Week 2: 1/2

Getting a group is a lot harder then initial appearances if you aren't a specific build.  Every class does a basic thing, but through many years of gameplay, a couple skill combinations have jumped to the front as being exceptionally powerful.  While I did get in one or two groups, it proves challenging to get into a lot because these groups are seeking these powerful builds over a lot of others.  That said though, the group or two I did get in behaved very similar to my first.  Everyone was polite, but they did talk a bit more this time around.  The groups had a few more people, one of them had 4 real people and another was a full group of 8.  The more people present, the more talking there was as more people engaged in idle conversation.

While seeking groups, I managed to spend a lot of time in some of the more major cities and I did get a good taste for the economy in game.  The majority of items fell under one of these categories:  Vanity items, higher form of currency, hall of monuments items, rare/high end items, crafting materials.  

The higher form of currency is usually Globs of Ectoplasm in this case.  There are others, but this is the most common.  Guild Wars limits your maximum funds you can carry on you at 100 platinum.  A Glob of Ectoplasm, which you have no limit on, is worth around 10 plat.  So for high end exchanges that could be anything over 100 plat, Globs of Ectoplasm are usually used and these sold for right around market price, fluctuation depending on how may were being sold.  

Vanity items are either Everlasting Elixirs or Mini pets.  I was shocked at how much some of the rarer ones go for.  I had a Everlasting Elixir of the rarest quality and despite being a very lack luster transformation it sold for 50 ectoplasm, or 500 plat.  In Guild Wars that's a small fortune that if spent correctly, can go a long ways. 

Hall of Monuments items cover a wide variety and these all are sold at a premium despite not being inherently pricey.  The Hall of Monuments is an achievement system in game where you dedicate items that span from Mini Pets, Armor, Weapons, Titles for tasks, etc.  These points carry over to the sequel game that is to be released and anyone who is going to play wants to max out these points.  One of the items commonly sold are Armbrace's of Truth.  These are turned in for rare weapons, which while the weapons sell for around 60 plat, the Armbrace's managed to sell for 23 ectoplasm. 

Rare and high end items is fairly self explanatory.  The rarer the item, the better the stats and this is especially true here.  The best rarity is usually unique and they can have special stats that no other item of the same type could possess.  These seemed to sell for a minimum of 100 plat.  

Finally, there are crafting materials.  The more common things were being sought after by people because they don't yield much profit, about 4 plat for a stack (250) of wood.  But a single Ruby can sell for more then an Ectoplasm, but they are a lot more rare and are used to craft gear.  These were being actively advertised by people looking to sell.