Hey then he can come back saying how he is a Skyrim veteran with 300+ hours.

hahaha...21,000g. wow, you're loaded!

i'm currently carrying 615,045g without mentioning tons and tons of gold spent on crafting, training, etc. also, you basically listed off half the things to do in the game and complained about all of them. why are you playing?

This shows that problem isn't with septims having no point in end game... the problem is that end game comes in and goes away too fast and too early.

Of course, few vanity gold sinks would be nice, but the core problem is that character progression ends too fast.

Or another gold sink that's related to main theme of the game. Such as investing into the civil war? It would be cool to make noticeable changes to those imperial/stormcloak camps and the random patrol's activity through investing huge sum of gold to their cause. This would also allow roleplaying of "merchant of death"

Store money in random container and wait 7 days. Now make some more. Idk how u guys make so much damn money. I never have but 20,000 at a time.

They see me trollin..
They hatin...

Didn't read the whole thread... has anyone said "make it rain"?

I would make it rain.

You could do what I do and accidentally sell some of your best gear and then have to buy it back. Done that more than I care to admit.

Just make it so that enchanting costs money ie: 1000 gold per point/percentage, but then saying that im not using enchanting and only working with items i find on my travels.

I said in a previous thread about being able to build strongholds of our own and dealing with the problems that come with it, more money you put in the bigger the stronghold, I WANT MY OWN CASTLE lol

Yeah, gold does seem to be a bit... Worthless. I have all the best armor and weapons, and I'm only level 43. I also have two houses, and don't need a horse. So I guess gold is just... There.

I end up wasting it on soul gems a lot. I think the OP needs to translate what he learned to attempt applying said issue to real life. Skyrim also does not have government to take it from you. Maybe they can come up with a tax mod, should take care of that issue for ya.

Buy all houses with "upgrades" (which is basically only furnishing the empty house). Good for storing stuff you want or or like. When you become Thane of that city, you get a bodyguard that acts as a companion to go with you on your travels.

Try to outfit all companions with the best armor and weapons for them (Aela with Glass or Dragonscale with Daedric/Ebony/Glass bow, Vilkas with Daedric/Ebony Greatsword and Daedric/Ebony/Dragonbone armor). Give them store-bought enchanted weapons or armors and jewelry that compliment them (archer gets Ring of Peerless Archery for +40% extra bow damage, for example).

Buy all unenchanted weapons/armor and soul gems to train your Enchanting. Or buy all ingredients and train your Alchemy (you can fast-travel to every city, one at a time, and two days will pass. Meaning you can keep going around in circles, buying up everything without having to wait).

Build up a library in your houses; buy every book, sell the doubles. If you want it really extensive, you can even buy the spell tomes put those on the shelves. Good if you want quick, easy access to in-game stories and such. The spell tomes on the bookshelf can just be for RP-ing as a mage.

Use the carriage all the time to travel from city to city (if you use fast-travel).

Invest in every shop in Skyrim.

Train every level (obvious one).

There really isn't anything to spend money on later in the game; only things to waste money on. Especially when the game is played by people who refuse to buy houses because the game "isn't real life", which gives the impression them seem too dull-witted to know what an RPG actually is. If you want, how about doing this the next time you play a character: Do not sell for profit; save up gold and sell just enough to buy the item you want and just dump the rest of the loot. This way you won't have gold to spend because it is essentially useless to people who do not want to use it to buy most things in the game because it is not real life.

TO each his own, mindless ranting.

Fail.

Games are not necessarily just about combat. They are about story telling, spectacle, wonder, immersion, and design.

This is RPG where you create your own character and tell his or her own story, you know ROLE PLAY.

If you want a game that's all about dragging your knuckles to the next fight and winning there are plenty to choose from.

Get a hooka with all ur gold. :brokencomputer:

it's used to buy stuff silly
but you don't seem to want to do any of that
so I dno, go chug it into a river for all I care XD

If you play this game just for combat,then you should buy MW3 and shouldnt buy this game
I actually have 50k on my assasin khajit,with all houses and upgrades,and I still enjoy the game,im still searching rare books to read and put in the bookshelves..and showing it to my friends

yes this is big problem i think, the game was really fun the first hours when i had to scraqe to get by,
but at lvl 20 i was swimming in gold and no where to spend.

the first thing i want to do when the construction kit comes out is to try and add some real money sinks in the game.
but i have had a hard time to come up whit ideas besides tweaking vendors.
one is modding food and give it some effect that you cant live whit out so you got to buy stocks of it regularly.

if anyone else comes up whit ideas, let me know and maybe i can make it happen.

i spend mine on ingots/ores and healing potions. lots of healing potions.

Is it just me or is the finding extra money trait for Imperials really OP? My first character was an Imperial and I had enough money for a horse as soon as I got to Whiterun and a good bunch of spells then a house as soon as I became Thane, now money is piling up in thousands.

Then on my Breton mage I got to Whiterun and was broke after buying a horse and had to save up and sell things just afford a couple of spells.

I spend most of my money on training and potions,

Yeah, but you can't buy (built-in) 25% spell resistance so Imperials are worthless compared to Bretons.

you could sink some money into training skills, that can cost a few thousand gold per point in the 60+ range.

yes training and magical gear is probably your last stop for spending gold. im at 150,000 gold and just make a habit of using trainers for lower level skills. some spell tomes are also decent buys.

future mod ideas for gold - perhaps a gold toss skill to distract your enemies ala AC style? that would be fun.
and i guess ill make some expensive houses >.>

Seems to me that there comes a point in all of these types of games where collecting coin is in itself the point of collecting coins. Once you have the best gear you can buy or make you don't really need it for much more than maintaining your gear. (ie. soul gems)

At this point you stop gathering all the loose crap you find, leave all of the gear the enemies wear on their corpses, and start collecting the shiny baubles to fill bowls with in the one or two houses you might have acquired.

The only reason to keep gathering goods to sell is to make the number of gold coins in your inventory grow. For me the life of an adventurer is to gain boat loads of coin, and jewelry, and gems to hoard for the day you take an arrow to the knee and find you are no longer fit to tackle the wilds. That is unless you plan on becoming a city guard with a pronounced limp.

Sometimes the goal is to become filthy rich. If not, dump it somewhere and start over.

I've been spamming gold selling messages for a few days. No one seems to want the stuff!

All I get is guards coming up and telling me "I need to ask you to stop. That... shouting... is making people nervous"