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Originally Posted by Cyan3
The reason plat is not used is that it's weight gets really heavy when you have lots of it on you if you don't have a high strength stat. So that fact that diamonds are used is a good thing.
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It's more than just that. See below.
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Originally Posted by Gerami
I'm pretty sure Stefan wanted plats/gold/silver coins (or whatever GK uses) to be the currency...not diamonds or EC's or whatever people are using these days.
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Platinum coins can be gotten from selling almost anything, while diamonds can only be gotten from monsters or haunted houses, as well as events. Diamonds are to Platinum Coins as Gold Bullion is to the American Dollar - a limited monetary unit. Diamonds dissapear much faster than plat does, and they are less plentiful. This makes them a good unit of money because people are more frugal with how much of them they spend, and they are sought after for many purposes.
Also, don't make the argument that platinum is useless because of the diamonds, because 70% of the game's items come from platinum coin expenditure.