I also had this idea that once we completed the proper prerequisites, we would be able to craft decorations relatively inexpensively and apply them liberally. I understand the grinding for the upgrades and restoration. I Really do. But 50s and crystalline ore for a CHAIR? My guild has 23 members, perhaps 10 of which are active. Only a few of us actually take on the costs of the guild, so it takes everything we have and more just to focus on the restoration. What exactly is the problem with allowing us to apply decorations relatively inexpensively once we have earned them? Less time grinding gold, more time decorating and creating. Please don’t do what EQN: Landmark did.
For the record, I love just about everything about HoT, but I find the decoration system to be excessively punishing.