Lol, so... this thread pops up, and right away enchantements and mats double in price. Silent agreement between almost all enchanters. Don't get me wrong, I make a fortune lol, but what I mean is: if AH prices go berserk for 3 months yearly, how is that helping the economy? Im rich, but for those people who struggle with gold, how are they gonna even gem/enchant themselves during the month of december when 1h weapon enchant's price reaches 1200g (already does for 2h :p)? Don't tell me prepare in advance, because you can't know what you're gonna loot.
Btw, notice how they tell us "This brought out great results in our analysis" but conveniently don't give a single example, and then start talking about gold sellers, subliminally suggesting, but never directly saying that they are the reason for the gold squish. They could have told us about the anti-gold-seller-bot months ago, but again, they do it conveniently in the gold squish thread, because its lacking content, really. (gold sellers are gone, I know that for a fact, the guys camping darnassus AH 24/7 disappeared a while ago)
Seriously, what analysis? Can't we have a peek? Is it top secret? This information would dissipate all conspiracy theories. But sadly, seeing how vague this is presented and how little information we get, I'm pretty sure its just about making more money from the store.
I think the first gold squish might have been a genuine attempt at making the economy better, but then in january/february, guys looking at the sells on store were like "Well f**k me! Look at that! Half of last year's donations in just 2 months! Damn... Gold squish yearly? Gold squish yearly! Yeah baby! Happy new year! We'll just tell the players its for the good of the economy and feed them the usual inflation bullcrap. Prices go up when we announce the gold squish anyway, so it will all appear justified if we talk about inflation. They'll buy it. With all the gold sellers out, no one knows **** about the economy. Especially not us lmao. You're a f**king genius man!"