nk474 wrote: »

Yes. Especially for those Columbine and Namara's Rot. Never have enough of those, or the guild stores either it seems.

Truth be told I would like it simply because I often find myself running out of particular mats and get tired of running around for them. Plus potions don't last as long as Meals or drinks and provisioning has a hireling you know? Which struck me as odd why provisioning has a hireling considering that fact but not alchemy. Plus I need something else to put my SP because I have so many now.

We have been asking this question since early days of Beta. We have Snakeblood which does not really help anyone, as no one needs to make a potion with negative effects. I think you can make a potion that has negative effects, but there are combos that give pretty much anything you need that don't have negative effects.

I have always thought that it should be a passive that gives a better chance to get multiple reagents out of a node. But, now we have that in the Champ System, so maybe they listened to me, lol. I even remember a time when the Increase Farm rate first came out when I was getting 3 to 6 flowers per plant. It only lasted about 3 or 4 days, but it was nice while it was going on. They did extend the increased farm rate to Alchemy Nodes so you can get 4 flowers. Of course the Writs themselves pay in Reagents too.

So, we go back to wanting an Alchemy Hireling. But there may not really be any need for it.

Note, how I farm alchemy is not to go out and farm it specifically, I just pick plants as I go from one place to antother. Usually that means jumping on and off my horse like I have a springboard on my saddle, but it can add up to a surprising amount of reagents in not that long a time frame.