Forgive me for my lack of knowledge in Salvage, the last time I did that was when it first came out and was only seen as naked pajama parties. Allow me to try again...... Your salvage reference doesn't make much since to me because in your example you are changing a path of gear that you had already started on. That would be like asking to trade in your Jewel of Vision for a Coin of Vision. (could be a swing and a miss there too, but the point I was trying to make is exchanging currency wouldn't directly effect the path of gear you have already started.)

The purpose of having different paths at the time of inception I believe is so not everyone was trying to do runs in the same area. I don't know, I don't work for SE. And no, an NPC exchanger wouldn't make them all the same. The back story of all three nations divided would still fit the game. The only thing it would change is just making the gil value of them the same. (Which is still not a bad idea for anyone other than people trying to make gil from selling relic currency)

I am aware that the Nashmu exchange NPC only does ISP. It was only mentioned as comparison for a new NPC to take relic currency and exchange it. Kinda like banks do. "You give me one Shell, I'll give you one Bronze piece."

Again, I implore you. If you don't like an idea or suggestion leave it alone; do not hit the "Like" button or troll the thread until you can get it derailed and closed. And calling people and their ideas dumb just because you disagree doesn't really help your case at all. "Oh I disagree so he's dumb" That's the best comeback ever!!

And yes, the end result of (not my idea just the guy I quoted) and the OP would be the same because you could use any currency that dropped to further your progress on a relic if you put in the said foot work to have it exchanged. While I am not against the idea of streamlining the currency I would rather see an NPC exchange than just one type of currency. Heck maybe they could make it where you would have to do a quest for the [S]-Nation of the currency that you want in order to exchange. Get a Shell from a campaign coffer in Windy, head to Sandy do a quest get it converted.

If you don't like the Title of a topic thread, don't click it. If you really don't like the post in said thread, then don't click the like button. These are all just ideas, and will most likely never see the light of day. But if people keep bashing ideas and derailing them it's just a fast track to a closed topic.