The Current Economy

[axemtitanium]

Yeah I understand that items have value and when they disappear, that value goes away. However, the amount of currency that exists in circulation does not go down so it does not directly counteract the devaluation of currency that occurs when you NPC items and etc.

The other thing about double-melds is that the resulting item has a much higher value than its parts. Think of it this way: if you fail, the "total economic loss" is that of the cost of the materials (material, equipment, ingredients, etc.), but if you succeed, the "total economic gain" is that of an item with a much higher value than all of the ingredients combined. I'm not sure what effect this has on the double-meld process as a gilsink...