Jim Hooper and the coin

[Spoopy_Wraith]

So I recently got the shot through coin. He is willing to pay $200 for it. But at $3 a head it would take 66 kills to get to that point. In this game that isn't much death.

So is it more worthwhile to sell to him or keep the coin for myself?

[dyra55]

It's up to you, using the coin means it would take up a precious artifact slot which i usually fill with more useful artifacts
I usually sell it

[Spoopy_Wraith]

Originally posted by dyra55:

It's up to you, using the coin means it would take up a precious artifact slot which i usually fill with more useful artifacts
I usually sell it

okay but does not giving it too him cut me out on anything worthwhile?

[dyra55]

Originally posted by Darek Baird:

okay but does not giving it too him cut me out on anything worthwhile?

No

[Buntkreuz]

I think the problem is more complex.
See, there are several things that buff your money gain. Guns that give you coin by headshotting and all that.

So lets say you wanted to really gain a ton of gold.
You would do that to buy a lot of useful items, lets say ammo, healing items and throwables.
A legit idea, but now the problem:
There isnt much to buy.

The most expensive items are to be found in the swamp and are weapons.
But once you buy these weapons, your "gain ton of money"- build wouldnt be usefull anymore, because:
There isnt anything else to buy.

The core problem here is, that the vendors sell you ONE of each item and then restock later.
You cant buy several healing items and i found that to be a problem.

So the approach of a headhunter build where you gain gold by killing stuff could be legitimate funny, if there was anything to do with your gold.

I hope they add more uses to gold and make ammo and healing items infinite at vendors.
That way being a bounty/headhunter with gold items would be a viable option.
You could go out and kill stuff and use the additional money to restock on ammo and items.


As of now, the coin and other items just take up slots without much use.
There are better weapons/items than the ones that give you gold.
Currently and with how it works right now.

[Spoopy_Wraith]

Originally posted by dyra55:

Originally posted by Darek Baird:

okay but does not giving it too him cut me out on anything worthwhile?

No

thanks

[Spoopy_Wraith]

Originally posted by Buntkreuz:

I think the problem is more complex.
See, there are several things that buff your money gain. Guns that give you coin by headshotting and all that.

So lets say you wanted to really gain a ton of gold.
You would do that to buy a lot of useful items, lets say ammo, healing items and throwables.
A legit idea, but now the problem:
There isnt much to buy.

The most expensive items are to be found in the swamp and are weapons.
But once you buy these weapons, your "gain ton of money"- build wouldnt be usefull anymore, because:
There isnt anything else to buy.

The core problem here is, that the vendors sell you ONE of each item and then restock later.
You cant buy several healing items and i found that to be a problem.

So the approach of a headhunter build where you gain gold by killing stuff could be legitimate funny, if there was anything to do with your gold.

I hope they add more uses to gold and make ammo and healing items infinite at vendors.
That way being a bounty/headhunter with gold items would be a viable option.
You could go out and kill stuff and use the additional money to restock on ammo and items.


As of now, the coin and other items just take up slots without much use.
There are better weapons/items than the ones that give you gold.
Currently and with how it works right now.

Thank you for this in-depth explanation. I've just started playing and have been trying to maintain just enough spare coin to buy those anti-curse coins and occasional ammo.

Wasn't sure if more use for money would come up.

[dyra55]

Originally posted by Buntkreuz:

The core problem here is, that the vendors sell you ONE of each item and then restock later.

They restock after each death or after each time you sleep

[Police man]

Id say its only worth keeping if you plan on farming for money and xp a little bit, (takes a long time to fully level everything in the skill tree, beat the game and still not fully leveled) but not as a main artifact, there's better ones you can get later

[Spoopy_Wraith]

Originally posted by Police man:

Id say its only worth keeping if you plan on farming for money and xp a little bit, (takes a long time to fully level everything in the skill tree, beat the game and still not fully leveled) but not as a main artifact, there's better ones you can get later

Yeah I'm realizing the level up speed. Is the upgrade for boosted XP worth it?

[Necroscourge]

I always take +10% exp first, then I take the two loot/gold find perks. Go to the fort, get the Ace of Spades, then you grab the Magpie perk from the totem. You will fine golden nuggets and coins on almost every other enemy and rapidly get enough money to buy whatever you want.

[Kaisoku]

In the beginning, unless you know where to go and speed to get them, you will probably find that you will not need that third artifact slot.

And this isn't about "having it useful forever" as a money making tool.
It's about "will I kill 66 monsters before I feel the need to replace it" or maybe "I'm within 200$ of getting that item that will change my gameplay, I could use it now".

In my second playthrough, I grabbed the coin immediately, and spent half of chapter 1 with it on my person. Definitely got more than 200$ out of it.
All the "drops more loot/gold/xp gains" have an opportunity bonus of getting and using early: the earlier you have them, the longer their benefit helps (for abilities) and the sooner you'll get the better items from the store.

[NightBush]

Originally posted by Buntkreuz:

I think the problem is more complex.
See, there are several things that buff your money gain. Guns that give you coin by headshotting and all that.

So lets say you wanted to really gain a ton of gold.
You would do that to buy a lot of useful items, lets say ammo, healing items and throwables.
A legit idea, but now the problem:
There isnt much to buy.

The most expensive items are to be found in the swamp and are weapons.
But once you buy these weapons, your "gain ton of money"- build wouldnt be usefull anymore, because:
There isnt anything else to buy.

The core problem here is, that the vendors sell you ONE of each item and then restock later.
You cant buy several healing items and i found that to be a problem.

So the approach of a headhunter build where you gain gold by killing stuff could be legitimate funny, if there was anything to do with your gold.

I hope they add more uses to gold and make ammo and healing items infinite at vendors.
That way being a bounty/headhunter with gold items would be a viable option.
You could go out and kill stuff and use the additional money to restock on ammo and items.


As of now, the coin and other items just take up slots without much use.
There are better weapons/items than the ones that give you gold.
Currently and with how it works right now.

you can always go to sleep and they're gonna restock