Diamonds are now NOT rare

Spiker · #1 08-26-2005, 02:32 AM

This is the most I have seen!

AlaricoMontario · #2 08-26-2005, 02:41 AM

HURRAH! All for diamonds being revertexd not to their original price of 300, but to 200 say aye

(Although those crowns would be worth more th an their valued 4,000 d iamonds now.. xD)

Zurkiba · #3 08-26-2005, 02:53 AM

I dislike how Diamonds have overtaken plat as a form of currency

protagonist · #4 08-26-2005, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zurkiba

I dislike how Diamonds have overtaken plat as a form of currency

It's bound to happen, though. Same with SoJs in D2. It'll probably always be that way.

Googi · #5 08-26-2005, 03:21 AM

Diamonds haven't been rare in a long time. Does anyone claim that they're rare?

Luigi1 · #6 08-26-2005, 03:26 AM

I've seen that amount of diamonds plenty of times...

Benm00t · #7 08-26-2005, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Googi

Diamonds haven't been rare in a long time. Does anyone claim that they're rare?

The way the price of them just keeps rising you'd be forgiven for thinking so.

Googi · #8 08-26-2005, 03:40 AM

"Keeps rising"? It's been at 500 for around two years now.

Luigi1 · #9 08-26-2005, 03:42 AM

I don't think diamonds, gold keys, EC's, nor EA's will continue to rise in price any more. Maybe EA's will go down a bit, but little else will change.

Zurkiba · #10 08-26-2005, 03:53 AM

I sell my diamonds for 600 plat

Judge_S · #11 08-26-2005, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Googi

Diamonds haven't been rare in a long time. Does anyone claim that they're rare?

Beat me to it, damn.
Diamonds haven't been rare for long time. Heck, they weren't rare when I played, years ago.

Benm00t · #12 08-26-2005, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Googi

"Keeps rising"? It's been at 500 for around two years now.

They were starting to go at 600 plat often last time I checked.

Luigi1 · #13 08-26-2005, 04:44 AM

That's just for the people who overpay.

StrykerTFFD · #14 08-26-2005, 05:10 AM

Man...where are the good ol' days when diamonds cost 10 plat each?

Raeiphon · #15 08-26-2005, 05:16 AM

I had around 2000 or so before I reset 2 weeks ago.

*shrugs* Yes i have no life. Yes I picked them up from some poor sod who had been mauled by smokies.

Chris · #16 08-26-2005, 05:58 AM

I've seen more. I think Deo or Drk had close to 3k once.

MasterNuke · #17 08-26-2005, 06:12 AM

It only went up to 500 because the value of diamonds went up and the value of platinum coins went down at the same time.

lordbosh · #18 08-26-2005, 06:12 AM

weapon improvements = diamond price inflation + ruining of 2k2

Nappa · #19 08-26-2005, 03:47 PM

I had 700+ On me at one point. This was at the time when Dias were generally accepted as 300 plat.

I started with 10,000 plat. I bought as many diamonds as I could for 300. I sold them all for 500 to poor fools who were in a rush to buy diamonds. Then I just kept doing the same, and I ended up with 700+.

nullify · #20 08-26-2005, 07:38 PM

Even I have had more than that many diamonds.

Jaquet · #21 08-26-2005, 11:12 PM

5 months ago when i still played, before the inflation, diamonds were 300 plat then they rose to 500 plat and brutals went to 5k-10k and thats when i quit. They havnt been 500 for 2 years googi

Googi · #22 08-27-2005, 12:15 AM

Uh, Diamonds have been at 500 for way longer than five months. Maybe a year and five months.

Draenin · #23 08-27-2005, 12:34 AM

It started to happen right after alchemy was released.

xRuffRydax · #24 08-27-2005, 01:20 AM

Draenin, gimme that kitty bread.

Jaquet · #25 08-27-2005, 04:11 AM

Alchemy was released in like what? February? March? Its been a while but I know it hasnt been a year.

xRuffRydax · #26 08-27-2005, 04:29 AM

i think it's been a year since the new alchemy came out

Googi · #27 08-27-2005, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draenin

It started to happen right after alchemy was released.

