Insider Trader: Who keeps the shards?

Posted by admin on 03 7th, 2009

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Filed under: Items , Analysis / Opinion , Instances , Expansions , Features , Raiding , Burning Crusade , Leveling , Making money , Enchants , (Professions) Insider Trader , Wrath of the Lich King Insider Trader is your inside line on making, selling, buying and using player-made products. In the Burning Crusade , an Enchanter’s job in a raid or dungeon was to disenchant the boss drops that no one wanted into Large Prismatic Shards, and the entire group would roll for them. This was considered the standard, and was the fairest way to divide up the loot. Instead of rolling on the bind on pick-up items that were not wanted, in order to sell them to a vendor for profit or to help pay for the repair bill, they were turned into something more useful. Prismatics sold for more at auction than a vendor would pay, and the shards could be saved for when the characters needed something enchanted. All of this changed in Wrath of the Lich King . Suddenly, many Enchanters were acting like anyone who expected to roll for shards were selfish and clueless, and it has since become the norm for the Enchanter to keep all of the shards. This week, I’ll be discussing the reasons behind the change, and reassessing just how fair the change really is. Continue reading Insider Trader: Who keeps the shards? Insider Trader: Who keeps the shards? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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