Plat VS Gold

[OtAtOtomustam]

I wanted to get some additional input on what people thought in regard to which currency it is most profitable to purchase elixirs with. I was having a discussion with another individual and it was off topic for the thread so I thought id start a new one. Any feed back would be great appreciated the structure and premises for my argument in favor of purchasing elixirs with gold are as follows:

Premise:Platinum has a great value than gold

Conclusion:Because Platinum has a greater value than gold it logically follows that elixirs should be purchased with gold given that gold is the less valuable currency

**Here is the post from the previous thread which was taken off topic by my post**

One- Plat is ACTUAL money. It originates by coming out of a players Credit Card or Bank Account
Two- Gold is VIRTUAL money which can be acquired without a players Credit Card or Bank Account

Now lets look at a real world scenario with a regular plat purchaser. Perhaps he has a bad month bills are behind and he cant afford to purchase platinum because he must use ACTUAL money to do so. Now this is a real gamer who loves AL and wants to farm, hunt, and play, but he also has real world obligations which must be met what does he do?

Well, I would bet while this player may not be in a position to purchase Plat this month. He DOES have gold in his stash and in THIS case given THESE circumstances it is MUCH more preferable to buy that elixir with gold at whatever the market price is. Because again it does not have to be paid with ACTUAL money.

We can not operate under the misconception that gold and plat are one and the same. If you have plat are you likely to have gold? Absolutely. If you have gold did you use plat to acquire it? More than likely. However they are NOT the same due to their origin of acquisition for each currency.

**Yes there are the free plat offers I did not factor these in since any significant ones still require using ACTUAL money**
**Yes an individual can purchase gold for RL money but this does nothing to disprove the premise "Plat has greater value than gold"**

The question being asked is which of the two types of currency holds more value Plat or Gold?

If the answer is Plat then my premise is true; and logically the conclusion must follow. Therefore gold should be the primary currency spent and Plat saved and spent on the items that it has so much more versatility in such as creating Stash, Inventory, Alts, Respecs, XP, New Pets, Event Items, Revives, Opening Locked Crates (I am personally opposed to opening crates but thats an entirely different thread) and so many other things that can be done so much more efficiently using Plat and in most cases may ONLY be done WITH Plat.

Why spend the more valuable currency Plat on something like elixirs, when they can be purchased with the lesser of the two currencies gold?

I would not go to the store and buy groceries and pay the cashier with precious gems or diamonds which appreciate in value when I can just use plain old cash. Would you?

Below is a rebuttal I received to my premise: Platinum has a greater value than gold.

"Platinum has no monetary value. You can convert money into platinum, but you can't convert it back. So platinum is not real-world currency. When you complete a free offer, you aren't getting paid with a real-world currency. You can only buy virtual items with plat, so it is a virtual currency. Just like gold. Like i said before, there is a gold-value for plat. It's whatever the amount you can officially liquidate it (in this case, 1 plat = 1,000 gold).

Another thing: When you buy plat, you can also buy gold. If you buy $89.99 worth of plat, you can liquidate it all to 1.7 million gold (though it wont be a smart move). Though most people use their plat for all those reasons Otatotomustam mentioned in his rebuttal of my post, you cannot use it for buying things in the CS (the #1 place where players buy items). You need gold for the CS. You need gold for trades. Gold is a precious currency."

Now nowhere in this rebuttal is my premise addressed. All that simply happened was misdirection about gold being used for trades and not being able to convert Platinum back into real world currency. Neither of which am I debating. Yes gold is used for buying things in CS. No, you cannot convert Platinum back into real world currency. However these do nothing to disprove my premise: Platinum has a greater value than Gold.

Anyone wanting to debate this must now either state if this premise is TRUE or FALSE. If your going to say my premise is FALSE please provide your reasoning.

Now consider this; Platinum can be used to acquire gold easily in a FAR greater ratio than 1:3. However GOLD can NEVER be used to acquire Platinum.

Another reason why I argue my premise: Platinum has a greater value than gold is TRUE.