106087-making-platinum

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			I've leveled my Mining and survivalist in the past day or so and I've just been mining/survivalist in grimvault and with the mats i get I just vendor it all and I'm making about 2 plat a hour doing that. Am I doing it right or? Would It be faster farming mobs or crafting? I've asked in trade/advice/zone and no one seems to know. I've looked up guides on google but nothing substantial so I just want to ask your opinion and what you've been doing and your plat per hour. Thanks  :ph34r:	
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			Try checking prices for those mats on cx.	
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			Depending on the actual mats, some of them would make you more money if you put them up on the CX. Not all mats will bring more than you can get at the vendor, and don't forget there is a 12% fee that you have to factor in when selling on the CX	
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That's pretty good for just one character.  Basically, if I just use my main (miner/survivalist) and harvest Southern Grimvault, the breakdown currently on Stormtalon is such:
 
Ore -- CX
Starshard  -- vendor
Novacite -- vendor
Wood -- vendor (this has a really high vendor price)
Bloodbriar -- CX
Bloodbriar seeds -- CX
Heartichoke -- CX
Heartichoke seeds -- CX (these were 1g apiece a couple days ago)
Octopod -- vendor
Octopod seeds -- vendor
Mourningstar -- vendor
Mourningstar seeds -- vendor
 
Now, I've leveled up a ton of tradeskills on alts, and I usually pass the resources off to the alts to make stuff with them and increase profit.  Plus, it feels good to add useful items into the economy instead of eliminating resources by vendoring.
 
Ore -- architect
Starshard -- technologist
Novacite -- weaponsmith
Wood -- architect
Bloodbriar -- technologist
Bloodbriar seeds -- vendor
Heartichoke -- CX
Heartichoke seeds -- CX
Octopod -- technologist
Octopod seeds -- vendor
Mourningstar -- architect
Mourningstar seeds -- vendor
 
Architect makes tier 4 harvest fabkits (mining seems to be the highest demand)
Technologist makes brutality/finesse boosts, refined starshard cores, and turns octopod into octopod serum before vendoring (minor gain, probably not worth the time)
Weaponsmith makes Adventus weapon attachments (not much demand and profits here have tanked recently)	
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			So everyone in agreement that the highest method of plat per hour is simply farming mats and selling them on the CX/Vendoring?	
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So everyone in agreement that the highest method of plat per hour is simply farming mats and selling them on the CX/Vendoring?
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			2 plat an hour dual harvesting is pretty good. I would sell the galactium, bones, and food like fish on cx and vendor the rest. I make about the same from harvesting neighbors plots. I believe 1.5 - 2 plat per hour is about the best you're going to get farming by about any method that I've seen so far. I prefer farming my neighbors but it all works out about the same. Playing CX and crafting is too tedious and risky for pure profit imo. Having level 14 alts with elite thickets or mines and a healthy neighbor list is also a nice daily boost. That is how I make the bulk of my plat.	
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2 plat an hour dual harvesting is pretty good. I would sell the galactium, bones, and food like fish on cx and vendor the rest. I make about the same from harvesting neighbors plots. I believe 1.5 - 2 plat per hour is about the best you're going to get farming by about any method that I've seen so far. I prefer farming my neighbors but it all works out about the same. Playing CX and crafting is too tedious and risky for pure profit imo. Having level 14 alts with elite thickets or mines and a healthy neighbor list is also a nice daily boost. That is how I make the bulk of my plat.
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Only drawback is you must wait for the correct market conditions and be sure the market doesn't get saturated. 
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That's pretty good for just one character.  Basically, if I just use my main (miner/survivalist) and harvest Southern Grimvault, the breakdown currently on Stormtalon is such:
 
Ore -- CX
Starshard  -- vendor
Novacite -- vendor
Wood -- vendor (this has a really high vendor price)
Bloodbriar -- CX
Bloodbriar seeds -- CX
Heartichoke -- CX
Heartichoke seeds -- CX (these were 1g apiece a couple days ago)
Octopod -- vendor
Octopod seeds -- vendor
Mourningstar -- vendor
Mourningstar seeds -- vendor
 
Now, I've leveled up a ton of tradeskills on alts, and I usually pass the resources off to the alts to make stuff with them and increase profit.  Plus, it feels good to add useful items into the economy instead of eliminating resources by vendoring.
 
Ore -- architect
Starshard -- technologist
Novacite -- weaponsmith
Wood -- architect
Bloodbriar -- technologist
Bloodbriar seeds -- vendor
Heartichoke -- CX
Heartichoke seeds -- CX
Octopod -- technologist
Octopod seeds -- vendor
Mourningstar -- architect
Mourningstar seeds -- vendor
 
Architect makes tier 4 harvest fabkits (mining seems to be the highest demand)
Technologist makes brutality/finesse boosts, refined starshard cores, and turns octopod into octopod serum before vendoring (minor gain, probably not worth the time)
Weaponsmith makes Adventus weapon attachments (not much demand and profits here have tanked recently)
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I may just print this out and keep by my computer. I just vendor things, and your advice on what to CX looks right on. And yes, Octopod Serum is good if you have tons of the Omni-plasm lying around.
 
But why would you vendor Mourningstar and Octopod Seeds? Why not plant them?
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Never got close to 2p dual harvesting. I'm one that enjoys the playing the CX, I haven' made much money doing...yet. Just need a good score  :rolleyes: and not get burned again for overpaying for items (dang 250 Refined Starshards @ 4g) . Making money harvesting whatever the hot item is (currently infused bone on my server...9-10g over the past few days. Farm the mobs in NE Malgrave or the golden meadows in Blighthaven and salvage the Trophy Kills. Get around 10 bones an hour. Make 60g an hour killing the mobs at Elder point cap, another 80-90g in Infused bones, 20-30g in Sign of Fire- Eldan. Either salvage or sell the dropped blues. Typically make 1.75-2p an hour.
 
Harvesting Sign of Fusion-Eldan. Malgrave Pell are good for 10-12 per hour. Sell them when the market is high, hold when market is low. They have ranged on my server from 17g - 35g+. You can salvage the gear drops or sell them. On average I think I pull 2.5p+ from there. Only drawback is you must wait for the correct market conditions and be sure the market doesn't get saturated. 
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Neighbor farming at the right times will produce this income. Though having 23 alts with elite plugs helps too I guess ;)
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So everyone in agreement that the highest method of plat per hour is simply farming mats and selling them on the CX/Vendoring?
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			Get a good commodities addon like CommodityStats and start CX'ing some of that stuff, you could be making more.	
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No, but it's pretty good.
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well whats your method
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