No, it was before that.

ViperZakuto · #28 08-27-2005, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Googi

No, it was before that.

ok googie, Alchemy has been out since about March, so it has only been out for about 6-7 months, That is When I left and I have never seen a diamond go for over 300 plat until I came back last month. Except for when Rance did the alch money thing and made like 250k plat but he was the only person who would pay that price. I used to stand in bomb trade at least 5 hours a day just about everyday, I bought so many diamonds for 300 plat it was uncanny. That is far from 2 years...

Ziro_of_the_Turks · #29 08-28-2005, 10:46 PM

pffft....i've seen a few thousand in a pile just lying around on the world map
it was so many that they couldnt even be picked up all at once

oh, but that was on debug XD

Torankusu_2002 · #30 08-30-2005, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViperZakuto

ok googie, Alchemy has been out since about March, so it has only been out for about 6-7 months, That is When I left and I have never seen a diamond go for over 300 plat until I came back last month. Except for when Rance did the alch money thing and made like 250k plat but he was the only person who would pay that price. I used to stand in bomb trade at least 5 hours a day just about everyday, I bought so many diamonds for 300 plat it was uncanny. That is far from 2 years...

Wrong.
Diamonds were 500 plat mid 2003, and have stayed that way to present time.

The only time they were 300 was around christmas of 2002.

Earlier than that, on 2k2 beta, no one knew what diamonds were used for other than the diamond blade.

People also used to fight spiders in a hole.

Oh, and, get this...The newbie island now, used to be the ONLY island.
The spider icon on the minimap is where you went to fight the spiders.

Splke · #31 08-30-2005, 10:19 AM

Diamonds have been 500 for alooong time. It's the Bruts that went from 1k to 3k to 5k to 10k. I remember when we used to buy lvl 1 maps for 10, 2s for 100, 3s for 150, 4s for 250 and immenses for 500.. wee, those were the days.

Oh and MarkB's old house had over 20k IWD/Dias/EA, so many you couldn't pick up :P

Craigus · #32 08-30-2005, 12:29 PM

Hey im pritty sure i pushed the value of dias up to 500 plat on the day the luck +25 amulet was released O_o

Brad · #33 08-30-2005, 01:28 PM

i had 3500 diamonds once.

i sold 1000 for 1000
if you know what im getting @

Googi · #34 08-30-2005, 08:00 PM

You found someone who would pay a dollar per dia? That's pretty good seeing as RoW only USDs for about $50 nowadays.

Zero Hour · #35 08-30-2005, 08:05 PM

Just switch back to EAs as the main currency? That's how it was for a long time

Googi · #36 08-30-2005, 08:12 PM

I don't think EAs ever surpassed Dias. Especially for high-cost items. A switchback could never work since it's now far cheaper and easier, except in a few very rare cases (new limited event items like Cowboy Hat) to just buy the item already at +12 instead of buying the EAs and get someone to EA it for you.

Torankusu_2002 · #37 08-31-2005, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Googi

I don't think EAs ever surpassed Dias. Especially for high-cost items. A switchback could never work since it's now far cheaper and easier, except in a few very rare cases (new limited event items like Cowboy Hat) to just buy the item already at +12 instead of buying the EAs and get someone to EA it for you.

Back when Tec could first do +6 and stuff, EA's were in high-demand, so almost everyone wanted them because alchemy had not yet been fixed and mad-amounts of plat couldn't be gotten easily (except for a few bugs that were around for ~a day).

Splke · #38 09-01-2005, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Googi

You found someone who would pay a dollar per dia? That's pretty good seeing as RoW only USDs for about $50 nowadays.

It was usually 100 dias for 10$, I think Brads bsing :P

Brad · #39 09-01-2005, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Splke

It was usually 100 dias for 10$, I think Brads bsing :P

haha if youre an idiot

i swear to god im not lying

ill tell you it was a chick who bought it

Splke · #40 09-02-2005, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brad

haha if youre an idiot

yeah you sold to the _one_ person who was a big enough **** for buy them for a dollar per, what's your point? that doesn't mean that's what they're worth that much