Talk:Earning gold

Begging
''Because of the fact that there are so many easy legit ways of making money (with only some of them mentioned above), begging is clearly the lowest form of funding. Not only does it show a lack of self-respect and initiative, but it is also a nuisance to other players.''
 * <3 --Black Ark 07:56, 18 July 2006 (CDT)
 * I like. &mdash; Rapta  [[image:Rapta_Icon1.gif|19px]] (talk|contribs) 21:59, 18 July 2006 (CDT)
 * Rewrote the section on begging, since it had changed from a neutral perspective, to an anti-begging perspective. Also added a comment on selling low-level weapons to merchants, rather than trying to sell them to other players Atma
 * While I think your changes are not bad, they are far too kind about begging. I don't think there's anything wrong with an anti-begging perspective. It would reflect the reality of how beggars are perceived in-game. Begging is (almost) the lowest of the low in terms of ways to make money, and I don't think it's inappropriate to say that. (I reserve a special place at the bottom of the barrel for scammers.) — HarshLanguage [[Image:qswearing_small.png|HarshLanguage]] 21:43, 24 February 2007 (CST)
 * Beggars are perceived badly ingame and rarely get any gold whatsoever, but it is a legitimate way of making gold for new players who need a couple of gold pieces to buy that last Ingot or craft a Chestpiece. And I agree with you about making money through scamming. Atma 00:59, 25 February 2007 (CST)

"Merchanting"
Is is just me, or does this section need some work? First of all I find the term "merchanting" very missleading, because it doesn't involve a merchant at all. It's trading we're talking about here! Hence, the section is mostly redundant with the following section "Trading with other players". -- 07:17, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
 * I'm displeased with the phrase "merchanting" at all. That smacks of vending, which in turn is usually used to describe the process of selling your loot to merchants in RPGs. I've been toying with the phrase "playing the market", as in the stock-market, but I don't think that's going to fly. "Merchanting" indeed. Surely there's a more elegant phrase for that. --Black Ark 07:37, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
 * On an offtopic, I called "vending", NPCing. it's popular term in my guild. --Jamie [[Image:Jamie.jpg|24px|(Talk Page)]] 07:39, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
 * I suggest the name "Bartering." &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vadigor (contribs) 07:21, 13 August 2006.
 * The phrase "Merchanting" is base around the player acting like a NPC Merchant, basically buying low, and selling high. And compared to a RL merchant, that's what they do as well. But it is a perfectly flexible term. I'm in favor of Vadigor's suggestion of "Bartering" (that does no way mean I'm opposed to the core term, "Merchanting"). &mdash; Rapta  [[image:Rapta_Icon1.gif|19px]] (talk|contribs) 11:50, 13 August 2006 (CDT)
 * i like the term merchanting, it's a broad term but it works to define what people are doing.AM