Just by looking at this thread you can see that everyone views the weight of the gil differently. There will probably never be a consensus. Some view it GIL-USD 1-1, 10-1, 100-1 and so forth, some compare it to Yen... But even when looking at the in game merchant prices of things, there doesn't really seem to be a pattern to make sense of.
So if you're utilizing actual gil for an event, menu, or PC restaurant I'd definitely recommend putting in a disclaimer on your event page that lists the conversions that YOUR menu/event uses. So players know what to adjust their canon to. This seems to work pretty well, though most people I know still prefer generalized terms such as, "a large amount" "a meager gilpurse" etc.
Here's what one of my FC's posts on the bottom of their menu:
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This is why I (and many others) believe that gil has different denominations. We're expected to be carrying around hundreds of small, copper coins on our person. Even if the gil is the size of a penny, it'd be impractical to carry anything more than 50-100 gil around at a time. You'd jingle worse than a goblin everywhere you went. And we know that there are those who do carry around sizable sums of gil.
From the quest Blues on Emerald Avenue we know that there are banks, futures, and banknotes for handling larger sums of gil. So it makes sense that there'd also be coins of differing denominations and values, similar to how different Allagan coins have different weights. Otherwise, there'd have to be hundreds of trillions of individual gil pieces in circulation across Eorzea.
Just look at some of the values waved around by Ul'dahn tycoons like Memeriga, or the Lalafell who commissioned the statue of Nald in Milvaneth Sacrarium, Rorojaru:
Note, neither of these lalafell make the cut as top six wealthiest individuals in Ul'dah, so the Syndicate boasts considerably higher sums. Most of this is likely in a bank somewhere or distributed only by way of banknotes. But even someone like Lolorito must carry pocket change, and I doubt he's walking around with a thousand individual gil pieces bobbing around his pockets.
Anywhoozles, more lore on the gil piece, its history, the figures which are printed on it, and the like can be found in this Gil Lore Post. But there's also several other threads I found from way back discussing just how much players think gil is worth, and they all about came to the same conclusion, which is to say, not much of one. Everyone will be different, so its best to standardize per event.
Hope this helps some!
So if you're utilizing actual gil for an event, menu, or PC restaurant I'd definitely recommend putting in a disclaimer on your event page that lists the conversions that YOUR menu/event uses. So players know what to adjust their canon to. This seems to work pretty well, though most people I know still prefer generalized terms such as, "a large amount" "a meager gilpurse" etc.
Here's what one of my FC's posts on the bottom of their menu:
Quote:Please note that the Bountiful Chest uses a 100 Gil : $1.00 USD scale on prices.
YOU ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PAY ACTUAL GIL FOR YOUR MEAL / DRINKS.
This is simply added to the menu for an additional bit of IC flavor!
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(06-21-2016, 03:12 PM)SicketySix Wrote: Keep in mind how much pocket space 700 gill would take up. Since one piece of gill is just that, 1 gill. That means you need to carry seven hundred pieces on you for a simple meal. Ain't nobody got time to count at that much for an Eft Salad.
This is why I (and many others) believe that gil has different denominations. We're expected to be carrying around hundreds of small, copper coins on our person. Even if the gil is the size of a penny, it'd be impractical to carry anything more than 50-100 gil around at a time. You'd jingle worse than a goblin everywhere you went. And we know that there are those who do carry around sizable sums of gil.
From the quest Blues on Emerald Avenue we know that there are banks, futures, and banknotes for handling larger sums of gil. So it makes sense that there'd also be coins of differing denominations and values, similar to how different Allagan coins have different weights. Otherwise, there'd have to be hundreds of trillions of individual gil pieces in circulation across Eorzea.
Just look at some of the values waved around by Ul'dahn tycoons like Memeriga, or the Lalafell who commissioned the statue of Nald in Milvaneth Sacrarium, Rorojaru:
Memeriga Wrote:Five billion, six hundred million, eight hundred and seventy thousand gil! You've ruined me! Ruined meeeeeeeee!!!!
Rorojaru Wrote:Thank you a thousand times over! It is for just such unexpected acts of kindness that I continue to give selflessly to the Order of Nald'thal. I recently purchased for them an elaborate statue of Nald for some ten billion gil or so, I don't recall the exact figure. No doubt such a gift moved Nald to imbue this talisman with his complete graces.
Note, neither of these lalafell make the cut as top six wealthiest individuals in Ul'dah, so the Syndicate boasts considerably higher sums. Most of this is likely in a bank somewhere or distributed only by way of banknotes. But even someone like Lolorito must carry pocket change, and I doubt he's walking around with a thousand individual gil pieces bobbing around his pockets.
Banknote Wrote:A promissory note documenting the considerable amount of gil borrowed in Wymond's name from one of the realm's most prestigious banks.
Wymond Wrote:Tell him you're workin' for a wealthy fellow who wants to buy as much ceruleum as he can with the gil promised on that paper. Then, actually buy a boatload of the fuel from whomever Seseroga introduces.
Anywhoozles, more lore on the gil piece, its history, the figures which are printed on it, and the like can be found in this Gil Lore Post. But there's also several other threads I found from way back discussing just how much players think gil is worth, and they all about came to the same conclusion, which is to say, not much of one. Everyone will be different, so its best to standardize per event.
Hope this helps some!
