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no.
it's actually better than previous years. (Not than the times it was 1 copper) Give me elixirs rather than crappy coal or evil eye, i'm happy.
You haven't been here long enough to speak about other years... We used to get good quest items for a lot less cost to the players....
That's the whole point, before you could get it for 1c, then again before you couldn't even be higher than level 15, now you can shoot for the stars (the stars being level 20) and get tons more with a snap (not really, level 20 hunts are trash, but hey, you can still be level 19 for a bit and enjoy the hunts there).
Times change, everything changes with time, everyone has to adapt in the meanwhile. That's how it works nowadays.