that doesn't appear to be the trend.
the trend appears to be people quitting or afk'ing on high quality items causes there to be consistent demand for daggers in particular, the price of a 200ee dagger has continuously moved up over the past 10 years, despite at least 3, probably closer to 8 being added in that period of time. Despite a similar number of players playing.
Due to lack of finding them whilst exploring, i'm expecting about 40% of the playerbase, if not more, to use lightnings due to them being the most consistently muted damage charm because of HH ability to use them. Will happen in the next 4 years if it hasnt already.