Today's update

[bellinghman]

So today, we see WoW 2.1. Roughly 385MB of update, with a details list longer than I've seen in absolutely ages.

ETA: I should clarify that, being 2.1, this is not a set of bugfixes - this is major extra content, the first since the release of Burning Crusade.

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[gmh.livejournal.com]

In related news: the prospecting rate doesn't seem to be 100%; I've gone through about 50 stacks of ore this morning and gotten about 40 gems.

And the Barrier Hills now have non-elite 70+ ogres wandering around mixed with elite 71 ogres.

Adamantite ore appears to have pretty much doubled in price on the AH - yay for reserve stocks of ore.

I'm currently doing most of the gems at a flat 45g start 50g buyout; they seem to be selling well, as most of the existing sellers seem to be trying to stick to pre-2.1 pricing.

[songster.livejournal.com]

The 100% figure in the patch notes means you should get at least a green gem on every prospect - no more prospects that only give powder. It's not clear yet what the new rate of blue gems is. Used to be 60%, it's supposed to be substantially up from that.

Will see how prices settle this evening and the next few days before I start flooding the market. Don't push it down to 50g if you don't have to! Or I'll swallow your soul.

[gmh.livejournal.com]

no more prospects that only give powder

Do you mean that every stack should have at least one green gem, or that every prospect (of 5 ore) should give you one gem?

I've had a fair old number of powder-only prospects today; not over an entire stack, though - and on average I get a greenie per prospect.

As for the pricing; I'm mainly trying to build up a cash reserve for when the new recipes hit the AH; I imagine they're going to be pricy.

[songster.livejournal.com]

According to the patch notes, "Prospecting now always yields at least 1 gem". So you shouldn't be seeing any powder-only prospects. Coupled with the fact that you haven't seen a drastic change from pre-patch numbers of rare gems, I wonder if this is a change that didn't actually make it.

What's the vendor value of the uncommon gems now? It's supposed to drop to 25s.

[gmh.livejournal.com]

Vendor value has reduced to 25s; it may be that I was just a little unlucky with the ore I prospected this morning.