Is dropping plat (on the ground) classic?

[Malrubius]

I can't remember if this is classic or not, but I'm pretty sure I remember being able to drop coinage on the ground. Here I can only drop items.

I did some searching and did not see another thread about this. Can anybody confirm either way?

[Phallax]

Yes, its how most people transfered stuff in classic. I dont know if its client side or not. But you could indeed drop coin on classic.

Best image I could find on google hehe

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[nilbog]

You most definitely could drop coin on the ground.

As far as I know, it is not possible with Titanium onward. Maybe a fix for it will be found somewhere.

[Akame]

They stopped it because people used to exploit by dropping coin, and /qing out before the game saved them, then logging back in, still having the coin and having the coin on the ground.

[stormlord]

Originally Posted by Akame [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They stopped it because people used to exploit by dropping coin, and /qing out before the game saved them, then logging back in, still having the coin and having the coin on the ground.

I don't understand that. What is /qing? How does a player NOT get saved when they "log out"? How do other mmorpgs prevent this from happening? Is this how people, in general, dupe?

You said they removed coins from dropping, but players could still drop items. So what stops a player from dropping an item, and /qing out before the gave saved them and logging back in with two duplicates of the item? That's the same exact behavior, just not with coins. Are players doing that now, as we speak?

[Akame]

Originally Posted by stormlord [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't understand that. What is /qing? How does a player NOT get saved when they "log out"? How do other mmorpgs prevent this from happening? Is this how people, in general, dupe?

You said they removed coins from dropping, but players could still drop items. So what stops a player from dropping an item, and /qing out before the gave saved them and logging back in with two duplicates of the item? That's the same exact behavior, just not with coins. Are players doing that now, as we speak?

A looong time ago, the game "saved" your character every I think 30 seconds. So people would drop coin, and /quit out before the game auto saved, when they came back, they still had their old coin count, plus the world had saved the coin on the ground. When that exploit was discovered they stopped allowing coins to be dropped I think.

[Yukona]

Im sure of that, as I used to drop plat I earned selling Wu's Armor to Iksar monks, so that I could xfer that plat to a mule that was bound in Antonica
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[Xenephex]

I had an idea in this regard. Create some otherwise useless type of item that stacks and can be bought and sold for the exact same amount (as water is). Make it in various denominations - 1 plat, 10 plat, 100 plat, etc, and make it available on merchants that sell water and rations.

We could all then essentially drop transfer plat, just as we could in classic, without having to do anything with the shared bank.

Just a thought.

[Chicka]

Originally Posted by Akame [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A looong time ago, the game "saved" your character every I think 30 seconds. So people would drop coin, and /quit out before the game auto saved, when they came back, they still had their old coin count, plus the world had saved the coin on the ground. When that exploit was discovered they stopped allowing coins to be dropped I think.

This.

Eventually they figured out saving characters only needed to be on zone or the character leaving the world. I think the 30 second save probably still occurred, I don't recall being rewound too hard on a server crash.

[Aadill]

It also crashed zones, if done in large enough quantities.

Something about running across the Karanas, leaving a breadcrumb trail of copper. Servers didn't like that.