[finalgrunt]

Supply and demand.

There are items which are still needed. Haste & regen items are most asked, since there are so many twinks around. Therefore the price usually compares to how much plat you can farm compared to how much time you'll have to spend at the camp to get the item. Ancient cyclops ring, FBSS all fall into that category.

Pretty much 2k per hour is the base value for comparisons.

If billions of plat were dupped and went into the economy, prices would be much much higher than this. Any CoF would sell for 10 millions+. As long as money sits in a bank, there is no inflation. It only happens when the money is used to buy objects.

I guess dupers were caught before they could floor the market. Maybe few millions of duped plat were introduced, but that's it.

There are few money sinks (reagents, coffins, keys in Sky, tink bags), just not enough to balance out the income.

A new player will just have to find ways to make some money. If there is inflation, it works for most items. Like HQ bear skins (they're now what, 20, 30pp? They used to be 10).

The only truth in this game is, for money, you need to spend time playing (or play trader in EC tunnel). And a farming / soloing class can make it easier. Otherwise, find yourself a bunch of great people and farm a camp over and over with them and split the haul.