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it is banned but it was superior to soft res pugs. At least if you didn't get anything you still got paid for raiding and it covered the cost of consumables. Yes it enabled whales to buy whatever they want but who cares? When whales got into a bidding war it just meant that the entire raid got paid more. I made over 800g just from this bwl alone.

I include "gdkp banned" in my post to appeal to retards but the reality is that banning gdkp has led to other unforeseen consequences as well. For instance people are still buying gold at the same rates they did in classic 2019, but since they can't spend that gold in gdkp, it's inflating the cost of all non raid items example:
HoJ was 300g on faerlina. 4k on anniversary.
BOEs like maidens circle were around 50g faerlina. 500g on anniversary.
winterfall firewater 4g on faerlina. 20g on anniversary

banning gdkp unironically fucked the economy worse than letting it stay while at the same time removing an easy gold making method that benefited everyone.

the bright side I suppose is that im easily making 100g a day just farming 4-5 firewaters each night.