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Playing without elite status

CommanderDougCommanderDoug
in TERA PC - General Discussion
Hey guys I just want to ask of there is a big difference between those who play with elite and those who do not in terms of making gold. I have been playing with elite status for 1 month now and it just expired. I was wondering if it is worth it to renew or not. My goal so far is to just make a lot of gold in game. Is elite really a big help in making gold or can I just make as much gold without elite as those that play with elite? I find atlas ,everful nostrum, double vanguard credits and no listings on broker to be really convenient but I could do without them. I just want to make gold.
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  • ItrysilItrysil ✭✭
    Yes it is a big deal, elite lets you post things on broker for free, instead of 5% its selling price. Without elite if you wanted to post something for 100k, it would cost you 5k to post and if you wanted to take it down and repost for different price you have to repay that posting fee. you also can have 50 things posted at once, non elite can only have 10, founder has 30. you also get 2x rep, quest gold and dropped gold. plus 2x dungeon entries and 1/2 dungeon cooldown. plus you can teleport anywhere anytime which helps make money. and you get unlimited battle solution. saves money.
  • LesbianViLesbianVi ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you are poor like meh, playing w/o elite is also rewarding if you go where it matters. I make 50k to 100k weekly and not even trying hard.
  • CommanderDougCommanderDoug ✭
    LesbianVi wrote: »
    If you are poor like meh, playing w/o elite is also rewarding if you go where it matters. I make 50k to 100k weekly and not even trying hard.

    wow how do you do that? Thats about how much I make with elite per week and thats already trying hard lol. If you could teach me that would be awesome!!
  • CommanderDougCommanderDoug ✭
    Itrysil wrote: »
    Yes it is a big deal, elite lets you post things on broker for free, instead of 5% its selling price. Without elite if you wanted to post something for 100k, it would cost you 5k to post and if you wanted to take it down and repost for different price you have to repay that posting fee. you also can have 50 things posted at once, non elite can only have 10, founder has 30. you also get 2x rep, quest gold and dropped gold. plus 2x dungeon entries and 1/2 dungeon cooldown. plus you can teleport anywhere anytime which helps make money. and you get unlimited battle solution. saves money.

    But is it really that big of a difference? I mean if I could make 3/4 the gold that an elite player makes I would be fine with that. Im not always using the broker anyway and battle solutions drop so frequently I got many leftover since I didnt use them while having elite. You do have a point with teleporting though. Scrolls costs gold.
  • ItrysilItrysil ✭✭
    CommanderDoug wrote: »
    Itrysil wrote: »
    Yes it is a big deal, elite lets you post things on broker for free, instead of 5% its selling price. Without elite if you wanted to post something for 100k, it would cost you 5k to post and if you wanted to take it down and repost for different price you have to repay that posting fee. you also can have 50 things posted at once, non elite can only have 10, founder has 30. you also get 2x rep, quest gold and dropped gold. plus 2x dungeon entries and 1/2 dungeon cooldown. plus you can teleport anywhere anytime which helps make money. and you get unlimited battle solution. saves money.

    But is it really that big of a difference? I mean if I could make 3/4 the gold that an elite player makes I would be fine with that. Im not always using the broker anyway and battle solutions drop so frequently I got many leftover since I didnt use them while having elite. You do have a point with teleporting though. Scrolls costs gold.

    if you don't use broker at all, which you will most likely when making gold to sell stuff offline, but even if you didn't, the extra runs and boosts give a lot of gold as well. but if you don't run much and sell thru trade chat then the loss wouldn't be as big.
  • VysseVysse ✭✭✭
    The best way I can put this is. You can definitely get things done in the game without elite however it is worth it for you to find a way to make enough gold to purchase elite off another player each month.
  • Jordansb1Jordansb1 ✭✭✭
    LesbianVi wrote: »
    If you are poor like meh, playing w/o elite is also rewarding if you go where it matters. I make 50k to 100k weekly and not even trying hard.

