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<blockquote data-quote="CreamCloud0" data-source="post: 9597507" data-attributes="member: 7034710">And the fact it was never a problem in either of those types of game speaks volumes to me on how little value or purpose it likely actually served in them.if wealth was actually worthwhile you would have an active reason to desire it, you would want to track it because how much you had and could spend would be important, wealth could get you things, you would want to weigh up the benefits of spending your money on this thing now, that other thing instead, or saving it in case some unexpected situation came along.like, look at how people have talked about gold for XP in the thread, in that situation people craved money, wealth was SO IMPORTANT there because it directly correlated to your ability to progress your character.if you can dismissively say 'oh we had enough, we got by, didn't really spend it on much' then to me that sounds as if you're saying that no, having wealth was not really worthwhile in your games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CreamCloud0, post: 9597507, member: 7034710"] And the fact it was never a problem in either of those types of game speaks volumes to me on how little value or purpose it likely actually served in them. if wealth was actually [I]worthwhile[/I] you would have an active reason to desire it, you would want to track it because how much you had and could spend would be important, wealth could get you things, you would want to weigh up the benefits of spending your money on this thing now, that other thing instead, or saving it in case some unexpected situation came along. like, look at how people have talked about gold for XP in the thread, in that situation people [I]craved[/I] money, wealth was SO IMPORTANT there because it directly correlated to your ability to progress your character. if you can dismissively say 'oh we had enough, we got by, didn't really spend it on much' then to me that sounds as if you're saying that no, having wealth was not really worthwhile in your games. [/QUOTE]

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