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[Willemsen]

 So, other then doing quests and looting guys, is there a way to make good money? 

In DA:O we had Potent Lyrium Potions.

In DA2 we have...?

[Cutlass Jack]

Willemsen wrote...
In DA2 we have...?

Moth Eaten Scarves.

[NitaW]

No, no. Go for quantity. Trousers! Of all types!

[Elhanan]

When completing certain item quests, you may Pause, possess each member of the party and click on the one giving the reward, unpause and gain a reward for each team member. Finally some way for the others to get some recognotion while standing in the shadows....

Modifié par Elhanan, 31 mai 2011 - 08:28 .

[Sister Helen]

I want to skip the whole "open random crates and barrels" thing. And the whole co-owner-of-a-spider-infested-mine-business-venture didn't work out very well for Hawke.

@ Bioware: How about a game mechanic where you make money as a raider (if pro-mage) or privateer (if pro-templar)? Would be a nice patch or DLC.

[RaenImrahl]

I've moved this to the Gameplay forum, where it belongs. Also, it allows folks to be more spoiler-ific.

[Sidney]

In DA2 you have limited resources and have to make choices about how you spend your cash. There's frankly more than enough stuff and money to adequately equip yourself but you won't go all spending spree. In reality I'm not sure most of the top end 80, 90 or 100 gp items are worth the investment anyways.

[Sister Helen]

Sidney wrote...

In DA2 you have limited resources and have to make choices about how you spend your cash. There's frankly more than enough stuff and money to adequately equip yourself but you won't go all spending spree. In reality I'm not sure most of the top end 80, 90 or 100 gp items are worth the investment anyways.

But wouldn't it be better to get rid of the entire "oh another random looking box, must click on it" mechanic?  I'd rather do a couple of raids, open a locked chest in a nobleman's house or in a camp, and save my money to buy cool stuff than open Crate #88 in the hopes of... wait for it... a moth eaten scarf.

[ApostleinTriumph]

I'm playing on hard difficulty, and having to spend a ton of money on elfroot potions just left me poor. I don't know how I am going to get 50 sovereign ready, or if I can rather.

[mesmerizedish]

There should be repeatable quests. Game should be bigger.

[Patchwork]

After working so hard in Act 1 for 50 sovereigns I feel poor if I dip below that figure.

[Ottemis]

Moth eaten scarves are totally 2011.

Modifié par Ottemis, 01 juin 2011 - 02:17 .

[happy_daiz]

What always surprised me was that "treasure piles" always contain junk or a few silvers. Clearly the undead, arachnids, lyrium smugglers, etc., etc. would also consider dryer lint to be a treasure. They must all die. 

I bought the item DLC, and have found that pretty much everything I pick up could now be considered "junk", comparatively. In my last playthrough, I had over 200 sovereigns at one point. I think part of it might be due to me not stashing extra equipment and actually selling it. Novel idea!

Edit: I typically buy all potions, tomes, armor upgrades, etc., so the 200 sovereigns was after that. I'm realizing though that lots of other people had more cash than that. I'm curious how...?

Modifié par happy_daiz, 01 juin 2011 - 02:37 .

[thendcomes]

There's a stickied money guide in the forum. I consistently make ~150g in Act 1.

[Sidney]

Sister Helen wrote...

But wouldn't it be better to get rid of the entire "oh another random looking box, must click on it" mechanic?  I'd rather do a couple of raids, open a locked chest in a nobleman's house or in a camp, and save my money to buy cool stuff than open Crate #88 in the hopes of... wait for it... a moth eaten scarf.

Obviously all sane people would prefer to not open random boxes and go through the pockets of the recently deceased for spare change and trash. I'd rather have "a vault" with 100 silver than finding 4 boxes and 6 dead guards each with 10.

[Cutlass Jack]

It wasn't that trash was in containers that bothered me as much as trash in locked containers.

"Whew. Glad I was a high cunning rogue. I'd hate to have missed out on those old trousers."

Completely took the fun out of thievery. As did the lack of pickpocketing.

[Melca36]

Use the Rune Of fortunes!!! They work!!

[Davillo]

I always just runscript addmoney 8888888 and it gives me exactly 888 gold, now I do not consider this cheating while some people may. Personally this makes the game more fun since I can stock up on pots and get everything that I want. In DA:O I think this was the only way to play how else would I afford every since recipe and all the other crap. Now of course on my first play through of both games I didn't use the money code but its more fun with the gold. Or if you gonna feel bad about this do it after deep roads than you can pretend this gold is from the expedition.

[fightright2]

I really miss the days in a rpg when you would discover just how worthy it was to level up to unlock a treasure chest. From little gems to exquisite bling. Man, I loved it when I got to go sell it and feel the full satisfaction of being a thief!

[_Aine_]

Cutlass Jack wrote...

It wasn't that trash was in containers that bothered me as much as trash in locked containers.

"Whew. Glad I was a high cunning rogue. I'd hate to have missed out on those old trousers."

Completely took the fun out of thievery. As did the lack of pickpocketing.

Yes!  this.

fightright2 wrote...

I really miss the days in a rpg when you would discover just how worthy it was to level up to unlock a treasure chest. From little gems to exquisite bling. Man, I loved it when I got to go sell it and feel the full satisfaction of being a thief!

And this.  

Modifié par shantisands, 04 juin 2011 - 03:49 .

[AngryFrozenWater]

I agree with shantisands (to avoid pyramids).

[Jack-Nader]

I'm a fan of the old school money systems such as Baldur's gate. All stores stock low / medium ranked equipment. Gold is obtained through quests / heavy looting. You acquire gold to purchase the medium equipment from stores which allows you to deal with progressively harder fights. All the best gear can only be found on boss character corpses.

Modifié par Jack-Nader, 04 juin 2011 - 03:58 .

[Darqion]

Ye what i ended up doing mostly was, after act 1, add enough money to last me through the game, but i would only use at max 2 of the very expensive items at one time. It keeps the ballance in check and allowed me to test stuff out. I did not really switch out stuff for specific fights unless it was for said testing. I already finished the game 3 times without the money so i dont really feel bad about it

But ye i liked how Baldurs gate did it too. Treasure usually felt like treasure in one way or another

I`m just waiting for someone to mod something that changes all the trash into it's money worth so it wont clutter my inventory

[Sidney]

Jack-Nader wrote...

I'm a fan of the old school money systems such as Baldur's gate. All stores stock low / medium ranked equipment. Gold is obtained through quests / heavy looting. You acquire gold to purchase the medium equipment from stores which allows you to deal with progressively harder fights. All the best gear can only be found on boss character corpses.

BG2's money system was an abomination. In addition to corpse looting which will always stink it was pure unadultereted Monty Haul time.  Plus a lot of the "best" stuff IIRC like the Blade of Roses and Celestail Fury were for purcahse. Dear god I was swimming in cash, I could have just paid Irenicus to go away at some point.

DAO improved on Monty Haul some by having less overall money but the fundamental flaw of having anything other than baseline equipment at merchants is still wrong. It should never be more beneficial to assault a local random merchant than to dive a dungeon - and it DAO it was clearly better to attack Bohdan or the Wonders of Thedas than to clear many of the dungeons. I never want to buy a rare and powerful item. Make me earn that in a dungeon.

Really the whole lousy need to loot in CRPG's is done to support the equally lousy need to buy powerful items from merchants. Put the powerful items on boss monsters and in dungeons and not on merchants and looting becomes immaterial. Needless to say fewer mnagicl items would also make them feel special and not like the apparently dime a dozen Ring of Protection +3 in BG2.