Cataclysm Healing and Mana Potions

[astra]

Is alchemy going to be the only source for these? I have yet to see any drop...

[darkfireyguy]

I think so I never saw one while leveling, I may have been just unluckly

I had to buy then off the AH for 250g for 10

[zephurwitch]

It makes complete sense to me. you want enchants to make yourself better, you find an enchanter, you want gems to make yourself better, you find a jewelcrafter. So why not need to find an alchemist if you need potions?

[Sedative]

It makes complete sense to me. you want enchants to make yourself better, you find an enchanter, you want gems to make yourself better, you find a jewelcrafter. So why not need to find an alchemist if you need potions?

Lets start with the fact that enchants and gems aren't 1 time use consumables.

[Vermicious]

once the herb prices come down they will be more reasonable on the AH... right now you can't even sell them for the cost of mats

[zephurwitch]

Lets start with the fact that enchants and gems aren't 1 time use consumables.

and at the same time...potions dont cost NEARLY as much as enchants or gems...at least when prices start to stablize

[Sedative]

and at the same time...potions dont cost NEARLY as much as enchants or gems...at least when prices start to stablize

Tell that to the people paying 250g for mana pots...I'm not going to entertain the rebuttal of "but its only because herb prices are high"...

The discussion is about what we're paying right now, not 6 months from now.

[chipsky]

Tell that to the people paying 250g for mana pots...I'm not going to entertain the rebuttal of "but its only because herb prices are high"...

The discussion is about what we're paying right now, not 6 months from now.

Like most other items... if people are paying the price, they will stay expensive. I've been putting plants up at 2/3 the price of listed auctions and they sell in seconds. 12g for a single herb is insane, but I have people sending me tells offering that and more.

I find it interesting that (if its true) Blizzard didn't add healing/mana potions into the loot drop table. I've not sold any specifically, but will do so later today. You have me curious.

When herb prices normalize, the potion cost will be close with a small markup (nobody wants to hear that now). That is presuming that this isn't the "new" economy and people just have more gold at their disposal.

[Deleted]

Tell that to the people paying 250g for mana pots...I'm not going to entertain the rebuttal of "but its only because herb prices are high"...

The discussion is about what we're paying right now, not 6 months from now.

Although the thread is whether or not ALch is the source of them.

[xandamere]

Personally, and this is as somebody who doesn't have a potion-specced alchemist, I think this is a great change. For a long time the only real source of money for alchemists has been their transmutes. Flasks have sold well but at very low margins.

Now we finally have elixirs that are useful and will make people consider using them in raids instead of just flasking, and we have non-farmable potions. I think it's great that alchemists have more ways to make money in Cataclysm.

[Sedative]

Although the thread is whether or not ALch is the source of them.

Certainly, which in turn effects the supply and demand and what people are willing to pay for them off the AH. If it turns out that they are in fact ONLY obtainable via Alchemy, don't expect the prices to drop by a drastic amount. Herbs are still used for a number of things outside of Mana pots.

Not only will more people be forced to buy them due to a lack of looting them on their daily adventures, but you're no longer going to have the non-mana using classes putting their looted pots up on the AH. The market will be controlled by the crafters.

[Asmin]

I think so I never saw one while leveling, I may have been just unluckly

I had to buy then off the AH for 250g for 10

lucky our server they were 5x 250g....

[Dangerjoe]

right now i sold mighty rejuv pots for 8g each in 10 stacks... thats the price on my server a critrating + 3% more crit damage meta gem from JC is 1950gold so i can buy

1950/8 = 243 mighty rejuv pots or 1 meta gem.... i fail to see the problem... perhaps the OP's server echonomy is just fubar? reroll server is my only advice

and this is AH prices 17-12-2010 not in 6 months or anything

[AetherMcLoud]

Mana potions are quite easy to make (Cinderbloom and Whiptail IIRC) but healing potions are rather expensive, seeing as they need volatile life which is used for EVERYTHING.