Farming mats is now such a pain

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Leveling my Herbalism/Alchemy alt this morning, I went to the Wetlands and had to kill lots of groups of mobs in order to gather a single herb. (Nine raptors in order to gather one Kingsblood? C’mon!) This is such a pain because now there are so many more mobs and they’re now all at “my level” so I have to fight them all to level my professions.

I understand that I’m gaining XP with each kill but I don’t want the vendor trash and I don’t want to waste my time. I miss being able to ride through low-level areas and gather my materials unmolested by a bunch of mobs, each triggered when I touch a materials node of some kind.

Bad design change!

(And yes, I understand I can always play Classic. I’m venting. Indulge me!)

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Go to Stranglethorn Vale.

There’s kingsblood every 10 feet.

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At least herbs are area specific and you can find places to farm specific ones. Recently leveled vanilla enchanting in retail. At max level any green drops or quest rewards give max level enchanting mats. If you need the lower level mats you have to craft low level gear. Was doable but definitely a pain.