Re:Deflation (Score 1)

Yeah, I think I can agree with that assessment. Taken to its logical conclusion, this can be quite humorous. In EverQuest, they'll have to keep introducing newer and newer items with ever increasing stats dropping from super-uber-godly monsters to keep players interested. Sooner or later these level 60 players will be able to take out the Sleeper (EQ "end-game" mob) in one hit. A level 60 player will have 120 strength naked, 62000 with equipment, and millions of hit points. The uber encounters of the future will involve mobs which hit for damage in the hundreds of thousands, and will have hitpoints in the billions.

This will continue until we reach a machine limitation in the size of an integer that can be stored. ;)