Primal Nethers and Nether Vortexes are currently Bind on Equip on the PTR, instead of BoP (confirmation here), and this has sparked quite a lot of discussion; I just watched a debate scroll past in guildchat while in an instance.
To be honest, I like the change; it’s something I’ve been hoping for for a while. It puts the onus to get the nether on the person who wants something crafted. I realise it may affect people who’ve made a lot of money from crafting and charging a premium for their nethers, but there are other ways of making money.
Two things I’ve found problematic about nethers being BoP:
- guild crafters are expected to provide nethers for guildmembers who want things crafted, regardless of whether the nether (which has usually been ‘earnt’ on a guild run) is going to a cause that benefits the guild or not.
- it becomes hard to allocate BoP crafting patterns if they’re for recipes that require nethers; you have to try and assign the patterns to people who are reliably going to have access to nethers, without offending the crafters who don’t make the effort to do heroics.
This change cuts through all that: you provide the mats, the crafter makes it for you. If you don’t put the work in to get the nether, you don’t get the item made. The crafter is under no pressure to provide a nether, either. And, finally, if you want nether-requiring gear on your alts you can now go and instance for the nethers on your main, without having to take a badly-geared alt into a heroic and drag the group down.
I wonder why they don’t do the same with Primal Nethers. It works the exact same way.
Oh wait, they changed nethers aswell, my bad.
Yep :) I was going to ask what you meant!
I think this is a great change. And those who charged a premium for them while crafting, can charge the same premium in /trade or the AH.
But it makes it easier for the rest of us to get those better enchants, at a price negotiated on a more open market (if that’s the route one goes).
i only see one thing. it used to be that not too many people needed PN. I’m an engineer, and don’t use them too often, but i do get them every now and then because no one else can use them some times, either they are pure gathering, or just dont have the recipe. with them being BOE there is going to be a roll for it EVERY time. since everyone likes gold. though all in all it should bring down the price of vortexes feathermoon so im for it.
I think that’s fair, TBH. I don’t get to pick up all the blue gems just because I’m the only jewelcrafter; enchanters don’t keep shards just because they’re the only enchanter.