Spending gems on motifs is a bad idea period. Gems are much more expensive than in-game gold.
Spending gems on motifs is a bad idea period. Gems are much more expensive than in-game gold.
A person can use real money to essentially buy gems. A person cannot use real money to buy gold without violating the ToS.
Granted, you can do dungeons and earn gold through playing the game for zero dollars, but it depends on how much your time is worth. Someone might have real money to spend but not time to farm. So I wouldn't knock anybody for buying those motifs for gems.