Quote Originally Posted by Xairos View Post
I anticipated this, so I'll add: While this is just a shift, under the hood, On the surface this is a currency that will never need to be re-named, re-colored, refunded to make current, nothing. It is endless and static.
Without the "re-named, re-colored, refunded" step, what is to stop someone from stockpiling points in 4.1 so when 4.2 is released with the higher ilvl gear, they can instantly buy a full set?

Right now, the exchange is only from the currency being phased out to the uncapped tome, everyone starts at a blank slate for the capped tome when a new one is introduced.