Gear rich, money poor

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

...Meanwhile I'd love to see your source on Warren Buffet lacking Status. He doesn't have Rank, but I really doubt he's not getting imputed Status from his very substantial Wealth.

He might have some status -- though as far as I know, he's generally been pretty withdrawn -- but he doesn't have status anywhere near equal to his level of wealth. You've added the word "imputed", by which I guess you mean the couple of "free" levels you get.

Recall that the original point of departure was the examples in Supers of needing Status 8 to have a spare mansion, as opposed to Wealth 8.

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

He might have some status -- though as far as I know, he's generally been pretty withdrawn -- but he doesn't have status anywhere near equal to his level of wealth. You've added the word "imputed", by which I guess you mean the couple of "free" levels you get.

Couple of free levels? The man is worth $46 billion. I can't figure exactly how much without my Basic Set at hand but I think that's more than a couple. And that's the main form of Status in our society, so...

Being withdrawn doesn't really say anything whatsoever about his Status.

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

Recall that the original point of departure was the examples in Supers of needing Status 8 to have a spare mansion, as opposed to Wealth 8.

If you look at post #44, it seems clear that the point of departure of which you speak is not what you thought it was.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

Couple of free levels? The man is worth $46 billion. I can't figure exactly how much without my Basic Set at hand but I think that's more than a couple.

It's basically one level per 25 points, and that's 150 points of wealth. Status 6 is probably a little overstated.

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Anthony

It's basically one level per 25 points, and that's 150 points of wealth. Status 6 is probably a little overstated.

Actually, now that I've got my book handy, it's Status 3, that being the maximum that can be gained from Wealth. It's likely he'd have another +1 or maybe +2 of bought status to go with that.