Ehcatl Sealant....

[Sibyll]

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I think you are slightly missing my point. The Oaknots are, more or less, equivalent to tomestones in the sense that they are time limited.

Now using your DoW/DoM analogy, imagine if the Ironworks gear cost soldiery (which people would have had capped) and the tomes were tradable. This is the same thing as releasing a new tier of crafting mats that cost the same token that the previous tier and having it be tradable.

Saying that I don't want to put in the effort is kind of a dubious argument on your part. I'm saying that rich crafters are buying the sealants, thus skipping the Ixali Quest line and all the dailies associated with farming up sealants. Isn't that also lack of effort?