User blog comment:The Milkman/The State of Skyrim's Economy/@comment-1992639-20121124210053

I'd prefer Skyrim stops giving us access to all items through looting for "arcady gameplay" reasons, making items which in lore are rare or near impossible to get (anything made of Ebony, Daedric items) extremely rare. If they did not give every mercenary Ebony armour, then you'd have a whole story arc where the Stormcloaks and Imperials would pull the orcs into the fray, wanting Gloombilch Mine for their own. And you could invest in ebony ore to craft something from it.

The game gives us items and such way too easily, so that casual players can also get their hands on items as opposed to the hardcore gamer. I'd have reasons to spend my money if the game adds 200 randomly available named magic epic items, which besides looting, I could also buy from the traveling Khajiit caravans maybe. If a sword or shield beyond anything I can enchant or with bonuses I can't enchant costs 50,000 gold, then I'd feel my gold is worth something.