Okay "we, the people playing the game and awaiting its release"
There are a LOT of core issues that need attention. Even if everyone in this thread would rather this be added than fixes to the shonky implementation of light or backstabbing or dipping those are still issues that the community nigh universally agrees are important.
That doesn't speak to everyone, hence this thread. We, the people playing this EA Game and awaiting it to be finished, are hardly unified under opinion as there are many disagreements, and this is one of those points where people are disagreeing.
I argue that it is worthwhile to add this in addition to fixing issues, as a change like this one is best implemented early. I want it to be added to make the world more immersive and in the setting of Faerun and to make the economy of it better as gold for everything is a problem and gold in game is piling up a little too much. However, a change like this would impact a lot of things down the line like a ripple, as it'd affect every shop and merchant as well as impact dialogue and what people say. It'd also affect what loot is in the world, what people are carrying and what they can pay, and would be fixing one of those shonky implementation of systems as it'd be a step to making it harder to abuse pickpocketing merchants for all their worth and never having to worry about money.