alwzn4vr Wrote:How is applying 7B worth of scrolls to an item that you can never sell or trade not a form of mesos sink. The value of that item is no longer recognized in the economy as a whole. I.e. it's been removed from the economy.
Difference between Gold and the items you buy with it. The value of mesos actually drops, because there are the same number of mesos but less items, making the meso to item ratio even higher.
So really Lunchboxes are contributing to inflation, because they take items (white scroll, 1h sword scrolls) out of the economy and leave mesos alone, making items scarcer and worth more.
Mounts, on the other hand, fit the description of gold sink. They take mesos directly out of the economy, and give you something that's untradeable and thus valueless in terms of the item economy.
In terms of intrinsic value, mesos are only worth what you can buy from meso sinks (pot shops, mounts, etc.) Everything else is just item bartering, abstracted a level. You're trading a 4 atk cape for a 12 atk glove, even if 3-4 transactions take place in between. If there are less white scrolls available, you have to trade more to get them to compete with other buyers.