I decided to try the "equip only items with drawbacks" quests and although I have a pretty big collection of items I can't fill all my equipment slots. Please add more low-level items with drawbacks - these quests are a lot of fun and challenge, but leaving slots empty is not fun.
I totally agree with that suggestion. I'd happily play with drawback cards, but having to leave many slots empty because there aren't items with drawback cards for it is too annoying.
I'd like it s well, but it does mess with the power curve that has been set up to balance the players drops with the difficulty of the adventures so I'm pretty sure it's not as straight forward as you think it might be. Might be a good opportunity to address some of the difficulty issues as well though!
Low-level things sell for 1 gold and cost 5, which is almost meaningless. They could just increase the drop rate of items worth only 1 gp and it wouldn't affect balance much, if at all. For that matter, making the game "easy" (although it's already awfully easy) at the beginning levels is never a bad thing for free-to-play that wants to hook you.
The gold value does not relate to the power of the items. Can be an item that very much changes the players ability to get through adventures but only sells for 1 gold.