MILLIONS of Drachmae to upgrade??

[dimmu1313]

I've got something like 100 hours in, and have gotten to the point where I'm not spending money on anything except the occasional engraving when i get a better one. I've noticed, with all ship upgrades at the gold, second-to-last spot, that it is going to take millions of drachmae to fully upgrade. not only that, but it looks like "learning" higher tier engravings will take millions more. Very occasionally I'll get a mercenary contract that gets me about 10k drachmae, but generally all missions are netting about 3500-4000 drachmae.

Given that, I feel like I must be missing something. In every previous AC game, one you hit endgame, having cleared a lot of the main content, especially once through the main story line, money comes fast and maxing upgrades and buying all purchasable content in-game happens in fairly short order.

Right now I'm level 61 and I have a few LTOG missions left and have yet to do the Atlantis or Hunted chapters, but considering there are mercenaries showing up at level 90, I'd say I have a lot of killing to do. But if I can't keep upgrading I feel like I'm going to be seriously slipping in DPS. Aside from that, the completionist in me is reeling at the thought of how much time and effort (beyond the pale, imo) it's going to take to earn several million drachmae.

So my question is: am I missing something? Is there some type of content I should be doing that will get me drachmae faster than mission board contracts? The money is coming in painfully slow and it seems like it's *too* slow compared to the ramp-up that was always seen in previous games once the main story was complete.

[Perplex]

What you can do is to dismantle every armror piece you get and sell everything else. That will basicly keep you covered on both materials and money. If you lack iron or something start dismantling heavy blunts and heavy axes.

[LolaCoylyte]

There are only a small few engravings which are worth chasing. Crit chance, crit damage, crit damage at full health. Choosing to chase them all is a fools errand. Push on your mercenary rank to get the learning discount. Push those crit things up. Find the right stuff, And those high level enemies simply melt.

[Salt Strider]

I feel like the game was never finished completely. The AI is the dumbest I've ever encountered on any AC game. A lot of times I see twenty NPCs spawn from one NPC and walk around like a mob through the streets lol. I very much dislike the currency system. There's really not much to spend money on besides upgrades (which are literally made obsolete because you can change the appearance of any piece of armor) and engravings (only thing that really makes much of a difference). Not to mention the storyline seems lazily written and acted, the characters themselves give off a vibe that even they aren't paid enough to be in the game, but the gameplay itself is awesome. I do like that very much that they kept the Origins gameplay, but as beautiful and fun as Odyssey is, I truly feel like the devs just got lazy with it being it's obviously a cash grab.

[matthewtheobald]

I’m not really sure to be honest, I’ve got millions in gold from selling armour and weapons, but then I’ve been completing every location and looting everything as I go. So my inventory fills up pretty fast. I can make a million gold in a couple hours?

I’ve only got 2 upgrades left on the ship and it’s not gold that’s the issue, it’s the materials that I’ve run short on. But even then, that’ll take a couple hours to fix.

[dimmu1313]

Originally posted by matthewzacharyfletcher:

I’m not really sure to be honest, I’ve got millions in gold from selling armour and weapons, but then I’ve been completing every location and looting everything as I go. So my inventory fills up pretty fast. I can make a million gold in a couple hours?

I’ve only got 2 upgrades left on the ship and it’s not gold that’s the issue, it’s the materials that I’ve run short on. But even then, that’ll take a couple hours to fix.

Well tbh I never thought of holding onto gear to sell rather than dismantle. I didn't think selling would net that much income.

[LolaCoylyte]

Upgrade you mercenary tier to drop the price at the Hephastios workshop. And then learn which engravings matter. I have an invincible build and a killer hybrid build. The invincible build needs max damage resistance. The hybrid crit killer, needs crit chance, crit damage, and crit damage at full health. None of the other engravings that can be learned matter at all.

Plus, find the elusive right gear to fill out the missing pieces. Things like the spartan javelin for an invincibility build. Or the Excecutioner's Blade, and The Sword of Axon, and the Bighorn Bow for a hybrid crit build. The Bighorn bow is for warrior damage. I also like the Bow of Achilles for hunter damage. And of course you need to wear things that compliment your objective. Crit chance, crit damage things to compliment a crit killer. Resistance things to compliment invincibility.

Takes time to collect these. The quickest way is to farm blacksmiths. Just stop playing the game for a while. And hop from blacksmith to blacksmith chasing the perfect gear.

[phosTR]

I have the max amount of gold and tons of mats and i don't even have any use for it. It kinda sucks but i'm at NG+ and with 400 hours already so.

[AbedsBrother]

What I wound up doing was dismantling grey & blue armor and selling the purple. Some of the purple is good obv, so it's not always an immediate sell, but you'll make a lot money that way.

[KillingYouGuy]

If you need monies, just keep your bounty at max and the mercs will roll in giving you a lot of Drachme and gear. Also, if you have the DLCs they grant higher amounts, though they ignore the bounty system....

