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Date Posted: 07:02:32 04/01/01 Sun
Author: Wil
Author Host/IP: d-xiv.ciaccess.com / 209.216.155.142
Subject: Gold....

Basically the decision to sell items and split gold should depend upon the people in the game, but problems do arise.

Some players wish to pickup items and when full all head for town to sell/split/stash. Others just drop items in town to sell at the end of the game which is fine too, however, if the game crashes all is gone, and if someone wishes to leave the game in a hurry, then they have to disrupt the game play, sell items and split the gold or go without. Also it clutters up the main area in Pandamonium Fortress while trying to move around with all those items lying around and it is hard to actually see what is there on the ground. What happens if someone else joins the game later, do you sell\\split all on the ground with them as well? Not sure if this is the best approach.

I for one, and most people I play with, sell/split/stash upon returning to town and of course we wait til they finish before heading back down. If a great item like a rare, unique or set item is found then it is placed between Jamella and Hachu (whatever) til the end of the game, or it is decided then if anyone wants it. By doing this way, there is no clutter, if anyone needs to leave the game they can and the items are already sold/split and stashed without disrupting game play. If anyone joins later, then stuff is already divided rightfully amongst those in the game already. One thing that is important, is that everyone waits til everyone is finished selling/splitting and everyone picks up their share of the gold, stashs it, and waits to head back down. This approach works well and has in many games I have played in.

Again I think it is up to the people in the game how they wish to sell/split/stash gold, I just wanted to bring to light the problems that can arise.

One other thing, once you have maxed your inventory gold stash, then in order to be able to continue selling/splitting more gold as the game progresses, you must place whatever extra gold you have in your belt inventory on the ground in order to continue to split gold fairly. Unfortuately what happens is that when you go back to pick up your ground stash, it splits again meaning your gold stashed on the ground splits with the others in the game which is not right but it happens. If the game crashes or B-net decides to steal back the gold on the ground again all is lost. Heh Demo lost over 300k this way, just disappeared like pots do if left on the ground to long :)

Likely the best solution is to leave the game, gamble some of the gold off or mule it and then return or everyone go on a gambling spree in that game. Again it depends on what everyone wants :)

Just some thoughts :)

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