[Coda]

Purchase history seems to bear out that we were right in balancing it this way. Lots of people have full sets of jewel items now, some people even have multiples. They're more rare than previous sets, but that is exactly the intent. Overall we actually haven't had all that many complaints -- mostly a handful of hoarders that are upset that they can't get multiple sets to have both items for personal use and items for later sale. That's okay with us. These are items we expect to rise in price quickly after the event ends. That's okay with us.

We're seeing more sustained activity with this event than we've seen with any event in the past, and it isn't trailing off like the Taskal War did. I interpret this as meaning that people care enough about these items enough to keep trying for them even though they're harder to get. People aren't seeing the costs and giving up; people are seeing the costs and working to achieve them. This was exactly the effect we were hoping for.

In other words, the reality of what's actually happened is showing that we were right about doing things this way, because it's going exactly according to plan.