Board Thread:The Gatehouse/@comment-24153309-20140125221853/@comment-20675445-20140127135246

As for the argument that converting gold to gems defeats custom rewards for users:


 * 1) Some people never or rarely use custom rewards; they don't respond to them or have trouble with them. Those users shouldn't be pushed to use custom rewars just because other people benefit from them.
 * 2) For those who benefit from or want to reinforce their custom reward use, offer support in other ways.

For example, custom reward use can be supported by


 * XP or slight HP boost for using custom rewards (I'm highly in favor of this.)
 * Saving Jars (gold pots), possibly adding a slight gold fee for transferring between jars. This way users can set aside some money for custom rewards and some for potions, class gear and/or gems.