Zaryi wrote:
Gold-to-Gems and vis-versa varies, depending on demand; over the BWEs I've seen t flux between 10 silver per 100 gems and 1g25s, though I highly doubt that's indicative of what it'll be round launch.
To buy gems straight up, 800 for 10 bucks with a discount it you buy in bulk. 800 was a char slot (you start with 5 and there are 8 professions); I don't think there was a price set for server transfers since that'll be variable - low-pop servers will be cheaper to xfer too. Cosmetic stuff was pretty cheap too, all under 600 gems, and most under 400. Dye packs were 250 for 7.
Star Trek Online has something like this and it's enormously disruptive because it causes a severe wealth curve, just like you see in WoW with TCG mounts but even worse. As in WoW, it also has the wider effect of weakening the currency, but even more so. It's a very bad system.