[Discuss] About gold transfers

[AJ]

LilWolf wrote:
> AJ wrote:
>>
>>
>> I don't think it's from a coding perspective but out of a gameplay 
>> perspective. I mean, the bankers would not bother dealing with a 
>> couple of gold coins worth of bonds. The larger the sum, the more 
>> cost-effectively they can provide services.
>>
>
> I still don't see what the problem would be with allowing smaller sums 
> to be transfered. I'm fairly certain nobles in the middle ages made 
> some small trade between themselves. Someone might have had a good 
> wine farm from which he sold to fellow nobles in exchange for gold(or 
> what ever they used for money back then) or some other luxury items. 
> Allowing smaller transfers might foster a bit more RP from people when 
> they realized that "Hey, someone might actually give me a few real(as 
> in not just RP'd) gold coins once in a while if I do it right."
>
> You could, in theory, then have a whole small scale trading economy 
> between nobles based on peoples RP that would give very real in-game 
> benefits(gold).

Yes, what you say is true. But you are talking of intra-realm, 
inter-noble _gold_ transfer which is _not_ allowed or will ever be. On 
the other hand, I am talking of transferring _bonds_ which is and can 
done only via a bank who would want to provide the most cost effective 
service.

aJ
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