Not everything needs to fuel the economy. As is the current gem socket system kills experimentation for anyone who isn't already deep in end game. Extremely few players will want to get 5 sockets on more than one or maybe 2 gems. I would not be surprised if most of the player base still only has 4 sockets on their main skill. I think having level 20 uncut skill gems be rare, still needing to use GCP for quality, and chasing good corrupted gems is enough. We don't need to tie sockets to gems in my opinion. Also there would still be a ready market for the jewelers orbs, as people make new builds all the time.
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u/xyzpqr 1d ago
Jeweller orb use on skill tab makes no sense imo; the skill gem is being crafted/improved and this fuels the economy