I liked a lot of what you were saying and then I got to your proposals for how having a RME would affect your character...

I can appreciate what you are trying to do but I think that it presents too much of a hurdle for new players to overcome should they pursue being the best. A lot of people are saying VW is dead/miserable on their servers now, so the HMP supply is stagnant as is riftdross and cinder. Alexandrite will probably crash in price, and then that supply will be eaten. People are feeling like there's not a lot of reason to pursue old content with se's new plan, and let me tell you, the reason I was doing Salvage 1 had nothing to do with the 8-30 alexandrites I usually got.

As for seeing the direction they were taking content? I can't see it myself. I see they released wtf weapons that were competitive with relics, and easy to obtain, and then, very shortly, released weapons that leaves everyone scratching their heads. Skirmish is more difficult/expensive to get into, and yet Delve gives access to, unarguably, better weapons.

I played WoW, I liked it for what it was and I won't argue its merits, but let me tell you. WoW never saw good gear intentionally made obsolete so fast.