Currency : V - Skyrim

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:45 pm

Currency is a collective insanity. I'd like to see a game without currency that entirely uses barter (with a hidden value system running in the background, modifieable by various factors such as merchant/PC race, faction, disposition, location, etc.).

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:19 pm

Adoras Fanas.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:52 pm

My vote goes to "Solid Gold Death Stars".

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:25 pm

Adoras Fanas.

then everyone would also be poor because if they had that things face on the coin then everyone would throw it off dive rock and celebrate :celebration:

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:55 pm

Gold

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:23 pm

Currency is a collective insanity. I'd like to see a game without currency that entirely uses barter (with a hidden value system running in the background, modifieable by various factors such as merchant/PC race, faction, disposition, location, etc.).

Currency is essential for any country/territory. Without it an economic system cannot strive. It can exist, but it would never result in complex societies and/or a high standard of living. It would be very similar to Native American tribes.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:44 pm

The currency will be in mudcrabs.

i hate you.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 12:58 pm

GOATS!!!!!

» Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:46 am

Like a few others have mentioned, I personally like the copper, silver, and gold. There needs to at least be smaller amounts of coinage than just gold.

No idea what they'd be called. Um... bits, lieges, and sovreigns, respectively?

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:45 pm

Currency is a collective insanity. I'd like to see a game without currency that entirely uses barter (with a hidden value system running in the background, modifieable by various factors such as merchant/PC race, faction, disposition, location, etc.).

The currency is needed as a bartering medium, the game couldn't even have a damn economy without some intermediary to make change between the bartering transactions. This is why civilization invented currency in the first place, not because we could just say "oooo..... shiny" when we see it.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:13 pm

I think they should keep "Septim" as respect to the bloodline, personally I'd like caps too :fallout: lol

Keep your FO outta my TES!!! lol

I think drake would be the option, it was drake in MW if im correct

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:34 pm

So, i was thinking to myself while watching the podcast today, now that the septim line has died out and they're no longer the rulers of the empire...what will the curency be called. will it still be called septims?

There is already a post about this http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1161545-septims-or-something-completely-different/page__p__17050456#entry17050456

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:43 pm

Keep your FO outta my TES!!! lol

I think drake would be the option, it was drake in MW if im correct

Hey, a guy like you wanted Reeses to keep his peanutbutter out of his chocolate. But he did anyways... Look what happened!

No but really that would be weird, bottle caps? They had BOTTLES bad then? INDUSTRIAL bottles?

Please, lets not be silly.

Though to the OP? I would prefer gold, septims are alright even if they do kinda not match the setting. But if you think about it, even IF skyrim suceded from the main empire, there would still be septims in circulation, so why would they use another kind? Unless it was a pride issue where they were like, NO SEPTIMS! WE WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED. Or something of that sort.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:18 pm

Gold.

» Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:37 am

I reckon they should use Bar Wenches as currency

What warm blooded Nord wouldn't like that?

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:36 pm

I reckon they should use Bar Wenches as currency

What warm blooded Nord wouldn't like that?

We have a winner!!

And soon as I make my first sale, of pretty much anything, game over- my character takes his 3 Bar Wenches and retires, never to be seen again.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:18 pm

They might use NV's system, and have the supporters of the new cyrodilic empire still use Septims, but the seperatists may have their own, Nordic currency.

But if I had to choose, I'd have to go with the Bar Wenches currency thats been mentioned in this topic. Especially if they can make infinite beer like your housekeeper in Oblivion

» Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:00 am

Hrothgars, but, isn't this the same as the other thread minus a poll?

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:45 pm

While it's hilarious that they have only one denomination of money, they shouldn't make it a septim or drake in any case. I'd say every county should have a currency, with a gold standard that works everywhere.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:46 pm

Mead, Gold, and Wenches......lots of wenches.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 1:25 pm

Drakes sounds reasonable and cool. What someone said, there would be still a circulations of Septims, but everyone would probably preferred to call them Drakes which is a 'slang' word for Septims and because the coins have a dragon (drake, and actually Akatosh) on it that is symbol of Septims and the Empire.

So with time, name Septim would be forgotten and Drake would become official.

I love the suggestion of having gold, silver and copper (or some other metal) coins, but maybe it would be better if 1 gold would be 10 silver coins not 100?

» Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:59 am

"Dovakiins". They are worth the quadruple amount of a "Septim".

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:30 pm

Hrothgars, but, isn't this the same as the other thread minus a poll?

You know, yes. Yes it is.

But what is the point of people coming here and asking? I mean... there's plenty of 'topics' which have you know... maybe two threads. This one is already LONGER than the other.

So.. y'know... I mean... why bother?

Chyeah...

Anyhow, my two cents: I like Drake. I'll just call it GOLD anyways, but drakes are pretty decent sounding names. Hrothgars would make a lot of sense too. Maybe they could have some kind of denominations or something...

Meh.

» Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:53 am

I think it would be nice if after the fall of the empire, most septims would have been molten down and made into a new coinage.
But that you can still find some of them with collectors, or in ruins, sort of like Dwemer coins.

Would be fun if you could make an NPC collectors day to find him that rare septim minted for the coronation of the last Septim, or something.

» Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:10 pm

Say this every time this topic comes up : Hacksilver. I appreciate Nords aren't Vikings but :
http://www.lore-and-saga.co.uk/html/money.html#Vikings
You could find a half a coin here and there, is it worth the effort to pick it up?