In many of the MMO's I have played the way you spend just a few credits can rapidly change how rich or poor you are through out the game. I am going to give you my tips on how to make the most of your few starting credits.
1. DON'T buy gear while leveling from anywhere! I know it may make level a little slower and you won't have the best gear but while your leveling you will keep leveling and replacing gear. Every time you buy something that isn't for level 50 it will be replaced quite rapidly, making that purchase earlier pointless. Do you self a favor and just use what you find and make do with that. Their will be plenty of gear to choose from while questing.
2. SELL SELL SELL, if you loot some items with stats on them or some items that you got from gathering skills or something that will have a demand. Then stick them on the auction house with a bid and buy out, don't sell it to a vendor. Please stick a buy out on it, the amount of people that don't do this is silly as you just lose out on so many people who want the item their and then. In all honesty for the first few weeks the prices will be really shaky, so try to under cut if the same item or similar is already for sale. After a while your will start to get a feel for what items are worth.
3. Get your self all the gathering/mission crew skills and get a crew crafting skill. Don't be a fool and skip it because you can't be bothered. You will miss out on so many credits just because of this mistake. If you not into crafting then get your self some gathering skills. If you are into crafting choose a skills that you think will be profitable and stick with it. Try to level these up with the idea to make profit don't just go for what ever is going to level you up quickest. What ever you create or gather stick on the auction house, again to start with try to under cut as competition many be tough to start with.
4. Check the auction house for cheap deals! Now I know to start with this will be difficult and you may make a loss but try to buy cheap and resell for more and make a profit doing this. It is far better to make a loss when your first starting off then find your making a massive loss on something that cost a fortune. Best times to check for cheap deals is late at night just before the server is about to shut down for weekly maintenance. When they reboot up, likely hood is that your the only one bidding on it and you will win the item due server been at it quietest times.
5. If you do have crafting crew skills then try and get people to know your name, go out your way to get your self a happy customer. Happy customers will come back or recommend you to friends bring you repeat trade, If possible create your self a macro with a advertisement and use it in general or trade chat if it exists in swtor.
A Star Wars: The Old Republic Blog.
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Old republic on mac
I know what your thinking, why game on a Mac when you can get on a Windows, well I for one was a IT student at the time and I though it would be a great idea to get my self to grips with another operating system. Now that is done, I do see my self going back to the ways to a windows computer eventually when I can put the money together. Almost two years ago I bought my self a Mac book Pro. This was brilliant for while I was in University but now that SWTOR is just over two months away it wasn't looking good! Especially seeing as their won't be a mac client. This being said their is still hope at the end of the tunnel, I decided to boot camp my mac and allow it to dual boot both Windows 7 and Mac snow leopard. Once Windows 7 was installed and all the drives I got onto the web and googled "Can I Run It." Once on there I search for "Star Wars: The Old Republic." After taking the test the results seem to be in my favor for now! Below you can see that my 2009 MacBook Pro should be able to run SWTOR.
This being said I am going to start saving up just in case I find out that I cannot run it on my MacBook Pro.
Now that the Weekend beta is being released to everyone that has signed up, I will be doing a update so stay tuned!
The Old Republic Collectors Edition
If this isn't your first MMO like me, you might remember back to some of your past MMO's and remember the great days of being a newbie. When everything seemed liked a adventure, your would team up with people and feel like a king! You would then run in to some one who had a Collectors edition and they would be showing off their cool sun glasses in SWG or awesome mini pet in WOW. You would ask them how you could get this awesome item and they would tell you to get a collectors edition. Then you would run on to e-bay and find out it costs half a grand! But when it first came out it was only a few extra hours at work.
Well this time it won't be me who misses out! That it one of the reasons why I have pre ordered the collectors edition. If SWTOR is going to be as awesome as it is meant to be, it will be a great investment. If it flops it won't be great but this is the risk in the MMO industry now days. In all honesty I have not played a MMO for at least 2 years now after hearing about SWTOR and due to this I am willing to risk it. Plus BioWare and StarWars cannot be a bad combination.
So the The Old Republic Collectors Edition costs £129 or $150 which is a horrible exchange rate for us Brits! Wishing I could buy a US version.... But never mind that!
You get the standard game in costing £40
Gentle Giant Darth Malgus statue which has rumored to be valued at around £60
Already you can see you have £100 worth of value.
Custom Security Authentication key - The amount of times I was hacked as a WOW player... or friend would use my account when I didn't say they could and mess everything up. Stopping this from happening has to be worth it's weight in credits.
Old republic Galaxy map - This would be nice to have a good look at and maybe turn into a poster above my computer, so I can use it as inspiration when leveling!
The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural - This will be interesting to read and gain more background knowledge on what is being said here.
