Typical elitist BS answer. Tell that to the fresh new comers just starting out. Also keep in mind that hyper-inflation and sky-rocketing prices that double or triple in a day can potentially kill off your customer playerbase, and in turn kill off the lifespan of the game itself. Why are you surprised? There's greed…
Like water? They updated the wonderous cache to nerf the coal ward drop significantly last year. Now coal wards from tarmalude merchant are untradeable outside of your account. With mod 3 already spiking coal wards to nearly 450k AD, imagine where will be when the market is already dried up further in a few days. And then…