Hm. So I'd view the economy of Witcher 3 as mostly broken, exactly for the reasons that they claim to have solved here. The idea of an economy feels poor is not there at all, the player will be swimming in money 10 hours into a 100 hour game. It's almost impossible to run out of money unless you're insisting on buying out every single alchemy recipe from every vendor.

And the pricing of the rare items (e.g. the relics) makes them seem completely irrelevant. You'll get a cutscene before getting a quest reward talking about how you're getting an amazing sword that has been in the family for centuries etc. And then it's slightly worse than what you already have, and the only use is to sell this legendary weapon for a price that'll allow you to buy 10 loaves of bread.

Though getting the economy balance right is really hard due to different play styles, so it's understandable.