The Spirit Realm

We've made some dramatic changes to the Alchemy Tradeskill which include both the recipes as well as the products. We've taken some time to evaluate the Alchemy skill as a whole and make some very substantial changes in per-combine pricing, sellback pricing, skill-up paths, and product desirability -- All of which will prove to be beneficial for patrons of the skill.

Now, without getting too deep into the changes made, and without spoiling some of the things you'll see in the expansion… We would like to take a moment here to briefly mention the more intrusive changes in the hopes that you will be able to more adequately prepare yourselves for them.

First, we have modified nearly every alchemical recipe that currently exists in game, and when these changes get pushed out to the Live servers, many of the old recipes will no longer work. This means you may find a number of the ingredients you have been carefully stockpiling for months are no longer valid. This also means that it is recommended that you use them up before the next update (which is currently scheduled for the 21st.)

Second, we have modified nearly every vendor purchased alchemical herb that currently exists in game, as well as adding a host of new herbs that we use in the new recipes. There are no cases where we increased the value of an herb, so stockpiling vendor purchased herbs now in the hopes of gaining money is a bit of a futile attempt. We do not recommend it.

Finally, we do not ordinarily announce changes of this nature, however… Given the amount of time and money that some alchemists have spent gathering materials, we would hate to see them suddenly become useless overnight. Please make sure that you use your time and items wisely and as soon as you can.

Nice to have the head's up. Guess it's time to start clearing out the old bank account. I was hoping to save up a bunch of stuff and do my skill ups all at once, but I'll use up what I have now rather than loose what I've already saved.

awsome for you to post, thanks a bunch for the heads up. i can't wait to see what changes are incoming.

promise we will hold off on the flames until we see the implimentation

thanks for the heads up Ngreth

must... hack... out... last 8 points! (292 and stuck in a rut!)
=)

I'm in a rut too at 295 and was holding off till the patch so I could stock up with the extra bank space.

Guess I shouldn't wait now.

Well I hope this is a change that will actually allow me to afford to do the skill ups. I spent 10k to get 2 skill ups. That is insane. Probably more of a very bad streak but still...

Thank you, Morjarda. That was very enlightening. It makes smithing my own armor appear actually feasible. Taking that article and doing some math for GM BPs it seems that you’d need 4 MDSs on average to make one … 3 needed – 60% success rate => 5 – Salvage 3 (25%) = 4 x 20K on our server vs. 150K ...

Sorry for derailing this thread, though.

Great Information Thanks!