The price wont skyrocket much or maybe not even... FTP needs a full mage set no matter what. If robe bottoms can't be mage bottom, then something else will be.
I don't know if you got read the whole post I wrote. As I said "It's time wasting and useless. I rather not have random event". Random event don't slow down botters', only players'. Maybe I decrease the coins given to make it more approperate.
This should be another FTP quest. How about 3 quest points after completing? Let's have coins, experiance points on strength and hitpoints. I hope those monsters wont be that hard for FTP players'.
This would be a good way to stop key-loggers from taking any of their items. Players' who merchant will change worlds with their valuables with them. This will prevent them from being hacked while logging out. This should also be like the bank pin which can be activated if only you want it.