This is much you can earn doing RZ faction warfare
Hello there!
I'm a returning player and wanted to check out faction warfare after the changes, since I haven't played since the server split and started from zero on a new server. In doing so, I wanted to show new players lethal zones from a different perspective—not by giving them an estimate of profits per hour, but by showing how much you can get out of it if you "invest" in gear. Why? Well, I love lethal zones and I strongly believe that everyone should give them a try, since it's how the game is supposed to be played. I am aware that for new players, the biggest obstacle to overcome is the fear of losing gear, so perhaps this will help them change their minds.
I bought 10 sets for roughly 100k per set (totaling around 1 million), put them in a bank tab, and deposited everything I got from red zones in a separate, dedicated bank tab just to find out how much I could earn before I ran out of sets.
I jumped into red zones and started following the zerg. Quickly, I found it to be really boring and switched to going near the zerg (mine or enemy), trying to catch stragglers. During bigger fights, I looked for an opening, picked up victims, stole chests from camps, and while nothing was going on, generally roamed, killed mobs, and did a few solo dungeons, etc.
So... what are the numbers, you might ask?
Let's start with expenses. One million for sets, the repair bill for loot was 644,955 silver; let's add teleport costs and consumables and round it up to 2 million.
Now for the profits:
- 15,335,031 silver worth of loot
- 4,199,000 in raw silver (bags)
- 81 faction chests, which gave me 5,432,161 silver
The total was 24,886,192, of which (and I can't stress this enough) 9,551,161 silver was in silver bags and faction points; this means that even if I were to die every time without bringing back any loot, I would still have at least those.
But that is not the best part. As the saying goes—"silver comes and goes, fame stays." When I started, I had almost no specialization in this build (fresh account) and I used every tome from camps instantly, getting my specs into the mid-80s. On top of that, I saved the tomes from the faction chests, and now I can instantly put 20,550,000 fame into any spec I want—for ZvZ, PvE, or whatever—so I progressed the account pretty nicely.
On top of that, I learned a few things too. Like I said, I am a returning player and I had no idea about the current meta (shapeshifters and crystal weapons were all new to me), yet I managed to get 17 kills, which I consider to be pretty good.
Soo.. what are YOU waiting for? Leave the yellow zones, jump in to red or black zones and start enjoying the game.