Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26486187-20170417055240

Hi all!

As we all know, gold is pretty important in Middle Earth. From the Dwarves hoarding it to Dragons coveting it to armour and swords being decorated with it. Much of the plot of The Hobbit goes around it and in the rest of Canon it's very important.

However, when you look at the mod, gold is practically worthless. Other than decoration, there is no real reason to have it. So, this suggestion is basically on the theme of: "Make Gold Great Again".

How would it be worth more?

Simply put, one gold bar could craft 2 Gold Coins. Gold coins are just renamed 100 Silver Coin coins.



How will this not be overpowered?

To avoid this being crazily overpowered, gold would become rare. Very, very rare. It would only occur in small amounts (in-between the rarity of Diamond and Mithril) in mountainous area's. Erebor would have gold at a little less rare than diamond, due to it's large gold supplies in Canon.

What about other things made of gold?

Make them out of copper. This is both more realistic and it looks correct.

Why is this important?

There are a number of reasons why this is good. For one, it is canon. It was stated multiple times in the books that gold was very valuable. Also, it would put the Dwarves (who would have increased acces to gold through their superior mining and the fact that they have Erebor) at the money advantage that they had in canon. Lastly, it would add another good way to make money, and a proper use for that precious yellow metal.



Thanks for reading! Constructive Criticism and Kudos much appreciated!  