The raid players of WoW Classic are struggling with the costs. The culprit is a particular herb that causes many problems in Classic.
While part of the community in World of Warcraft Classic is celebrating the first “Rank 14” players, PvE players are facing a big problem. Anyone who wants to actively participate in raids should equip themselves with buff materials, such as potions. However, these have exorbitant prices on many realms. This is not due to particularly greedy alchemists, but simply to a lack of resources for the player population.
What are potions? Potions are among the most powerful buffs players can obtain in WoW Classic. They are extremely strong drinks that last for one hour and also work beyond death. They increase the spell power of caster classes, the damage of melee players, or the hit points of tanks. In many raid groups, potions are considered mandatory – those who do not have them will not be taken along.
What is the problem? In order to craft potions, alchemists need a particularly rare herb, namely “Black Lotus”. It has very few spawn points in the entire game world and a single herb has a long cooldown. Therefore, when it is gathered by an herbalist, it can take a long while before the herb reappears.
This leads to a significant shortage of resources and drives the prices of potions up. Depending on the realm, they often range from 60 to 80 gold – a huge sum in Classic. It wasn’t as bad in the “Vanilla” version of World of Warcraft.
Why are the prices so high? The reason for this is the higher realm capacity compared to back then. On Classic realms, there are three to four times as many players as there were on the original realms. More players mean, in this case, a greater demand for potions, but this cannot be met. Because the Black Lotus is still just as rare as it was back then, but now has to suffice for a multiple of the players.
What do the players demand? On the WoW Classic subreddit, a portion of the players has been calling for adjustments for a while. Two ideas are generally discussed:
- Black Lotus should spawn more frequently to accommodate the increased server capacity.
- Black Lotus should no longer appear at fixed spawn points, but randomly at the location of other herbs, so they can no longer be targeted “camped”.
The problem becomes even more dramatic when the Week of Blackwing Lair (BWL) opens its gates. Then many raid players will be craving for potions again.
What do you think about this? Should Blizzard make adjustments? Or should Black Lotus remain the same despite the higher player count?
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