147170-morning-coffee-2015-11-17-pre-food-coma-edition

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			I seem to be in the same endless cycle as Tex Arcana - make plat, blow it all on housing. Rise and repeat.	
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Just for Tex :lol: 
 
Found a really good turkey image in the froth but it was ginormous so opted for the smaller one.
 
Morning!  Ok, well yes, the post title is US specific.  Next week is our celebration of high caloric intake and the kickoff of the season of blatant consumerism.  Or so the retailers would like us to believe.
 
Didn't really have much of a plan last night as my bi-weekly errand happened so I logged in late.  Did a little bit of RP (*hugs you guys*)  Then went to goof around on Kitty for a bit.  Her contract bar was close enough to the top that I started working on those.  Got pulled into tanking for a guildy that needed SC and Kythria (lol, I just can't get used to Whiplash/NF so I stick with Frenzy/Deci/NV/Steadfast) which went reasonably well.
 
After clearing all the T2's and the T3 I was 50 pts. short.  And of course the T1 was the interrupt 30 one :rolleyes:  Fine.  Trudge out to the R-12 area of Malgrave and start poking scorpions.  On the 3rd or 4th set in an AMP Tier unlock drops :blink:  I'll probably use that on an alt instead of selling it.
 
Not counting what I could get for that and with the 2.5p payoff for top tier payoff Kitty made between 4 and 5 plat last night.  Hrm, I'm starting to rethink my life, not because I'm selling death sticks but I need to come to terms with this new more inflationary Wildstar.
 
So, how are you making your plat?	
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So, how are you making your plat?
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I did play the CX and seen as it was down for 2 days I didn't really make any, now I can't be bothered to relist all my auctions :P
 
I'm a pvper so I make a nice income most days just doing what I do :D	
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Well this past weekend I made plat through PvP. At first it was at a loss, as I picked up Mentalist pieces and had to unlock rune slots + reroll, but by the end of yesterday, I had actually gained a little over 8p since Friday. Not exactly record-breaking earnings, but it was nice to see that despite spending money runing my new PvP gear, I still managed to come out ahead. xD Probably helps that PvP gear can only use up to superb runes... And I didn't have to spend any money on the runes themselves.
 
Squeezed out a few more PvP imbuement items yesterday after work, though apparently the premades were out in force then. I don't really understand how they can take pleasure out of so completely dominating a battleground that the opposition can't even get out of their freaking spawn point. Can't wait until I've maxed out my imbuements (only two items left) so I can step foot back into arenas. >_<
 
:/ I'm still feeling the burn of runing my PvE gear, though, so I gotta figure out a more long-term solution to income problems so I can have enough to support gameplay and get back into housing... no such thing as selling exceptionals anymore (was my primary income source pre-f2p xD), so I guess it's down to... ugh... dailies... UGH.	
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Got pulled into tanking for a guildy that needed SC and Kythria (lol, I just can't get used to Whiplash/NF so I stick with Frenzy/Deci/NV/Steadfast) which went reasonably well.
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As a pvper I wasn't even aware higher runes than superb existed before I started buying and selling them for teh moneys!
 
I also like to do vet shiphands...expeditions with a greed flask on and some dailies once in a while to get some extra plats.
 
But mostly I battleground, a lot...and do contracts :D 	
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As a pvper I wasn't even aware higher runes than superb existed before I started buying and selling them for teh moneys!
 
I also like to do vet shiphands...expeditions with a greed flask on and some dailies once in a while to get some extra plats.
 
But mostly I battleground, a lot...and do contracts :D
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In the FWIW department, whatever you were doing was working great. Very smooth tanking. I'd almost think you were *comfortable* with it! :D
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I just reached lvl 50 so I don't know what really gives you money :P
I can see things cost money like rune rerolling and all that awesome housing stuff I want :P
So far it seems like bgs will give decent enough income so I can manage to get around without having to grind =)	
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Good morning/afternoon all, 
 
Right now im sitting on a healthy number of plat but not because I found some marvelous technique for obtaining it more so because I managed to get my hands on a few box copies of the game and ended up with multiple glitter kitty boards and decided to sell them on the AH.
 
The worst part is the money has been burning a hole in my pocket, I am terrible at saving cash in game which is the complete opposite of me in real life. So I have a little bit of plat behind me hopefully enough to get my Stalker started at end game, then it will be a case of running content to get some more cash and probably spend it quicker than I can obtain it. 
 
Never managed to get much done yesterday in the game due to RL......damn you RL quit interfering with my game time.....*shakes fist*. But when I did get in I managed to loot this little fella whilst questing in Malgrave. 
 
 
I decided to name him Smiler.....he isn't trained yet so watch out as you may lose a few fingers or even a hand if you try to pet him.  That little guy would be my first loot drop companion that I have got all I need to do now is get even more as im a collectaholic and need to fill out that collection window.  	
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Off-Topic to thread, on-topic to Wildstar.
 
I think it's time to fold the Department as an active guild. My entire premise was to help build the faction and assist newbies into learning the ropes post-F2P. In those regards, it was a success. But two months in, it's obvious the Dominion is doing fine on it's own, and that I can't rely on Freebots to help in a leadership capacity, as everyone who has offered to help run things when I'm not around has either never logged back on or finds a new guild two days after hitting 50. :lol:
 
That's not hard feelings, it's just reality. I know that my life is too sporadic to allow me to be on every day - and the current crop of players are less patient and less willing to help build from the ground up than the original launch base.
 
