Do you think in Gold or Plat?

[Thrudh]

I find it interesting that almost all posts on the forums discuss item values in terms of plat...

Am I the only one that thinks in gold? It seems strange to me that everyone else thinks in plat, when the game itself does EVERYTHING in gold... Selling/buying from vendors and on the Auction House is all done in gold... so it seems natural to me to think in gold...

But the vast majority of people on these forums only reference value in plat....

I find it interesting, and wonder how that social convention came about....

[Borror0]

I usually think in gold, and have to make the translation in plat.

The reason everyone posts in plat is that our money is counted in plat in-game. Just think about this yourself, if you're going to open aa chat window, are you going to type 30,000 gp or 3,000 pp? When you open your inventory, is most of your money counted in plat or in gold? Unless you're really, really poor, your money is going to be displayed in plat.

That's the reason, at least, to my understanding.

[Kalanth]

Its an easy formula to conduct (10 gold = 1 Plat), so I only think in Plat. I hear people talk in gold a lot and it feels like showing off at times. Hearing things like, "I just spent / made 4,000,000 gold today!" certainly sounds more impressive than "I just made / spent 800,000 plat." Bigger numbers tend to create bigger reactions.

[Leyoni]

Yeah, what he (Borror0) said.

I also think many people type/say plat when they really mean gold. I'm not sure that they really pay attention to the difference in casual conversation (or in posts).

[Leyoni]

Its an easy formula to conduct (5 gold = 1 Plat), so I only think in Plat. I hear people talk in gold a lot and it feels like showing off at times. Hearing things like, "I just spent / made 4,000,000 gold today!" certainly sounds more impressive than "I just made / spent 800,000 plat." Bigger numbers tend to create bigger reactions.

I'm pretty sure it is 10 of each coin makes 1 of the next higher. OTOH, I have some gold I need to convert to plat so if you'll meet me in the market we can work out a little trade.

[Kerrn_Siff]

a habit left over from PnP days though most likely where we never saw plat.

[Kalanth]

I'm pretty sure it is 10 of each coin makes 1 of the next higher. OTOH, I have some gold I need to convert to plat so if you'll meet me in the market we can work out a little trade.

I am a hint rusty on the old conversion system, but I believe you to be right. 4th edition changed it to 100 gold = 1 plat so I have been giving some screwy numbers of late.

[Aranticus]

I am a hint rusty on the old conversion system, but I believe you to be right. 4th edition changed it to 100 gold = 1 plat so I have been giving some screwy numbers of late.

bah! my dnd toons never carry coins! gems ftw!

[Dawnblade]

I think in gold as well. It's probably out of habit. Most other games around use gold. It'll probably take me a while to get used to saying plat.

[TehSilence]

Its an easy formula to conduct (5 gold = 1 Plat), so I only think in Plat.

<...dies>

I had to go confirm that it was 10 gold to 1 plat. For a minute there I thought I was giving away half my money on every purchase. Or getting half more on every purchase... I don't know which. :0

-Silence

[Samadhi]

Definitely plat

[Leyoni]

bah! my dnd toons never carry coins! gems ftw!

In PnP this was always the case. Gems were much more valuable, retained their value across borders and varying monetary systems, and were lighter. Standard behavior was to keep only as much of the local coin as was needed and to convert everything else into gems.

[hydra_ex]

You mean your DMs never let you convert gold to plat?

Definitely plat, makes me feel richer. Hey, I can afforc that 4 million gold item... no wait... thats only 400k plat.

[branmakmuffin]

I find it interesting that almost all posts on the forums discuss item values in terms of plat...

Am I the only one that thinks in gold? It seems strange to me that everyone else thinks in plat, when the game itself does EVERYTHING in gold... Selling/buying from vendors and on the Auction House is all done in gold... so it seems natural to me to think in gold...

But the vast majority of people on these forums only reference value in plat....

I find it interesting, and wonder how that social convention came about....

Gold.

But oddly, the AH default is to post stuff using plat, but then show the price in gold. I think that's how some stuff gets priced at 10x the poster's intention: they think they're pricing it in gold, not plat.

[Mithran]

When I'm referring to AH prices, I use the gp denomination because that's how the prices are listed, but when I'm thinking in terms of the prices of Heal Scrolls, Raise Dead Scrolls, and Teleportation Scrolls, I think in terms of pp.

[Noctus]

In Gold.

Because of my Pen&Paper heritage.

[Samadhi]

Actually, the more I think about this, I really do most of AH thoughts in terms of 10kpp. If they added rupees or something where one = 10kpp; that would be my ideal scale.

[Cedrica-the-Bard]

But the vast majority of people on these forums only reference value in plat....

I find it interesting, and wonder how that social convention came about....

Maybe because that's how it's sold?

I am so getting flamed for that...

[Amaras]

Plat

I don't say 800,000 pp either.. I just say 800k

[Dawnblade]

Plat

I don't say 800,000 pp either.. I just say 800k

That would confuse the heck out of me. I would assume you were talking about 800k gp.