Economy Saver - Diamonds into Event Coins

[Draenin]

Look at these two statements side-by-side and tell me if you find something awfully strange about them both:

Originally Posted by sage_scooby

A really bad analogy. The problem with diamonds as the larger "bill" is that platinum isnt held in the same value.

Originally Posted by sage_scooby

Heck that makes it a plus as dias are useless to me except as currency.

Last time I remember, platinum is currency, and you view diamonds as currency too. So tell me, how are platinum coins not held in the same value as one another?


Something you are overlooking is the fact that what might be useful to someone else could be garbage to other people.

Originally Posted by Gerami

How is this relevant to GK's proper currency (plat,gold,silver?) replaced by a mined mineral?

Diamonds have not replaced the currency, since the currency of coins is still used and (like diamonds) still expendible. They have been integrated into Kingdoms' economy by players and not by admins as an alternative higher form of currency.