People compare the hardcore economy to the softcore economy and talk about how much healthier it is.

There isn't nearly as much item inflation there and you can easily sell your drops on the AH. They

therefore conclude that because Hardcore has an Diablo 3 Items sink (hardcore permadeath), if softcore had an item sink, the economy there would be healthy

too, right? Wrong. The key fact of the hard core item sink is that it is 1) Completely Involuntary

and 2) TAKES THE VERY BEST ITEMS out of the economy. Nobody ever chooses to permadie in hardcore,

and when they do, their very best gear, the stuff they are wearing, is destroyed forever.