Now that i have your attention, CE is high because of people posting so many rage threads.
And people will say, BUT WAIT, it was low before rage threads were even posted?!
Pfft, please, back when this game started, it was probably 1k for 100 CE. (i have no idea if this is true or not) and the second someone asked for a pennycrown more, the first CE rage thread was born.
Thus creating the domino effect, the more you rage, the more you pay.
NOW SHUT UP AND BUY MORE CE
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