Why do the value of credits make no sense?

[Scharny]

At the Matale farm if you try and ask for 3000 credits after having asked for 2000. He then say for that money i could hire an entire droid army to raid the Sandral farm himself. You can barely buy a good gun, sword or armor for 3000. But you can hire an entire army? That makes no sense.

In the Phantom Meance. Where Qui-Gon Jinn is trying to buy a used T-14 hyperdrive generator from Watto. He has 20.000 republic dataries (credits) which he wants to use - which kinda sounds reasonable for a hyperdrive.
But the problem is Watto says you might as well buy a new ship. But 20.000 for a new ship seems insane. Its just way to little credits/money.

All in all it seems like things which should be very expensive are insanly cheap in the Star Wars universe (now it kinda makes sense why they keep building death stars). While things which should be cheap are almost as expensive as the things which should be expensive (Which might be why stormtroopers armor is so bad, they dont have credits for that Mandalorian baskar.)


Though in Solo: A Star Wars Story. In the begining of the movie he has stolen a tiny amount of hyperfule and they then say its worth like 700 credits. First they speak like this amount is only enough to buy two ticket off the planet but then two minutes later they speak like its enough to buy a ship... But when they arrive at the starport it is only enough to be used as bribe for two tickets - which does seem reasonable for something worth 700 credits.

Can anyone explain it to me?

[Capt. Carrot]

Look at it this way, IRL when a car gets to about 15 years old and the manufacturer is no longer producing spare parts for it, the tiniest, simplest part becoming defective could be sufficient to write off the car as being un-repairable.

OR, have you EVER tried to get a smartphone repaired, quite often you are better off writing the phone off and replacing it (i was once quoted £150 for a screen repair when i could get an identical second hand handset for half that).

[Angarl]

Multiple things here, the value of any currency can change over time. It is likely the Old Republic Credits were replaced around a similar time to the reformation of the Republic, much like how the British pound is a different Pound from the one that existed 100 years ago.

Also I suspect the statement that he could hire a droid army for that was hyperbole, because he thought you were being unreasonable, much like how people say it costs an arm and a leg, it's not intended to be taken literally.

In Solo they are being extorted by the Imperial boarder security guard, but crappy ships with severe problems probably can go for that cheap. Remember they just want to get off world, they aren't looking for something fancy or good.

Also the Imperial credit is stated to most definitely be a different currency to the Republic credit. Think of the Canadian Dollar, or Australian Dollar being just referred to as Dollars, unless in reference to another currency like the American Dollar.

[Scharny]

Originally posted by Angarl:

Multiple things here, the value of any currency can change over time. It is likely the Old Republic Credits were replaced around a similar time to the reformation of the Republic, much like how the British pound is a different Pound from the one that existed 100 years ago.

Also I suspect the statement that he could hire a droid army for that was hyperbole, because he thought you were being unreasonable, much like how people say it costs an arm and a leg, it's not intended to be taken literally.

In Solo they are being extorted by the Imperial boarder security guard, but crappy ships with severe problems probably can go for that cheap. Remember they just want to get off world, they aren't looking for something fancy or good.

Also the Imperial credit is stated to most definitely be a different currency to the Republic credit. Think of the Canadian Dollar, or Australian Dollar being just referred to as Dollars, unless in reference to another currency like the American Dollar.

Maybe but even if you just look at how different prices are for items in the game. It just seems insane, that the amount necessary to buy a single good weapon, you could instead use to buy several space ships.
Then again in our own world you can buy hunting rifles all the way up to around 15000 US dollar, which you could spend on several cars instead. So maybe it does make sense O_o

[fauxpas]

The actual answer is alot simpler than people are trying to make it;

The prices don't make sense because the writers never bothered to try to make them make sense.

[Innocent]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

The actual answer is alot simpler than people are trying to make it;

The prices don't make sense because the writers never bothered to try to make them make sense.

Agreed, the economy is wack in this game, and not just because of credits. 90% of the gear you find for sale has absolutely no value stats wise. Some pieces of gear are just vastly better than other, and once you have them there is no reason to buy anything else. Ex: the carbine on Tatooine that is worth 9000 creds, is the best rifle in the game. There is no point in buying another rifle worth 20k because it will be strictly inferior. Same for armor.

