Yeah, I'd much, much rather see a BOE epic, especially one 50+, go to use on one of the people in the party, rather than playing the AH game. People > money.
This is not to say people should be forced to use it if they wouldn't normally, in that case, it's fine to sell it on the AH and split the money between those there, or (as I would prefer to do) 'free to good home' it within the guild or alliance. But well, purples are rare, purples can be quite powerful, they should be benefiting your friends A lot of people have aversions to buying purples off of the AH or even other people.
Think of it this way, what makes a better story: "I got this Alcor's Sunrazor in AQ20! We were just ganking some swarmguards and zomg this popped up!" or "Bought it off the AH, 600g" ?
This is not to say people should be forced to use it if they wouldn't normally, in that case, it's fine to sell it on the AH and split the money between those there, or (as I would prefer to do) 'free to good home' it within the guild or alliance. But well, purples are rare, purples can be quite powerful, they should be benefiting your friends A lot of people have aversions to buying purples off of the AH or even other people.
Think of it this way, what makes a better story: "I got this Alcor's Sunrazor in AQ20! We were just ganking some swarmguards and zomg this popped up!" or "Bought it off the AH, 600g" ?