New Currency.

I was just wondering if anyone else thinks it would be cool to have an actual currency. I know Gil is our "currency" but i was thinking something more like paper or gold ingots. Just a suggestion to think about.

It would be shit. I have thought that we should get a mod that can convert an ingot into 100 coins, and that you can have up to 255k coins stacked, but sincerely, it's a pain in the ass.

That idea sounds fun!

Meh. I like Pete's idea and also agree that tho we would have a "Currency" it would also be an
Item to make extra chests for. :O maybe for a RP server? Actually nvm that. Ahhh screw the whole thing.

It would be better to introduce something like that with a fresh map, whatever item we would choose someone would already have hordes of.

I like the idea that Gil is covered with some real ressources. So in case of inflation it's still at least worth the ressources you can convert them too .

Diamond coins anyone?

diamonds= hard currency currently in my opinion

What about wood? Then, when someone says money doesen't grow on trees... (Flowers might be interesting... Or dyes in general; dunno.)

these are all pretty bad ideas lol, the main reason i do not like hard currency is that trading becomes more tedius than farming the materials yourself, converting resources to currency then going to the person for the trade, it really just hinders the play experience and slows the game down. and lets be honest minecraft is slow a damn enough already :-p

Cobblestone! =D

Coal! Not charcoal, but actual coal! (I just want to burn money. )

Make up a new item as currency...

A "virtual money" like we have now is perfect for fast trading, it just should be officially covered with some real ressources, then it's perfect.

Gold Coins or similar would be a bit unhandy - I mean for private transactions ok, but shops and auctions need Gil.

I prefer virtual, having items would be a pain, having to go access your gold and again and again whenever need be, and say if you were pvp'd and lost all your money? That'd be completely different to dieing and loosing 1% of your Gil like now.

on a chaos server, i set up a base, and had /i (/give) tights, so i set up a honour system where i gave them an allowance of diamond blocks and 1 diamond paid for 1 item/stack de[ending on the item....

Sounds like some people are realy por and have alot of gold to burn other then gil!

you lose gil when you die?!?! F%$%#!!!

^Only when you're killed by other players, 1% of your balance goes to them.