XeanBeggingForEC

[6/9 2:19] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: hi

[6/9 2:22] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Hi

[6/9 2:22] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: how's it going

[6/9 2:22] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Alright, you?

[6/9 2:22] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: keeping busy. what's this about a new holding?

[6/9 2:25] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Don't know yet.

[6/9 2:25] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: trade secret huh lol

[6/9 2:25] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: i expect there'll probably be another too, it's only a matter of time

[6/9 2:26] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: you busy?

[6/9 2:26] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: There's the T6 Avenger/Mogh/Mogai bunle about to come out, the holding doesn't seem imminent.

[6/9 2:26] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: bundle*

[6/9 2:26] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: The holding may be part of the krenim stuff, but that could come first.

[6/9 2:27] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: not a mogai fan unless there's perks..

[6/9 2:27] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: can I ask a question?

[6/9 2:28] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: There's also a T6 escort bundle in the works, t'varo, defiant, bop

[6/9 2:28] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Sup?

[6/9 2:28] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: yeah

[6/9 2:28] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: How much ec have you got?

[6/9 2:28] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: I don't know

[6/9 2:29] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Too spread out to keep track of

[6/9 2:29] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: on hand available at least, a guess maybe?

[6/9 2:30] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: On hand, maybe 10-15.

[6/9 2:31] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: and when did you start playing

[6/9 2:32] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: 2012, but I left pretty much after I started, came back late 2013.

[6/9 2:32] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: so it took 2 years or soto gather like how much?

[6/9 2:33] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: yeah, about 2 years.

[6/9 2:33] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Gotta know when to cash in/out, you know?

[6/9 2:34] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Those unreplicateable materials, for example.

[6/9 2:34] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: That was one of those rare uber-paydays

[6/9 2:34] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: They happen from time to time and you need to be in a position to cash out your hoard of crap to someone suddenly willing to pay a lot for it.

[6/9 2:34] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: yeah. If you think back to the times when you started out forward to now, there's got to be a time when you realized that you didn't feel poor anymore, that you made it

[6/9 2:34] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: ..knowing they won't be paying that much for long.

[6/9 2:35] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: know what I mean?

[6/9 2:35] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: can you remember a time like that?

[6/9 2:35] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: I don't like not feeling poor, to be honest.  I get the EC out of sight, it keeps me motived to earn the next billion.

[6/9 2:36] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: But yeah, I remember the first time I didn't feel poor.  It was intersting and could have been really destructive if I let it sit like that for too long.

[6/9 2:36] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: yeah but you must have remembered not having a bil, or even 500 mil at some point

[6/9 2:37] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Yeah, I was stuck at 120 million for a while, then under-300...

[6/9 2:37] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Couldn't just slowly go over those humps, you have to leap over them with those big paydays.

[6/9 2:37] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: send me aship invite

[6/9 2:38] [Friend] @xtern1ty has logged on.

[6/9 2:38] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Usually slowly investing, over time... watching your EC sit at the same number.. then poof, you sell some things and you're over the hump.

[6/9 2:39] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: now, all the time that I've been playing, about 3 years now, only once did I ever jump above the 100mil mark and only briefly for a few months

[6/9 2:40] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: lately, something happened that's very unusual. you remember me saying how I gave a couple of lockbox ships away free once?

[6/9 2:40] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: I rarely ever consume items, so I'm really never at risk for going broke, you know?

[6/9 2:40] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Yeah

[6/9 2:41] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: I couldn't really afford it, but my generous nature got the best of me

[6/9 2:41] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: so I been helping players down at Risa you know, and I met this player and we gotinto a convo and he said he need 930 or so favors

[6/9 2:43] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: he was nice to so since I was giving a few hundred to players who seemed new and were'nt begging, I gave him a stack of 999 favors I'd been gathering

[6/9 2:44] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: He seemed elated, thanked me alot, said he saw how helpful I was and said I wouldn't regret it. then he left and I continued doing my stuff..

[6/9 2:45] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: anyways, a little later we bump into each other again and he trades me, says this is for you, told you I wouldn't forget

[6/9 2:46] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: you know how much a stack of 999 favors is selling for now at exchange? they peaked at around 29 mil as you recall earlier

[6/9 2:46] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Yeah

[6/9 2:47] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: right now they're worth approx 5 mil per stack

[6/9 2:47] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Sounds about right

[6/9 2:47] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: what do you think if someone swapped you that with this:

[6/9 2:47] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: [Special Requisition Pack - Vaadwaur Astika Heavy Battlecruiser [T6]]

[6/9 2:48] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Nice

[6/9 2:48] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: I've never seen one of those before, but I figure it must be a rare

[6/9 2:48] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Lobi ship, yeah

[6/9 2:49] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: as long as I got this, I know one day I'm going to make it

[6/9 2:50] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: It's usually big paydays that pushes you up the ladder, yeah.

[6/9 2:50] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: All I need to do now is find a kind player willing to trade the ship for 200 mil, or if they're really kind, trade me 200 mil and let me keep the ship as a reward lol

[6/9 2:50] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: The trick is not to self-destruct (excess gambling, buying expensive things to consume, giving it away, etc) when the big paydays happen.

