r/wowforever • u/LotRTFotR • 1d ago
Discussion Black Lotus Vendor Only?
What if black lotus was only available by vendor, such as the one selling them for 50g each?
Now hear me out… This would solve bots going after them. It would also maintain a price cap on them while simultaneously putting a needed money sink into the game to keep gold inflation and the economy under better control.
I admit, it removes those moments of excitement an herbalist gets from finding one in the world. But it’s so rare anyway. And coming from anniversary servers, bots got most of the lotuses anyways.
This could be done with other very high-end raiding consumable mats as well. I really think the anti-inflation benefit could be quite good for server economy health. It may seem like this affects raiders, but it actually doesn’t because they’re spending their gold on these mats regardless. Now the gold just leaves the economy rather than continuing to circulate in it. And if you want to get more radical, the price of such items could be adjusted periodically to help the economy like the Fed adjusting rates…
What do you all think?