What is it with currency in this game?

[Raven Ranks]

I don't understand why the devopers chose to limit how much money is being given to players in a single player game. 10 crowns per Gwent match, really? What incentive is there to play these games over and over to win 10 crowns? I don't understand it. Why limit gold on hand by vendors? So I can run around with 150lbs worth of armor and swords because I can't find anyone that has enough to buy it off me?

I could understand if this was a multiplayer game, but it's not. You're not selling currency, there's really no use for it other than to hoard it, why limit it? Why do developers care how much money I have? I am legitimately earning money within a single player game, what is the issue? If you're going to install a weight restriction on the player, you can't, at the same time, limit their access to ways of removing items.

Again, there's not even any point to holding money in this game. You can't buy anything with it other than items. You're not upgrading player housing or investing in property, it's basically there to look pretty. It would be nice to be able to do such things with our money, but it's not in the game. So why do you care how much I'm earning?

[Ozeko]

It's a game. There are challanges.

[Riggs]

i dont know i was able to blow 15k just crafting high end armor and if you go to novigrad you should be able to sell all your items that you dont need.

[Raven Ranks]

You know, with all that said, I think it would be a nice addition to add player housing and the ability to purchase property. Possibly invest in a store, etc. It seemed to work rather well within the Fable series, but that's just my personal opinion. I think too many games do this with their currency, there's simply nothing to spend it on. Being able to purchase a brothel or housing and rent them out? Sounds fun to me. But I get it, Geralts a witcher, not a used car salesman.

[Grad]

To be fair you have to remember most people are commoners and are poor. Even 10 crowns is a lot to them. Might not be to you.

[Markuz Juniuz]

Originally posted by Creamy Goodness:

To be fair you have to remember most people are commoners and are poor. Even 10 crowns is a lot to them. Might not be to you.

This. That people would buy swords for 2 crowns just means how valuable each crown is. I think Geralt could possibly be the wealthiest person in TW3 world as I see posts of people having 100k crowns. He could already organize his own private army with that amount of money.

[Sparhawk122]

The only incentive to play Gwent is for the associated achievement/s. That is all.

[Raven Ranks]

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

The only incentive to play Gwent is for the associated achievement/s. That is all.

It is a fun game, but once you collect enough cards it's too easy to just steamroll through everyone. It needs to be balanced. But yea, once you got all the cards/achievements, there's no reason to ever touch it again. cdpr should've stuck with more traditional games like poker or blackjack and let people bet more than 10 bloody crowns.

[Sparhawk122]

Originally posted by Tesc:

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

The only incentive to play Gwent is for the associated achievement/s. That is all.

It is a fun game, but once you collect enough cards it's too easy to just steamroll through everyone. It needs to be balanced. But yea, once you got all the cards/achievements, there's no reason to ever touch it again. cdpr should've stuck with more traditional games like poker or blackjack and let people bet more than 10 bloody crowns.

Truer words were never spoken :)

[Sparhawk122]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Originally posted by Markuz Juniuz:

He could already organize his own private army with that amount of money.

This actually deserves a proper mini-game of its own. :D

Kind of like Dragon Age: Inquisitions 'War Table' mini game?

[Raven Ranks]

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

This actually deserves a proper mini-game of its own. :D

Kind of like Dragon Age: Inquisitions 'War Table' mini game?

I wish we could upgrade Kaer Morhin (or however you spell it). At least rebuild it. That would be a nice way to spend some gold. The fort system in Inquistion is well done.

[Sparhawk122]

Originally posted by Tesc:

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

Kind of like Dragon Age: Inquisitions 'War Table' mini game?

I wish we could upgrade Kaer Morhin (or however you spell it). At least rebuild it. That would be a nice way to spend some gold. The fort system in Inquistion is well done.

That it is. Love that lots of games are now including your own improvements to your homebases in world states now. Like Fallout 4 and its' new setllement building system. Props for Bethesda thinking ahead in terms of what people; or most of us find fun.

[WolfEisberg]

Originally posted by Tesc:

I don't understand why the devopers chose to limit how much money is being given to players in a single player game. 10 crowns per Gwent match, really? What incentive is there to play these games over and over to win 10 crowns? I don't understand it. Why limit gold on hand by vendors? So I can run around with 150lbs worth of armor and swords because I can't find anyone that has enough to buy it off me?

I could understand if this was a multiplayer game, but it's not. You're not selling currency, there's really no use for it other than to hoard it, why limit it? Why do developers care how much money I have? I am legitimately earning money within a single player game, what is the issue? If you're going to install a weight restriction on the player, you can't, at the same time, limit their access to ways of removing items.

Again, there's not even any point to holding money in this game. You can't buy anything with it other than items. You're not upgrading player housing or investing in property, it's basically there to look pretty. It would be nice to be able to do such things with our money, but it's not in the game. So why do you care how much I'm earning?

Don't worry about money in this game. Just sell armor/weapons/junk/pelts and you will have more money than you know what to do with. I don't play GWENT for money at all, I just accept the default 5 crown value, GWENT is a fun mini game and that is why I play that game.

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

Originally posted by Tesc:

I wish we could upgrade Kaer Morhin (or however you spell it). At least rebuild it. That would be a nice way to spend some gold. The fort system in Inquistion is well done.

That it is. Love that lots of games are now including your own improvements to your homebases in world states now. Like Fallout 4 and its' new setllement building system. Props for Bethesda thinking ahead in terms of what people; or most of us find fun.

There not thinking ahead they are just including popular mods into the game. Base building mods were available for fallout 3, new vegas and skyrim. So they decided to incorporate that idea into fallout 4.

[RaZor]

You can:

- bid up to 20 crowns in gwent
- meditate for 5 nights to reset crown reserves on a merchant/blacksmith
- buy upgrades for Roach's storage saddlebags so you can at least carry the max
- sell excess crafting components to the right types of merchants who pay the maximum
- exchange your other currencies at the Novigrad bank

Other than that, I think the game is designed to make income you'd get from common folk adhere to what they'd realistically have. Sometimes you don't even get crowns, you get trade goods instead (e.g., leather scraps, silver ore, bread, water, etc.). To me, it seems to fit nicely with the immersion and atmosphere they're going for. You really feel like a crown is a big deal in this game to a peasant, that might be their entire month's salary for chopping wood for the Redanian army.

[Meteor]

You're a Witcher. Witcher's arent supposed to be millionaires. And like some other people in this thread have already mentioned: Most people are dirt poor.