The cost of things will force people out playing the game

Just because you can’t afford something doesn’t mean there’s a problem with the game or that you need to buy gold. You need to figure out why the pattern is so expensive, if you need it, and then how to perform at a level to purchase such things.

supply and demand

give it more time, more people will be gathering

the supply will def go up over time

Prices for mats are always sky high at the start of every expansion.

3-4 weeks after launch prices start to plummet and stabilize as more and more supply keeps coming in and the demand for leveling professions decreases.

Don’t buy it, prices for the pattern will also drop unless you are on a dead server.

You can also compare prices for patterns on a site like Undermine Exchange and see what the price is accross all servers. Then lets say the pattern is 40k on another server you could do what I do: Put the gold needed in my warbank, then make a throw away allied race DK which after the intro quest (takes like 1 min) puts you right in front of SW/Org, then grab the gold from my warbank and buy the pattern, place the pattern in my warbank then delete the throw away character. The retrieve the pattern and win.