LoL well. I am getting that itch again....I may start playing again. Probably make a whole new character and see if I can find away to make money on this game when I work 60 hours a week lol.
The economy is so crappy. You need 100s of mils to compete and I am poor lol. Im down to about 60mil total lol. Weak.
If you stay off of Atlantic, and stick to a medium shard, you can place plenty of 18x18s in great locations (and if you're willing to go to a smaller shard, you can find keep spots). You would have no problem GMing house placement.
The economy sucks everywhere thanks to shard transfers and bots and bored players who have done just about everything and are GMing collecting every single hue of a chair that was only found in Vesper between 2008 and the summer of 2010. The most I've had at any one time since coming back is 10 million gold (I've chosen not to sell a lot of stuff that would easily get me a billion or more). I've stuck to buying cheaper gear and imbuing my own stuff and it's been fine. Vendor Search makes it easy to get what I need to make my own gear.
Am I able to solo everything the rich players solo? No, but I can do the community hunts and there's plenty of stuff I've never fully explored (and I still need to knock out Eodon).