Transfer Gold to Other Players

I thought the same too, but the only downside I see and it is a serious one, it is the risk of bullying. "Give us your gold or we'll grief you for hours" kind of scenario.

@jakeguy59 It probably wouldn't go over very well as a full galleon crew of 4 each receive the same amount of gold for a voyage, so if they all agreed one crew member could quadruple their gold and could easily get what ever they wanted with little play time

@macdoland yes. exactly this. gold selling would become an issue. i'd like to not have my chat filled with "...SoT GOLD!! ONLY $3.99 FOR 1,000 GOLD...DM OR VISIT WWW.WESELLSOTGOLD.COM!!" every time i hang out in a pub in game.

@happyalbe with gold sellers in other MMOs, it be more like $4 for 4 gold. :D

@steadyshot776 said in Transfer Gold to Other Players:

@jakeguy59 It probably wouldn't go over very well as a full galleon crew of 4 each receive the same amount of gold for a voyage, so if they all agreed one crew member could quadruple their gold and could easily get what ever they wanted with little play time

Not like that, we wouldn’t give all the gold to one player.

If my friend said ‘Yarr Jakeguy59, can you give me 1000 gold?’ ‘Aye, sure bud I’ll drop it at the Merchant for you’

@macdoland Would be great since most of the players stop playing, their gold would be lost forever

@madrabbit999 said in Transfer Gold to Other Players:

I thought the same too, but the only downside I see and it is a serious one, it is the risk of bullying. "Give us your gold or we'll grief you for hours" kind of scenario.

You think if you said yes and gave us the gold we still wouldn't chase you down and kill you for hours anyway ?

HA HA HA !! It's all about getting that reaction silly Captain....

(couldn't resist , actually being able to ransom and blackmail might actually be fun)

@dahkohtlewin And there's that. Gold sellers though would probably be main issue.

I get not wanting gold sellers in game, but is there a way to spam this on the PC version? I play on XB1 and the only way to do it on console would be to broadcast that by voice. I don’t envision bots of gold farmers standing around at outposts verbally enticing customers.

There is no global chat window so I can’t see trying to sell gold in game being a very efficient process.

If a crew member is doing that, throw them in the brig! They’ll leave quick when they realize they aren’t going to get a sale.

I think the game is already set up well to prevent gold sellers from becoming a thing (admittedly I don’t know if there are more text/chat options on PC though).

As far as hackers getting gold this way. Hackers are going to get gold anyways. The good news is that it doesn’t effect you if they do get gold since items are only cosmetic. If a hacker gets 1,000,000 gold it wouldn’t change anything for me.

@jakeguy59 said in Transfer Gold to Other Players:

@steadyshot776 said in Transfer Gold to Other Players:

@jakeguy59 It probably wouldn't go over very well as a full galleon crew of 4 each receive the same amount of gold for a voyage, so if they all agreed one crew member could quadruple their gold and could easily get what ever they wanted with little play time

Not like that, we wouldn’t give all the gold to one player.

If my friend said ‘Yarr Jakeguy59, can you give me 1000 gold?’ ‘Aye, sure bud I’ll drop it at the Merchant for you’

You may not, however I know plenty of people who would use this to exploit, maybe if something were to be added like this a max transfer cap could be implemented

@steadyshot776 said in Transfer Gold to Other Players:

@jakeguy59 said in Transfer Gold to Other Players:

@steadyshot776 said in Transfer Gold to Other Players:

@jakeguy59 It probably wouldn't go over very well as a full galleon crew of 4 each receive the same amount of gold for a voyage, so if they all agreed one crew member could quadruple their gold and could easily get what ever they wanted with little play time

Not like that, we wouldn’t give all the gold to one player.

If my friend said ‘Yarr Jakeguy59, can you give me 1000 gold?’ ‘Aye, sure bud I’ll drop it at the Merchant for you’

You may not, however I know plenty of people who would use this to exploit, maybe if something were to be added like this a max transfer cap could be implemented

Often pirate crews gave an extra share of loot to the captain. Each crew could come up with their own system. Everyone gets gold equally, one player gets double, only one player gets gold. That’s all up to the crew and it only expands the roleplaying opportunities. If you don’t agree with what the crew decides, leave and find another crew.

@jakeguy59 Something like this could potentially work but it would need balancing, it is an interesting concept though

NO.

Before you know it you get gold grinders who sell their gold for real money on shady sites.

@thegayestpirate said in Transfer Gold to Other Players:

NO.

Before you know it you get gold grinders who sell their gold for real money on shady sites.

Out of curiosity, why do you care? I’m not being combative with this, I just genuinely want to know why that’d bother you? It won’t effect you in anyway since there is no competitive advantage to having more gold.

So what if someone pays real money for a hat they want? Guess what btw, Rare is already adding a premium store that you spend real money to get cosmetic items. So what’s the difference?