Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Anarchy Online - how to use GMS as your (inifinite) credit store (Part 3 - fun credit facts)

 Anarchy online credits and its limitations can be a source of frustration and discussion. This post is meant to be a reference of its limits.

GMS 3.999.999.999 credits (not locked)

With 3.999.999.999 credits you will be able to interact with the GMS.

GMS 4.000.000.000 credits (not locked)

With 4b credits you will still be able to interact with the GMS.

GMS 4.000.000.001 credits (LOCKED)

When you have more then 4b credits you will not be able to interact in any way with the GMS other then withdrawing credits.

Character credit limit

A common misconception: one Toon CAN carry exactly and maximally 1b credits. The misconception comes from the weird fact that you can only withdraw a maximum of 999.999.999 credits from the GMS.

Organization credit limit

Request an orgs Bank Account balance with "/org bank".


For completeness I'm also including the limit an organizations bank has. The bank of an organization can carry max. 3.999.999.999 credits. Credits can be added to your org's bank by using the command "/org bank add 1". If the credit limit would be exceeded then the command fails to execute without any message.

Anarchy Online - how to use GMS as your (inifinite) credit store (PART 2)

Part two - 55 days have passed

So you have followed my previous post about making a buy order. Smart as you are you ofcourse selected the maximum of 56 days for that order. But now those 56 days have almost passed! O.m.g.!! What to do now?? Should I panic? Should I fret? 
NO NEED here's what you do!

Step 1 - create an additional buy order

First off you create an additional buy order, similar to what you did in my previous post. Lets say you made your 2nd buy order for 2b. 
End result is, you have 2 buy orders up:
  • The old buy order from about 56 days ago for e.g. 100b.
  • The new and fresh created buy order for e.g. 2b.

Step 2 - withdraw from old buy order

Now what you do, is you withdraw from your old buy order untill you have about 3.5b credits in your GMS Account Balance. 

Step 3 - add you new buy order

Raise your newly minted buy order with 3b. Your Account Balance should be somewhere below 1b.

Step 4 - goto step 2

Now you rince-repeat. Go to step 2 untill your old buy order has cleared up. Benefit of this approach is that you dont have to mess with your Mail terminal. Every step you do here should be in the Market Terminal itself. Key here is that you don't raise your balance above 3.999.999.999. 
It also helps to withdraw and add your credits in 1b increments; 3b ideally, sometimes a step using 2b works better.

Even though, after you've got the hang of it, this seems quite obvious, I hope this will help someone.

See you ingame!

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Anarchy Online - how to use GMS as your (inifinite) credit store

 Hello,

A lot of you people probably know how this works. But some of you are struggling to figure it out. When I heard of this, it also took me a minute to understand how its done. 

Well here I go and explain to you guys how a lot of these players handle their many billions of credits in the game we all love: Anarchy Online.

It all starts with a "Buy Order". This actually is a request to purchase an item in the GMS for a certain amount of credits. Because we don't actually want to buy the item but only want to use it for credit storage we will select an item that cannot be sold/bought in GMS's.

Step 1: select an item

In your GMS find a backpack of your choice.
Select the item and press the "Create Buy Order" button

Step 2: create Buy Order

In the following screen fill in a "Price per unit" and a "Units to buy". Set the duration to the max of 56 days. That way your credits are "safe for at least 50ish days. In my screenshot I entered a lower value for demo purposes, but if you have for example at the moment 3b in your GMS you can set "Price per unit" to 1.000.000.000 and the "Units to buy" to 3.
So basically fill in any combination of "Price per unit" and "Units to buy" such that your GMS credit amount is almost 0. I usually do this per 1b or in some cases per 100mil. After that exercise you end up with a buy order up AND near to 0 credits in your GMS.

Step 3: Fill your GMS credit total back up

The next step is to "fill'r up" again. Open up your mail terminal and your piggybanks and raise your GMS credit balance back to near 4b. Please be aware: NEVER raise it to 4b or higher, this locks the GMS up.

