What can I say; we're rich. I regularly haul hundreds of gold out to friends in D'Hara and Barca just to give it away for whatever they want, no strings attached. And that's after I hand out a few hundred gold to needy knights and lords.
Of course, they aren't actually all that needy. Some of the "needy" people I sponsor receive almost 100 gold from their oaths to begin with.
@Fyodor- Vandle is one of the most reliable people in Terran. Wish he'd talk a bit more, but he's a solid knight. One of the reasons I love sending gold to him.
@Everyone whining about gold- Terran has lots of it. I routinely give several hundred gold to a new noble within their first month or so. Retention, retention, retention...
You need to speak to Chenier about player retention.