2011-01-11, 03:20 PM
technically meso guard DOES drain mesos (i mean, that's what it does- it takes mesos to save you 50% of the damage), but it SAVES you money in the long run (as long as you loot some monies while training to cover your initial hits and then some). equips also drop like crazy fast, so you need not worry about not getting enough money to cover pot cost. Once you start using more efficient potions, you should be fine (a la the barbarian elixers or NLC % pots.)
In general, the line is traditionally expensive (don't know why, considering not a lot of people made them pre-BB). Due to the larger-than-normal bandwagon, all equips (and i mean ALL of them) have severely inflated (what used to cost maybe 25 mil has now gone up to 50mil+, etc.). Khanjar shields weren't worth beans pre-BB, but now they're worth a pretty penny (especially if they're potentialed). Hell dragon khanjars, which were already high cost, are reaching 500 mil clean.
In better news, you can pretty much get a Zakum helmet and MoN for a cheap price if you know the right people. And hunting for equips seems to be a lot easier due tohow potential works (of course, you have to be that level in order to hunt efficiently).
All in all, the money to fund a bandit has gone up immensely, but that shouldn't discourage you from making one. You can make perfectly unfunded characters and still do decently well. Hell if you think about it, any character you make now is infinitely better than the before-zakum era.
In general, the line is traditionally expensive (don't know why, considering not a lot of people made them pre-BB). Due to the larger-than-normal bandwagon, all equips (and i mean ALL of them) have severely inflated (what used to cost maybe 25 mil has now gone up to 50mil+, etc.). Khanjar shields weren't worth beans pre-BB, but now they're worth a pretty penny (especially if they're potentialed). Hell dragon khanjars, which were already high cost, are reaching 500 mil clean.
In better news, you can pretty much get a Zakum helmet and MoN for a cheap price if you know the right people. And hunting for equips seems to be a lot easier due tohow potential works (of course, you have to be that level in order to hunt efficiently).
All in all, the money to fund a bandit has gone up immensely, but that shouldn't discourage you from making one. You can make perfectly unfunded characters and still do decently well. Hell if you think about it, any character you make now is infinitely better than the before-zakum era.