> And it totally made sense that hyperinflation would occur since the creation of virtual gold was limitless and effortless
The creation of the US dollar is also limitless and effortless.
The creation of the US dollar is also limitless and effortless.
If every U.S. citizen could create dollars, we would indeed have hyperinflation.
The economy is now hugely imbalanced, so performing common actions such as crafting a sword from metal will cause you to lose a fair amount of money. There is also no real item sink because the consequence of death from npcs has been reduced (keeping most of the item you where holding when you died) and PvP (player versus player) has been neglected to the point where few players engage in the activity.
For that same reason we don't give the power to create dollars to Congress.