Originally Posted by
OtAtOtomustam
To your first point Zyl:
"You disregarded the last paragraph to my post. In order for your conclusion to be valid, it would have to be true 100% of the time. It isnt. If you have 3,000 platinum and only 50,000 gold, it would make better sense to buy with plat than gold."
No, it would be better in the long term to purchase an elixir with Gold. Here is why:
Lets take a look back at Halloween, Kraken Vanities, Even the St Pattys Day Event (Storage Space for Lock Purchases). Using a very simplistic and common form of conversion from Plat to Gold lets look at vanities. Halloween Vanities could have been purchased for 25P in October, lets put their average going market rate today at an average of 300K-400K (We can also do the same with Kraken Vanities although their average is higher). That means had these elixirs been available at that time and an individual decided to purchase just 5 elixirs for 4p each as opposed to purchasing a vanity set for 25p they lost 397,500gold (based on your calculations and ratio). Compound this amount several times over and we now have losses in the millions.
**Yes, vanities could also be purchased with Gold. But the ability to compound and maximize these gains is in Storage Space, and for bulk items to be maximized at peak prices which is usually only seconds Auction Slots. Both of which are done most efficiently using Plat**
You make a valid point and I understand your perspective more in this statement:
"Here is what i mean by a potential profit: Since plat can be converted into gold at 1:1,000, in order for the profit to be the same in both instances, a luck kit would have to be 4k in CS. So, here is the scenario:
If you buy a luck elixir for 4 platinum, and loot 4 locked crates during that 30 minute buff and sell them for ~44k, that would be 44k-4k (4 plat=4k gold) which would be a net profit of 40k.
If you buy a luck kit for 10,000 gold, and loot 4 locked crates during that 30 minute buff and sell them for ~44k, that would be 44k-10k, which would be a net profit of 34k."
A VERY good point.(Although in the first scenario my using 4p means that in some point in time I whipped out the Credit Card and STS got some of my hard earned cash, by me purchasing that same elixir with Gold I did not have to whip out the Credit Card)
However I was speaking more in the long term gains (whereas short term gains I can see your point and its valid).
The long term benefits of having Platinum saved up (By refraining from purchasing elixirs with it when it can be done with gold) for future events gives the ability to take full advantage of the opportunities that inevitably arise out of those events. Those opportunities can also usually be maximized most with Platinum wether directly or indirectly (Store Space, Auction Slots, Alts, Etc).
These opportunities maximized to their full potential in the long term will far out weight any short term losses.
Therefore I feel my conclusion remains valid: Elixirs should be purchased with gold given that gold is the less valuable currency
**I will concede though to your point Zly if we are looking at short term gains within a limited time period**
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