Gearing in this game as melee is horrible

[Shurrikhan]

By turn 4 you're already using 6 drops of gear + pages + tombstone acc week 1. You wouldn't be merely in the previous BiS.

Meanwhile, cutting prices in half would mean 1 piece of armor from week 1 tombstones instead of 1 accessory, which is hardly relevant compared to the crafted gear and the Savage drops themselves. That alone would not cause players to steamroll each savage boss in "6 minutes" on week 1...