Why do the devs still insist on using this convoluted currency system?

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HellGauss wrote:

But I would like to play PoE, not to MetaPoE (there are a lot of Meta in PoE, they should be reduced).

Then don't trade.

The way I see it, keeping trading at least somewhat cutthroat is the only way to induce risk. Risk is an important part of farming, that other means of wealth acquisition players sometimes use. I am generally for things which make trading less tedious - tedious isn't challenging - but I'm staunchly against anything which makes trading less risky. Trade needs less co-op and more PvP.

I guess that means I'm pro-asshole for the same reason I like Nemesis mods.

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RagnarokChu wrote:

I have 0 idea why people think they can "solve" inflation in an open market system.

You can't, countless people have tried in reality and the best you can do is reduce inflation to a crawl in the most optimal system. But there will still be inflation.

Also, inflation getting near zero is undersirable, so normally there is an inflation target. I wonder if there is a videogame with central banking out there, using assets rather than fiat tends to have dissapointing results (inflation has been annoying enough in PoE, many salt threads out there).

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Honestly, this game loves to be convoluted for the sake of being convoluted, and most people here are actually happy about it. I love the flavor of the currency, even if it's not casual friendly at all.

The currency system in this game I think is the games best feature.

I understand your frustration with inflation but don't think you would really be all that much less frustrated with a gold system.

And for the most part the currency system isn't that convoluted you just need to think of chaos and exalted as your main trading currency and the rest really just for crafting or trading up to those main 2.

I really wish mirrors never existed in the first place, it only harms the game and it killed all incentive to try and craft an item in standard.

I like this currency system way more than just plain gold because it's a lot better in term of diversity (ways to farm, rarity, price...), just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's bad, you're just not used to it. This helps a lot to keep track of the prices http://currency.poe.trade/

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So why do they still insist sticking with this system i wonder? And am I the only one really disliking it? Tried to do some forum searches but found almost no entries regarding this subject. Maybe it's a taboo subject? I Dunno.

Maybe most of the peoples doesn't have any problem with this system ? You might not be the only one disliking it but you're one of the few that actually took the time to make a thread about it