With a game as mature as Lusternia, one issue that we've been circling
around is goldflation or the glut of gold that has been accumulating
through the years. We've been monitoring the gold production and decided
to try to curb gold received from influencing, bashing and quests. Last
week, we tested for a few days what would happen if we lowered gold
output across the board. However, not only did a universal reduction
impact lower level players or more casual bashers, but it didn't really
give us the results because it was really only a handful of players who
were outliers that were inflating daily gold generation.

Therefore, we are instituting a throttle on gold production on those
players who generate 50,000 gold or more in a 24 hour period. For the
vast majority of you, you won't notice any difference. But if you are
one of those who bash, influence or quest huge amounts of gold, you will
notice gold generation scaling back once you accumulate a certain amount
of gold.

As we continue to monitor and tweak the gold throttle, I'm also going to
consider how to better utilize gold sinks, probably through increasing
the cost of commodities or maybe even a gold cost for crafting. Again,
the aim is to get at least a small handle on the goldflation issue which
I hope we can all agree would be a good thing for the economy.

Penned by My hand on the 23rd of Shanthin, in the year 448 CE.