I've played here for a long time; I've been involved heavily in auctioning since that time; and I have a good grasp of the servers economy. In fact, since I've played here I have made over 700,000 gold in auctions. Sadly, I don't have near that amount still in my possession. :D
With that said, I don't know whether you realize it or not, but allowing players to purchase gems with honor points has effectively destroyed the Jewelcrafting profession. I, and several others JC's with whom I've spoken, have put in a lot of time, blood, sweat, tears, and work, not to mention a ton of gold to become a Grandmaster Jewelcrafter for basically nothing. Had I known people were going to be able to run to the battle grounds and get rewarded with honor points to buy gems: I would have never leveled Jewelcrafting as it is now basically useless. …show more content…
All they do is run to the BG's to get honor points and buy gems to flood the market selling them at ridiculous prices for their gold. This is ruining the entire auction market and the server economy! Hell, I've seen cut Epic gems selling for less than one can buy an uncut stone at its fair market value. Not to mention all the time it takes to get stones by mining, prospecting,