Has anyone else noticed this yet?

[cdemeritt]

I was checking out a few things on lamannia... and found I hadn't picked up some end rewards...

Has anyone else noticed that the base valuses of many items that used to be woth 1000-8000 gp are now 100-500 gp?

[ccoleman]

I'm not on Lamannia so I can't check it out personally but could it be that the prices are now being quoted in plat not gold?

(It's one of the changes listed for update 5).

[cdemeritt]

Ok, well, it seems they did that.. plat not gold... my bad...

With all the nerfing going on, and the years of talk about too much gold... I jumped the gun, and didn't see the change... Lol

[Aristalla]

It was a necessary change.
A 10-based system of measurement is far too complicated.

[Oeuf]

It was a necessary change.
A 10-based system of measurement is far too complicated.

Roflmao............

[samthedagger]

It was a necessary change.
A 10-based system of measurement is far too complicated.

/signed

[suitepotato]

It was a necessary change.
A 10-based system of measurement is far too complicated.

I'm always torn between octal and base 3. As a War of the Worlds television series fan, base 3 has a certain fun, but as someone who can still remember making basic logic circuits with analog components, base 8 is always charming.

Of course, had they gone with measuring everything in copper, it might have made the economy look like we were using the Bolivian peso.

[Rice]

Let's be realistic, you don't say a meal costs 999 cents. You say it costs 9 dollars and 99 cents.

The base currency should always be the highest denomination. This is one of the better changes, IMO.

[Sweyn]

It was a necessary change.
A 10-based system of measurement is far too complicated.

Because multiplying and dividing by 10 is beyond what an Elementary school child can do.....

[Cendaer]

Let's be realistic, you don't say a meal costs 999 cents. You say it costs 9 dollars and 99 cents.

The base currency should always be the highest denomination. This is one of the better changes, IMO.

...ummmm... as of today, the highest denomination of U.S. currency is the $100 note.

The highest denomination ever was the $100,000 Series 1934 Gold Certificate.

How would you say the price of that meal if you actually used the highest denomination, instead of one that's only six steps up from the bottom of the scale?

.0999 Hundred Dollars?

Personally, I don't mind the change, and understand that multiples of 10 are extremely difficult for some ... dare I call even call them this ... humans to understand.

[Diyon]

No, the denomination is dollars. Hence 100 dollar note. As opposed to cent. You use the measurement not the object. You never say something costs 2 $10 dollar bills.

If a platinum piece were instead a 10 gold piece. Then gold would be highest category for describing a price. And you only use the highest denomination when its relevant. You don't say .79 dollars, you say 79 cents.

[Althotas]

I was checking out a few things on lamannia... and found I hadn't picked up some end rewards...

Has anyone else noticed that the base valuses of many items that used to be woth 1000-8000 gp are now 100-500 gp?

Look again. They just converted the value from gold to plat

[steelrock]

Because multiplying and dividing by 10 is beyond what an Elementary school child can do.....

**** metric system!

[Talon_Sky]

It was a necessary change.
A 10-based system of measurement is far too complicated.

+rep

[PointyRhiana]

I like it this way. I don't have issues with the amounts as they are now, but it never made sense to me - why were they all in gold, not plat?

[Cendaer]

No, the denomination is dollars. Hence 100 dollar note. As opposed to cent. You use the measurement not the object. You never say something costs 2 $10 dollar bills.

No.

The CURRENCY is dollars.

A DENOMINATION is a value or size of a series of values or sizes.


In DDO, the currency is metal coins, of which there are five denominations.

If a platinum piece were instead a 10 gold piece. Then gold would be highest category for describing a price. And you only use the highest denomination when its relevant. You don't say .79 dollars, you say 79 cents.

In terms of metal coins, a platinum piece IS a 10 gold piece. If you cut the platinum piece into 10 equal portions, you would have 10 chunks of platinum, which would be worth 1 gold piece each.

Though I don't mind the upcoming change, I don't believe it simplifies anything (or that a simple 10:1 rule even needs further simplification).

What would have simplified everything, is to eliminate all denominations, and just use the generic number of "coins" the system will allow us to have. Then no one would ever have to worry about how many gold pieces it takes to equal a platinum piece, or how many gold pieces a platinum piece is worth, or how many silver pieces will add up to a platinum.

The limit of coins a character can carry is 4,294,967,295 copper pieces. Why not just go super simple: eliminate the 10:1 rule and the need for differing denominations by just referring to the currency as "coins" and be done with it?

[Odin_Redbeard]

I cant believe all this noise. The problem before is you entered the price in plat but it displayed in gold. It didnt matter what the base is but it should be consistant. i dont care if the prices are in copper just list them that way also.

[Rice]

Because having to deal with an overwhelmingly huge number can be a hassle for some people. I don't want the auction house to be a testimony of how well someone can count zeros. It would only be easier if you were a machine processing data.

The reason this system is used is to just make numbers smaller and makes it easier for the eyes and brain. Same reason why governments all around the world do it.

I don't want to see a price tag of 2,000,000 cents on a brand new car. Stick to $20,000.

[Cendaer]

I like it this way. I don't have issues with the amounts as they are now, but it never made sense to me - why were they all in gold, not plat?

Traditionally, the gold piece is the most common coin in D&D.

Although, in some campaigns, gold was worthless.

[DoctorBadWolf]

No, the denomination is dollars. Hence 100 dollar note. As opposed to cent. You use the measurement not the object. You never say something costs 2 $10 dollar bills.

If a platinum piece were instead a 10 gold piece. Then gold would be highest category for describing a price. And you only use the highest denomination when its relevant. You don't say .79 dollars, you say 79 cents.

This.

Everything being counted in gold, even when the value is greater than, or equal to 1 plat, is annoying. Not because math is hard, but because the above is illogical.