Step 4: Raise your Buy Order price

Locate your Buy Order, select it and press "Modify". You can then raise the buy order up by e.g. 3.000.000.000. This will modify the buy order and again draw your GMS balance clear.
Rince repeat Steps 3 and 4 to your delight.

If you do it right your GMS balance will never be 4.000.000.000 or higher and it will not lock.

I hope this helps you understand how to use GMS as your (inifinite) credit store.
In a bit I will make you a post explaining what to do when you reach that pesky 56 expiration date. There's a trick for that too!


Saturday, February 6, 2021

[WTS] Glowing Biotech Rod Ring / Glowing Biotech Rod Ring / 2b each / 5b for the pair

[Darknet8]: [WTS] Glowing Biotech Rod Ring / Glowing Biotech Rod Ring / 2b each / 5b for the pair [this-is-me]


 [PersonA]: i pay more if i buy 2? are you serious? 
To [PersonA]: Sure I can work with that, what about 6b? 
[PersonA]: what the hell. you should really go to technical college 
To [PersonA]: Too much? 
[PersonA]: i have no interest in buying. i just wanted to know why the price is so funny. could i also theoretically buy 2 times 1 ring? that would only be 4b 
To [PersonA]: Wait what 
[PersonA]: you say 1 ring costs 2b 
[PersonA]: and 2 rings 5b To [PersonA]: With you so far 
[PersonA]: I can then buy 2 times 1 ring that would be 4b 
To [PersonA]: ... 
To [PersonA]: o m g 
[PersonA]: :D 
To [PersonA]: thanks changed it, will post next time: /tell darknet !WTS Glowing Biotech Rod Ring / Dark Biotech Rod Ring / 2.5b each / 5b for the pair 
[PersonA]: [randomorgPersonA: [Darknet9]: [WTS] Glowing Biotech Rod Ring / Glowing Biotech Rod Ring / 2b each / 5b for the pair [this-is-me]
[PersonA]: 2b each 
To [PersonA]: oh wait i pasted wrong one 
To [PersonA]: /tell darknet !WTS Glowing Biotech Rod Ring / Dark Biotech Rod Ring / 2.5b each / 5b for the pair 
To [PersonA]: (thats the one ill paste next time) 
To [PersonA]: You my friend are a lifesaver 
[PersonA]: I meant you no harm 
To [PersonA]: Lol I know, thanks for taking the bait ;)
[PersonA]: yw

Friday, August 26, 2016

Fatpower rocks (for remembering my blog, even I didnt!)

Today I was preparing for one of my alts to get an inferno key (organizations are real families in this game). I was loitering - an hour early - when up came an other team of goons. They were gonna do the Inferno key quests too and had a free spot. Me doing the quest earlier would imply that someone else would be able to get the quest too an hour later. So the choice was easily made. I got my alt an inferno key. Thank you Fatpower, Tron404, Oosny, Johtajatar and Meesny for the key! And why post this long after the last post I did, you ask? Well Fatpower remembered my blog from that time! I thought that was very cool! Thanks again guys 'n dolls!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Gotta love some people

(21:10) [Clan OOC] Playmobil: Any ado heckler teams going that has a spot?
(21:11) [Clan OOC] Docsyla: yes. se-s and se-n
(21:12) [Clan OOC] Playmobil: welp im on lft :D
(21:12) [Clan OOC] Docsyla: full
(21:12) [Clan OOC] Playmobil: so you didnt read my question
(21:13) [Clan OOC] Docsyla: and now i will never inv u
(21:13) [Clan OOC] Playmobil: lol
(21:13) [Clan OOC] Playmobil: Well I love you too

