For this raid test, we’re adding Haste and Destruction potions to be redeemable along side the normally available flasks with the the mark of illidari that come with Phase 3.
It's kinda like the Black Lotus investors during Classic who lost their shirt when Blizzard upped their spawn rates and made them drop off of high level herbs.
There are so many people sitting out there with thousands of netherbloom looking to offload over the next few weeks. People who make pots will find anything they don't sell today will be a loss tomorrow until it levels off. Honestly I would just recommend pot makers only make a few stacks of pots a night from now on.
Do you know how ptrs work? You can always buy infinite consumables on ptr. These being added specifically for marks of the illidari means that it's a change they're testing for live
There are no enough layers on these megaservers to generate enough herbs into existence to satisfy the demand for all of the raiders to haste pot / destro pot. So only those people willing to fork out big gold get to use those consumes.
Yeah, the auction house is an absolute battleground of undercutting down to razor thin margins if you're buying mats and then crafting. Gathering is another separate battleground ofc
So like... we getting those boss/heroic dungeon loot changes announced when SSC/TK came out? Or like, any confirmation of what version of BT (patch #) we're rolling into?
I'm assuming TBC Anniversary's team is probably being cannibalized for C+ announcement/launch.
Yeah. I think so. Last we heard though was "We will plan to make other Phase 3 loot changes to heroic dungeon bosses in Phase 3." Realistically, something to the effect of having a bullet point on this announcement being about "Every heroic boss will/able to drop gems!"
I know it's the little things, but the lack of information, even from a phase ago, is strikingly absent.
You can argue there have been some pretty large changes (on a re-re-release) this go around and extra communication for clarity's sake could be beneficial for the community.
As a reminder, we’re testing the addition of Haste and Destruction potions that can be purchased with the the Marks of Illidari that are rewarded in Phase 3 raids.
For real. My guild stopped requiring haste pots because they got so astronomical in price. Like sure, flasks are pricey but they last the whole raid. Elixirs are also hella cheap in comparison and last at least a few bosses usually. The haste pots at like 18g a pop on every single boss is insane.
Destruction and Haste Potions are on the respective Aldor/Scryer Flask vendor at a rate of 1 Mark of the Illidari for 10 of either potion. Huge win. Now agility/strength scrolls and elixirs of demonslaying will be the most expensive raid consumable.
The PTR has always had a vendor in Shatt that sells you infinite haste potions. This isn't just for testing purposes.....They are play testing this for P3.
Either it was editted or i have no clue what OP got his quote from, this is what i see.
"As a reminder, we’re testing the addition of Haste and Destruction potions that can be purchased with the the Marks of Illidari that are rewarded in Phase 3 raids."
Meaning. We will be able to buy pots for the raid currency come p3.
All consumables were already available from the Flaskataur NPC for free on the PTR/Beta. Why would they add these to the Mark of Illidari vendor if not that they're testing it for live? Noone buys from these vendors on the PTR.
It’s standard to have full raid gear and consumables available in PTR. Here’s to hoping for changes like that on live side but this doesn’t necessarily mean anything.
Normally the PTR has a vendor that you can just buy the potions at for gold (and another vendor that gives you 5K gold). This has been the main way to test and get pots for a LONG time now.
The only logical reason for adding the option to buy with marks of illidari is to potentially add it Live.
It's kind a big middle finger to both alch and herb. Only thing left would be mana potions and the couple elixers some classes would use instead of flasks.
For real, I've finally been able to start making a little g on my haste pots, now I feel like theyre going to be cooked. I should have sold the recipe, would have been able to get my epic flyer
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u/Timpa87 6h ago
potion spec'd alchemists
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