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on a related note, I’ve messed about selling Jute scraps, Copper Ore etc but I have to agree with Xfury, I’ve only ever really made about 2s from it (from buying ore at 16c and selling it at 20c) and it’s not really worth the time investment.
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Okay. I’ve heard that prices tend to be higher during the weekends and lower on the weekdays, so should I buy some stuff on wednesday and sell them friday/saturday? Is that worth waiting a few days, though?
Yes, but how did you figure out these were good to sell? Does the ‘Top most demanded’ items thing actually mean anything?
Yeah, but I find all the flaming dragons’ teeth, whirling blades, radiation fields etc too visually loud to distinguish who has a different walking animation than normal, especially since they may not be walking. I also struggle to see if an enemy’s about to make an AOE knockback or dps attack, so I never know when to use my virtue of courage.
So I’ve read through the guardian forums for a few days, and I occasionally use Eveningstar’s Guardiian guide as a reference, and I’ve come to the (perhaps obvious) conclusion that I should be aware of what boons, conditions and remaining hp of my friends and foes is.
I’m not very good at this.
Today I was running through one of the first dungeons with some guys who just turned up out of nowhere (<3 them by the way) but with five people wailing on a Champion Spider, things got very spammy and visually confusing.
So I did this thing where… I just stared at my toolbar. Yeah, Instead of looking at the action, I just stared at my toolbar mashing skills with no thought as to timing or strategy because I couldn’t decipher what was going on my screen with all the blue flashes, knockdowns, and the enemy’s hp, conditions and boons, my hp, conditions and boons, my team’s hp, conditions and boons with all these distracting effects going off, all the while dodging awful spike traps, smashing eggs, swapping weapons and… Yeah.
Is this something you just develop a knack for? If not, how do I learn to keep on top of everything?
So for about eight years of playing MMOs, i’ve basically just sold things and bought things with little regard or understanding of how things worked, and I’d usually just buy materials, craft them into things and sell the things again, without any regard as to how much, or any profit i’d made from the transaction.
So considering how infeasible it is to make money crafting armour and weapons at the lower levels, I thought it’s time I learned some basic economics so I can better support myself. The only thing I really know about trading is to ‘buy low’ and ‘sell high’. I did buy 100 slabs of red meat and 100 piles of glittering dust for 4 copper, and sold them both for 6 copper a couple of days later with got me a couple of silver profit.
Just to clarify, I don’t really want to know what the hottest selling things are at the moment, but I would certainly like to know how to recognise what I can buy low, and what will sell well later on. Although I doubt it’s as easy as I’m making it sound.