[dimmu1313]

Originally posted by AbedsBrother:

What I wound up doing was dismantling grey & blue armor and selling the purple. Some of the purple is good obv, so it's not always an immediate sell, but you'll make a lot money that way.

I haven't worn purple (or blue or gray for that matter) gear since the early game. I can't imagine any purple piece being so good as to be worth throwing away whatever set bonus i have from a given legendary set.

In fact, something I've noticed is that I really don't even have to upgrade gear to match my current level. My heavy hitting abilities like assassin rush and that leo spear assassin ability nearly always one-shot mobs who are even several levels above me.

[LolaCoylyte]

Originally posted by dimmu1313:

Originally posted by AbedsBrother:

What I wound up doing was dismantling grey & blue armor and selling the purple. Some of the purple is good obv, so it's not always an immediate sell, but you'll make a lot money that way.

I haven't worn purple (or blue or gray for that matter) gear since the early game. I can't imagine any purple piece being so good as to be worth throwing away whatever set bonus i have from a given legendary set.

In fact, something I've noticed is that I really don't even have to upgrade gear to match my current level. My heavy hitting abilities like assassin rush and that leo spear assassin ability nearly always one-shot mobs who are even several levels above me.

The game is more nuanced than that.

By midgame, once you have figured out the mechanics of Crit Chance, and Crit Damage and you have taken the time to collect the right purple stuff. It is possible to develop a 100% Crit chance at full health from purple gear. Which is stronger than any gold set to be found within the game.

Just now with purple gear, and purple weapons my crit chance stands at 99.2%. Meaning 992 hits out of a thousand will apply crit damage to whatever the weapons normally deliver. Just now, my crit damage multiplier is at 400%. Meaning nearly every weapons hit is multiplied by 4 times that of a normal hit. Other people have driven that crit damage multiplier nearly twice as high.

This can be done with an assassin build, a warrior build, a hunter build, or a hybrid build.

As to upgrades, only do that when your player level reaches 21, or 31, 41, 51, etc.. For this is the place where the item's engraving increase by a dot. For example, upgrading anything from level 29 to 30 is silly, only the armor value, or the damage value increase by a modest amount. Yet upgrade the same thing at level 31, and everything increases. All the item's engravings earn one dot more. And with any bit of purple gear, the engravings are everything.

The legendary gold stuff can be fine, and it is easier to collect. But the right mixture of the right purple and blue stuff can develop into a stronger build, no matter how you define stronger.

best wishes

[wicked lester]

Originally posted by KillingYouGuy:

If you need monies, just keep your bounty at max and the mercs will roll in giving you a lot of Drachme and gear. Also, if you have the DLCs they grant higher amounts, though they ignore the bounty system....

Of course, with the higher level cap, some of those mercs will be 30 levels or more higher than you.

[Simple Man]

Originally posted by dimmu1313:

I haven't worn purple (or blue or gray for that matter) gear since the early game. I can't imagine any purple piece being so good as to be worth throwing away whatever set bonus i have from a given legendary set.

Legendary armor only has two stats, purple has 3.

And the set bonuses can be engraved into a purple. Infact you can engrave several legendary set bonuses into purples. I had burning rate from Agamemnon set and + to all resistances from [insert here as i forgot where its from] in a couple of purple items, am not wearing any legendary armor. Its a bit backwards, counter intuitive too, but thats how it goes.

As for money making, theres already been a great response, keep your bounty up. You will generate both currency and materials to accomplish whatever you want, ship upgrades, upgrading legendaries to your level, the lot.

Originally posted by wicked lester:

Of course, with the higher level cap, some of those mercs will be 30 levels or more higher than you.

This doesnt matter, especially at OPs level 62, where you'll have all the tools and then some to deal with higher levels.

Armor penetration +30%, poison damage can shave off another 35% (standar 25 + 10 from engraving), you'll have points on the "ability masteries" i think they're called, ya can have more crit chance, crit damage, further increase weakness when poisoned.

At level 60 you are more than equipped to kill level 99 mercenaries. One critical assassination by itself will be 40 50% their HP. edit: on nightmare.

[dimmu1313]

Originally posted by Vulpes Inculta:

Legendary armor only has two stats, purple has 3.

Here I am sitting at level 64 and I had no idea this was the case! Probably because I've always scrapped or sold every piece of gear I've gotten so far in the game.

set bonuses can be engraved into a purple

Really?? The set bonuses, meaning the thing you get when you equip all 5 pieces?? Does that become unlocked as an engraving once you find all 5 pieces? I wouldn't have expected that since the set bonus doesn't show as an engraving on the pieces, it shows as simply white text with no icon.

[Simple Man]

Yes, those, and yes, once you find all 5 pieces, the engraving becomes available at the blacksmith.

They might be locked to certain parts of your armor, but they're there i.e. the +resistances im wearing is only for your chest apparently. The legendary engraving for fire (burning rate) or poison (+10% weakness to it) only go on the boots, etc.