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Why does each race not have their own currency.
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Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
#41 - 2013-05-14 03:56:06 UTC
Pretty sure all real countries use the US Dollar, either directly or indirectly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_currency

To sum up the article, Americans suck at everything, but the rest of the world sucks in their own special way and doesn't even touch "everything" only Americans are talented enough to **** up all the things.

America: We are the jackass of all trades.

Now with 100% less Troll.
Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#42 - 2013-05-14 04:29:48 UTC
For the single currency issue you need only look at where CCP got their inspiration for CONCORD.

http://youtu.be/t0q2F8NsYQ0
Aquila Shadow
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#43 - 2013-05-14 04:31:05 UTC
In the future they finally figured out what a stupid idea speculating on currency was and fixed the problem.

                                              "Let Vigilance Be Your Sword"
Jarod Garamonde
Jolly Codgers
Get Off My Lawn
#44 - 2013-05-14 13:51:06 UTC
Tom Gerard wrote:
Pretty sure all real countries use the US Dollar, either directly or indirectly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_currency

To sum up the article, Americans suck at everything, but the rest of the world sucks in their own special way and doesn't even touch "everything" only Americans are talented enough to **** up all the things.

America: We are the jackass of all trades.


And, with the advent of PLEX (sanctioned RMT), so does New Eden.

20 USD = 510 million ISK

That moment when you realize the crazy lady with all the cats was right...

    [#savethelance]
Cannibal Kane
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#45 - 2013-05-14 14:06:37 UTC
To OP.

Lore... Read it and understand why.

"Kane is the End Boss of Highsec." -Psychotic Monk
Darvaleth Sigma
Imperial Security Hegemony
#46 - 2013-05-14 16:03:35 UTC
Wasn't there that other currency... you know, for clothes and things? Because somehow the money that's good for giant spaceships just won't cut it in a Primark.

Capsuleer: "But, I bought a Supercarrier with ISK! And I can't even buy t-shirt with it?"

Cashier: "I'm sorry, if you don't like it just wear the clothes that you somehow spawned with."

Give a man a match and you warm him for a day.

Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life!
Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#47 - 2013-05-14 17:35:00 UTC
De'Veldrin wrote:
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.


I enjoy your currencies, care to tell me about the Minmatar and Caldari ones?

Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco: http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco
Cat Troll
Incorruptibles
#48 - 2013-05-14 17:52:07 UTC
Brujo Loco wrote:
De'Veldrin wrote:
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.


I enjoy your currencies, care to tell me about the Minmatar and Caldari ones?

Minmatar = Duct tape.
Caldari = WC - Worthless Coupons.

Lolwut: "Yes, you kids don't know how lucky you have it. These days noobs get given free tackle ships for PvP but back in the old days the only tackle ships we were given were our pods. We had to use them to bump their rookie ships out of alignment to stop them warping off."
Masuka Taredi
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#49 - 2013-05-14 18:45:56 UTC
Why have pleb currency when you can have spess currency!
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