Thanks for your replies everyone. There were quite a few assumptions made (not sure everyone read my full post) but I think the general gist makes sense. Yes, I rolled a gear dependent class (monk). Yes, I've since rolled a necro and enchanter since they are hopefully less gear dependent. No, it doesn't bother me when there are twinks in the group. I know I can level up to 40s and get much better gear at that point. I guess the question is - why is it that cheaper items are pretty much nonexistent? The vendor sell vs. time spent selling in tunnel argument makes a lot of sense to me, thank you for that insight.
My monk has 40p on her at level 26. This is due to weight restriction and just general low value of items she can carry. Making 200p is not "easy" when you don't have handouts. I'm seeing threads about "just drop 100p on this and 100p on this, cheap for starting out". Or "just loot some dead xxx mob or have someone let you loot yyy". I'm not sure if it's just a personality problem of mine (probably) but I have a hard time asking people for handouts. When I played an SK on live he started out a complete noob in Kunark but was able to afford some stuff in tunnel by the time he was lvl 15. Hopefully I'll fare better on my monk.
The primary goal of the post was to get a gauge for how people feel about the gaming going on in the economy. I'm hearing in general people are fine with it which I'll say is much easier to do once you are sitting on plat, but to each his own.
Thanks for all your replies. This was not meant to be a "vent" post, or to accuse or complain about anything. It's just an open discussion about the experience players new to this server are having that didn't start out on here pre-kunark.
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