Atraleos.5849 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) Will SOTO's "Unusual Coins" be re categorized as "Ancient Coins" by the Society of Coin Collectors as was done with the EoD "Unusual Coins"? Or will the current Unusual Coins be recategorized as a different coin? What will happen to the coin portion of the the Gift of Persistence cost? Edit: Will Gift of Persistence continue to use "Unusual Coins" and effectively require the Janthir Wilds expansion? Edited July 7 by Atraleos.5849 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eekasqueak.7850 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 I'd also like to know this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teknomancer.4895 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 The hope is that they would be rolled over like what happened for EoD. Adding more currencies to an already-bloated system would make no one but Lyssa (goddess of Chaos) happy. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronospere.8143 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Id like to know this too. I guess it will be a new coin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parasite.5389 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 (edited) meh Edited July 8 by Parasite.5389 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gehenna.3625 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 52 minutes ago, Cronospere.8143 said: Id like to know this too. I guess it will be a new coin Unusual coins have the following description: Acquired by opening hidden chests in the most recent expansion's content. So I think it's more likely that this currency will be gained only in JaWi the moment it lands and that SoTO will then give ancient coins like in EoD. Which then means that the rewards you can get with coins in SoTO will switch to ancient coins as well. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quench.7091 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 It is possible that they'll make the same mistake of not merging the WvW Heroics currencies under the Proof of Heroics currency, but the PvE currency guys seem to be on the ball with things. Even if they fail to automatically convert the currencies, at least you can take solace in that even us WvW guys have a way to manually convert old currencies over, so they'll do at least that much. /sourgrapes Who needs automation, anyways? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiroho.4738 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 We don't know, but it's likely that they will work at the same pattern as Strike's crystal shards do: The newest expansion will always have the one currency (unusual coins / green shards). And the older expansions will share the other currency (ancient coins / blue shards). With JW release, unusual coins and green shards from Soto will be turned into ancient coins and blue shards. Just like EoD's green shards turned into blue shards on Soto release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pifil.5193 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 (edited) It's pretty clear that they will convert the Unusual Coins we got from SotO to Ancient Coins once Janthir launches. They sent an in game mail to explain this when SotO launched. If you mouse over the currencies in your wallet you see the following. Unusual coins: "Acquired by opening hidden chests in the most recent expansion's content. Can be traded with Unusual Coin Collectors for rewards." Ancient coins: "Acquired by opening hidden chests in content released prior to the current expansion. Can be traded with Ancient Coin Collectors for rewards." Edited July 8 by Pifil.5193 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronospere.8143 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) 20 hours ago, Gehenna.3625 said: Unusual coins have the following description: Acquired by opening hidden chests in the most recent expansion's content. So I think it's more likely that this currency will be gained only in JaWi the moment it lands and that SoTO will then give ancient coins like in EoD. Which then means that the rewards you can get with coins in SoTO will switch to ancient coins as well. What i was trying to say is that i think the soto coin will be a new coin not the jawi one. But above comment is pretty clear. So i guess i was wrong anyway lol Edited July 9 by Cronospere.8143 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draxynnic.3719 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) As people have said, it will probably be the same as for strike crystals. Your unusual coin stock will merge with your ancient coins, SotO vendors will accept ancient coins (including for anything related to open world legendary armour), and the new expansion will start anew with unusual coins. Edited July 11 by draxynnic.3719 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgotten Legend.9281 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 This may be a little off topic and too little too late, but it would sure be nice to be able to trade them for more than just a gift for legendary armor in SOTO.... like a 1:1 trade for map currency would be amazing, since map currency can already buy so many different things... Otherwise, After JW launches, the alternative rewards for the coins will only be from other expansions. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 (edited) We even got the RP message at soto release about it: Quote Dearest fellow coin enthusiasts, I hope this letter reaches you all in the heartiest of health. For those who could not attend our latest symposium on unusual coins, I bear tidings of a recent change in categorization that you should all become immediately aware of. To be brief: your current collections of unusual coins have been recatagorized as ancient coins. I will still happily trade for your ancient coins as I once did when we called them "unusual." I will also gladly take any new unusual coins you may find in exchange for my ancient coins, so have no fear of missing out! The society has deemed that all coins in more recently discovered territories shall be called unusual coins until such time that they have been property examined and catalogued, at which point they shall also be reclassified as ancient coins. Collectors of unusual coins will no doubt make themselves known in such locations and offer interesting new incentives to trade with them. This system of discovery and reclassification shall continue in perpetuity. Or until the society changes its mind. Thank you for your time, and I hope to see you all at the next symposium. —Chin-Hwa, Collector of Ancient Coins Unusual coins will keep getting reclassified into ancient coins with every new expansion released until anet decides "nah, we're doing something else now" society changes its mind. Edited July 12 by Sobx.1758 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgotten Legend.9281 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Oh , right, I forgot about weapon recipes, of which the skins are already unlocked through salvaging actual weapon drops... /sigh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloc Freidon.5692 Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 We'll know the second it is in a patch, as designed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neathra.1950 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 7/7/2024 at 7:29 PM, Atraleos.5849 said: Will SOTO's "Unusual Coins" be re categorized as "Ancient Coins" by the Society of Coin Collectors as was done with the EoD "Unusual Coins"? Or will the current Unusual Coins be recategorized as a different coin? What will happen to the coin portion of the the Gift of Persistence cost? Edit: Will Gift of Persistence continue to use "Unusual Coins" and effectively require the Janthir Wilds expansion? As of launch, Gift of Persistence still uses Unusual Coins. But this is Anet, so I imagine they just forgot to change it and we'll see it get fixed in the next bug patch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atraleos.5849 Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 Hopefully they fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archmelody.6830 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 19 hours ago, Neathra.1950 said: As of launch, Gift of Persistence still uses Unusual Coins. But this is Anet, so I imagine they just forgot to change it and we'll see it get fixed in the next bug patch. The arcane chests also still give unusual coins which definately seems wrong, hoping for a fix soon for daily alt parkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archmelody.6830 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Just checked this morning, everything seems to be fixed, the greater arcane chests are giving ancient coins and the gift of persistance requires ancient coins as well. Not sure as to the small chests in the maps, but it appears the issue is resolved! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atraleos.5849 Posted August 23 Author Share Posted August 23 On 8/22/2024 at 6:50 AM, Archmelody.6830 said: Just checked this morning, everything seems to be fixed, the greater arcane chests are giving ancient coins and the gift of persistance requires ancient coins as well. Not sure as to the small chests in the maps, but it appears the issue is resolved! So it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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