    TEACH ME YOUR WAYS!!!!
  • CommanderDougCommanderDoug ✭
    From the looks of things elite just might be the best way to go make gold lol. Guess I'll be going back to elite status then. Unless someone could teach me how to make 50-100k without elite like the other guy xD

  • 66ECX7NAN766ECX7NAN7 ✭✭✭✭
    If you do 8 vanguards missions a day you get maybe ~50 more mwa from having elite, assuming your vanguards are normally ~80 credits each before elite bonus is applied, that's worth ~1000 gold a day. You also get a free crafters cure every day, if you have time to use the extra production points maybe that's 500-1000 extra gold per day? You get a free daily gift that's worth a couple hundred gold maybe. At the current price of 80k for a 1 month voucher it's hard to make money off of elite, you either have to use broker a lot or do vanguards on multiple alts or be able to make use of the extra dugeon runs you get if you have elite and hopefully get a design drop.
  • HueHue ✭✭
    edited November 2016
    I honestly think Elite status is worth it. With what the above post said, I do just 2 toons IOD bam quests daily (the tier 1 and tier 2 bam quests...you need the ilevel for these quests to show, forgot what exact ilevel) since I'm lazy, I can make 10k+ just from that in an hour or an hour and a half by selling the feedstocks, trade the tokens for goddess tear or the new ore, then trade the credits for MWA boxes or for niveot crystal (I preferred MWA boxes to open for jackpot of getting more MWA). Without elite maybe you can make 3 to 5k for 2 toons. I used to do 5 to 8 toons in the past caused this nets a lot of gold (15k+ to 21k+ per toon), but now it's not that much but still get you enough gold for the next elite voucher and get some gold to the side to use!
  • LesbianViLesbianVi ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, Let me tell you this. Since I had Founder account, so I created alts, in the process of making them at max level, you gain golds by quests and stuff that you all know. Then I get them lowest gear and fully enchant them. So they can all easily can kill IOD bams, run GG and Arena fast. It won't take much time if you get to play each day. Since enchanting lowest tier,( it is Slaughter now is easy) you can easily sell the mats you get. Also learn Etching and only create basic mats and sell them, that also help you a lot. These little things can help.

    Also I have all crafts mastered, so they also help me a lot. I don't really recommend to master, but creating oils for weapon and etching also good investment.
  • YamazukiYamazuki ✭✭✭✭✭
    CommanderDoug wrote: »
    Itrysil wrote: »
    Yes it is a big deal, elite lets you post things on broker for free, instead of 5% its selling price. Without elite if you wanted to post something for 100k, it would cost you 5k to post and if you wanted to take it down and repost for different price you have to repay that posting fee. you also can have 50 things posted at once, non elite can only have 10, founder has 30. you also get 2x rep, quest gold and dropped gold. plus 2x dungeon entries and 1/2 dungeon cooldown. plus you can teleport anywhere anytime which helps make money. and you get unlimited battle solution. saves money.

    But is it really that big of a difference? I mean if I could make 3/4 the gold that an elite player makes I would be fine with that. Im not always using the broker anyway and battle solutions drop so frequently I got many leftover since I didnt use them while having elite. You do have a point with teleporting though. Scrolls costs gold.

    You won't make 3/4ths what an equally experienced Elite player would get. Elite doubles the credits from VGs while also allowing 2 entries per end game dungeon, with resets resetting both entries. During open world events Elite also provides a huge advantage during some events that result in more of a financial advantage as well. You also don't have to always use the broker either, anytime you use it you're paying to sell something unless you only trade directly. Even ignoring the broker, all the other portions result in a bigger advantage that only gets wider during 2x/3x drop events. This is also ignoring the benefits (that get ignored) while questing from 60 to 65 and the couple dungeons that you can do during downtime to farm easy gold if you're Elite, that some people actually bot.
  • Tenshi1Tenshi1 ✭✭✭✭
    Yes.

    I'm broke and can't afford it in game or out LOL, but the few time I've had it, it made a big different. Double gold, elite boxes, each day, and let's not forget the ability to go wherever you want without having to buy city scrolls.
  • CommanderDougCommanderDoug ✭
    Well I guess that settles things then. I'll be renewing elite later! Thanks for all the response guys! I appreciate it :)
  • aeee98aeee98 ✭✭✭✭
    Elite is really for people who can afford the time to play on alts.

    What people underestimate is the ability to reset Ghille, which basically means 4 free resets if you are elite (note that Elite gives you free Velik's Opportunity compared to the 15 credit per attempt if you are free player).

    This gives you at least 4 extra titan embers for nearly no time invested for each character, which meant 600-800 gold instantly per character.

    The profit is even greater if you can reliably get scores in Ace dungeons (it doesn't have to be S+ to be really honest, just rushing is already enough to cover the amount of time spent if you can get etchings reliably).

    Btw the newer dungeons are not affected by the double entry iirc. But that doesn't deter a pure elite from benefit.

    If you are an elite and you are not earning your monthly upkeep every week (80k), you are not putting your elite to full use at all. If you know what you are doing, you can get more than enough to cover the whole month. This is usually easily done with min 4 characters played everyday on low to mid-tier content.

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