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

So, show me someone saying on a forum or elsewhere during the classic period (1999-2001ish) that pp works just as well as gp. Because I can't find one.

Allakhazam March 1, 2001 Webarchive
Posted @ Tue, May 22nd 7:39 PM Score: Excellent[5.00]
...all forms of money are treated the same for quests, so 325 platinum works too.

In response to someone typing '3250p':

Allakhazam March 1, 2001 Webarchive
Posted @ Fri, May 18th 1:19 PM Score: Default[2.00]
Note that 3250p is incorrect. It is 325pp for the Jboots

You may have read in the numerous threads, including this one, that this isn't the only quest to allow platinum instead of gold.

For example, from the same webarchive, Fire Opals:

currency for fire opals Reply... By: Tork@Nameless
Posted @ Wed, Mar 1st 11:00 AM 2000 Score: Decent[3.12]
Genni says she was wants 550 gold for each fire opal and she's very specific about it, reminding you twice -- but 55 plat works fine.

<-- That's actually a 2000 post, but Allakhazam didn't post years on all their original forum posts. The current forums shows that post as well here.

Lodizal Shield:

10k GP = 1k pp By: GaelStormracer, Scholar
36 posts
Posted @ Tue, Jan 30th 11:14 AM Score: Default[1.66]
ALL Quest-givers will accept PP instead of GP, even when they state that it "must be gold" (as in Genni, who "sells" Fire Opals in the temple of Solusek Ro), and Hasten Bootstrutter. 1kpp is only 25 weight.

Gael Stormracer, Soldier of Tunare of the 50th Summer - Berll Serillis <Cookery and Spirits>

RE: Suggestions on completing quest By: Anonymous
Posted @ Fri, Mar 9th 11:06 AM Score: Default[2.33]
Why not just use 1000 plat. instead? Any quest in the game that requires "gold" can be converted to plat. and turned in. 325pp works for the jboots quest, for example. The game doesn't distinguish between coins, just the total amount. Hope this helps...

I'll also repeat a post in this forum:

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

Even the honey jum quest on this server allows platinum instead of gold.

There are obviously claims for platinum working and not working, so who do we believe? The people claiming that platinum was refused never showed that they completed the quest by immediately turning in gold, so we are left with several explanations:

a) The NPC did not accept platinum
b) The player had inadequate faction
c) The player had incorrect/insufficient items turned in with that money
d) The player turned the items in to the wrong NPC (such as a pet)
e) The player is lying or somehow mistaken and did not notice the reward (fell to ground, etc)

The claims stating platinum was accepted only have the following explanations:

f) Platinum did in fact work
g) People saying platinum worked are lying or somehow mistaken that they received their reward

The desire for a patch note would put the entire issue to rest as it would explicitly state the use of gold and/or platinum for quests. Without that, we are left to assume the NPCs changed as some random date that cannot be verified, plat always worked, or that the entire issue with platinum working for quests is a conspiracy.

If we can agree with the claims of platinum working, then requiring proof that a quest operated a certain way in 1999 when it's reasonably clear that the quest operated in that fashion from 2001~2010 is rather asinine.