Megyeer Report post Posted November 15, 2007 What do you think about it? They might be usefull again now, since the prices on rare items goes in hundreds of 'k'... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jezebelle Report post Posted November 15, 2007 hey Megy!! Didnt know you were back!! And yeah i agree..lets bring back the plats Jez Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stricken Report post Posted November 15, 2007 i personally think plats should be dropped by soem monsters people can then turn into gc if they wish... would be cool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khalai Report post Posted November 15, 2007 With the exchange rate of 10% loss, it's not worth the effort IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blodoks Report post Posted November 15, 2007 (edited) Interesting, but the platinum's coins need a new circulation with enter/exit. A little example. Platinum coins enter in game selling to the NPC: gold bars, silver bars, maybe diamonds and maybe other metals bars (so precious items in real can have some value in game too ... gold here worth less of the dung) Hard to find how to spend platinum coins and why people should use it. Atm I can suggest high level books and the Tanta's special items (brod, bod, etc) only. Edit: I add platinum coins to found a guild, like in the past or useful to build the cities in the future EL... Edited November 15, 2007 by Blodoks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Megyeer Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Platinium Coins has been here before. And they were removed around yr 2004-2005. You were able to exchange coins in Taverns in rate of 1 : 1000 or 1: 10 000 (I don't remember that clearly) For today, 1:1000 would be nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khalai Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Platinium Coins has been here before. And they were removed around yr 2004-2005. You were able to exchange coins in Taverns in rate of 1 : 1000 or 1: 10 000 (I don't remember that clearly) For today, 1:1000 would be nice. That exchange would be fine, however nowadays its 1100gc for buying 1 platinum and 900gc for selling one, which means 200gc difference on 1 coin, if it was i.e. 100 coins, its 20kgc and that awful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Learner Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Platinium Coins has been here before. And they were removed around yr 2004-2005. You were able to exchange coins in Taverns in rate of 1 : 1000 or 1: 10 000 (I don't remember that clearly) For today, 1:1000 would be nice. That exchange would be fine, however nowadays its 1100gc for buying 1 platinum and 900gc for selling one, which means 200gc difference on 1 coin, if it was i.e. 100 coins, its 20kgc and that awful. The reason the exchange rate is the way it is, the plan had been to have some things bought by plats only, and some monsters sometimes dropping a plat. Having an exchange rate like that simulates money changers fees and also encourages people to keep any plats they got as plats or trade them to other players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Megyeer Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Platinium Coins has been here before. And they were removed around yr 2004-2005. You were able to exchange coins in Taverns in rate of 1 : 1000 or 1: 10 000 (I don't remember that clearly) For today, 1:1000 would be nice. That exchange would be fine, however nowadays its 1100gc for buying 1 platinum and 900gc for selling one, which means 200gc difference on 1 coin, if it was i.e. 100 coins, its 20kgc and that awful. The reason the exchange rate is the way it is, the plan had been to have some things bought by plats only, and some monsters sometimes dropping a plat. Having an exchange rate like that simulates money changers fees and also encourages people to keep any plats they got as plats or trade them to other players. Ermmm.. Am I missing something? Do we already have platinium coins in game and I didn't know about that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blodoks Report post Posted November 15, 2007 ... the plan had been to have some things bought by plats only... Exactly what I wrote before. We can stay without plats if it is useful just to pay insted of gc... and we save a slot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Ermmm.. Am I missing something? Do we already have platinium coins in game and I didn't know about that? Yes, just go to any tavern and click on "exchange coins" in the NPC's dialogue. The coins are useless right now and you will lose money by changing them back to gold coins, but they are in game. Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Megyeer Report post Posted November 16, 2007 OMG, such a shame. :| I really didn't noticed that... Phew, I hate my 'super ideas'... :/ Sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jezebelle Report post Posted November 16, 2007 OMG, such a shame. :| I really didn't noticed that... Phew, I hate my 'super ideas'... :/ Sorry. Lol, Megy, I thought you knew that!! I thought you meant to put them to USE again, the plats never realy left Just became useless.. Jez Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theladin Report post Posted November 16, 2007 (edited) How about making the platinum coins a useful item unto themselves? A platinum coin and an EME makes a coin of coordination which raises your coord 2 points only while the coin is actually equipped. A platinum coin and an EFE gives you a coin of phy. By equipping a few different coins you could affect your stats slightly but at the expense of taking up a slot for equipping yourself. Edited November 16, 2007 by Jon Finch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheComet Report post Posted November 16, 2007 That's a pretty nifty idea Jon, with a big enough risk since it may mean removing your shield or boots and losing some armor for the coin. Personally, if the coins do gain a use, some kind of store that sells non-manufacturable rare items in exchange for plats only could be neat, with a price range of 5 plats -> 200 plats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hannibal Report post Posted November 16, 2007 Have monsters drop plats sometimes, they will eventually start being traded and actually used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaGen Report post Posted November 17, 2007 Have monsters drop plats sometimes, they will eventually start being traded and actually used. Agreed. ~kGn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Learner Report post Posted November 17, 2007 Have monsters drop plats sometimes, they will eventually start being traded and actually used. Agreed. ~kGn As long as there are also things that can only be bought with Plats, otherwise the only thing that would do is add gc to the economy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vytukas Report post Posted November 17, 2007 Learner posted some reasoning behind exchange rates, but they are still unused. I think the exchange rate should be made 1: 1k, fixed , they would really be convenient to use Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Learner Report post Posted November 17, 2007 Learner posted some reasoning behind exchange rates, but they are still unused. I think the exchange rate should be made 1: 1k, fixed , they would really be convenient to use Without a cost associated with converting to & from Plats, there would be no reason to use Plats as any form of money at all. You might as well just use gc. Bu having a cost, that encourages people to keep the Plats as plats, but still gives them the option of conversion to gc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hannibal Report post Posted November 17, 2007 Have monsters drop plats sometimes, they will eventually start being traded and actually used. Agreed. ~kGn As long as there are also things that can only be bought with Plats, otherwise the only thing that would do is add gc to the economy. Then make all armours & weapons from here on only purchasable with plats, and let monsters drop them sometimes (D chim and up?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vytukas Report post Posted November 18, 2007 Without a cost associated with converting to & from Plats, there would be no reason to use Plats as any form of money at all. You might as well just use gc. Bu having a cost, that encourages people to keep the Plats as plats, but still gives them the option of conversion to gc. There are different types of coins/notes IRL, and it adds convenience. You may force people using platinum coins, by adding EMU for coins, for example 1/50 emu for each coin. Also, wraith could take plats only for perks, for example Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stricken Report post Posted November 18, 2007 wow saint i was the first 1 to say monsters should drop >.> robbed my idea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zaer Report post Posted November 18, 2007 just make it so we can all make millions of gc every day, plats will be useful then - omgwtfunk serps ftw!11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cho-yun Report post Posted November 18, 2007 Small idea people will hate... Irillion will only take Plat coins as currency Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
