You seriously need to hire an economist consultant because nothing you have done for this game’s economy has ever been positive.
This change harms the economy by deterring the “minority” that helps keep the economy flowing as expected. It is also the minority that keeps obscure, low demand but still purchased items in stock at all. The average player does not engage with a substantial majority of the game’s items outside of checking off boxes such as transmog and mounts - many of which require high-value but low-demand items that the minority will now find not worth posting.
Time is money.
This change will accomplish the following:
- Deter players who enjoy the gold making aspect of the game from playing at all.
- Reduce the overall quantity of items available on the Auction House.
- Make low-demand items even more difficult to acquire by “normal” players.
- Destroy the transmog market.
- Degrade the already stale experience of engaging with one of the most shallow MMORPG economies out there.
You also failed to communicate this extremely important change in advance and seem unwilling to find compromise or revert the decision, which is exactly what brought us to the disaster that is BfA as a whole to begin with.
Please reconsider. This is a terrible change that isn’t going to accomplish much other than make the experience worse for everyone who uses the Auction House - including your “typical” players - due to a decline in the economic stability and availability of niche goods.
EDIT: I have made a post with some proposed solutions, and the performance, average user, and economic benefits here: Auction House Much Slower Today - June 16 - #332 by Powerworduwu-wyrmrest-accord