Do we really need gold anymore?

On the 500th death of my merc and going to a random spot to find two rares to sell for his come back to life price, it hit me.
Why do we even still use gold. It adds no content to the game. In a world of hyper min/maxing and instant K.O. mobs and bosses,
gold is just working against us. I do like the scarcity of it early game. But mid-late-superlate it gets tedious and a waste of time.
I understand there are late game charms and love potions to work around this. It just is not fun anymore and I dread having to do this constantly.
It is just a massive chore.

It is a part of game and make the game is still alive. Without the gold system, I would say the game is too easy, ppl would easily get bored. For me, I still love to see how many gold item I pircked worth, It's like testing your luck

take a walk in island of the sunless sea , gold problem becomes no problem.

It might be better to make it so it doesn't cost gold to rehire a merc and you just pay the initial cost when you first hire. Or not lose any gold on death or something. Removing gold altogether seems extreme.

i would have to agree that there is something wrong with the current system. mostly the merc rehire cost and/or gold loss (to a lesser extent since you can drop it in town), at the same time i also agree that removing gold altogether would be a really bad idea, since gold adds some fun to the game, especially reduced vendor prices. the appreciation for triune charm must never die, its very rewarding imo

Because Kashya is a greedy bitch, obviously.

Removing or lowering merc rehiring cost would be good option but since you buy mos from shop and potions etc it cant be removed entirely. Th

Ps.
It would be fun to manage your trade gold ingame tho. That would be nice mechanic!

Doesn't sigma get rid of merc costs?

HechtHeftig wrote:Doesn't sigma get rid of merc costs?

Atleast i didin't see post confirming that

HechtHeftig wrote:Doesn't sigma get rid of merc costs?

Nope