Might it be that low average users is putting the good limited item limits at 1. There are lots of these items but they’re all limit one. Also, while there may be a lot of limited items when you start looking for specific item attributes/slots things can suddenly seem quite bit more sparse.

Then what if most players have at least 2 on going characters. This seems common enough. People have a main and one maybe two alts on the shelf. They play the alts but really only enough to keep them in the back pocket, so to speak. To keep the purge code from hitting them so those characters are available for when they tire of the main and are ready to make the switch.

Then let’s say most of these alts have at least a couple pieces of limited gear each. It looks innocent enough on a case by case basis. But if 75% (just tossing out a high majority number arbitrarily) is doing this then you will end up with a ton of nice gear that is essentially out of circulation because it’s sitting on a shelved alt character.

I don’t know how CFs purge code works exactly. My guess is it is probably based on two numbers. Time between last log in and average hours over a set period of time. If I’m correct, tightening that second number up might help a lot. Of course you’re gonna get someone to whine about it so who knows. “I only have x amount of time to play and you purged my ####! It’s ####! I quit! Waaaaaaaaaa!”