I miss these terribly and I was wanting to throw out there an idea of a Plot based scenario where everyone can participate and have a chance to have the items to keep from having to worry about price gouging. The items could be provided by vending from certain machines or whatnot, And a player would have that luxury of either participating in the discussions about an item combo or just fiddle with items until they discover the correct items. And they could choose to wait and look up the answer once it has been solved, but they know they either have the items, or can get them cheaply.

I hope that makes some kind of sense. It always sounds better in my head. :<