Trading...worth it?

[Scisco]

Just wondering - I generally tend to train trading on all my characters at 1x. But is it actually worth it or should I just be spending my points elsewhere? And if it does make enough of a difference to train in it - is there a certain threshold (ie, should it be trained 1x for life to just to say 50 ranks etc.).

[Mogonis]

You want to train in Trading in increments. It truncates, so it only benefits you when the equation comes out to an even integer. I think it's worth it. Maybe not in the short term, but I've had Trading for 10+ years, so the extra coins have certainly added up.

https://gswiki.play.net/Trading

[Scisco]

Interesting, thank you. I will leave it as is I guess then and train in bursts on my lower level characters. Clearly I should have thought twice about tanking my INF, ah well.

[Mogonis]

I dunno. I'm a warrior and I tanked INF. Warcries are great, but they kill your voice so fast. I'd rather have 100s in all the other stats.

[Wrathbringer]

I dunno. I'm a warrior and I tanked INF. Warcries are great, but they kill your voice so fast. I'd rather have 100s in all the other stats.

This is correct.

[Ososis]

Don't have 0.

[Scisco]

Oh good, then I didn't make a horrible decision doing that. All my others are at least 0 for INF, but my warrior I totally tanked because I didn't have any intention of doing warcries.

[Scisco]

Don't have 0.

Other than my warrior I think the rest all have some single digit bonus now.

[Ososis]

NB2: You MUST have 1+SkillBoost ranks of trading to make it count. For example, a player with 35 INF but no trading would have 35/12 = 2.91 = 2 SkillBoost, but in order to enjoy a SkillBoost of 2 you would need 3 (2+1) ranks of trading to make it count, or you get nothing. So, you train up to 3 ranks, which gives you a total SkillBoost of (35+15)/12 = 4.166... and yet you still get just 2% SkillBoost, because 3 ranks will not ever grant more than 2%. In practice, this minimum requirement is only important for the first 5 or 6 ranks, after that you will always meet this requirement.

-https://gswiki.play.net/Trading

[Scisco]

NB2: You MUST have 1+SkillBoost ranks of trading to make it count. For example, a player with 35 INF but no trading would have 35/12 = 2.91 = 2 SkillBoost, but in order to enjoy a SkillBoost of 2 you would need 3 (2+1) ranks of trading to make it count, or you get nothing. So, you train up to 3 ranks, which gives you a total SkillBoost of (35+15)/12 = 4.166... and yet you still get just 2% SkillBoost, because 3 ranks will not ever grant more than 2%. In practice, this minimum requirement is only important for the first 5 or 6 ranks, after that you will always meet this requirement.

-https://gswiki.play.net/Trading

Oh, I see what you mean - yes. Sorry I was thinking the INF bonus not the ranks of trading.

[Fallen]

Just wondering - I generally tend to train trading on all my characters at 1x. But is it actually worth it or should I just be spending my points elsewhere? And if it does make enough of a difference to train in it - is there a certain threshold (ie, should it be trained 1x for life to just to say 50 ranks etc.).

If at all feasible, it'd be better to have a designated character sell your stuff who is the right race and a Citizen of a town with maximized training. A pocket Elf Bard in Ta'Illistim, for instance, would do nicely. They capped the benefit of using this method, but for casual players it should still result in a sizable percent profit.