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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.20 17:20:00 -
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Would it change the game too much if money could not be transferred to 0.0? If you had to physically convert the isk to actual coin, and haul that?
I think it would make things more interesting. For one, you couldn't have a carebear alt in empire space sending you cash in 0.0...
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.20 17:27:00 -
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It would make piracy REAL piracy, rather like the Pirates of the Carribean...
freighters full of isk.... trying to convoy back and forth with escorts...
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.20 17:56:00 -
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 Originally by: Kazuma Saruwatari
Originally by: Agent Li
It would make piracy REAL piracy, rather like the Pirates of the Carribean...
freighters full of isk.... trying to convoy back and forth with escorts...
This actually appeals to me, to be honest, though I'd imagine the vets wouldnt like it.
Imagine a freighter full of isk with escorts. The pirates attack - concentrating fire on the freighter in order to blow its cargo into space.
Once that happens, the escorts either have to stay to the end defending the isk in space, or run for home.
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.20 18:08:00 -
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Originally by: Pia Domina
In today's world the majority of transactions - certainly big ones - are carried out electronically with not a single note or coin physically moving, and the gold reserves that countries have to maintain their economies usually sit in repositories getting dusty and never actually move.
So why, in the far, far future where faster-than-light travel and communication is possible and the galaxy has adopted single unified currency, would commerce have gone back centuries to people having to haul big sacks of coins around?
Trust. Or lack thereof.
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.20 18:16:00 -
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Originally by: Frank Lupertazi
Edited by: Frank Lupertazi on 20/11/2006 18:09:40
Originally by: Agent Li
It would make piracy REAL piracy, rather like the Pirates of the Carribean...
You want to turn EVE piracy into something based on a Walt Disney movie? 
Edit: My vote goes for Bambi, thats far more realistic.
Well, a lot of people killed at gate camps are roleplaying Bambi's mom...
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.20 18:24:00 -
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Originally by: Ithildin
EVE pointy-eared WOW has banks. Why wouldn't EVE?
Besides, the interstellar credit is not a physical monetary system, it's an electronic credit system meant to facilitate the financial and commercial transactions between empires. Sure, you can get them in a physical form, in which case they'd come as secure data chips, but transactions are done between secure bank accounts in high secure space.
This would actually open up for a debate on whether or not criminals wouldn't have their bank accounts and assets frozen - but that's an RP discussion, not an out of game discussion.
Think about it. Would you trust a transfer to 0.0 space? Or from it? What guarantees that the money actually exists in such a case (since they are outside of the law entirely)?
Laws regarding finance are meant to ensure the transparency and trust of the transaction - nothing else. Without that transparency and trust, you can't wire money.
Given that certain areas of 0.0 space can't be traversed without going through a gate that zaps every non-corp member on sight, I don't see how this "trust" can exist at all.
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.20 18:36:00 -
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Originally by: Elliot Reid
In the 21st century we are well behind the technology of the EVE universe and we don't need to haul cash round with us. Why then would we need to in the distant future?
Sorry but it's a bad idea.
Really? I guess that's why there's so much cash still around in our world.
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Agent Li
Galactic Defence Consortium
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Posted - 2006.11.20 18:41:00 -
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http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs8/8731/money.htm
A principal method used to launder drug proceeds is the physical transportation of bulk currency and monetary instruments, such as money orders and checks, to destinations outside the United States.
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