Mat Economy?

[Eternal]

Yes HM is isn't 7k, it's more like 500. But that's because you loot a massaive amount of them, especially from Hard Mode.

Not sure if this will help but to see the distrubition of mats here is my inventory... As you can see HM is super EZ to get.

I didn't say it is 7k right now, i said it used to be 5-8k a year ago. What made the prices drop that low in a year?

EDIT: I'm also not only talking about hardened metals. I'm talking about all brown mats. HM was just an example. The prices on all brown mats are a joke.