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Lots of Money...

azidahakaazidahaka Member Posts: 19
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What do i do with them? Shops do not seem to have useful or better equipment... i have most of the spells i need for my mages and even too many rods...

Is there some "special" seller around?

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  • PantalionPantalion Member Posts: 2,137
    Nope, you should still have plenty of cash spare after buying everything you need. Enjoy rolling in money.
  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    Play evil next time? ;-)
  • szbszb Member Posts: 220
    Get Neera, wait for gold lost wild surge.
  • davidthegnomedavidthegnome Member Posts: 37
    edited December 2012
    azidahaka said:

    What do i do with them? Shops do not seem to have useful or better equipment... i have most of the spells i need for my mages and even too many rods...

    Is there some "special" seller around?

    Well, make sure to stop by High Hedge if you haven't. The wizard who resides there sells some nice, expensive magic items such as the Robes of the Archmagi which is a must for any mage / sorceror.



  • gunmangunman Member Posts: 215
    Buy only magic arrows/bullets.
  • KamigoroshiKamigoroshi Member Posts: 5,870
    It would be nice to have the chance to purchase houses or strongholds. Alternatively, a magical sling which shoots gold coins instead of stones/bullets might be interesting as well. Probably created by an snobbish, gnomish cleric/thief of Waukeen?
  • VoidSorcererVoidSorcerer Member Posts: 33
    Once you get to the final chapters there really is no way to go broke. (Other than Neera and simply buying junk, throwing it on the floor and then buying more) There are definately things you can do when playing to make it so that you dont accumulate as much cash. Playing an evil party, don't rob houses, leave loot in the dungeons, etc. But really, the game was just designed so that you gain about abajillion times more money at the end then you need. (You think they'd rob you when they throw you into jail and Candlekeep or something - but w/e.)

    Just laugh at your enormous stores and the ability to purchase Durlag's tower and Baldur's gate. Mayhaps you could try to buy Seravok and the Iron Throne off......
  • JarlealeJarleale Member Posts: 114
    You have already the Gold Digger, the two-handed sword eating your gold...
  • TressetTresset Member, Moderator Posts: 8,268
    Maybe you could give your gold to the lich so he doesn't kill you! He is one of the most fearsome enemies in BG1 you know...
  • Twilight_FoxTwilight_Fox Member Posts: 448
    Sell your 8-10 charges wands, buy them back at 26 000 golds to add 90 more charges.
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  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    Yeah, by the end of the game I had over 300,000 gold.
  • DebaserDebaser Member Posts: 669
    @Azihadaka

    Sell your wants BACK to the shops when they're under ten charges.

    Then buy them back.

    I have a wand of Magic Missle with 100 charges on it on both of my mages...no need to even memorize it! =P

    Most of the others won't get that many charges, but still it's extremely useful.
  • AllbrotherAllbrother Member Posts: 262
    Get married and enjoy all the shoes
  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    Debaser said:

    I have a wand of Magic Missle with 100 charges on it on both of my mages...no need to even memorize it! =P

    They're not that useful later in the game. They only shoot out one missile per charge. So they do damage very very slowly compared to when you cast it normally and shoot five.
  • EnterHaerDalisEnterHaerDalis Member Posts: 813
    Buy lots of magical ammo
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited December 2012
    Help out the virtual poor and give it to beggers. That or donate some of it to a temple.
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  • OssoryOssory Member Posts: 56
    Tresset said:

    Maybe you could give your gold to the lich so he doesn't kill you! He is one of the most fearsome enemies in BG1 you know...

    You guysh, gimme all your golds or or or shumthin.
  • AshendilAshendil Member Posts: 56
    I find it just too annoying to pick up all the gold enemies drop, so I never had the situation that I felt I was way too rich.
  • PantalionPantalion Member Posts: 2,137
    I ran through Durlag's with 50,000 GP last night, Raising regularly thanks to being moderately underlevelled, and Wild Surged down to 3,000 GP with my F/WM/T.

    I left Durlag's with over 11,000 Gold just from pickups, and 80k after I sold all the tat I picked up.

    It's probably more than possible to run through the game never selling anything at all, just pick up magic items you need and actual gold pieces. You might actually have some limits on your funds that way.
  • LennisLennis Member Posts: 34
    I don't remember there being such an abundance of gold in the original BG. I think the increased respawns of enemies has a lot to do with that. When you can just wander back and forth between rooms killing endlessly respawning hobgoblins, why bother opening chests with lots of gold? I don't grind, and yet I'm always running into things in areas I just cleared.

    Nerf the respawns, and I think you'll start appreciating expensive gear.
  • trh5001trh5001 Member Posts: 5
    Lennis said:

    I don't remember there being such an abundance of gold in the original BG. I think the increased respawns of enemies has a lot to do with that. When you can just wander back and forth between rooms killing endlessly respawning hobgoblins, why bother opening chests with lots of gold? I don't grind, and yet I'm always running into things in areas I just cleared.

    Nerf the respawns, and I think you'll start appreciating expensive gear.

    Problem I cant find any expensive gear worth getting. They toss so much stuff at you anything I find in a shop pales in comparison.
  • GallowglassGallowglass Member Posts: 3,356
    Recharging all the wands (and other rechargeable magic items) is *expensive*. When I did this in original BG1, I'd spend the entire game (even right to the end) chronically short of gold even though I had high rep and fully looted everything. So far that's also true in BG:EE, although I haven't got to the end yet.

    By the way,
    Debaser said:

    I have a wand of Magic Missle with 100 charges ... Most of the others won't get that many charges ...

    Oh yes they will. So far I've found most wands will charge to 100, only a couple of types are full at 50.
  • LennisLennis Member Posts: 34
    Funny, I usually find myself with a surplus of wands. Most situations I get into that require a spell, I simply cast on my own. The only time I really need wands are when I'm trying to rest, or if they have high-level magic I'm not able to cast.
  • bigdogchrisbigdogchris Member Posts: 1,336
    edited December 2012
    The economy in BG is very poor.

    The economy in BG is like in games where you get to distribute stat points but always wind up with enough points to max everything anyways. Why even bother having it?

    Point is, I'd rather be struggling to have enough money, but feel really rewarded when I can afford something, than to have more than I know what to do with.
  • and_then_orand_then_or Member Posts: 107
    I think there is a tendency to forget our first or second play-through.

    I remember eyeing magic items in the shops and buying them asap to strengthen the weaker party members.. I was not 'solvent' until the end-game. Now we know the structure of the game.

    I think this is one of the amazing aspects of BG. It was a challange the first few times through and the game is so dynamic and deep we keep coming back (15 years later).
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