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Why does each race not have their own currency.
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Missive Ernaga
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#1 - 2013-05-13 15:54:01 UTC
Why does the entire universe use the same currency?

It makes no sense that warring empires would be attached to the same currency.

Why don't we have four different kinds of isk?

Caldari ISK would be given for caldari misisons and bounties on caldari-based rats.

Gallente ISK for gallente stuff.

so on and so forth.

This would introduce interesting gameplay to the game in the form of currency trading(it would also make the Currency Column mean something.

The old isk in the game would be 1:1 convertable via NPCs for racial isk, but would not be able to be spend on the market anymore.

When setting up a buy or sell order, you would have to select which current you are selling the goods for.
Fernando MRuiz
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-05-13 15:55:41 UTC
Simplification. If you have four different currencies in the game, cross-region trading is gonna become that much more of a headache.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#3 - 2013-05-13 15:57:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Game is complicated enough with one Economy to manage.

This would be an overly complex, 4-Economy system that you describe.

Don't forget this is just a game.

Edit: Also, you forget that in Low and Null there are Pirate Faction economies that would have to be included as well, so that's 8 Economies right there.

I'm sure there are more as well. Such as which economy do you get paid out of for Sleeper kills ?

bad idea is just bad idea.

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Yokai Mitsuhide
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-05-13 15:57:11 UTC
Missive Ernaga wrote:
Why does the entire universe use the same currency?

It makes no sense that warring empires would be attached to the same currency.

Why don't we have four different kinds of isk?

Caldari ISK would be given for caldari misisons and bounties on caldari-based rats.

Gallente ISK for gallente stuff.

so on and so forth.

This would introduce interesting gameplay to the game in the form of currency trading(it would also make the Currency Column mean something.

The old isk in the game would be 1:1 convertable via NPCs for racial isk, but would not be able to be spend on the market anymore.

When setting up a buy or sell order, you would have to select which current you are selling the goods for.



I can only imagine that would make the game less fun. Not everything needs to make sense in a realistic manner...especially when it's something that would be a pain in the ass like that. Universal credits is definitely the best way to do it and should remain that way forever.
Besides...this kind of exists already with Loyalty points.
Some Rando
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-05-13 15:57:11 UTC
ISK is capsuleer currency as I understand it.

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Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#6 - 2013-05-13 15:58:42 UTC
The planets have their own peasant currencies. ISK is space money for rich people.

Oh god.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#7 - 2013-05-13 15:58:57 UTC
There are many currencies but only ISK are worth dealing with in a interstellar economy.

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Adunh Slavy
#8 - 2013-05-13 16:00:11 UTC
Eve is too small to support this in any meanigful way.

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Grideris
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-05-13 16:08:12 UTC
ISK is Intersteller Kredit. It's designed for inter-empire and space trade.

Different planets (or corporations in the State) have their own local currencies. However a single ISK is worth a very large amount of these planetary currencies, so we seldom deal with them since they're just too small for us to use.

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De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2013-05-13 16:12:52 UTC
Grideris wrote:
ISK is Intersteller Kredit. It's designed for inter-empire and space trade.

Different planets (or corporations in the State) have their own local currencies. However a single ISK is worth a very large amount of these planetary currencies, so we seldom deal with them since they're just too small for us to use.


Pretty much this.

Aside from making my epeen grow due to larger numbers, having 590 bazillion googleplex trillion Amarrian religion monies and 14 trillion apple date monkey purple Gallente Orgy Credits isn't going to give me any more buying power than I have now. In fact, given exchange rates, it would probably give me less.

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Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#11 - 2013-05-13 16:13:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Brooks Puuntai
Is it really a surprise? A universal currency would be imperative to economic growth and sustainability. In the same way it may lead to that here IRL, due to the globalization of the economy.

E: Also wasn't the idea behind ISK being a Capsuleer only style currency? I remember hearing that even 1isk is valued quite high when comparison to civilian wealth.

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Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-05-13 16:18:24 UTC
We minmatar use rusted spaceship parts as currency.

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Masuka Taredi
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2013-05-13 17:34:34 UTC
Jake Warbird wrote:
We minmatar use rusted spaceship parts as currency.


Surely you mean duct tape??
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#14 - 2013-05-13 17:39:03 UTC
Silly OP...

Orcs and Elves both use gold pieces. Why can't Amarr and slaves both use Isk?

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Harry Forever
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#15 - 2013-05-13 17:47:03 UTC
would add some complexity, I'm all for it

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James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2013-05-13 17:50:36 UTC
The lore reason is the Yoiul conference of YC 0 (23236 AD).

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Altessa Post
Midnight special super sexy
#17 - 2013-05-13 17:52:47 UTC
And separate forums so that I am not annoyed by Caldari ideas....

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Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#18 - 2013-05-13 17:53:06 UTC
Harry Forever wrote:
would add some complexity, I'm all for it


Adding complexity just for the sake of it, is always a bad idea.

There is very little differences between the factions and the way they interact to justify a split currency. Granted this is mostly CCPs fault for going half-ass on the actual effects of a persistent war.

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Hae Sung
#19 - 2013-05-13 18:10:03 UTC
Missive Ernaga wrote:
Why does the entire universe use the same currency?

It makes no sense that warring empires would be attached to the same currency.

Why don't we have four different kinds of isk?


This already exists to a point in the LP stores.

ISK acts like the USD does in our real economies - as a reserve currency and a common denominator to facilitate trade. LP rewards would be the individual corporation's currency that is divvied out for performing services.

Even in real life our incredibly complex global currency seeks to create simpler solutions for international trade, as shown by not only the reserve currency of the dollar (formerly British Pound), the Euro, and now Bitcoins.

It actually makes sense that a single currency would evolve out of the system down the road, with the question then being the all important one of "who controls the printing presses"?
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#20 - 2013-05-13 18:13:56 UTC
Masuka Taredi wrote:
Jake Warbird wrote:
We minmatar use rusted spaceship parts as currency.


Surely you mean duct tape??

Bottle caps.

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