Oh no, I wasn't implying you were taking it too seriously at all! Sorry if it came off that way, I was just wondering what you meant by your example, but you explained everything very well. Thank you for your responses! Now that I understand what you're suggesting, here are my thoughts...
I think it would have dire consequences if we made quest items better than donation items. What about all of those many, many items already out in circulation? They would become virtually worthless, and people have invested money in them. We can't help non-donators while completely destroying the value of all donation items - honestly, that wouldn't help anyone and would likely not only destroy the economy completely, but have horrible consequences for the server. Every item that is out there now would become worthless.
I think you and some others may believe that we added the legendary quests etc. as a means for newbies to obtain tokens. To be honest, the purpose is the opposite - it's to eliminate new players and/or non-donators' need of tokens to get geared. By making items at least 80% as good as donation items (really, most of them are only a few stat points less), you no longer require tokens to get donation items. You can vote for the Forsaken King quest and get legendary counter parts for the rest. We are working on adding legendary versions for all of the major donation items, and eliminating the need for them among players who are new or cannot donate.
The legendary quests are already wayyyyy easier than the Elite quest was, and they give better rewards. So if people think the quest is too hard, they'd probably be better off on super high rate servers where you can get everything in a day or so. It's impossible for us to appeal to everyone, unfortunately. I do think you have a point on the economy as a whole, but there is really very little we can do for it. Prices fluctuate, but if we tried to regulate prices, it would hurt more than it would help. The best solution for legendary items becoming less expensive I suppose would be to continue adding new legendary quests then.