Grime-Encrusted Salvage Gripes

WoW Classic Season of Discovery
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Gripe #1: Drop rate of Grime-Encrusted Salvage - too low. We had 19 drop including the mini-boss last raid. The salvage yields 1-3 profession mats per turn in. When you need 25x profession mats to make your item you could potentially need to clean TWENTY FIVE of these bad boys. They’re 16g each on our server right now. It’s cheaper to buy the finished profession mat than buy the Salvage to clean. Doesn’t make sense.

Idea to fix: Increase the drop rate inside the raid so players get at least 3-5 Salvage EACH on average OR give us 3-5x profession mats off each salvage.

Gripe #2. They nerfed the mobs outside of the raid from dropping Grime-Encrusted Salvage - Why? This kept prices down and allowed people to make some gold farming or not pay astronomical prices for the Salvages on the AH. Once again you need up to 25 of these to make your prof item. I currently have 4 prof mats off of two cleans. So basically I need to wait 2-3 weeks to DIY craft my item unless I just buy the mats off the AH. It’s just beyond my logic.

Idea to fix: See above

Gripe #3. It makes more sense to quest/farm OUTSIDE the raid to make gold to buy the finished stuff off the AH. I like DIYing my own items and I believe that the Devs WANT US to make our own stuff. It shouldn’t cost MORE to make your own stuff by cleaning Salvage than buying finished product off the AH.

Idea to fix: See above

Unrelated but weird and silly: Gnomer mobs dropping Wool (Not even silk?!) - did we forget to change the loot tables? I was getting mageweave drops in SM Library. Come on.

Idea to fix: Change loot tables to proper mLvL

EDIT: I understand we’re going to a 3 day lockout. My point still stands. We shouldn’t be forced to buy mats off the AH to supplement raid drops. Professions are historically DIY and this is not DIY. Maybe the P1 profession items were TOO EASY to get, but I think these are TOO EXPENSIVE.

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drop rate should be tripled at least

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I disagree. I think it shold only have 5 drop a raid.

now that its 3 day lockouts

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im confused, we are moving to the 3 day lock out shortly.

it took me i think 15ish to get my items done.

I was getting between 2x and 5x total from each turn in (combining both profession items)

Is a 10 man raid getting over 1x epic per lockout too little? given it can be even supplemented by auction house.

do we need everyone to have the epics done in 1 week? whats the logic here. This raid is here for like a few months

Also worth noting with tomorrows lockout being 3 days, prices will plummet.

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Fair point, and the prices of the salvages will absolutely drop soon. That being said, you still need to clear the raid to get salvages so you’re spending twice as much time doing it so you should be getting double the materials in theory. Also that will screw over people who can’t raid twice a week, but that’s not me.

Pay 40g for the Prof patterns and be forced to buy mats off the AH because the drop rates are too low? I see what you’re saying but it doesn’t make sense to me either.