These are all really fantastic comments and I don't really have that much to add.
Since I'm a relatively action-oriented person, why don't I make a suggestion?
What if we got rid of the "
daily cost of living is 10G" line on the registration page.
By getting rid of this line, the message I'd like to send is that characters should deduct money whenever they feel like it. If they want to play a hardcore game, they can deduct every "in character day" for living expenses. If they want to play a casual game, maybe they can just forget about living expenses entirely. If you want to play something in between, you can deduct every IRL day... it's totally up to you and how you want to tell your character's story.
I agree with
@Silver that money is ultimately just a tool for the writers, and originally there was never even a market thread or in-game function for money. The market thread was added in part because
@SpearOfLies pointed out it would be strange if characters collected giant piles of money and never used it. Nonetheless, my original philosophy in the very beginning was that players could just deduct/nerf their own money whenever they feel like it... although in practice, I think most people are too stingy to nerf their own money.


In either case, I can definitely see both sides, and I'd like to make AG enjoyable and approachable for as many people as possible!