Extra 2.1.0 news: Tigole talks raiding and consumables

By Elizabeth Wachowski

WoW raid designer Tigole made some very interesting comments about the change to consumables and raiding in 2.1.0 — but he didn't do it on the official forums. Rather, he made a series of posts on the Elitist Jerks board. Full quotes can be found in the link, but the basics are:

  • The power of flasks and costs to make flasks have been greatly reduced. This is the big one, meant to reduce a lot of the cries about "necessary consumables" in raiding.
  • Raid DPS will go up due to the Glancing Blows nerf and other class changes.
  • Encounters where DPS was not tuned around flasking will be retuned.
  • A new system will be put in where raiders will have "easy access" to flasks in 25-mans, and dungeongoers will have access to potions in 5-mans. For example, he says, a Coilfang Armaments drop might be worth a Super Mana Potion.

General reaction from the community on the board is positive, but what do you think? Will this be good for raiders and alchemists alike, or will someone come out the loser?

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