Also, nothing guarantees any change to how people play or effects on the economy. A lot of what I've seen in here popped up for why Stems should be added. Stems were added. Nothing happened.
If they don't want to WoE, they aren't going to. Especially vet players that have been on the server for as long as I have that don't WoE simply because we either find it boring or just don't like it. The only way to increase WoE activity is to find people that are interested in it.
If you want to do this for Economy, there isn't much guarantee that it will work out as planned either. Like I said, Stems were added, not much changed. I still can't sell as often as I like, but price wise didn't look like it took a huge hit.