My Diablo III first impressions

[lestatdark]

Ail said:

lestatdark said:
Anything up from Square gems seems to be such a waste of gold for so little return in increments of value. The biggest problem with that is how AH devalues everything when it comes to Jewelcrafting and Blacksmithing, because people will always get better gear off the AH than in-game.

Blizzard should implement at least a reduction of gem prices or re-forging in the Blacksmith to avoid these kinds of devaluation of items.

My biggest beef is we will spend months getting high level gems and by the time we get them they will be worth very little as everyone will have them and will be trying to sell them as the supply of high level gems can only increase as they never disappear...

I'm not so worried about cost right now as I figure over time there will be inflation and gold will be easier to come by,,,,

Yeah, but these pricing problems could easily be set by giving them a baseline value. For example, putting the lower baseline price for any Square gem at 4 or 5K gold, which is still lower than crafting them, but not absurdely so. 

I mean, Perfect Square Gems being sold for 30K every 10 piece? That's ridiculous.