The avg amount of gold you should have saved?

[StompArtist]

A nice farm outside Forest Haven where you can retire in peace and raise your little twinks?

Forest Haven is overrun by gang and gang related crimes. I would not buy a farm in that region.

[Yvonnel]

Forest Haven is overrun by gang and gang related crimes. I would not buy a farm in that region.

LMAO. Totally agree. Wouldn't a whole of gold for that either. And why would you want to raise your twinks there.

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not u lol before i started a thread called What is the economy of PL and there were ppl posting pic of like billionaires lol

Most of those pics were Photoshoped for fun ^_^

[BeefyMeat]

Forest Haven is overrun by gang and gang related crimes. I would not buy a farm in that region.

Oasis Towne was recently listed as the new up and coming area in Alterra Housing Quarterly.

[Snakespeare]

Back to the title question, I don't think that's unusual, to be level 52 and have 200K.

The ones who make a lot of "money" pay attention to the values of things, the general inclinations of the market, and they farm for the items that are most valuable. It usually happens more when we are between releases of new maps, and by people who have a lot of time to play. They run out of other things to do, so they farm.

Not all players do this, and it may not be for you. In fact, it isn't for me, really.

I collect my pinks, even the most worthless ones, and only sell duplicates. I don't go to the consignment shop very often to list things; I usually go to buy things. My main is level 53 and I have about the same amount of gold as you. I don't get as much play time, and I don't spend enough of what time I have on my main. In the end, I think it is a matter of choice. I choose to have a dozen or more characters and I choose to care about them more than my main and more than amassing gold, so in the end, I am rich in a different way. And I like it just fine.

In short, I think your numbers are typical for a casual player. If you want to try your hand at merchanting, though, give yourself some time to learn it. There's a lot to be aware of. You have to predict trends and be willing to repeat the same boss many times. It's not for everyone, and definitely not for me. :-)

[Physiologic]

Gold is really useless IMO and only worth purchasing potions or elixirs with. I've played with junk green drops from Balefort Sewers and the lv 55 pink drops and could not detect any difference between a "poor man's set" and a "rich man's set."

[Pandamoni]

I agree with those who don't really see the need for loads of cash. 200K is plenty to play with. I've been lucky and gotten a few drops that bumped me up over 1mil gold and probably another 1 mil in items. I don't really see the need to keep farming a ton to get a bunch more gold because I'd rather spend time questing or playing with friends to improve my game. So what I've done is I'll sometimes buy things in the CS that I know are good, cheap pinks and hold on to them for when a lower level player is playing with me with a less effective weapon/helm, etc, and I'll give it to them. I also keep a bunch of pots on hand so if I'm playing with friends and they're running low they don't have to leave to go buy some pots. That kind of makes the game more fun. I'm still wearing the shadow set and I'm happy with it. I haven't been playing as much and I'm not here a ton to know what the different BS sets are and what the benefit of using them is so I still with the old tried and true. When I hit 55 if I haven't looted a new great set that everyone recommends I might use some of my gold to buy a few pieces.

Okay, I'm just blabbing now. lol

[drewcapu]

I've learned to not really care about gold amounts.
I don't really sell high-priced items.
The highest priced item I've sold was an extra Voodoo Helm.
I sold a few Shadow Caves items in the 80-100k range around the time of the nerf. I probably ended up closer to even than ahead gold-wise due to purchasing to make a complete set.

I've gone as high as 800k gold in stash to, more recently, 200k, buying up a bunch of reasonably priced winter pinks and L51/53 gear.

I personally feel just as comfortable with 200k as I do with 800k. It's mainly because my pots consumption is a lot lower than my occasional pot farming accumulation when hosting (most of which I just give to friends at the start of each run). I still manage to sell the occasional crafting item or low level, easily replaceable gear. Selling low level items can be around or above 300% ROI, albeit a slow one. Selling crafting items is basically an infinite ROI. 20-30k here, 20-30k there.

I haven't felt the need to buy a single BS pink. For my purposes, Void/Rift/Cave gear are quite useable in BS. Once you get to L53, some of the greens and purples are good enough to just mix and match, where favorable to your playing style/situation.

Oh yeah, I guess it helps that I haven't used a single xp pot since BS came out

[Riccits]

atm almost 20mil and 4mil in collection items..

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Gold is really useless IMO and only worth purchasing potions or elixirs with. I've played with junk green drops from Balefort Sewers and the lv 55 pink drops and could not detect any difference between a "poor man's set" and a "rich man's set."

Agreed...To be honest, im still using Cyber armor ^_^ and doing Balefort Sewers. And im actually surviving and doing better then some of the others with 'the best'.

Its not 'what you use'...its 'how you use it'.

[JaytB]

It's true that the set doesn't matter the most. It's the player who wears it.
I'm just a sucker for full sets and me and my gf had lots of luck with pink super xpensive drops.

On topic:
I just love watching the marked and buy cheap/sell profitable, to see my gold amount steadily increase.
You never know when the next must-have set(s) will be there again. I'm just saving gold to be able to buy it as soon as it's there. I'm only playing for a month, but saw how quick prices can rise (or fall) -and how quick new sets and bonusses can be implemented and modified-. I wouldn't be surprised to see new top-sets appear for 2mil a set-piece. I guess I just want to be ready for that moment.

[Riccits]

Agreed...To be honest, im still using Cyber armor ^_^ and doing Balefort Sewers. And im actually surviving and doing better then some of the others with 'the best'.

Its not 'what you use'...its 'how you use it'.

same here, iam using the elite gear wich was for "free" too (first days of caves)...for boss switch to a orange/green/purple mix.. waiting for lower prices..

[Magicalbanana]

5.5 mil gold and a couple mil in items

[neko]

Net worth??? Gold Saved???
For what?
A nice farm outside Forest Haven where you can retire in peace and raise your little twinks?
Maybe use it to pay tribute money to the Sewer King and Queen for protection?

I've been paying my protection money to the Sewer King and Queen long before the sewers were made public. I've also applied for social assistance but my requests remain unheard. I must be doing something terribly wrong if there are so many PL millionaires around. *grin*

[giayuan]

3 mill gold and gear

EDIT: Xom (deathish on forum) had 50 mill last time i talked to him, could be lying, but i chose to trust him

[Thelonearcher]

15.2m ... but another 5 m stashed on another character O.O
Xom never had 50 mil ALL RUMORS BUT adrian has 76mil or something around that

[giayuan]

Oh eh.. wutevs ;D
thats expected from adrian... LOL

[Kashyn]

I have about 8,000 gold saved and a few pinks and purples.
I'm only a level 27 or something.
Welp.

[RATTANSINGHNAGRA]

Wow this thread blew up quick! Lol, I agree with what most of you are saying. Im just going to get a nice set that I want and not worry about gold as much anymore. Thank you all for your answers, not going to lie though I envy you millionaires! lol