It's because gold is "easier" to come by now that they have games and you can technically gain 500 gold a day with them. . . 1,000 if you have a mule. I don't know anyone who has the TIME to sit and play games for 1,000 gold a day though, even 500. @_@; I know I'm way too busy to get gold that way even though I did it over the summer when I had NOTHING to do. But most people, like me, are busy now, and the inflation is just terrible because we can never hardly gain enough gold to keep up with the rising costs. D: