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Nicely written article, but it doesn't seem to factor in the fact that the item supply is also increasing over time. Since players are only equiping stuff only

by mihaifm 13y ago

Nicely written article, but it doesn't seem to factor in the fact that the item supply is also increasing over time. Since players are only equiping stuff only once in a while, the items have nowhere to go, thus decreasing in value. While players (or bots) farm for gold, they're also farming for items. It would be interesting to see how item prices evolved over time...it might be that only prices for high end items have skyrocketed, while decent low end items are almost free.

muraiki 13y ago
The experience of a friend and myself when we returned to D3 about three months ago was that for a relatively small amount of money (250k gold perhaps) you could get gear good enough to play on some of the lower monster power levels of Inferno. Inferno is the hardest difficulty level, and there's 10 settings of monster power to tailor the difficulty to your preference / gear. I think that he played on MP3 or 4, but I usually stuck around at MP 1-2. However, I stopped playing because I couldn't even begin to afford the gear to go higher. I figure if I wait a few more months then the gear that I'd need for MP5 shouldn't be so expensive anymore. As such, even though my gold is technically becoming worth less in terms of top tier items, it's becoming worth more in terms of decent low-mid level items. As such, I think that the D3 situation is more complex than just hyperinflation.