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Potion of treasure finding

Urbin

1/4/2011 9:22:00 AM

I've made myself some "potion of treasure finding" and quaffed some while
questing through dailies and Mt Hyjal. I am not impressed!

During the hour I quested in Hyjal, I found four treasure chests. They
contained between 2 and 4 gold, 9 embersilk and one volatile fire.
Considering how much I could get for the herbs that go into those potions
that doesn't look like it's very attractive.

During the hour I did dailies, I found *one* treasure chest which contained
3 gold, an even more meagre result.

I realise that I didn't perma-grind mobs, I took time travelling between
(daily) quest hubs, reading quest texts, travelling between mob locations
etc, but still, I would have expected more.

Does the frequency of chest drops and/or quality of contents scale with mob
level?

What is your experience with these potions? Not worth it at all? Only worth
it when farming mobs non stop (with little travel and down time)? Worth it
to have on active constantly?

Just wondering.

Cheers
Urbin

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Urbin (85), Hunter | Surana (70), Mage | Greeta (62), Rogue
Mymule (80), Warlock | Kordosch (75), Deathknight | Gera (26), Paladin
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5 Answers

ScottM

1/4/2011 12:41:00 PM

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There was a post a while back regarding the potion, and Deepholm mobs.
My tailoring Ret pally goes out with the potion buff and farms
Swarmers and bats for an hour, he comes back with between 8 and 16
stacks of Embersilk cloth, (200 - 400g / stack), >4 Vols, buncha
greens, the occasional blue, buncha gold from junk and chests. Yeah,
it's a pure farming grind but for 8+ stacks of Embersilk it's not
intolerable.

One strategy I've used is that there are friendly elites in the area,
(Sons of Kor?). All the pally has to do is AoE 1-4 groups of Swarmers
(at 4-6 mobs per group) near a SoK, and the elite will wipe the mobs
in ~10 seconds. All he has to do is heal himself and loot before the
next group comes along. Combine this with groups of bats and you'll
see a 1-2 chest drops every other group or so.

ScottM

1/4/2011 12:48:00 PM

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So, to answer your question, (darn Return key), you'll maximise your
returns if you're marathon grinding. I don't think theres a level
scale involved, but I think it's better to use it when farming mobs v.
regular questing.


S.

Zil

1/4/2011 1:23:00 PM

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On 2011-01-04, ScottM <massey.sa@gmail.com> wrote:
> There was a post a while back regarding the potion, and Deepholm mobs.

Yes, that was by me.

> One strategy I've used is that there are friendly elites in the area,
> (Sons of Kor?). All the pally has to do is AoE 1-4 groups of Swarmers
> (at 4-6 mobs per group) near a SoK, and the elite will wipe the mobs
> in ~10 seconds. All he has to do is heal himself and loot before the
> next group comes along. Combine this with groups of bats and you'll
> see a 1-2 chest drops every other group or so.

Exactly where I was farming (except they made the bats unskinnable now,
*sniff*).

I think the Potion Of Treasure Finding only pays off if you're killing lots of
mobs. I was farming the swarmers & bats, which come in groups of 5-8 mobs,
each with about 10k health, so it's easy to kill large quantities. Especially
when you're multi-boxing, as I was, and thus have extra firepower.

Over the hour that the potion lastesd I was getting 20-30 small treasure chests
(in addition to the other cloth & leather I was getting), which turned out to
be quite profitable.

I'd have thought the potions are not worth the cost if you're just doing normal
questing or dailies, though.

--
Zil, Holy Priest, Whact, Stormrage (EU)

Urbin

1/4/2011 2:01:00 PM

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On 04 Jan 2011 13:22:40 GMT, Dave Weaver wrote:
> On 2011-01-04, ScottM <massey.sa@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There was a post a while back regarding the potion, and Deepholm mobs.
>
> Yes, that was by me.

Yes, I've bookmarked that post and that was what made me wonder why my
potions didn't seem to pay back as well as yours.

> > One strategy I've used is that there are friendly elites in the area,
> > (Sons of Kor?). All the pally has to do is AoE 1-4 groups of Swarmers
> > (at 4-6 mobs per group) near a SoK, and the elite will wipe the mobs
> > in ~10 seconds. All he has to do is heal himself and loot before the
> > next group comes along. Combine this with groups of bats and you'll
> > see a 1-2 chest drops every other group or so.
>
> Exactly where I was farming (except they made the bats unskinnable now,
> *sniff*).

Not being a skinner on my main, that does not hurt me yet :-)

> I think the Potion Of Treasure Finding only pays off if you're killing lots of
> mobs.

That also seems to be Scott's conclusion in his follow up to himself, yes.

> Over the hour that the potion lastesd I was getting 20-30 small treasure chests
> (in addition to the other cloth & leather I was getting), which turned out to
> be quite profitable.

Yes, that *does* sound quite nice.

> I'd have thought the potions are not worth the cost if you're just doing normal
> questing or dailies, though.

Thanks for confirming this. I'll make a few more and keep them for those
occasions then.

Cheers
Urbin
--
Dun Morogh-EU (PvE) | Juran (65), Druid
Urbin (85), Hunter | Surana (70), Mage | Greeta (62), Rogue
Mymule (80), Warlock | Kordosch (75), Deathknight | Gera (26), Paladin
Sunh (80), Priest | Taalas (73), Shaman | Vargal (14), Warrior

ASKF

1/5/2011 9:40:00 PM

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ScottM ytrede sig i
<0ed976c5-9d73-47ee-881e-94984ba8a95c@p38g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> med
dette:

>So, to answer your question, (darn Return key), you'll maximise your
>returns if you're marathon grinding. I don't think theres a level
>scale involved, but I think it's better to use it when farming mobs v.
>regular questing.

In some months the price for the mats will most likely have dropped
significantly, thus the situations where it is worth using it, will most
likely increase.
--
Allan Stig Kiilerich Frederiksen
"When you try to change a mans paradigm, you must keep in mind that he
can hear you only through the filter of the paradigm he holds."
-Myron Tribus