142531-my-thoughts-on-in-game-currencies

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Wildstar has to many currencies. As a player that has played from launch I am now at the stage of not being able to spend currencies on anything other than repairs (and my guild pays for those) I don't understand why carbine keep introducing new currencies into the game when there is so little to buy. I personally think they should remove some of these, for example renown, glory, elder gems and prestige and possibly make them into one currency that fits all. It feels like the more stuff that is added the less you can spend you currencies on. 
 
Renown was fine when you could buy runes and fragments with it, but that has been removed. Now with the increase of ability and amp point drops and the lower cost on the AH means new players don't need to farm them every week through dailies etc. Not to mention 4 action slots is the maximum we can buy, so it leaves long term players with a massive bank of EG's. In terms of prestige, once you have upgraded your gear and runes you no longer need this currency, sure at the moment you have a chance to make some plat on the AH by selling the runes, but even that will die off as others get the sets they want. Glory is pretty much not needed after you make your 1st SD kill, well atm this is needed to get divine rune fragments, but even this will become obsolete. 
 
Plat still has it's uses in the game, but I don't see any long term use for any of the others.
 
With the addition of omni bit and ncoins, we will see these older currencies become less useful going forward.
 
So Carbine, pls remove some of these or find a way to merge them so we have a reason to farm them again. 	
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Renown is used for certain purchases, primarily (so far as I know) from a vendor on your homestead.
 
Elder Gems (as I understand it) are used to purchase end game gear/items.
 
Prestige is earned through PvP and likewise spent on PvP items.
 
I have no idea what the heck glory is, but I would bet it has some kind of purpose.  Wildstar isn't even close to having too many currencies...you should check out Skyforge.  That game has something like 20 different currencies that are each used for different things and have individual caps on how many you can earn over the course of a week.
			
				
	Edited October 11, 2015 by Mumboejumboh	
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Mumbo, glory is just an end game currency that buys you gear, among other things, and is mostly had from dungeons and raids.
 
Elder Gems USED to have gear and such on them but when glory was introduced, to keep things consistent they took all the gear off of the EG vendor.  Now all that exists is cosmetic items, dye boxes, amps, ability points, the key for attunement, and decor.
			
				
	Edited October 12, 2015 by Bacon_21	
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