The economy is not fucked up, it's just different. Everything is comparatively expensive, so you can sell items for more as well. It generally evens out. It's less lucrative to farm cash, but considering how badly the game's solo spots have been overcamped throughout the history of the server, I don't think it's such a bad thing that people are discouraged from taking up leveling spots. There was a time when you had to wait in line for anything profitable, and you just couldn't level on stuff like hill giants because it would be camped by level 50+ players 24/7. As the economy shifted towards very high prices, farming actual money became a little less effective, and most of the high-end Kunark loot takes a group to camp. Thus, players are encouraged to group more and this helps a lot with such a small playerbase. Before Kunark, almost everything could be camped solo or duo, and the only ones with money were the enchanters, necros, magicians etc. It may cost you 10k for an FBSS, but you can also sell the items you find for more.
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