OK, since most of Ares is baba’d out with +9’s/+3’s etc, I wanta see if I understand this correctly. I’ve been told a Rappy +9 is worth approx 300usd. Based on that I figure the following:

I am basing this on the +0 X 2.5= +1/ +1 X 2.5= +2 theory etc. I’ll use a warrior as an example.

Roc+0= 7gb / Roc+3= 110gb
WE+0= 4gb / WE+3= 62 gb
IN+0= 30gb / IN+3 = 470gb
IB+0= 25gb / IB+3 = 390gb
Shell+9 set= = 450gb
Rappy +9= = 90gb

So based on the above, a warrior to be +9/+3 would equal 1,572gb or 157,200,000,000. 1572gbX $3usd per gb= $4716.00 usd.

So is it safe to assume in order to become +9/+3 you will need to farm forever and/or come up with $4000.00-$5000.00 usd.

With all these people with maxed out gear, is this possible that so many would spend that kinda money on this game? Please reply with a clear explanation if I’m wrong, cause I can’t really believe this is correct.

Well I can only comment on the players that I know. There was a negative post on the official forum about Adelbert about his +10. But the explanation made sense.

A guy like him and Nasco and others in Vindictive Clan and the clans prior to Vindictive owned Isloon Felancour Ultima and the Castle for years. Back years ago we were doing them on A2 and A3 before it became an issue of legality. As you know they all drop the best items. And with the injection of real money it can be done.
I know guys like Adelbert and Nascosto etc are still doing Isloon and Felancour. Not sure about A2.

thats only valid to a select few that still remain Warmen, people from clans like DuesManus/Radical/INFERNO, Vindictive/Ready2Die are pretty much the only ones who i know killed those bosses frequently enough to accumulate so much.

there are like maybe a handful of players that actually play the market well enough to end up with that gear, but in the end yes most people did spend such mass amounts on their accounts, although i remember being told by Drag0nair that the +9 R. shell pads i was selling for $255us 2 years ago, he could get for like $100us on a turkish forum, so who knows how turkish prices compare...