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#59901 05/05/03 02:38 PM
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there should be a bank somewhere. that way you could deposit your money and collect interest. or you could get a checking account and the ability to write checks to merchants. i think a checkbook would be lighter to lugg around than 30000 gold peices.

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Or you could even save some money and buy some business. Ducal Inn for example <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />


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I have a bank - a nice chest near the Ars Magicana teleporter <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> Every time I have collected 50000 gp, I put them in there, looks nice <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />
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#59904 05/05/03 04:32 PM
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but Kiya, does that gold collect interest? that would awsome to become an entrapenur!

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Well, I like the sight of gold <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> - and I know what a bother it was to find a bank in MM.
But I agree, for those liking to sign cheques (where's my pen?) or buying shops it would be nice.
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Castle of the Winds had a bank. You deposited all of your money there so that you didn't get weighed down by it. The bank didn't give you interest, but they gave you a "letter of credit", good within the town. Merchants could reclaim any purchases you made by withdrawing from your account. Come to think of it, it is a cheque book.

It could be tricky with multiple towns though. Where is most of your money kept? And when you move onto the wastelands, there goes all your hard earned cash.

In <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />, gold doesn't weigh anything.

#59907 06/05/03 03:29 AM
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im far from the wastlands. im just about to enter stormfist castle. ive only been playing for about a week. i keep my gold on me because i had a room at the inn in the verdists, and my week was up and the bitch that runs the place took my chest with all my stuff in it.

i dont know if anyone remembers, but the game XEEN (clouds of xeen)also had a bank and you got interest. there was a bank in each town, and if you opened an account at one you could make deposits/withdrawels from all.

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If you re-rent the room, you should be able to get your stuff back.

#59909 06/05/03 05:42 AM
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It would be great to gain interest for my gold. I had over 500k gold most times and nowhere to spend. Also I wouldn't kill merchants for gold <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" /> if I had gained interest.

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Xeen? are you talking about Might and Magic 4 or 5? I've played 6, 7, 8 and started 9th, but didn't exactly fit into 3DO's bright game change program... they've made it "more 3D", but less RPG <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> I have always liked games, where every item used some inventory squares <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> and they took it away <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/down.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/down.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/down.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />

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I agree, Rainmaster, MM 9 was a big disappointment <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />
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<Grmbl>, but it was still a bother having to go to the bank....

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in M&M banks were mainly for not losing gold if you die and don't want to load; they weren't everywhere too... And DD doesn't need banks anyway: you can loan some money already; when you die, you HAVE to load; you can store money anywhere and, since you have pyramids and portals, you can easily access that place - it's safe too, no real robbers, except yourself and some drunk guy near blue-boar inn, are in the game <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.

#59913 07/05/03 01:01 AM
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yea, xeen was the last might&magic i played. the game lost the magic, and the might.

its stupid that gold dosn't weigh anything in DD.

im not that worried about losing gold, its so easy to come by, i just think it would be neat to get interest (7% per day) on gold that was deposited.

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And then people would find a safe-house and leave the game unpaused while they sleep (without fear of being eaten!). It would only work feasably if you had a time-limit to complete your mission (eg. The cult will perform their evil ritual by the next full moon.)


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