NPC Prices (CPI?)

[Nohmaan]

You don't want to sell your items to NPCs because they pay almost nothing.
You don't want to buy items from NPCs because they cost far too much for what they're worth.

That is working as intended. They're meant to be useable, endless, sources but you are still being encouraged to buy from and sell to other players.

It would still be the case, you're just looking at a player spending influenced change in the base values for which NPC items would be sold.

The NPC prices are designed to be hard limits.


The price of an item in the economy will never drop below what the NPC will buy it form you.
The price of an item in the economy will never raise abvoe what the NPC will sell it to you for.

That would only be true if NPCs sold every item, which I don't believe they do.