If you want to try out pieces of gear for looks, I suggest you save edit your game and just give you the creds. You technical have infinite credits via the Wraid plates on Tatooine, and maybe Pazaak on Yavin (I didn't bother playing him too long so don't know if he stops giving you creds). So that's barely even cheating.

TLDR: Economy is wack. Don't focus on it, the developers did not put much though in it.

[Scharny]

Originally posted by Innocent:

Originally posted by fauxpas:

The actual answer is alot simpler than people are trying to make it;

The prices don't make sense because the writers never bothered to try to make them make sense.

Agreed, the economy is wack in this game, and not just because of credits. 90% of the gear you find for sale has absolutely no value stats wise. Some pieces of gear are just vastly better than other, and once you have them there is no reason to buy anything else. Ex: the carbine on Tatooine that is worth 9000 creds, is the best rifle in the game. There is no point in buying another rifle worth 20k because it will be strictly inferior. Same for armor.

If you want to try out pieces of gear for looks, I suggest you save edit your game and just give you the creds. You technical have infinite credits via the Wraid plates on Tatooine, and maybe Pazaak on Yavin (I didn't bother playing him too long so don't know if he stops giving you creds). So that's barely even cheating.

TLDR: Economy is wack. Don't focus on it, the developers did not put much though in it.

The guy on Yavin will stop after you win 10 times. He will then give you a 20% discount on everything in his store :)

[Ragnarök]

Bioware forgot they were working on KotOR and thought they were still working on Baldur's Gate II. The latter's economy was capable of coping with that much gold flowing out of your wallet due to the sheer amount of content that game had.

That's the only way you can explain the absurd pricing on just about every good item in KotOR that can be bought. Anything decent costs approximately one third of your money, so good luck outfitting your entire party without doing absolutely every single sidequest and picking up every bit of loot. Even then, you better be damn sure you're gonna use whatever you buy for at least four planets worth of content or else don't bother.

It's a shame, because there's tonnes of cool items (guns mainly) that I'd love to take for a spin but you just can't justify the cost. At least three quarters of the game's items are permanent shelf-queens because of this. They never leave the merchant's stall.

[Jeffer'son Airship]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

The actual answer is alot simpler than people are trying to make it;

The prices don't make sense because the writers never bothered to try to make them make sense.

And to be fair that's been an issue across all of SW. They never figured out any kind of standard values for credits.

[sick duck]

The concept of credits having a standard value is something I am confused by because how the ♥♥♥♥ does anyone agree on values?

[=CrimsoN=]

Originally posted by sick duck:

The concept of credits having a standard value is something I am confused by because how the ♥♥♥♥ does anyone agree on values?

It's determined by the Intergalactic Banking Clan.

[TheFreezingMoon]

I will make complete sense of this right now. Matale is a cheap, arrogant, annoying man. He will spout anything he wants and thinks even if it is completely wrong. His own son disavows him to run away with the neighbor girl. So we can see from his own actions in life betraying his family, that his own mouth is probably somewhat of a cannon and probably wrong in most aspects of the things that come out of it. So, him saying such a thing sort of fits his blaster head brain.
As for the Phantom Menace plot hole. Most likely the writers just suck and they didn't think about the consequences of their ignorant dialogue. (I have a loathing for everything Disney Movie Star Wars. Which would explain why i think the writers of Solo also fail to know how to write good dialogue and fall in line with the obvious plot holes.)
anyway i hope that helps. KOTOR is one of my favorite games, and since reading the novel Revan given to me by a friend almost 10 years ago I have read well over 30 legend (and a few canon) Star Wars extended universe books.

[The Dude]

It's called inflation. It happened when the Senate dropped the titanium standard in favor of the plasma credit.

Also, if you're looking for good dialogue why are you watching any movie in a series that had the 'i hate sand' speech and a desert hobo explain the mysteries of the universe to a farm kid?

[sick duck]

Hobo lives matter.

[Scharny]

Originally posted by The Dude:

It's called inflation. It happened when the Senate dropped the titanium standard in favor of the plasma credit.

Also, if you're looking for good dialogue why are you watching any movie in a series that had the 'i hate sand' speech and a desert hobo explain the mysteries of the universe to a farm kid?

I am not asking for good dialogue just a monetary system which makes some sense.

[Canopus]

In Taris Undercity, when talking to Igear, he mention how he exchange salvage items for food and medicine and if he get lucky he can exchange his salvages for some credits, then you will see his inventory, and he sell items for 80, 150 credits.