A while back I thought of a idea for making a grinder to recycle/salvage godlike items.
I see it as a next step to the dead end of godlike gems after all the crafting xp, making items etc is done.
Working out a idea for the next stage use was the hard bit. So I looked at the suggestions of others. Comical has a cool idea for a luck mechanic, ZoEzi has shown new items and many players want new skills. I think this could create the next step, boost basic combat farming, fight gold inflation and be a easy solution for a lot of things.
The basic idea is something like "gemstone scrap" or "glowing dust" from these tools and weapons. you could even "grind" refined tools to godlike, if you want more paths.
This new resource could be used for Trinkets, consumables, crafting, clan upgrades, boost and etc.
You could even make grinding link into a skill or make it a token of some sort.