How to be "rich" in this game without getting extremely lucky?

I've been playing this on an off since 2013.

Every few years I create character in the current league, follow a nice build, and end up clearing all pinnacle content. I even reached level 100 in Delirium league (during covid).

However, I always felt somewhat "poor". I never had a really good drop, best I had was a Bottled faith that was worth like 15 Div (or 15ex at the time). I always end the league with 50-150 Div of net worth (between gear and currency) and that's not even close to ever buying a single mirror tier piece of equipment.

Many people talk about crafting, but to get an actual good item (say for example a Bow) I see these streamers using extremely expensive Orbs/Omens and failing multiple times before getting what they want. If I tried something like that, I would burn everything that I have in a minute with like 1% of chance of being successful.

Another way is winning the lottery (dropping a Mirror), but that's not something anyone should count on. I play like 100-200 hours per character, mathematics say that I won't be seeing one in this lifetime.

Finally, there is trading. Buy an item for X, sell for Y (Y>X) and repeat by watching the markets, following prices and betting on the direction it will move. I haven't found a website that tracks the price history so I made a few bad calls. Also, it takes quite a bit of time that I'd rather spend actually playing the game.

So, the question: how do I see people with so much wealth? I just saved all my 10 Div or so and went to buy a Bow, and when I opened the merchant tab of the seller I saw SO MUCH expensive stuff, the 10 Div bow was one of the cheapest items in there, how come the seller had so much?

flipping, but these days its gonna be hard to compete since its easier than ever and i wouldn't even consider sniping with current bot situation.
so maybe search for a 2-3 step flip where you buy an item use it and sell the outcome for more- you be surprised how much % profit this can yield. it can be as silly as using an essence on a particular base. i bet you can find something these days that's not being flipped much.

There is no secret other than efficiency which comes with game time.

The way i look at it is this though, why do you even want a mirror? To kill a screen or boss a few fractions of second faster? You can easily make multiple builds that can clear all content easily and somehow everyone still thinks theyre missing out because they watch fubgun and see hes got like 2000 divines.

This patch is incredibly easy to make currency honestly. Juice your maps, do the triple tower set ups, look for bases. Sell crafting material etc. etc. It will never be easier than it is now.

It's just knowledge and time. Knowing what is valuable or underpriced and spending time grinding.

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AintCare#6513 написал:

flipping, but these days its gonna be hard to compete since its easier than ever and i wouldn't even consider sniping with current bot situation.
so maybe search for a 2-3 step flip where you buy an item use it and sell the outcome for more- you be surprised how much % profit this can yield. it can be as silly as using an essence on a particular base. i bet you can find something these days that's not being flipped much.

So that's how these guys are all doing it?

Flipping would be a different activity on it's own. To me, I want to actually play the game, not the trade website.

But I'm impressed how some players get so wealthy only 10-15 days into the league. Did they just rush to Act4 and then started doing full time flipping?

You are probably underestimating the power of connections and networking in game too besides flipping.

I get a lot of small time currencies just by selling blues and whites. Sometimes I can sell them for a Div. I can see myself getting rich if I continue on this path for 4 months BUT WHY? There is no benefit to me getting rich the slow way when new a league is about to come. There is more benefit to get rich quickly in game (tho8gh you also risk burnout and having the best of everything means there's nothing to do as well).

I play solo but I know if I play with a clan, guild, group I can easily multiply my earnings. Been there, done that. So I know from experience connections and having a good network helps a lot. Sometimes it feels like you are just being carried or carrying each other.

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Bauab#3251 написал:

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AintCare#6513 написал:

flipping, but these days its gonna be hard to compete since its easier than ever and i wouldn't even consider sniping with current bot situation.
so maybe search for a 2-3 step flip where you buy an item use it and sell the outcome for more- you be surprised how much % profit this can yield. it can be as silly as using an essence on a particular base. i bet you can find something these days that's not being flipped much.

So that's how these guys are all doing it?

Flipping would be a different activity on it's own. To me, I want to actually play the game, not the trade website.

But I'm impressed how some players get so wealthy only 10-15 days into the league. Did they just rush to Act4 and then started doing full time flipping?

i am not in the loop, wasn't for many years, but first 2 days are crucial to start the ball rolling so you either gotta be fast or grind small flips till you get at least 1div worth to invest early on. then you snowball it- more you have more expensive items you can flip, and make more per trade. now the wealth you see is prob a result of organized guilds that have this worked out very well, i never did it on that scale but i imagine things would get even more crazy there

Idk focusing on it so much can be a problem

Usually you can get by without having to be looking for like a 3-4 tower setup with all quant tablets …etc etc


Like you get stuff that can convert, do it.

Don’t hold onto piles of exalts convert them to divs asap. As exalts lose their value quickly in POE2 and divs just go up