Might I make a suggestion? *gasp* yah I know I'm making a suggestion for once in my life..anyways;
I am very well aware of the planned unbinding store in future updates, however it wont' address the root problem that you are trying to fix because your game mechanic, at it's design, allows it. You said you wish to keep players from buying their way to th end game and flooding the market with things that are supposed to be rare, well making it unbindable even for a price will still do that. I propose making mats more rare and in higher quantities, except for shards, they are so common as it is.
The second item that is causing backlash among the community is alchemy prices. I know you increased them because you need more money, that's OBVIOUS, however it's a huge slap in the face to p2p's, f2p's and even some bnp's. I propose these prices;
3*150
4*300
5*500
That should ensure increased profit, and more comfort among the player base, heck you could even make 5* 400 instead.
The AH also needs fixed for MULTIPLE reasons but that is already being taken care of in it's own thread.
Everything else should remain as is.
So there you go, GodofSkype1 out.
Opinions?