Late Night Merc Service 2018 Edition

I'm going to keep doing my Escha for newbies on Mondays still but I have a new HQ Su3 set to buy and such so let's get back to doing some mercing. I don't like that mercing is this entire game these days, but I do consider it a useful service. I just wish more people would try things organically before relying on a merc for everything, but things are the way they are.

Anyway, let's get to pricing. I quit during the last summer before shields finished, Adhemar+1 was 200mil+ a piece, now that stuff is just about 10% of the price. So while I've spoken to some other mercs who claim to charge the same amount, I think that's BS. What I want to buy is significantly cheaper, so why wouldn't mercing be? I know I see shouts for herc bodies for 4-6mil at times, so I know this is becoming a thing in some places, so here's my prices:

Zitah t1 - 500k per drop, I supply pops.
Zitah t2 - 500k per drop, you supply pops
Zitah t3/helm - 1.5mil per drop, you supply pops

Ru'aun t1 - 500k per drop, I supply pops.
Ru'aun t2 - 1.5mil per drop, you supply pops.

Reisen t1 - 1mil per drop, I supply pops
Reisen t2 - *** incursion

Ru'aun and Reisen t3 are basically a no, but if it's truly late night (2am or later EST) and it's not an event night, I can drag people along for the right price, but that'll be up to buyer to name the price and us to accept it. I simply haven't figured out how to dualbox the fights and I'm too lazy to try to figure it out. For Pakecet/Duke drops if you're a SCH or tank I'll kill it for you for ore/+2 drops and no gil cost, but you supply pops.

Schedule of when I'm around:

Mon/Tues/Wed - I'll be around starting 5-6pm, generally.
Thurs-Sun - I'm home midnight or 1am EST. I do Omen and Dynamis semi-regularly, so I will be unavailable if I'm already doing that.

P.S. - As general etiquette I'm not going to invite you for the actual fights, just when the drop is in the pool. Lots of people seem to want to come along for that, but I need my trusts (tank, haste 2, march/cornelia, and a whm). If you're willing to replace any of those roles from a trust you're welcome to be in the fight, though.

"I don't need to advertise to get people to come to me for mercs lol" -Ladyofhonor 2018

Because while things got cheaper, players didn't get smarter.

Free bump!

I said I don't need to SPAM SHOUTS EVERY 2 MINUTES to advertise. This is all I've ever done to advertise my mercs. One post on a relatively dead subforum.

*Free bump*

what if i bring pops!?

Do people actually pay for this stuff?

I have paid for things because my time is more valuable than what the merc charges. I can easily kill whatever I want, but what I can't do is force the drop, so I'll pay someone else to waste their time and just pop in and grab the drop.

ex; I killed 20 Pakecet for my first Jov body, took like 2 hours, wasted 19 pops.

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 10th Jov jackets, I bought for 5m, took 30 seconds, zero pops, farmed 5m with that free 2 hours and wasted zero pops instead.

Yeah I earned it and lost 25m instead of just paying 5. It's just logical.

Who the hell mercs Escha-Zi'tah T1s? Trying to sell those now mostly worthless items to returning players is just ripping people off.

A few of the drops are still relevant in niche situations. Vanya for my GEO healing set, I think Psycloth legs were still relevant to BLM a few months ago at least, Sapience Orb is good, etc. If someone is asking for something I know has been replaced I'll ask them why. But then again this mercing isn't about new players, it's about lazy players. New players get free escha drops on Mondays.

It's the start of my weekend, so bump.

Nah, people just post about it for funsies.

Bump. Stop paying shout merc prices.

The holy gracious Ladyofbullshit ... give away things and make friends to mercilessly tease them later ... oh no ... a free bump ... price?

Oh look, someone who doesn't actually know the real story. Granted, I'm only 97% sure I know what you're referencing, but LOL that you made your first post on the forums bashing someone you don't know.

Watery (the RL version) is coming off a bad reaction from medication and I'll likely be home all weekend watching her, so my schedule is much more free than usual next few days. Bump.

Bump because I'm in a lot of debt.

I'll be shocked if it does. Haven't used it, it's not BiS yet.

Marketing never lies.