Every MMORPG game world has currency of some kind. In Everquest, the highest currency value is platinum, in Final Fantasy XI money is calculated in gil - for World of Warcraft, the highest currency value is wow gold. At an early stage, WoW teaches its players a hard lesson - money is difficult to come by. Scraping together the first few silvers to buy a ratty piece of armor, or a bent sword was a difficult task. Getting enough money to train for your next level of spells and abilities was daunting and often unaffordable to most newbie players. The goal of earning the 90gp necessary to buy fast gold in wow your first mount at level 40 is something many players cannot achieve. Simply put, earning money in WoW can be as difficult as earning money in the real world.