How would it turn the game into a money race? Right now, all the overall leaderboard is is an extension of the PvE leaderboard.
There are arcane APs, why can there be an AP for crafting an arcane item? The only leaderboard it would change is the Top Player leaderboard - something which should be more than just maxed out APs and most kills to get on.
A recipe would be non-tradable, so you have to do the work yourself. The rich who payed others to get the ring will be forced to work hard as well.
I say this as a shard holder. It won't even affect me because I still won't be on leaderboards (nor do I care about being on them).
However, it is a good AP for those who require an extra challenge. Crafting a ring IS a challenge. You can be rich enough to buy the shard, but very few people in the game posses the capability of grinding out both the shard and the recipe.
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