Ok its about time we start figuring some of these things out NOW!

[javid]

I'm just not seeing BSM being the cash cow people want it to be this patch. Yep, they get a lot of 250 weapons. Yep, you're going to need 5 of those Demicrystals to craft each one. Yep, these weapons will sell to glamour hounds if they look good, and people who can't handle a new Ex Trial that's supposed to be easier than Nidhogg Ex. I'd realistically expect the market to bottom out much faster for weapons that any other crafted item this patch because of Sophia. It's possible that the spread of secondaries, and 'some weapons' not receiving a WD increase for that 5 ilvl difference might make a couple crafted weapons more desirable but......it sounds like the effort to profit margin just isn't big enough, unless enough people drop BSM spec to make the rarity drive price up.
And IFF Demicrystals come from desynth, it depends on what ilvl they start at. Most people have ignored desynth completely in 3.0 since we've only been leveling it to get the same exclusive items from i220 gear that we got from desynthing i70 gear. Anyone not already above that level to get Demicrystal will probably not find it worth their interest to level for it now.

this bleak outlook you pronounce is EXACTLY WHY THE RICH WILL GIT RICHER!! Those in position to make money from BSM will corner the market while those on the fridges will give up due to competitive advantage in spending time else where. Take for example how ppl make money off of pots b4 x3 per syn??? Those dedicated to that craft had NOO COMPETITION, IT WAS JUST TOO DAMN HARD TO FARM MATS AND ALL THAT WORK FOR 1 SYNTH?? GTFO; but....the dedicated sold it exclusively (on my server for 34k+ per; and its still around there even though syn yields tripled).

Another example; on my server although it wasn't at all popular anymore; ilv220 eikon gear still sold regularly.....220? after 240 was basically free for everyone willing to grind hunts forever.... So the difficulty curve for the causal player defeating the primal; the case where a few 255 weapons will have horrible stats; and that not just ANY BSM will be ready to pump them out on the MB; makes its most ideal for the top tier BSM