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World of Warcraft has a currency problem: more than 500 kinds of tender can currently be used in the 20-year-old game (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Damn what a way to say "I don't play or understand this game at all"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if it is a problem, each currency has a specific purpose (ie materials split by expansion for a more level playing field on expansion release, faction specific, event)

I feel like it's well designed if anything

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly. If there was only one currency for all old content, everyone would just do the most efficient farm and buy everything that way and not interact with any of the related content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Exactly, veterans with a stockpile would be able to just buy the lot

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

So .. like Earth?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

rather more of them than on earth, according to the article.

Wowhead, the database of Warcraft items, lists 1,203 types of currency in the game. To be fair, some of those have been retired, and others are currency for a single item or purpose—but in comparison, the entire world (not of Warcraft) only has 180.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

What about meme coins? /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

If its for a single purpose or item that just feels like a quest that isn't named as such.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You made me curious.

It appears that there are 180 currencies recognised by the UN. It also appears that there are less independent currencies, the example I saw was the Danish Kroner which has a fixed exchange rate with the Euro.

What I don't see in this are other forms of exchange. There's the obvious crypto currencies, of which I'm in no doubt there are plenty.

But that's not the only way to exchange value. Barter is one, donation is another. I suspect that there are plenty more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Donation by definition doesn't exchange value?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Well, that's just not true.

The person receiving the donation receives something of value and the person who donates receives either a good feeling or a tax deduction, or both.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Earth has a currency problem.