I trying to learn for my guild an it blow up 4-5 times on the first research WTF
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Yeah my friend was complaining about this last night. Should probably be changed so it doesn’t happen that often since afaik the biggest limiter on getting Alchemy leveled up is the experiments to learn new recipes whereas for most other crafting professions it’s rep (or at least Leatherworking).
I had managed to make it to the mid 60s for Alchemy without blowing up once, somehow, until late last night. It happened and I logged off cause it was late anyway. But then when I tried to experiment more this morning, the very first one blew up. 
if it happens the very first try after the 4 hours again, then yeah…that’s irritating.
Could be worse. You could not be learning recipes while experimenting. I’ve maxed alchemy and have advanced potion experimentation and I’ve gotten almost no potions discovered.
Is alchemy the only crafting skill that requires you to use a system of deconstruction items you have made for a random chance to learn something new or that may backfire and leave you with a four hour cool down? And for the love of god, could we finally get some damn decent trinkets to craft…
Trinkets are sadly locked behind renown with factions. I’m aiming for the potion alch trinket but it’s locked behind centaur renown 13.
I should also add if you get any of the advanced experimentation phial or potion, the cd on those is 2 hours.
Also remember to check your bags for liquid courage, you can receive it from experimentation and it resets your cd on alch.
Yeah, the liquid courage allows you to blow yourself up twice in a row…
Alchemy has been a pain, logging in every four hours and usually get one success (for alch skill level not new pot/phial) and then blown up. Add in that it was removed for two days (I’m guessing the success rate was too high since it used to let me do two or three before getting blown up).
It still can let you do multiple in a row just rare, no change there.
The reason it was disabled was because of a bug where you could reset the alch cd simply by logging out and back in
It’s just annoying, both of the reset I got blew up on me first attempt. I honestly feel like maybe my toon is too stupid to be an alchemist!
I have found the master, talked to the dragon stone person, found all the alchemy items, done the consortium quests and bought their knowledge, visited the dark fair, bought best equipment I could, crafted all the first crafts (that I know), and payed an inscriptionist for knowledge! I accumulated it into experimentation and STILL after waiting for my four hours CD my first attempt blows up on me.
This is getting annoying. Blowing up the first time, every time now. Waiting doesn’t work. Liquid courage doesn’t work. No progression.
You can get potions that remove the cooldown on it. Also do not complain. Before this mess had a 20 hour cooldown… Even if it blows up on you, its only a 4 hour CD…
First I was locked out of experimenting on the first day I logged into Df, then when they ‘fixed’ it I was able to experiment 6-7 times before blowing up. That lasted 2 days. Ever since it is at best 3 experienced before it explodes, then a 4 hour wait. …Meanwhile I see other professions selling total max profession items.
This has made me rethink being an alchemist. I have been one since the beginning on my druid. I have loved it - but not this expansion. If it were any other profession I would have dumped it by now. Not sure what Blizz is trying to do here. A real pain to get blown up after 1 experiment then have to wait 4 hours - to be blown up again. I think I will go back to another game for a few months till they decided to fix some of this bs.
They actually are putting in a patch to fix that, where you can’t be constantly blown up.
It’s already in place that hotfix