Speed cap is Faster(2)

You disregarded what I said. Half of GMS's community are damage whores who like to see big numbers. Apples do that, but faster attacks don't. People in GMS are already addicted to apples. Faster attacks won't change that. Also, as Russt said, diamonds, which are common from APQ as well, will inflate in price at least after Maker first comes out, making those worth buying.

The original purpose of this thread is the speed cap at 2 in GMS, which many believed was due to speed hackers in beta. IMO, these cap should be lifted, but I think NexAm is inclined to do so, because they believed the game is "balanced" with respect to the available items.

IMO, apples are being used nowaday for bossings mostly. There isnt really much incentive in training with apples (minus a few exceptions). You can see that bosses has "many forms" and the amount of HP they have is just crazy. It's either you 1hko or you dont vs how much damages you can dish out to grind the battle. The single most difficult thing in a boss fight is lag. Apples cut down the time spent at bosses thus minimise the lag issue. Otherwise, I am more than happy to see idiots wasting apples at HHG doing 5 digits to snails. So yes, people will still use apples, yes they're spoiled by apples, but I personally dont think it should be one of the factors for not removing the speed cap.

As for diamonds in APQ, I think it's grossly overrated. Why? there're already a HUGE amount of diamonds stocked up. If anything, you're likely to make a level 110+ weapon (or more realistically level 120) which requires time pieces. Do you seriously believe that there're more 45x time pieces (approximately) than high grade diamonds? I am holding my breath on crystals and time pieces to be inflated over diamonds. Many has already have hundreds of them, and some even have thousands.