Beep@lemmus.orgBanned to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoAdventuring Goldi.redd.itimagemessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down111
arrow-up1704arrow-down1imageAdventuring Goldi.redd.itBeep@lemmus.orgBanned to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·5 months agoLove it. These ridiculus “gold” prices in games and mangas etc have always been a pet peeve of mine
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minus-squareTASchwitters@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoWell, they do take place in a fictional universe, where we can assume scarcity is different.
minus-squareZos_Kia@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoStill metallurgy is not cheap in terms of energy when you only have wood to burn!
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoFunnily, with gold you don’t even need heat for things like forming coins.
minus-squareZos_Kia@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoIf i recall correctly, you can hammer the coin when it’s cold to put the decorations on it, but you still need to melt the metal at some point to get it at the right thickness and give it the circular shape. I may be wrong tho
Love it. These ridiculus “gold” prices in games and mangas etc have always been a pet peeve of mine
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Well, they do take place in a fictional universe, where we can assume scarcity is different.
Still metallurgy is not cheap in terms of energy when you only have wood to burn!
Funnily, with gold you don’t even need heat for things like forming coins.
If i recall correctly, you can hammer the coin when it’s cold to put the decorations on it, but you still need to melt the metal at some point to get it at the right thickness and give it the circular shape. I may be wrong tho