[6/9 2:51] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: with 200 mil, I'll have enough to get a stack of catfood per char and never have to grind foundry or sweat ec again

[6/9 2:51] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Lobi ships are all worth the same, and the price changes as the price of lobi goes up and down.

[6/9 2:51] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: Think I should feel like I am gonna make it? I think i'm getting there..

[6/9 2:52] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: At the moment, the price of lobi is pretty high because there hasn't been a well-timed key sale in a while, and the price of zen got pretty high since the last good sale.

[6/9 2:53] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Also, a lobi ship sale will drive down the price of lobi ships considerably.

[6/9 2:53] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: I think you can definitely do it if you can resist the temptation to consume.

[6/9 2:53] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: I had an idea, maybe you have others, but I was thinking as this is a special pack, if you have 200mil, I'd give it to you if you want.

[6/9 2:54] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: if you coan afford, you ight even let me keep the ship as a reward :)

[6/9 2:54] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: just a thought

[6/9 2:55] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Lobi ships are typically selling for aroun 100 mil right now.

[6/9 2:56] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: That particular one still has a bit of hype left over, since it's from the last lock box, so its price is a little higher (in the 130s).

[6/9 2:56] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: more like daydreaming because I actually got a real ship! and I don't want to waste it on a stranger who might not deserve it

[6/9 2:56] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: actually I checked on this, and it's running near 200 mil already

[6/9 2:56] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: With time, it will equalize in price with the other lobi ships.  In other words, now is the time to sell it, before competition brings the price back in line with other lobi ships.

[6/9 2:56] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: i'd be happy to work a bit in exchange, add some stuff or do something if you need

[6/9 2:57] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: I'm negotiable on work, but 200 mil is a need, can't sell for less if I got to make it out of poverty

[6/9 2:58] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: There are 3 astikas in the exchange under 140m.

[6/9 2:58] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: they must have stocked more

[6/9 2:59] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: was only 3 when I checked yesterday

[6/9 2:59] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: It's a lobi ship, it costs the same as every other lobi ship, when the price goes up on a lobi ship, people just go get more.

[6/9 3:00] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: well, if that's so why Sheshars are over 300 mil and there are more of them around

[6/9 3:00] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: don't tell me, new stuff

[6/9 3:00] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Sheshars are gamble-based.

[6/9 3:00] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: from what I see about his Astika, it's an awesome ship, really wish I could use it myself

[6/9 3:01] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Lobi ships are bought with lobi

[6/9 3:01] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Yeah, I hear it's a pretty good ship.

[6/9 3:02] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: no chance you can help me out then? Just need to find one person who can give me a break

[6/9 3:02] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: let me know if interested, I'll put it in my bank for safekeeping

[6/9 3:02] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: you're the first person I show it to here

[6/9 3:03] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: I'd recommend selling it while the price is higher than the average lobi ship price.

[6/9 3:03] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Buy low, sell high, that sort of thing.

[6/9 3:04] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Right now it's an anomaly, a lobi ship priced higher than it should be priced.

[6/9 3:04] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: People won't let that sit for too long before they start competing to sell theirs, driving down the price.

[6/9 3:04] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: I won't sell for less than 200 mil, got to make it there somehow. willing to hunt for favors even to make up the difference if needed

[6/9 3:05] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: if you save 5 stacks of favors, you can sell them next year for 20mil each and get 100 mil

[6/9 3:05] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: but they'll peak higher than that though

[6/9 3:05] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: probably, considering this year was 29 mil

[6/9 3:05] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: I think holding out for 200 million on a lobi ship is going to be a long wait.

[6/9 3:06] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: I'd offer the ship plus 5 stacks of favors

[6/9 3:06] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: It's a lobi ship, it's not gamble-based, you can't wait for rarity to take over and drive up the price like the gamble ships.

[6/9 3:06] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: and anything else if someone needs that I can get

[6/9 3:07] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: you understand where I'm coming from, it's a once in the game opportunity, if I don't succeed, i'll be stuck in the lowers. can't let that happen

[6/9 3:08] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: The opportunity here is to sell the ship while the price on it is relatively high compared to where it's likely to be in a month or two.

[6/9 3:08] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: there are Astika's selling for over 200 mil, so I'm not  off the price range

[6/9 3:09] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: Lobi ships don't sell at 200 mil, unfortunately.

[6/9 3:09] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: not selling for less than 200 mil even if it stays a trophy, there may come a time when I may have to trade it for something else or need a service badly for the fleet

[6/9 3:10] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: I'm legit trying to help you, Xean.  I'm trying to give you good, solid information that you can use to build wealth.

[6/9 3:10] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: ik, but what I need is cold hard ec, if I find someone, i'll have made it

[6/9 3:11] [Tell] To Xean@xtern1ty: That's the thing, if you aren't making good decisions, it doesn't matter how much you have.. you aren't really "making it."

[6/9 3:11] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: heck having this is sheer good fortune in itself, I'm sure there are other kind people out there

[6/9 3:11] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: just need to find one with enough ec not to bother with a mere 200 mil

[6/9 3:13] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: thanks for the inv droog, I'll go back to helping peeps on Risa, maybe I'll meet another kind stranger :)

[6/9 3:13] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: one thing I'll say, pays to be helpful.

[6/9 3:13] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: l8rs

[6/9 3:14] [Tell] Xean@xtern1ty: let me grab some doff assignment while I'm here