Please consider all future discussions be held in Plat and not Gold values

[Varr]

Yes, it is a minor and unimportant distinction......

There is nothing you can buy or sell for 7 gold.....so you will never have to worry about a .7 plat item. Because of this many have adopted discussing values and trades in plat.......I would be happier if everyone would convert to plat as the base currency.

It's been discussed before, it will be discussed again......many don't care, since I am one of the few that do, just do it for Varrs sake.

[hydra_ex]

NO! Do it for my sake!

[Zenako]

Yes, it is a minor and unimportant distinction......

There is nothing you can buy or sell for 7 gold.....so you will never have to worry about a .7 plat item. Because of this many have adopted discussing values and trades in plat.......I would be happier if everyone would convert to plat as the base currency.

It's been discussed before, it will be discussed again......many don't care, since I am one of the few that do, just do it for Varrs sake.

Well technically that is not true. Most of the stuff you can buy from the General Vendors is priced in small numbers of gold or even silver. Spell ingredients have unit pricing as small as coppers.

Every item you pick up as loot has a price listed on it in GOLD pieces, not Copper pieces.

What you are asking for would in some ways be akin to asking everyone in the USA to just start referring to all prices in multiples of $10 bills instead of $1 bills. I don't see gas being prices at $0.254 ($10)/ gal much....

Now I readily admit that much of what players hoard and value is worth a lot, but frankly keeping to the GOLD standard really will avoid a lot of confusion in most discussions.

[KingOfCheese]

I will comply.

Earlier today, I found myself about to utter the sentences, "I met with Goldie Hawn at the Gold Coast to discuss some weird Rube Goldberg problem she was having with a gold digger friend of hers. We were snacking on goldfish crackers, which a nearby goldfinch kept stealing. Anyway, I digress. We had a golden conversation--it turns out she has a golden parachute deal from her last film that she traded for gold futures. So I find out her gold digger friend is Barry Goldwater, who thought that she had a goldmine from trading gold leaf antiques to a small shop in Golden Valley, MN. I told her to remember the golden rule--don't give gold to a Goldwater that gold digs for gold leaf."

Thankfully, I caught myself and, correctly, said the following: "I met with Platty Hawn at the Plat Coast to discuss some weird Rube Platberg problem she was having with a plat digger friend of hers. We were snacking on platfish crackers, which a nearby platfinch kept stealing. Anyway, I digress. We had a platinum conversation--it turns out she has a platinum parachute deal from her last film that she traded for plat futures. So I find out her plat digger friend is Barry Platwater, who thought that she had a platmine from trading plat leaf antiques to a small shop in Platen Valley, MN. I told her to remember the platinum rule--don't give plat to a Platwater that plat digs for plat leaf."

[Arkat]

We Khyberians are a contrary lot.

[Varr]

Ya can't keep to the gold standard is my point.....most trades and descussions are held in plat by the vets be it right or wrong andlike raid loot policys are simply in place now. Additionally no one talks about general vendor prices....they go to vendor and buy.....really discussing the already in place standard of using plat as a base currency.

Generally, but not always gold is used either by a new player or is used by a get trying to make his hoard sound larger......15 mill gold vs 1.5 mill plat.

[Matuse]

I don't know which "vets" you are speaking of, as maybe 5% of the people I meet use a platinum standard.

Gold is the way to go.

[Thrudh]

Yes, it is a minor and unimportant distinction......

There is nothing you can buy or sell for 7 gold.....so you will never have to worry about a .7 plat item. Because of this many have adopted discussing values and trades in plat.......I would be happier if everyone would convert to plat as the base currency.

It's been discussed before, it will be discussed again......many don't care, since I am one of the few that do, just do it for Varrs sake.

Everything in the game is priced in gold... even high end items on the AH...

So I think of everything in terms of gold... I'm not even sure why so many people think in plat... the only place plat is displayed is on your inventory sheet... I find it much easier to add a zero to that ONE number, than to take away a zero from every other number in the game...

But that's just me... It's obvious most vets think in plat (but it seems to be a pretty stupid convention to me)

[Varr]

I don't know which "vets" you are speaking of, as maybe 5% of the people I meet use a platinum standard.

Gold is the way to go.

Really, only 1 in 20 of the people you discuss trade and loot with that have played one year plus use plat as the indicator. I must be way off in this....my reading the forums past trade pannels must and trade participations must have been misinturpreted and influnenced by my plat usage.

I think I will review the trade posts from 2-4 months ago and see if I can engage those still interested.....their gear was being offered much cheaper than I had thought. That is fantastic, I'm ready to convert to the gold norm. I was just not aware that was the case, silly Varr.

[Kaervas]

I think "PP" doesn't have the same ring as "GP". Call it ingrained, or force of habit but, well, gold is gold.
It's hard to imagine anything else as the primary currency.

[Samadhi]

I haven't ever thought in terms of gold I don't think. Your inventory lists the majority of your money in plat - and anything listed in gold or lower is cheap enough to be largely irrelevant.

[muffinlad]

I will comply.

Earlier today, I found myself about to utter the sentences, "I met with Goldie Hawn at the Gold Coast to discuss some weird Rube Goldberg problem she was having with a gold digger friend of hers. We were snacking on goldfish crackers, which a nearby goldfinch kept stealing. Anyway, I digress. We had a golden conversation--it turns out she has a golden parachute deal from her last film that she traded for gold futures. So I find out her gold digger friend is Barry Goldwater, who thought that she had a goldmine from trading gold leaf antiques to a small shop in Golden Valley, MN. I told her to remember the golden rule--don't give gold to a Goldwater that gold digs for gold leaf."

Thankfully, I caught myself and, correctly, said the following: "I met with Platty Hawn at the Plat Coast to discuss some weird Rube Platberg problem she was having with a plat digger friend of hers. We were snacking on platfish crackers, which a nearby platfinch kept stealing. Anyway, I digress. We had a platinum conversation--it turns out she has a platinum parachute deal from her last film that she traded for plat futures. So I find out her plat digger friend is Barry Platwater, who thought that she had a platmine from trading plat leaf antiques to a small shop in Platen Valley, MN. I told her to remember the platinum rule--don't give plat to a Platwater that plat digs for plat leaf."

I have to wait 24 hours before giving more rep.

muffinplat

[Tap4black]

Aw hush up Varr or I'll be mailin you some Coal for the holidays!~

Jax

[Matuse]

Really, only 1 in 20 of the people you discuss trade and loot with that have played one year plus use plat as the indicator.

Probably closer to 1 in 30. 5% is being generous.

[MrCow]

It's obvious most vets think in plat (but it seems to be a pretty stupid convention to me)

It is actually fairly common for many veterans, regardless of the online game, to set prices based the most expensive cash denomination because anything else is just not worth thinking about; the value is too low to consider. The exception tends to be any inexpensive commodity that is bought in bulk, which DDO lacks as there are no inexpensive commodities really worth pricing at less than 1 platinum or less per that can't just be bought from a vendor.

[Lorien_the_First_One]

I only trade in copper

[MrCow]

I only trade in copper

Do you hand them over one at a time?

[chester99]

the AH lists in gold.

end of discussion.

[centurionaramis]

And yet again, it is the Auction House that holds us back from refinement.

[oogly54]

the AH lists in gold.

end of discussion.

Except I auto correct that in my head and instantly see plat.