Uh the purpose of this is to gold sink. Which in it's essence is solely to benefit the not as wealthy players. As someone who is somewhat rich why do I care about decreasing the total amount of gold in the game when I can already make enough gold to keep up with the current prices. Decreasing the Total amount of gold makes it easier for newer players so the gold they earn at the start of the game can buy them more then before.
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