Monday, October 10, 2016

Ode to Rational Potions, Flasks, and Food

Ode to Rational Potions, Flasks, and Food

I know that new crafted goods would be more expensive in Legion. Prices always jump into the stratosphere when crafters are looking for or gathering materials to make the next great things for leveling characters, raiders, PvPers, etc.  What did surprise me is where some prices have soared so high it seems inconceivable that anyone would pay that kind of gold.

Gathering mats, such as the new cloth (ashal'dori silk), leather (stonehide), mail (leyblood) and plate (stormscale) are following the expected pattern of high prices early and quick price drops as mats become more available. Prices will stabilize for awhile and then drop again, until a true price is reached. Chaitee keeps watch and buys when she sees a bargain. Then, when there is a spike in price, she sells to gain gold to start buying again. Nothing new here.

However, the makers of food, flasks, and potions in Legion apparently live on another planet.

For example, the Flask of Ten Thousand Stars is a flask that grants increased stamina for one hour. ONE of these flasks cost 900 gold on the AH. ONE Flask of the Seventh Demon that grants increased agility for one hour costs - get this - 1,570 gold. For just one! And that's at a 71% discount. Yes, these costs fluctuate, sometimes wildly, but the fact that people are paying those kind of prices . . . 

For another example, look at the price of a common Legion food, like Azshari Salad, which grants renewed health, mana and haste. It's selling for over 400 gold for a single salad.

Potions are also highly priced, but are far more reasonable on Legion's wild scale. Common potions like Ancient Mana and rejuvenation cost between 40 - 60 gold apiece.

There's one food addition that's worthwhile having - Crispy Bacon. One crispy bacon will set you back only 20 gold or so. What it does is extend your well fed buff by an additional hour (so you don't have to pay the full price of a food item). Keep a lot of these handy if you regularly need food and potions.

However, not even guild leader Tiphaine wants to spend over a thousand gold for a single flask, or 400 gold for a salad. That's madness.

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