While the Token Economy has functioned well, the Gold Economy has increasingly started to get out of hand. Staff is looking at that and taking steps to bring the Gold Economy back into line. This is an ongoing process and will take a while to iron out. Please be patient during the process.
This is being done to insure the long term health of the shard, and is the same situation faced by many freeshards, and OSI as well.
-The Staff of WP