Game currency = gold/silver/copper

[Aequitas999]

I just watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOo9F4fPxE

3:25 bottom right of inventory screen, just like WoW?

[june32nd]

like wow was the first game to have gold silver and copper for money

[Norfrit]

And like does that matter?

[linuxnacrot]

Well i forget where i read this but im pretty sure there's no silver...its something else, might be tin. And who cares if its just like WoW? It makes sense in the Warhammer world for those to be the currency, and change for the sake of change is not necessarily good, specially if its already good enough.

[Aequitas999]

Originally Posted by june32nd

like wow was the first game to have gold silver and copper for money

I'm not implying they copied WoW, just wondering if they're using similar currency system

[Professor Nomos]

they could call it 1s 10s 100s and I wouldn't care.

[Nerror]

Bahaha there are already gold selling sites trying to sell gold for WAR. Saw that as I was googling for the currencies of the different factions.

Anyway, I am sure they are using something generic because of the different factions. Orcs use teeth for currency, for example, and I doubt the other factions would accept that.

[june32nd]

no offense but this

Originally Posted by Aequitas999

3:25 bottom right of inventory screen, just like WoW?

leads one to believe other wise.
sry

[Utakata]

Copper, silver, brass.

The backpack has a lot of slots, I didn’t count but its around 40-60 I think. Also, there is a separate tab for a ‘separate’ backpack that only holds quest items. Very handy. Money is copper silver brass.

Source

[Stigus]

Originally Posted by Nerror

Anyway, I am sure they are using something generic because of the different factions. Orcs use teeth for currency, for example, and I doubt the other factions would accept that.

Ahhh but what if they were gold teeth?

[Aequitas999]

Originally Posted by Utakata

Copper, silver, brass.

Source

thx

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[Robbie11r1]

How should it go? Copper least expensive, brass middle and silver most expensive? I hope brass isnt the highest one, doesnt seem valuable.

[Professor Nomos]

Originally Posted by Robbie11r1

How should it go? Copper least expensive, brass middle and silver most expensive? I hope brass isnt the highest one, doesnt seem valuable.

Ok lesson in money coming forward.

"Money" has only ever been what a society as seen as able represent value. Value until about the 18th century was almost always negotiable and usually there was not a coin to represent the value of small transactions. The idea of the "penny" is not new as we 21st century folks would think of it but its extremely low value is new.


Only those cultures with both access to large amounts of gold and a huge economy ever actually used gold coins. Most cultures when they used gold at all, dealt in gold ingots and bars not gold coins when transacting business. Those that dealt with coins used the more abundant silver and copper.

Not to mention the fact that coins are themselves only as good as the one who makes them. Historically, Various kings/emperors would adjust the thickness of their coins to make more coins out of the same bullion.



To draw this to a close, in WAR Brass can become valuable if its what people accept as valuable. Since Mythic wants it to be valuable it will be valuable.


Picture proof

[Graugrimm]

1 Gold Crown = 20 Silver Shillings = 240 Brass Pennies (1 GC = 20/- = 240d.)

From WFRP. No idea if that will be in WAR since some might find it complicated.

[Stigus]

Originally Posted by Graugrimm

1 Gold Crown = 20 Silver Shillings = 240 Brass Pennies (1 GC = 20/- = 240d.)

From WFRP. No idea if that will be in WAR since some might find it complicated.

Just in case anyone was wondering why there is such a complicated currency system in the Warhammer IP, the quote below describe the British Pound system before it was decimalize.

Prior to decimalisation, the pound was divided into 20 shillings and each shilling into 12 pence, making 240 pence to the pound.

FROM HERE

Sound similar? lol

And yes, Gamesworkshop IS a british company, so it kinda makes sense.

IN terms of WAR though, I would think they would stick to the pretty much global standard of using a decimal system.