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Ilianis
09-02-2008, 12:52 PM
Ok, just a quick thing.
Firstly, Where do all the really good elixirs (the 2 hour stuff etc) drop? are they from instances or raids?
And Secondly, Anyone know what the most valuable alchemy specialisation is? elixirs, potions or transmute?

Jammel
Ilianis
09-02-2008, 01:31 PM
ok forget my first question. I've just realised that they are discoveries :)
Ilianis
13-02-2008, 11:26 AM
I think i can bump now cant i?
*bump*
Aerath
13-02-2008, 11:56 AM
No bumping, but I'll answer yer question anyway.

They're all about equally valuable.

Transmuting is more bang for your buck if you hit the jackpot, but Elixirs is just as good in the long term.

I think it mostly depends on what you yourself actually need.
Ilianis
13-02-2008, 02:29 PM
what about Potions?
Clavina
13-02-2008, 02:42 PM
People will always need mana and healing potions, before you go down that route I would check the AH though. If theres 47862435125 pages of super mana/healing pot listings then I wouldn't bother...
Aerath
13-02-2008, 04:45 PM
People will always need mana and healing potions, before you go down that route I would check the AH though. If theres 47862435125 pages of super mana/healing pot listings then I wouldn't bother...

Yup, and since you get quite a few of 'em when grinding/questing etc, I didn't find it as interesting. Especially not since none of my characters are likely to use a lot of 'em.

It's not bad though, if you can get a few of the more interesting recipes.

On a sidenote, if you do go take the Transmute mastery... Don't do the quest. Get potion mastery instead and then ditch it and get Transmute Mastery for 120g. Far cheaper than shelling out 5 Primal Mights.
Ilianis
13-02-2008, 10:02 PM
oh righto
dont you think its a biit stupid that you have to go to a level 70 instance but you can get the quests at level 68?
Aerath
14-02-2008, 12:22 AM
oh righto
dont you think its a biit stupid that you have to go to a level 70 instance but you can get the quests at level 68?

Druids can enter Botanica at level 68. Everyone else can other the BM at 68.
irogue
14-02-2008, 04:16 PM
Yup, and since you get quite a few of 'em when grinding/questing etc, I didn't find it as interesting. Especially not since none of my characters are likely to use a lot of 'em.

It's not bad though, if you can get a few of the more interesting recipes.

On a sidenote, if you do go take the Transmute mastery... Don't do the quest. Get potion mastery instead and then ditch it and get Transmute Mastery for 120g. Far cheaper than shelling out 5 Primal Mights.

IMHO, I think doing TK (Master of Potions) or BM (Master of Elixirs) is more tedious than just handing in 4 primal might (Master of Transmutation). When the transmute proc, you will get your 4 primal might back....

:smiley:
Aerath
14-02-2008, 08:44 PM
Depends on what you value more - time or money, I suppose.

Buying some primal mights off the AH takes no time at all. It does cost you 80-100g a pop.
Running through BM or Botanica doesn't cost you anything and the potions/elixirs are cheap. It does require you to actually run through a dungeon at least once, possibly more.