Quote Originally Posted by chrillix View Post
What would be the motivation behind this? Why would the developers want higher prices on the AH? I don't see why there would be any concern about raising the prices. If anything I would think the dev's would want lower prices so more people have access to more things.
When ARR was released crafters and gatherers complained about how they couldn't make money because there was too much competition. SE's answer to this "problem" has been adding grinds to crafting/gathering and making mats rare to drive people away from these activities to limit supply and drive up prices.