So, I'm looking for an active, mostly-casual Dominion guild I can point the last four or five regulars toward. They're all great people, but I feel I am doing them all a great disservice by not providing leadership at the endgame level.
 
As the guild bank is empty, no one will be out anything. I just want everyone to have the best experience possible - and I know that I am not providing that.	
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So, how are you making your plat?
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Good morning everyone!
 
Tex I'd recommend pointing them probably to Old timers guild or Delve Deep. I'm not too familiar with other guilds beyond those and I'm not sure if gatlike is still on entity if they're into PvP.
 
I haven't really focused much on getting plat, just prestige for now(also didn't know there was a cap) However I managed to get enough to buy 2 AMPs and a ability point which was nice. I still have around 400 rune tokens and I'm considering buying popular ones to resell for some spending money.	
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Aww Tex, I'm sorry to hear your friendly/themed guild is closing up shop. I hope you at least had a good time while it lasted, and I am sure you left those who joined (and moved on) with a good impression. :)
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I've just made a new character, temporarily named Ebirus Wras, to start my new build— a winter-themed mountainous plot with lots of pine trees, something nostalgic for my childhood here in frosty Canada. I used to actually enjoy the smell of woodsmoke and the lovely contrast of  dark green needles against glassy white slopes. Now I'm like... it's too damn cold and bleak outside, leave me alone!
 
There's a bit of Garrison Mentality for ya. :P
 
So on that topic of building a new plot... platinum. My lord it gets expensive to build from scratch these days. First I have to factor the basic landscaping costs (sky, ground, music, etc.) then the house and FAB plug costs, then the supplementary landscaping costs (Umbrella trees, essential features), then the architectural costs... on and on it goes. :P  Making this a bit harder, several of the key pieces I need to give the plot a unique/impressive feel are still very expensive on the auction house, even six weeks after F2P launch when they were introduced. I'm talking 4-6P for items that I need (or would like) at least 4-6 of each. Gah.
 
So basically, this plot is looking like at least 40P prior to fine detail, which itself can be incredibly taxing on the wallet.
 
How will I generate this sum while still affording the time to actually hunt down/craft all of the decor I need and then— the best part but also very time-consuming— build everything?
 
In a phrase: gift trading. Basically I sold $25 worth of mounts for 50P the other day. A good chunk of that is going toward rare decor banking and finishing Proxima's plot, but I'm hoping to have at least 20P to get started on the new place. 
 
Now, usually this kind of thing would completely turn me off in an MMO. I dislike (used to hate) the idea of real money interacting with game worlds. But in the end, Wildstar isn't a standard MMO or game for me. It's actually all about immersion and creative production. So in that sense, I like to think of my spending in the light of several benefits:
 
1. Support the game and staff at Carbine
2. I've spent more money on Warhammer paints than I have on this game, and got less satisfaction from them
3. Gift trading keeps other players chasing plat and gets them the goodies they want, which, again, is good for the game's health
 
So that's basically my thing now. I could spend a weekend (albeit a fun one) farming to get 20P, or I could do my part as a gift trader, make the same amount of plat in five minutes, and then spend the weekend building. :P
 
 
On a related note, I've noticed more people are getting into the spirit of gift trading, and are actively looking for cash shop buyers to provide them with goods. I've also had a few folks mention they'd be interested in selling from the shop to support their own building obsession. So I'm considering a circle that will bring gift traders together with clients in (I hope) a context of mutual trust and safety. So stay tuned— this might be a thing soon enough.	
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All I can think when I see that chocolate turkey is the moment you dip it in hot chocolate and watch it melt into oblivion.
...and you wonder why I play a Mordesh.
 
Platinum is rolling in nicely doing both PvE and PvP contracts... and they all drain into Housing. It's the greatest Protostar trap I tell you!	
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I have a stash of about 90 platinum spread between my characters. Before the F2P transition it was quite higher, but I used it buying new decor and costume pieces. I don't remember how I got that much, but a significant chunk came through the AH by selling AMP and Skill points I got as drops in the world.  Pure luck, as you see. I tried farming for Discovery costumes at the beggining of F2P but those didn't really shield that much...though I guess that's my fault for using most of them for myself! 
 
Now I don't make plat. Like, at all. I'm just sitting there, messing a bit with houses, waiting for roleplay to happen and leveling alts (and getting REALLY burned out of it. I have like 10 alts on their 14s). 	
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			If I ever finished Nikson's plot I'd be rich.... but I've found it far more difficult to work on other peoples plots than my own. I am thinking that after Nikson and my other commitment I might just stick to my own plots for a while if not forever. It's just a huge hassle to have to deal with the buying/using decor issue and often having someone that's NOT me judging the work. Not that Nikson has high standards or anything (frankly I think I notice more errors in my work than most everyone except other large scale builders), but everyone has a different idea of how the plot "should" turn out and its frustrating to try and ferret out what plot owners actually want as opposed to what they say they want. 	
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			where's today's thread; I need my fix of these topics.	
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where's today's thread; I need my fix of these topics.
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