We want to encourage a user economy with those items. If everyone can just buy unlimited of something for a set price, that's not much of an economy.

 

The reason there is a high demand is because we don't have server store for those items.

 

Which is why the server store should not sell easy to obtain items like sand/sandstone, wood, wooden planks, etc so that people actually have to trade or farm to acquire massive amounts of these materials, from other players.... like an economy or something.

 

However, building materials like that encourages better structures. Having those items available at an unlimited rate allows for creative structures to never be hampered by supply and demand issues.

I prefer basic blocks and some nice blocks being available in unlimited quantities in the server store so that people will build with more than cobblestone.

 

I am all for better buildings and more creativity, don't get me wrong. Its just that materials like smooth stone, wood blocks or planks, etc are so easy to get massive amounts, solo or by purchasing from other users. Right now it might seem daunting but trust me if some builders heard people would pay for wood blocks, they would be a plague of locusts gathering them. Same goes for sand/sandstone. I am for keeping the more rare materials like lapis and gold blocks at the store because I do like decorating and building with them but even with trading other players there scarcity can make it hard to build much with them.