Board Thread:LOC General Discussion/@comment-108.35.154.66-20130911165857/@comment-5428123-20130912081102

I don't think the inflation in prices can be pinned on a single variable or factor. Rather, I think one has to look at a multitude of factors to explain the inflation.

One of the most obvious factors is the cloning of PP, which is obviously still happening even now based on Applibot's recent notice regarding it, despite the mass of suspensions from weeks ago.

But if you look past the cloning, you can also see that the new Heroes Colosseo event has had a tremendous impact on prices. If I recall correctly, prices didn't start inflating until after the first Colosseo. Before that, PM skill 10 Pupp was around 700-800. During and after, the price almost doubled that. The same was true of many top line cards, and even now prices continue to spike every Colosseo.

As well, like FrownBuzzy mentioned, Applibot at some point started giving more potion bonuses from card packs. In fact, Applibot started including potions as rewards in events as well, not just card packs. I believe this continued for a few months before the recent price spikes. The more liberal potion handouts have probably contributed to the devaluation of potions in some way.

There are probably more factors, but these are what I think are some of the major reasons for the rapid inflation.