Music of Star Wars : The Old Republic CD - I always like a good bit a classical music to chill me out and as it relates to StarWars even better, this is going on my Iphone for sure!
I will be honest the Map, Journal, Music plus state doesn't really interest me but I can always stick these back on e-bay and get some money back. Hopefully quite a bit if demand is short in the future. (All depending on if SWTOR is a hit or not)
Lastly we have the in game items, both Mouse Droid and Collectors Edition store.
Back when I played WOW I collected mini pets and not being able to get hold of a mini pet for my collection sucked really bad. After looking up the some of the WOW collectors editions and being out raged at the price in which people extort the supply and demand. I will never miss out on a Collectors Edition again!
The in-game store may be only Vanity items but it might be a supply of the most awesome stuff, or it could be full of really useful items, we will have to wait a find out.
In my opinion the CE is well worth the extra cash you have to pay. A few months down the line people may as me were I got my awesome mini pet (Maybe the only one in-game!?!) and they will have missed their chance.
You can find the collections edition at Amazon
Well this time it won't be me who misses out! That it one of the reasons why I have pre ordered the collectors edition. If SWTOR is going to be as awesome as it is meant to be, it will be a great investment. If it flops it won't be great but this is the risk in the MMO industry now days. In all honesty I have not played a MMO for at least 2 years now after hearing about SWTOR and due to this I am willing to risk it. Plus BioWare and StarWars cannot be a bad combination.
So the The Old Republic Collectors Edition costs £129 or $150 which is a horrible exchange rate for us Brits! Wishing I could buy a US version.... But never mind that!
You get the standard game in costing £40
Gentle Giant Darth Malgus statue which has rumored to be valued at around £60
Already you can see you have £100 worth of value.
Custom Security Authentication key - The amount of times I was hacked as a WOW player... or friend would use my account when I didn't say they could and mess everything up. Stopping this from happening has to be worth it's weight in credits.
Old republic Galaxy map - This would be nice to have a good look at and maybe turn into a poster above my computer, so I can use it as inspiration when leveling!
The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural - This will be interesting to read and gain more background knowledge on what is being said here.
Music of Star Wars : The Old Republic CD - I always like a good bit a classical music to chill me out and as it relates to StarWars even better, this is going on my Iphone for sure!
I will be honest the Map, Journal, Music plus state doesn't really interest me but I can always stick these back on e-bay and get some money back. Hopefully quite a bit if demand is short in the future. (All depending on if SWTOR is a hit or not)
Lastly we have the in game items, both Mouse Droid and Collectors Edition store.
Back when I played WOW I collected mini pets and not being able to get hold of a mini pet for my collection sucked really bad. After looking up the some of the WOW collectors editions and being out raged at the price in which people extort the supply and demand. I will never miss out on a Collectors Edition again!
The in-game store may be only Vanity items but it might be a supply of the most awesome stuff, or it could be full of really useful items, we will have to wait a find out.
In my opinion the CE is well worth the extra cash you have to pay. A few months down the line people may as me were I got my awesome mini pet (Maybe the only one in-game!?!) and they will have missed their chance.
You can find the collections edition at Amazon
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived
Malgus brought down the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in a brutal assault that shocked the galaxy. But if war crowned him the darkest of Sith heroes, peace would transform him into something far more heinous—something Malgus would never want to be, but cannot stop, any more than he can stop the rogue Jedi fast approaching.
Her name is Aryn Leneer—and the lone Knight that Malgus cut down in the fierce battle for the Jedi Temple was her Master. And now she’s going to find out what happened to him, even if it means breaking every rule in the book. - Paul S. Kemp
This book portrays the love affair of ones of the most Evil Sith lords ever named Darth Malgus. Even those with no passion may find them selves passionate about something.... The book also shows the rage in which a single Jedi might seek revenge, switching the norm of Sith and Jedi roles and how desperate even the most daring smugglers in the universe can get when the old acquaintances team up and try to get onto the planet of Coruscant which at the time is under heavy Sith control. The book is set in the Old republic time line and is a must read for any one who find them selves wanting to play the old republic. If this interests you, you can find this book on Amazon
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Her name is Aryn Leneer—and the lone Knight that Malgus cut down in the fierce battle for the Jedi Temple was her Master. And now she’s going to find out what happened to him, even if it means breaking every rule in the book. - Paul S. Kemp
This book portrays the love affair of ones of the most Evil Sith lords ever named Darth Malgus. Even those with no passion may find them selves passionate about something.... The book also shows the rage in which a single Jedi might seek revenge, switching the norm of Sith and Jedi roles and how desperate even the most daring smugglers in the universe can get when the old acquaintances team up and try to get onto the planet of Coruscant which at the time is under heavy Sith control. The book is set in the Old republic time line and is a must read for any one who find them selves wanting to play the old republic. If this interests you, you can find this book on Amazon
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