Well after a recent noob contest I won 100PED and following a guide for new players I spent about half of it on a gun and pixie armor (also got a FAP5 and EnKnuckles) so now I have about 50 PED but after looking ahead in the guide I figured out that it was geared toward regular depositors. I don't deposit at all so now I have 50PED left and I gotta figure out how to make it last (or better yet make more money) any ideas?
best tips i can give to be a non deppositor is, join swunt parties, do not tt loot with a markup over 103%, try not use the auction system but trade manualy. use a bit of the ped only when fun teamhunting as there its best spend. Further it been well documented to play for as litle as posible so spend some time browsing forums. personaly i would say give yourselfe some fun and depo a bit per month, by this u suport the game couse MA has to pay the bills to afterall.
If you really want to make your ped last, and you do not mind it, consider trading. 50 ped is a small amount, but if you are in a soc, see if you can buy some of the excess stuff others typicall TT, and see if you can sell it (NOT using the auction, due to auction fees). Other than that, save it. From very early on, you'll need some kind of a bankroll to play with in order to see it through the "bad" loot times. The bigger your bankroll, the easier to see it through without having to fall back to boring shit like sweating.
Yeah, I got some PED recently myself and spent a bit of it on some ammo, a VITO and have the rest squirreled away for a rainy day. But, as the others have said, don't TT your loot. I have everything I've ever looted still in my inventory, awaiting me to find someone who has a use for it. And most everything is wanted by someone, its just a matter of finding that person.
Thanks for the help. I'll try to get a bankroll started and I suppose I can find out a bit more about trading.
Best ways to make your ped last as a non depositor; Hunting: Swunt is your friend and since solo swunting doesn't work right now due to the change in agro, teams at neas are THE way to go. Mining: Walking is your friend. Go on LONG exploratory mining runs with your probes and only drop one every couple of minutes. Fruit/stones/dung that you find by walking will help cover your losses. (you will probably still need to sweat some) Crafting: Dont! (well you can do it, but its Alot harder to get into with out alot of ped than the other two professions) Trading: Obviously the best way to stay in the profit, but its booring and not for everyone... you must decide what you like for yourself. Check out http://www.entropiaplanets.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1153 for hunting specific ideas for hunting. Pay special attention to the link to Successful non-depositing there as it is applicable to all professions for a non-depositer. gl and have fun, narfi
Thanks I did kind of wondered how swunting really worked because I couldn't seem to sweat anything before it started attacking me.
