All the past famines in the kingdom have been caused by the king. Unfortunately, no proof was found since there was no trace of where the flour, eggs and milk have gone since the king never got fatter.
the stuff cost problem is not easy to solve, the creators needs money to survive, at the same time he needs to please gamers, brass is something he can give you at the cost of time, and you get brass if you give him money, time is money, time=cost of food and electricity, so there is not much to complain, I'm not a whining noob who wants things just because they're spoiled, but still, the only solution to the problem the game has if is people get 3x the spores than to the normal amount, but still pity the creators of the game because they are humans too, not some AI.