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Honestly this is one of the questions that admin really need to define internally in regards to what their goal is with the economy overhaul.

Personally, I am okay with trades -not- being huge money makers but rather something somebody does because its a fun and creative outlet. Going from that perspective making commodities available is important for people to enjoy their creative sides, but an overhaul of trades themselves and adding lots of microthings for them to sell isn't needed, and the convenience of having things non-decay is important.

Depending on which goal one is aiming for really will inform what route admin choose to take.

I like nondecay because replacing the same 50 things repeatedly is miserable and a barrier to getting back into the game after taking a break.
The 'right' thing for the game are things which make it fun for players. At its core, Lusternia is a game, not an economy-simulator.

Given how popular artifacts that are essentially non-decay versions of enchantments are, I think it is fair to say that a large portion of the game doesn't care for tedious upkeep.

Khnemu said:

Razzafrazzin' Ladantine status razzafrazzin Sea of Despair razzafrazzin rabble rabble. You kill ONE sea wolf in the Inner Sea and suddenly you can't path in or out of a third of the Basin by area and can't get amnesty because His Imperial Corpsiness is undead.

I don't know what other characters you've played or how familiar you are with the whole crapshoot that is the Inner Sea/SOD and the quests contained therein, but the whole thing needs to be nuked and drained into the Undervault.

Saran said:

If you're issuing about someone shouldn't that be an issue <person> rather than yourself (which is more for questions)?

On AFK checks I've seen it go both ways. ISSUE ME has the advantage that the admin can confirm whether or not the person's AFK themselves without wondering if they've been tipped off by the issue. ISSUE <person> allows the other player to offer a defense.

Decay is one of the most frustrating things in the game and i have very deliberately spread my runes across my enchantments and the like to avoid it - and i can make most of my own things!

We need to consider casual players too who don't or can't spend hours to farm commodities or gold for regular upkeep. A system that rewards those who are willing to work more (present example would be spend time to comm quest, get free comms in your pocket), but still allows those who are time poor or not interested in that avenue to access comms (present example, org and village comm shops exist). A casual or more time poor player should be able to engage in crafting/selling, even if someone with more time can do it more cost effectively should they choose to work for it. Like daily credits - you may be someone who logs every day and does all their dailies and get max credits (and you'll  get more benefit by way of income) or log in less regularly, and still manage to earn something, if not all 20 - still benefiting. 

One thing i love about Lusternia is that you can be whatever class/guild and still a merchant - you don't have to be one thing or another. Your choice of owning a shop or trade doesn't lock you out of being an equipped fighter, for example, or spending all your time rping over grinding doesn't prevent you from accessing craftables and literally anyone can be a designer. Whatever happens, i hope there is always a way to be casual about shopkeeping but still able to get what you need, even if it means paying a little more gold or whatever for convenience.

Shango said:

Also if sticky goop could go away so it's just one pool, that'd be great. It's hard to buy nice things for new people with most of my generation being sticky...even if it's good motivation to pick up cooking and pump out candies for people.

This. Alarin tends to buy gifts for people whenever I have not sticky goop that I honestly won't use in the immediate future. I'd like to do it more.

I have really been enjoying the idea of changing the way we interact with some trades... Some thoughts that jump out at me during the discussion could be eliminating some of the unused Trade, and baking them into class appropriate ones.

Tattoos
Let's just go ahead and tie in Tattoos with Kata. Monks are the only ones who can use it, and they are hindered economically if they choose to focus this. It does provide huge benefits, but again... Only to monks.

Poisons
Open this up to those with Knighthood, Stealth, Hunting, or more. This one benefits a lot of classes, but not a lot take it up, I feel like. Allow those well versed in some of the poison heavy afflicting classes to learn poisons along with guild skills.

Gathering
It's been mentioned a lot, but some sort of active way to generate comms would be fantastic besides corpse turn in. The amount is so finite and cringey to hear how long some folks grind for gems is anxiety inducing. If we could have a skillset akin to "Herbs" where in certain environments, you are able to gather materials from said environment. 

• Ocean/Swamp/River/Freshwater: fish
• Desert/Underground/mountain: metals, marble, coal, gems
• forest/valley/jungle: precious, precious fruit

Just nothing weirdly complex like Aetolia. I mean love me some Stardew Valley, but woof. Kudos though to Aetolia for the complex system of comm generation...