where does the gold go?

simple_specops

Hi all, I was just wondering, where does all the gold go? Like the fixed charge to put something on the guild store and all the millions used to hire the guild traders? Does it just disappear into thin air?

thankyou for the imput so far guys, moved the post to general discussion as advised
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/418177/where-does-the-gold-go/p1?new=1

Runs

It's used to try and combat in game inflation.

VaranisArano

Yes. Its to cut down on inflation by creating gold sinks. Players generate tons of gold through in game activities and gold sinks like listing fees and trader bids (and housing, and the outfit system, and repairs, etc) take it back out of circulation.

Minyassa

It is collected by financial daedra who then redistribute it to mobs, quest-givers and merchant NPCs to eventually fall back into the hands of PCs. It is a cycle similar to Earth's evaporation/precipitation system.

itsfatbass

Minyassa wrote: »

It is collected by financial daedra who then redistribute it to mobs, quest-givers and merchant NPCs to eventually fall back into the hands of PCs. It is a cycle similar to Earth's evaporation/precipitation system.

I wouldnt trust a stinkin daedra with my finances!! Or an argonian!

Xvorg

itsfatbass wrote: »

Minyassa wrote: »

It is collected by financial daedra who then redistribute it to mobs, quest-givers and merchant NPCs to eventually fall back into the hands of PCs. It is a cycle similar to Earth's evaporation/precipitation system.

I wouldnt trust a stinkin daedra with my finances!! Or an argonian!

It seems you don't know Creeper

erlewine

Well first of all, you see, the Internet is basically like a series of tubes...

moonio

It's melted down to make all the shiney costume dyes..

Tasear

I always thought it was guards retirement fund no?

GreenSoup2HoT

Any gold i spend ends up back in my pocket moments after. Details how is a secret.

Narvuntien

Tasear wrote: »

I always thought it was guards retirement fund no?

The cities and alliances wouldn't want a guard strike... it would be chaos and if it came to violence it would be completely unstoppable.

VaranisArano

The guards need it to pay for for their knee surgeries. Arrow removals are expensive.

nnargun

How did you evaluate in which sub-forum to post this? Stuff like this needs to be in the General Discussions for everyone to enjoy. Made my morning xD

Runefang

Tamriel’s Childcare isn’t free. We pay to keep them away.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

It is a gold sink. They game has many ways that add gold to the game. Quests, Plunder, Killing Mobs, etc. It also has many ways to remove gold from the game. Repar costs, feeding horses, Guild Trader locations, etc.

These two things must be balanced to control inflation. If you removed all gold sinks from the game, inflation would be rampant and gold would be greatly devalued. It's sort of like if a small country just decided to print a ton of currency. The currency already in the market is now worth less.

Xvorg wrote: »

itsfatbass wrote: »

Minyassa wrote: »

It is collected by financial daedra who then redistribute it to mobs, quest-givers and merchant NPCs to eventually fall back into the hands of PCs. It is a cycle similar to Earth's evaporation/precipitation system.

I wouldnt trust a stinkin daedra with my finances!! Or an argonian!

It seems you don't know Creeper

I really wish I knew the total gold amount that I got from creeper over the years. It's a lot, thats for sure.

simple_specops

nnargun wrote: »

How did you evaluate in which sub-forum to post this? Stuff like this needs to be in the General Discussions for everyone to enjoy. Made my morning xD

moved it here thanks
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/418177/where-does-the-gold-go/p1?new=1

Slurg

Road and infrastructure maintenance.

And those guild trader NPCs and guards don’t work for free, you know. I’m sure they put that money back into the local economy as well, who else would buy the overpriced food and drinks from the innkeepers?

xericdx

Wait, what? Are you implying that ZOS staff is not pocketing that to keep the game running ? Don't start telling me they are real people...

Dracane

There are 3 charges when you put something on the guild store.
The first 10% are the fee for putting it into the guild store and if you pay attention, you will actually get this 10% back when your items sells. But it is lost should your item not sell within 30 days.

Then there is the Aether charge that just vanishes and then we have the Guild charge which flows into your guild master's greedy pocket, allowing him to swim in several 100M gold and still ask you and your guild mates for donations to leech your hard earned gold even more. Even though they have more gold than they could ever spend and could just sustain the guild trader themselves.

Moral of the story: Don't listen to their beggings in the message of the day They don't have trouble sustaining the guild, they just want you, the member to carry everything while they are secretly having a blast in their house.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

I really wish I knew the total gold amount that I got from creeper over the years. It's a lot, thats for sure.

See? The Daedra are promoting inflation so the average citizen of Tamriel can't afford food. Why do you think there are so many beggars?