Vendoring Enchanting Mats

OK Blizz, I aint happy...



So the latest 4.3 PTR notes:

Patch 4.3: Enchanting Changes
Enchanting also got an adjustment, as it seems that you can now vendor enchanting materials on the PTR.

Selling to Vendor Prices

• Hypnotic Dust - Sells for 60s
• Greater Celestial Essence - Sells for 3g
• Heavenly Shard - Sells for 1g80s
• Maelstrom Crystal - Sells for 3g

48 Hour Auction House Deposit Fee (1 for 48 Hours currently)

• Hypnotic Dust - 36s
• Greater Celestial Essence - 1g80s
• Heavenly Shard - 1g8s
• Maelstrom Crystal - 1g80s

Erm... stop Blizzard. It was bad enough when you introduced a 1s deposit for every item being posted on the AH, but please? Vendor prices for enchanting mats? Are you trying to screw with my plans for world domination?

In all seriousness this is a massive change for those like my good self who make a chunk of money from the bottom feeding activity of DEing armour and weapons and selling off the enchanting mats for profit. This has been my bread and butter since day one, and what made it far more attractive than being a gem-bunny was the fact the risk of getting stung by posting fees was non-existent.

It will be interesting to see if enchanting mats below the Cata mats are also affected in a similar way. I personally make more money out of pre-cata mats than I do the current ones, so the sky might not be falling completely. However one obvious effect will be that people will back away from posting cata mats come 4.3, so watch for a drop in numbers on the AH