Merchants: Alchemy Pricing

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Originally Posted by Harazzer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.eqtraders.com/items/show_...r=035000000000

Ok you are right about the not sold in Halas thing, they must have added a vendor by Starn at some point and they are sold in EF.

Rejuv costs: Greater are 132p, they have the identical effect and duration as regular rejuv. Also alchemy potions as a whole are way too expensive. Even selling them for marginally above cost no one has any interest. SOW potions are 72p cost to make 10, assuming no fails, i have never sold a 10 dose sow potion at 100p. 26 point ds that stack with mage DS (at 50) 10 dose cost is 390p cant get 450 for one. So its a pretty pointless skill aside from a few things.

Yes there were ingredients added to vendors in both Everfrost and Innothule, eventually, on live.

I am afraid that alchemy was always like this, nearly prohibitively expensive to develop the skill, and not very profitable for selling or use. On our server, it looks as though Journeyman's Boots will be the thing, rather than sow potions, because the boots are so easy to get. This might change, once the boots quest is put in and the drop is removed from Najena, but I doubt it.

In my opinion, we should leave the ingredients pricing exactly as it was in classic. I know it is frustrating to feel that the alchemy skill is useless, mostly; but if we cheapen alchemy, it's a deviation from our classic goals, and it would really only help the shaman class.

I do think that in a very short time, money isn't going to mean very much on our server, since there is a huge amount of it around now. Players might start blowing money on potions at that point for their alts, since they won't have anything else to do with their cash. Perhaps patience will pay off, if you are hoping that alchemy can become more profitable. Certainly the people who are complaining about melee should take a closer look at the DS potion, it can make soloing possible.