They can set the rates to whatever they want. They have complete control over those types of aspects in the game. Will you get a straight answer? No, never. If someone was to show their findings over time and post it, chances are it will be deleted for reasons if “spreading misinformation”. Heck, even this reply now is probably under threat of deletion for their VERY BROAD definition of “inciting drama” that pretty much means anything they don’t like (weither it is truth or rumor).