Sunday, February 6, 2011

WTB set of QL 200 imps - name your price

[**********]: howmuxch u pay
To [**********]: Name your price please
[**********]: i dont know
To [**********]: 500k*13=6.5m ill give you 10mil for a full set
[**********]: sorry that too low for me
To [**********]: well then back to:
To [**********]: To [**********]: Name your price please
[**********]: ill take 2m for 1 imp
To [**********]: "[**********]: i dont know"
[**********]: sometimes ppl offer mire
To [**********]: Well I dont like people that lie to me
[**********]: lie? ok leave it
To [**********]: Well you told me "I dont know" but you knew
[**********]: i always take offer first
To [**********]: well that would have sounded a lot better then "I dont know"
[**********]: man leave me alone >_<

Friday, January 28, 2011

AI ding 30

(18:58) [Tommyverceti]: G
(18:58) [Tommyverceti]: R
(18:58) [Tommyverceti]: A
(18:58) [Tommyverceti]: T
(18:58) [Tommyverceti]: Z
(18:58) [Tommyverceti]: O
(18:58) [Tommyverceti]: R

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Newlines

To [Onuym]: Omg that is extremely annoying
[Onuym]: what??
To [Onuym]: adding newlines after each of your items
[Onuym]: yes
[Onuym]: where you ??
To [Onuym]: What?
[Onuym]: nano??
To [Onuym]: Just dont add newlines after each item its spam

Friday, November 19, 2010

Loot points

(19:51) To [cameloot]: mypoints
(19:51) [Cameloot]: Your points: 5

Monday, October 11, 2010

[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]

[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: you neut?
To [SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: Hello
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: hello
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: how come you spend time w clams?
To [SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: Err I spend time with whoever crosses my path, i am not biassed
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: right
To [SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: Would you like to spend some time with me?
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: if you wanna do tara i suggest you to join omni
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: sure why not
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: what do you wanna do
To [SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: Well maybe some time this week, was gonna watch new epsiode of TV-series
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: i dislike tv
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: am i missing some serious stuff?
To [SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: well i tapesome episodes and then watch them at my own leasure
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: fair enough
[SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: im logging now, we have a talk later on i suppose
To [SomeNiceGuyAfterATara]: See you around ;)

Monday, September 13, 2010

WTS - Nano Crystal (Ambient Regeneration) 100mil

[Neutnet4]: [Shopping] WTS - Nano Crystal (Ambient Regeneration) - 100mil - PST [Phixels]

[Customer1]: hey dude this nanos is cheap xD no mare than 10 mil xD
To [Customer1]: Hello, in fact its on gms for 1mil
To [Customer1]: but you can have it for 5mil?
[Customer1]: no thx my keeper in already 220 xD but it was just to inform you that you was over-prices
To [Customer1]: 4mil?
[Customer1]: i am not customer, just a friend who want inform you about real prices
To [Customer1]: So what are you saying? 3mil?

[Customer2]: Dude are u serious O.o
To [Customer2]: Hello?
[Customer2]: 100m for that nano - are u serious or drunk O.o
[Customer2]: i have 3 in the bank ......
To [Customer2]: So you dont want to buy it?
To [Customer2]: :/
[Customer2]: does any1 ......

[Customer3]: It's rollable....
To [Customer3]: Hello, im sorry?
[Customer3]: the nano you posted for 100m on neutnet.... it's rollable
To [Customer3]: Ah ok, you want it for half price?
[Customer3]: Nah, I'm 210 and using better. Rolled it myself... lol
To [Customer3]: Hmm, ok. If you find someone that wtb, can you direct them to me?
[Customer3]: I don't think I will, since those who can use it can roll it from an RK-mission-booth themselves


Ok, ok i get it, I'll put it in my bank!!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

While ingame is down ...


I thought I'd check out my screenprints folder.
I found this picture and I have the nagging feeling that I made the picture to remember something.
Problem is I have no clue!

Do you have any idea where this is and what this could be related to?

Monday, July 5, 2010

ARG!! Hand over the phats now!!

