Woudnt it be better if the resources in the game had some relationship to whats used as the games currency?eg A gold ingot in the game is only worth around 1 silver on the TP.In Real life an ounce of gold ingot would be worth at least $1300 USD.Mithril is another example.In most MMOs mithril is a fictional but extremely rare metal, but in GW2 its as common as dirt and a mithril ingot is only worth 95 copper, ie close to worthless.A copper ingot in the game is worth 1S 47C on the TP, but a silver ingot is only worth 18C, so copper is worth more than both silver and gold.A platinum ingot on the TP is only worth 5 S.The value of the metals is all wrong,mainly because of the ease of acquiring them.As an extreme example , a carrot on the TP is worth 2S 15C , so a carrot is worth the same as 12 silver ingots.