@Raudhbjorn It's not inflated, though. It's actually based on the Japanese Yen, which doesn't have fractional values, unlike the Dollar (which has cents).
So, that's actually more like $70 for a room with meals, and the compensation was more like $1,500. That's still a lot, but nowhere near the inflation you're thinking of.
Plus, he's still thinking in terms of an MMO economy, which is always super-inflated by the players. So, he was comparing the prices to normal MMO prices, which is cheap in comparison. There are literally times where NPCs sell items for 5 gold that have player marketplace prices of over 1000, just because the players can't be bothered to actually learn where the NPC is and travel there, which causes heavy inflation.
So, that's actually more like $70 for a room with meals, and the compensation was more like $1,500. That's still a lot, but nowhere near the inflation you're thinking of.
Plus, he's still thinking in terms of an MMO economy, which is always super-inflated by the players. So, he was comparing the prices to normal MMO prices, which is cheap in comparison. There are literally times where NPCs sell items for 5 gold that have player marketplace prices of over 1000, just because the players can't be bothered to actually learn where the NPC is and travel there, which causes heavy inflation.