So I've been looking to buy a Subspace Mesh for a while now.
Every once in a while someone gives me a tell like this:
[him]: i got one in stock Subspace Mesh, how many do you offer for that ?
I then go like
[me]: Hello there, cool. Do you have a price in mind?
We then spar a bit and i give him a decent price of around 200/175m.
After that they -all- tell me something like
[him]: Hmm on second thought i'll just keep it for a friend or something.
Me being curious i always ask
[me]: What price would you have sold it for?
Then the cat comes out of the bag, they never really intended to sell it anyway...

ARG!! Hand over the phats now!!
(and yes ive killed LH / RH a few times myself aswell)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

I dont have a dog! The density of some ...

[Random_person]: Hi
To [Random_person]: hello
[Random_person]: uwant to buy nano program?
To [Random_person]: yes i do
[Random_person]: offer!
To [Random_person]: Well ...
To [Random_person]: gms prices are insane. I can offer you 35m but that is my maximum
To [Random_person]: what do you reckon
[Random_person]: well you want l have, 35m is nowhere near what lm asking so no deal lm afraid gl in getting it for 35m, l mean that sincerely
To [Random_person]: see you around and have fun
[Random_person]: yup you too
To [Random_person]: oh and by the way you didnt "ask" for anything
[Random_person]: ?
To [Random_person]: You said you had an asking price but you didnt. You asked for an offer
[Random_person]: well since 35m was your maximum offer and l want alot more, was no point in negoitiating imo
To [Random_person]: agreed, regardless you cant refer to an asking price that is not there
[Random_person]: well l asked you to make offer, your offer was fasr too low either way result is no deal
To [Random_person]: agreed though grammatically my point stands
[Random_person]: no it doesnt, l ask you to make an offer you did, it didnt meet the price l wanted to sell for
To [Random_person]: agreed, however "the asking price" you are referring to has never been a reality
[Random_person]: plus l didnt send WTS message, so whats ur point?
To [Random_person]: Well my point is that this conversation was never about my dog so i am not evolving him into my conversation
[Random_person]: wewhatever mate, you wanted to buy, l ask u to make offer, ur offer was way too low end of!
To [Random_person]: of?!

Saturday, January 2, 2010

No hecklers around = KITE SPOT, MOVE OUT!

I was all excited and stuff, we were killing hecklers around the bay below the entrance to elysium. That is not and never was a kite area btw ... We got trained horribly by some doc outside tanking. He must have seen us, he just blew right through us. In the end he said sorry, so we move on :).

To [Some220Doc]: ??
[Some220Doc]: kite spot
To [Some220Doc]: no it is not
[Some220Doc]: yes it is when you see no heck around you
To [Some220Doc]: we were just killing one at 50%, i had two mezzed, you telling me there were no hecklers?
[Some220Doc]: near sh
To [Some220Doc]: i dont mind you ost, ive done it before, but if you see lowish people you turn back
[Some220Doc]: i can't control heckler
To [Some220Doc]: you can turn back
[Some220Doc]: if anyone hit one have aggro i can't do nothing
[Some220Doc]: no the heck go on you
To [Some220Doc]: you should have turned back before you reached is
[Some220Doc]: i can just ch for try aggro heck
To [Some220Doc]: oh you wanted to steal our hecklers??
To [Some220Doc]: the three we already engaged?
To [Some220Doc]: a simple sorry will do here btw ...
[Some220Doc]: so sorry
To [Some220Doc]: thank you
To [Some220Doc]: btw the way you let the nt nuke from the bridge is an exploit (i will not petition it btw)

So what is the most important lesson we have learned here?
If there are no hecklers around you, then you must be in a kite spot. So MOVE OUT ASAP!

Friday, October 2, 2009

do you fight on clan side at towers?

[*********]: do you fight on clan side at towers?
To [*********]: Hello, I dont do towers/war
To [*********]: How are you today?
[*********]: im good yourself/
[*********]: ?*
To [*********]: Ok doing ok
To [*********]: Why do you ask about towers?
[*********]: someone said you had joined clan****
To [*********]: Who is that?
[*********]: S******
To [*********]: I mean clan****
[*********]: thats the clan tower bot is it not?
To [*********]: ah level 6 adv, so bot?
To [*********]: S******27 doesnt exist btw
[*********]: "S*******27" (Level 60/5 - Newcomer, Neuter Atrox Enforcer, Clan, Unit Member of **** ******) :: click for more options
that guy
To [*********]: ah with an R
[*********]: yeah sorry
To [*********]: :D
To [*********]: I cant say i ever met the toon
To [*********]: Have we met btw?
[*********]: ive dueled him
[*********]: hm no we havent, ive bought some of your NCU's before
To [*********]: ah cool :)
To [*********]: Do you participate in towers? Ive never had a liking to it.
[*********]: yes i killed a site yesterday and one on wednesday, i had a clan CT nearly dead but x2 traders and an enf got me
To [*********]: You do it often?
To [*********]: and you still PvM?
[*********]: yes i have a 220 sol and 220 mp for that:)
To [*********]: im very happy that there is a large PvM part in this game ;)
[*********]: you might recognise my agent (*agent_name*)
To [*********]: Hmm you do TL5 BS? Ive done a lot of that in the past :)
[*********]: yeah i did for a while
To [*********]: i ran around there like a headless chicken full evades and rooting and snaring :) i got lots of hate tells from both sides :)
[*********]: lol
To [*********]: always entering the shortest queue :D
[*********]: omni dosent do it often now:(
To [*********]: well it will come again, everything is in waves, ups and downs :)
To [*********]: reading the war spam omni is investing in towerwars lately :)
[*********]: yep
[*********]: anyway im logging onto my sol, nice talking to you:)
To [*********]: Yes, chat you later ******* :)

Sunday, September 6, 2009

The Itchy Mochies

Phixels: D********** CM please
To [**********]: (10:42) Phixels: D********** CM please
[D**********]: i heard you.
To [D**********]: Can I meet you somewhere for that?
To [D**********]: Sir?
[D**********]: not without a time machine to 2006 when i deleted all mochams and composite mochams.
To [D**********]: uhuh, ok have a nice day. Hope there are some in this game you -are- friendly to :)
[D**********]: friendly has nothing to do with it. i dont have the nanos.
To [D**********]: As I said uhuh, well at least you gave me a laugh, thanks :)
[D**********]: if you want a reason, f********** spent an hour trying to convince me that my sole reason for existing was to give him cm.
[D**********]: i proved otherwise by recording the deletion of all relevant buffs in fraps and uploading it.
To [D**********]: And you didnt have the feeling that he got exactly what he wanted? ;)
[D**********]: i dont use cm. none of my alts use cm. none of my friends use cm. it had no lasting effect.
To [D**********]: What if i go out and buy it for you?
[D**********]: the delete button no longer exists.
[D**********]: i dont upload anything non-essential. on any toon.
To [D**********]: Well have fun, I hope you can still have some fun after that episode with that f*********dude
[D**********]: eh?
To [D**********]: I mean if someone can get to you like that that wasnt very stressless i bet
[D**********]: he didnt get to me at all. his position was wrong, i proved it with a few clicks. it then became a non issue. he whinged for about 6 months and quit the game.
[D**********]: although im sure i had nothing to do with the quitting part.
To [D**********]: Im guessing you are right :)
To [D**********]: Well, next time when you feel a bit more outgoing, maybe you'll give me a CM that time. Have fun and see you around! :)
[D**********]: erm, i dont have cm?
[D**********]: you do remember that part, right?
To [D**********]: Yes I did, I dont believe you tough
[D**********]: suit yourself.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Random conversation

[*******]: can I getz Gsf please?
To [*******]: I dont know, how much NCU do you have free?
[*******]: 100:)
To [*******]: Hmm, let me check, second please
To [*******]: NCU cost: 48
To [*******]: So you can, definately
[*******]: yep:)
To [*******]: ohh .. wait
To [*******]: you want me to cast it on you right?!?!
To [*******]: <-- slow
[*******]: lol thanks!
To [*******]: There you go, have a nice day
[*******]: take it ez:))