Why is Locustlure so expensive?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

I just think it’s always good to have that proverbial gear to shift to. Slow item in the bag is a serious advantage. It’s not always needed but why not carry it? That and a tash stick might save the day…

Agreed. Most people can spare two bag slots for those items, and they are both great proc weapons. They aren't very expensive too.

[Cecily]

It's a raid item. Very bad DPS. Very bad group utility. It will not land when you want it to. It will land on Zlandi precisely once, and you'll justify carrying it with you forever because of that. It will fuck with GINA timers and piss off shamans incapable of playing without 3rd party programs. It's expensive because it's fairly rare like most KC weapons and a toy.

[Goregasmic]

Late to the party but for what it is worth it isn't that rare. Like 7 mobs can spawn him, he's nearly always up if you clean the moat. I did 54 on ranger killing ent/moat and parked chanter there to clean up on named and I got 5 locustlures so far.

The issue is he's a tough cookie so most soloers won't touch him and most groups strong enough to handle him will move deeper and never look back. Doesn't help that the moat is often filled with callers/curates which tend to be annoying for a lot of classes. Oh and if he has the locustlure he'll perma slow you, your pet or your tank which makes it irritating. A couple of the locustlures I got, scryer was on track for over an hour before I decided to check him out. People leave him alone if KC isn't packed.

[Snaggles]

Seems a decent carrot on the stick for those needing a buffer in 60.