Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: whats the best way to make money?
/agree wparson
I have all but stopped making loot enhanced guns for sale as the loot costs more than people are willing to pay for the gun. If I get a custom request, they bring the loot, or I can provode some of my stock, but it's been pretty well picked over.
I'd concentrate on what you can match server-best-wise and make those until you can make another class of weapons, and slowly grow as the resources allow. Right now I am doing pretty OK selling weapons to grinders (I assume they're grinders, since they seem to buy a gun for each combat level). It's not a way to get rich, but it gets your name out there and you'd be surprised how many referrals you get.
If you want to get into the high-end stuff, it'd be a good idea to set up a situation where a friend or guildie can provide you with the loot at a reasonable cost, or hunt it yourself....keeps the profit margin up.
wparson wrote:
untill you can obtain the best resources you would be be better off selling enhancements rather than using inferior resources to craft final assemblys. The economy is such that only the best guns made with enhancements will bring back the investment in the enhancements themselves. At least on Flurry that is the case, at times enhancements sell for more than the guns/melle are worth themselves.
Where's the fun in that tho
ShugFlurry wrote:
wparson wrote:
untill you can obtain the best resources you would be be better off selling enhancements rather than using inferior resources to craft final assemblys. The economy is such that only the best guns made with enhancements will bring back the investment in the enhancements themselves. At least on Flurry that is the case, at times enhancements sell for more than the guns/melle are worth themselves.
Where's the fun in that tho
*points up*
thread title?
If you wanna have fun go BH, lol
Yah that is most likely true and very funny...I have seen WS' on my server offer 1-3 million for these new casings and such...who pays 2-4 million for a crafted weapon nowdays when all the quested/ADK'ed ones are fast replacing anything I see.
Personally I use two quested items, sliced to hilt and ADK'ed on my combat toon...I use looted or homemade grind weapons that do the decent damage (not enough to draw aggro) in xp grind groups...
wparson wrote:
ShugFlurry wrote:
wparson wrote:
untill you can obtain the best resources you would be be better off selling enhancements rather than using inferior resources to craft final assemblys. The economy is such that only the best guns made with enhancements will bring back the investment in the enhancements themselves. At least on Flurry that is the case, at times enhancements sell for more than the guns/melle are worth themselves.
Where's the fun in that tho
*points up*thread title?
If you wanna have fun go BH, lol
lol, well its boring to do that. Money isnt so great when you get it
high end weapons sales are all about reputation
i made a killing as a WS because i was well known - yes my resources were good (but wernt the very best) - but the maiin reason my weapons sold for 3-4 mill a shot everyday was that i had got my name out there byy posting on the forum trade boards - and doing customs - happy customers tell thier friends.. 
also i found that giving away weapons was a good tactic - i gave away many excellent weapons to people that couldnt afford them on the proviso they recomended me to thier guild /friends. Very good way to get known