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Aurum....what to do with it.
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pushdogg
relocation LLC.
#1 - 2016-04-16 04:14:14 UTC
So what do I do with trivial amounts of aurum? I have 650 and very few thing can be acquired for 650.

Is it possible to turn it into tokens? Or am I stuck with 650 aurum?
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2016-04-16 07:09:38 UTC
Well, I believe once you have the Aurum, that's it. Can't turn it back into ISK, PLEX or Tokens and it can't be transferred to another character. So that basically leaves you with 2 options.

Buy whatever you can with the amount you have and sell the items in the market for ISK.

Or ...........

Just let it sit there and hopefully in the future CCP will give out some more.



DMC

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#3 - 2016-04-16 07:19:22 UTC
Option c: Stop careing.

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pushdogg
relocation LLC.
#4 - 2016-04-16 07:38:16 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Option c: Stop careing.


But, but, but all those precious iskies!
Solonius Rex
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2016-04-16 07:48:06 UTC
pushdogg wrote:
So what do I do with trivial amounts of aurum? I have 650 and very few thing can be acquired for 650.

Is it possible to turn it into tokens? Or am I stuck with 650 aurum?


You are stuck. I would keep it, and maybe down the line you might find yourself with an extra plex or two to convert to AUR. Cause youre only gonna be able to buy those ****** apparel stuff that no one cares to buy, with only 650 aurum.
Warmonger Simon
Trinity Alpha Zero
#6 - 2016-04-16 12:11:33 UTC
If only you'd have 1k then you coulda bought extractor for some iskies.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#7 - 2016-04-16 12:22:33 UTC
pushdogg wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Option c: Stop careing.


But, but, but all those precious iskies!

Thats what they want you to think, its why aur isnt transferable.

Only way to win is not to care.

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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2016-04-17 12:06:55 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
pushdogg wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Option c: Stop careing.


But, but, but all those precious iskies!

Thats what they want you to think, its why aur isnt transferable.

Only way to win is not to care.

I'm with Ralph on this one.

You can focus on all the shouda, coulda, wouldas or you can choose to focus on having fun. As soon as CCP introduced the ability to remove aurum from displaying in your wallet I did. I could not even tell you how much aurum my characters have since it hasn't displayed on my wallet in years.

TL;dr
To expand on Ralph's advice go into your wallet setting and make it so aurum does not display. Problem solved.

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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2016-04-17 19:52:59 UTC
When Aurum was first introduced I ignored it, for years and years. At various times CCP would add more Aurum to it. Eventually I decided to spend it since I couldn't cash it in. That was last year.

Before I actually did that, I remembered a promise I made to myself which was I would never spend real life money to purchase Aurum nor would I cash in PLEX for Aurum. I still have 2x PLEX available in the Redeem queue for account emergency to keep it subbed.

Anyway, I looked in the markets first to see what was available for ISK. After buying a few items, I then checked out the Aurum store and bought some more items. Needless to say I didn't even spend half of the Aurum that had accumulated over the years. Add in all the free clothing items given as gifts over the years and I now have quite a selection available.

Guess what I'm saying is just let the Aurum sit there for a while. Over the years CCP has developed a habit of giving away both Aurum and clothing items trying to incite players into purchasing more Aurum.



DMC

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Velarra
#10 - 2016-04-17 22:24:42 UTC
If you don't want it, you should be able to petition/file a support ticket to have it removed from your account completely.

(Much like one can end up with a negative wallet balance if you do things that are very bad and unmentionable / eula violations. )
Velarra
#11 - 2016-04-17 22:31:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Velarra
ergherhdfgh wrote:
I could not even tell you how much aurum my characters have since it hasn't displayed on my wallet in years.


If accounts have been active since the ill fated Incarna release, and no Aurum was ever spent, totals should sit at 5500 aurum.
Solonius Rex
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2016-04-18 04:24:52 UTC
DeMichael Crimson wrote:
When Aurum was first introduced I ignored it, for years and years. At various times CCP would add more Aurum to it. Eventually I decided to spend it since I couldn't cash it in. That was last year.

Before I actually did that, I remembered a promise I made to myself which was I would never spend real life money to purchase Aurum nor would I cash in PLEX for Aurum. I still have 2x PLEX available in the Redeem queue for account emergency to keep it subbed.

Anyway, I looked in the markets first to see what was available for ISK. After buying a few items, I then checked out the Aurum store and bought some more items. Needless to say I didn't even spend half of the Aurum that had accumulated over the years. Add in all the free clothing items given as gifts over the years and I now have quite a selection available.

Guess what I'm saying is just let the Aurum sit there for a while. Over the years CCP has developed a habit of giving away both Aurum and clothing items trying to incite players into purchasing more Aurum.



DMC


When the hell did CCP give out free aurum? ive been subbed for like 3 years now and ive received no such thing.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2016-04-18 05:08:40 UTC
Solonius Rex wrote:

When the hell did CCP give out free aurum? ive been subbed for like 3 years now and ive received no such thing.

Umm, you might wanna check your account, probably have some Aurum sitting there ready and waiting to be spent.


Velarra wrote:
ergherhdfgh wrote:

I could not even tell you how much aurum my characters have since it hasn't displayed on my wallet in years.

If accounts have been active since the ill fated Incarna release, and no Aurum was ever spent, totals should sit at 5500 aurum.

Yeah, that sounds about right.



DMC

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Oraac Ensor
#14 - 2016-04-18 23:13:36 UTC
Velarra wrote:
ergherhdfgh wrote:
I could not even tell you how much aurum my characters have since it hasn't displayed on my wallet in years.


If accounts have been active since the ill fated Incarna release, and no Aurum was ever spent, totals should sit at 5500 aurum.

So free Aurum must have been a once-only event. Aurum was introduced in Incarna and I started 4 December 2011 (Crucible) and have never received any freebies.
Velarra
#15 - 2016-04-20 23:44:15 UTC
Oraac Ensor wrote:
Velarra wrote:
ergherhdfgh wrote:
I could not even tell you how much aurum my characters have since it hasn't displayed on my wallet in years.


If accounts have been active since the ill fated Incarna release, and no Aurum was ever spent, totals should sit at 5500 aurum.

So free Aurum must have been a once-only event. Aurum was introduced in Incarna and I started 4 December 2011 (Crucible) and have never received any freebies.


I want to say it happened in increments: From Patch day, through to various other days and seasonal events. Not a one time value given to all. FWIW, NPC's around the same time used to have Aurum tokens available for sale on the market with those amusing 364 day Sell orders that only npc's are capable of.
Warmonger Simon
Trinity Alpha Zero
#16 - 2016-04-21 07:21:35 UTC
First free aurum was 1'000 when they released aurum/store and monocle shop iirc.
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
#17 - 2016-04-22 08:08:19 UTC
Save it for Christmas and use it to buy someone a present.
Clothing and such works well if your Corp do secret Santa and you have no idea what to get.

Phoibe Enterprises

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