Re-Rethinking Gold as a Currency

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indczn wrote:

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Sickness wrote:

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Jurge wrote:

You say trading is a hassle, i don't. Is it really that hard to figure out yourself what you want to give/get for a specific item? Its the same as people want to know what the best build is.

Harder than it needs to be.

I must ask, what are the downsides of the OPs suggestion?

I want fusing orbs, so Ill only trade something for fusing orbs. That was hard.

you know what you need indy, you need gold. that way you could trade your gold for some stuff then trade that stuff for fusing orbs.

or trade the gold straight for the orbs!

wait...why buy the orbs at all just use your gold to buy items that are already linked the way you want.

wtb gold...

see, its better now :D

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Baki wrote:

Yes this discussion is moot because your only argument is "becasue the devs do not want it" which is no argument at all.

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Sickness wrote:

The argument that this is bad because "the devs don't want it" is silly.
I think it's safe to assume that the devs want what's best for the game. And if the the only argument against this suggestion is that "the devs don't want it", that implies that "the devs don't want it because the dev's don't want it."
Anyone can see that that is a circular argument, and thus a logical fallacy.

That's not the argument at all. It's "The devs don't want it for a slew of logical reasons that they have clearly outlined for everyone to understand." You guys are simply overlooking all the reasons and focusing on one statement out of context.

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Sickness wrote:

I must ask, what are the downsides of the OPs suggestion?

Probably all the stuff everyone who disagrees with the OP has said throughout this thread. Why repeat it all?

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scorpitron wrote:

you know what you need indy, you need gold. that way you could trade your gold for some stuff then trade that stuff for fusing orbs.

or trade the gold straight for the orbs!

wait...why buy the orbs at all just use your gold to buy items that are already linked the way you want.

wtb gold...

see, its better now :D

Better yet, make a smith-vendor do orb stuff for gold, and get rid of the orbs!

This thread is one big /facepalm...

Why introduce a middleman in gold? I want chaos orbs. I find leet bow. I decide I want 4 chaos orbs for it. Either I'll get 4 chaos orbs for it or the economy will tell me that 4 chaos orbs is unrealistic for that item, so I change my demands.

It's not just that the debs said no gold, they said they don't want anything to have a fixed value. You're ideas are all based on fixed item values...

Just like the threads saying "Oooo I think support gems should be more link runes in D3. Why can't they do that I'll have more fun.". PoE is its own game that is trying to be different, so let it be different.

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indczn wrote:

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scorpitron wrote:

you know what you need indy, you need gold. that way you could trade your gold for some stuff then trade that stuff for fusing orbs.

or trade the gold straight for the orbs!

wait...why buy the orbs at all just use your gold to buy items that are already linked the way you want.

wtb gold...

see, its better now :D

Better yet, make a smith-vendor do orb stuff for gold, and get rid of the orbs!

Better yet, just remove all the hassle and let players create items like they want them! Who wants to put effort into such things, anyway?

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WhiteBoy88 wrote:

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indczn wrote:

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scorpitron wrote:

you know what you need indy, you need gold. that way you could trade your gold for some stuff then trade that stuff for fusing orbs.

or trade the gold straight for the orbs!

wait...why buy the orbs at all just use your gold to buy items that are already linked the way you want.

wtb gold...

see, its better now :D

Better yet, make a smith-vendor do orb stuff for gold, and get rid of the orbs!

Better yet, just remove all the hassle and let players create items like they want them! Who wants to put effort into such things, anyway?

Better yet, just give everyone the best gear and make every character lvl 99.

This thread has run circles, and previous threads of this type have run circles... can we get a lock please?

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Epicurwin wrote:

Better yet, just give everyone the best gear and make every character lvl 99.

Winner!
Who wants to actually play the game the devs have been lovingly, carefully designing for the past 5 years? It's all about the end-game, right? Right? Just give us exactly what we want, GGG!

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Tarlin wrote:

This thread has run circles, and previous threads of this type have run circles... can we get a lock please?

i will trade you 3 chance orbs, 2 fusing orbs, a pet goat, and 3 shillings for that lock.

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scorpitron wrote:

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Tarlin wrote:

This thread has run circles, and previous threads of this type have run circles... can we get a lock please?

i will trade you 3 chance orbs, 2 fusing orbs, a pet goat, and 3 shillings for that lock.

I don't know about that... Do you have any gold instead?