Yeah, when your 60 is buttplugging your alt, you make the game, profession economy and auction house seem more dead or deflated to a new player, alt and anyone else, than necessary. Enchant and minmax the gear, interact with the player world and excel like a normal person or forever cry and act ...
This rule definitely needs to be walked back. As I mentioned to Pig directly about the slow mode nonsense in world chat, Blanket rules and punishment en masse to combat a few people breaking rules is not the way to build a loyal community. I understand that a more individual focus on rule breaking ...