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42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in news:MPG.1ce95c7e413d67b8989b1a@shawnews:
> In article <Xns9651568F5387Brichardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4>,
> RichardRapier@netscape.net says...
>
>>
>> What is the point of money in EQ if you don't spend it? Like you
said,
>> there is no overhead of life to pay (well, you do need to get food and
>> water of some type), no rent, no mortgage, no utility bills...
>
> I didn't say "don't spend it". I said "Spend less than what you make."
>
> Its true there's a definate limit to what you need so I guess once your
> 'rich enough' you can modify that to "Spend exactly what you make', and
> preserve some wealth, but having a healthy float is a good thing.
I do generally spend about what I make, as my bank balance stays fairly
consistant. I see no reason to allow it to accumulate and get higher,
except when I am specifically saving up for something.
>
> It lets to take advantage of bargains, it frees your from being
stressed
> out because your about to ding and don't have any money for spells, etc
> etc etc.
When I was low level, that was an issue, I had to pick and choose which
spells I would actually buy as I could not afford all of them. I found
this to be particularly true as an Enchanter with the number of spells
they get. At higher levels, in the case of spells like the DoN ones, I
got them as drops on raids and/or in groups, and bought one or two
myself. My guild also bought a lot of the tradable runes for guild
members.
>
>> The only thing the cash is good for is to spend on things you want for
>> your character(s).
>
> As soon as you spend your last dime on an X, a Y will show up that you
> could pick up and flip in the bazaar for enough money to buy that
you've
> been wanting Z... except you can't because your broke.
Except that like probably a majority of the people who play, I am
clueless as to bazaar prices, so I wouldn't know a bargain like that
anyway. I have zero interest in playing the bazaar market, I get what I
want when I can afford it, and do without when I can't.
>
> Like I said before: having cash makes it much easier to raise more
cash.
>
> Its true saving millions upon millions of plat does you no good, but
> perpetually spending down to your last 50 plat, and then complaining
all
> the time that you need money is even stupider.
I agree, and I don't generally spend down to my last bit of cash,
although while I was actively learning tradeskills, I did just that
several times.
>
> I know high level people who will hit the bazaar for tradeskill
> components and spend down to the point that they *routinely* can't
> afford their own coffins or corpse summonings, who can't afford to
> resupply on peridots, etc etc etc.
>
Being a shaman, I have no reagents that I need to keep on hand, and I can
count on one hand the number of times I have needed a corpse summonned
that was not on a guild raid (where the guild picks up the coffin). I do
actually generally keep a coffin or two on hand, as well as an essence
emerald or two, just in case.
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