Economy collapse for war? A perspective.

[Analytical]

Looking at the auction prices for war gears from weapon to artifact, I can't help but to agree with many of the people here that it is truly saddening to see wars "suffering so much losses". As a 76 war myself, I too have lost more than 70m++ even with mostly gold loot gears but I have spent quite some money on awake gems.

Having said that, when I actually think about it, Doz Axe, chasma armor dropping down to 7m+, ebon armor and weapon down to 3m+ etc, while it is undeniable that these are significant losses, I realised these are at the same time

1. Something good to happen to newer, poorer players, gears for wars now become something that's affordable to them so I would expect seeing an increased number of newer wars, and lesser number of senior wars. To the newer wars, chances are high that they might not know anything at all about the proc stacking and may very likely start from the ground up. So the drama are mostly coming from us, senior warriors specifically.

2. As 81 arcanes become more affordable for the average players, say, in the span of the next 8-10 months++, all classes gears would also suffer the same kind of losses as war gears currently are. Old gears would slowly be replaced, regardless of what type of class you are. The gold economy will eventually flow from old gears to newer gears, just like how it has always been since 2012. This applies to newer pets as well, like nekro used to be 50m-100m, and now if we look at the new meta, it is mephisto who replaced nekro at similar pricing.

As harsh as it may sound, wars are just "lucky" to experience the "shifting of gold economy" sooner and in a shorter notice. While it may feel unfair for wars to have to deal with such sudden big losses, I hope this perspective somehow make you feel a little better and justified.

Yes I admit, even for someone like me with a fairly good amount of millions in my hand, the update has been a bitter pill to swallow. Moving forward however, I'm trying to at the very least convince myself and hopefully other wars too that I didn't lose 70m++ but rather I donated/gaveaway them to the AL community who might have needed it more than me.

And no, this is not a crying thread.

This message is for the other wars out there who may still feel frustrated with the update.

Best wishes,
From an open minded 76 war, 76 mage.


P. S. All constructive comments are welcomed.