the grey items you make with archeology have no use correct? You don't save them up an turnt hem into Harrison Ford for bonus points or something of that nature? They're grey that means vendor. Ok? Yeah...right, got it.

 

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Yeah, junk.

 

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Vendor away! There are various achievements for finding them, but you certainly don't need to keep them or do anything with them.

 

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Which lore-wise I think is kind of stupid. Imagine if Indiana Jones, upon finding the Ark, decides to pawn it away at one of those merchants in Egypt lol. They should've of at least made it so you get a little exp when you turn it in.

We had a newbie in guild, poor kid likes lots of hand holding. A couple of us couldn't help having a wee bit of fun at his expense.


Newb: Do you have to buy a mining pick to do archeology?


Me: Yes, and you need a set of dusters and archeology tools.


Guildie 1: Don't get forget your brushers and archeology kit!


Me: Brushes, dusters, whatever!


Newb: Is it hard? Does it take a lot of gold to level?


Me: Yes. You have to go dig up things and then you have to clean them and get all the pieces to put them together. Takes a lot of time.


Guilde 1: Yeah, once you make things, you need ot save them and turn them into Harrison Jones in Uldum after you've done all his quests.


Me: Yeah, I didn't know that, saving up stuff now. I'm almost out of bag space! And you have pay someone to help you put artifacts together sometimes in order to learn them too.


Newb: Where do you start training it? Is there a quest or something.


Me: Yeah there's a big long quest chain that starts with a dropped item in one of hte digs, have to go farmf or it.


Guildie 1: It's a pain to get the drop but I can tell youa llt eh stuff you'll need to get to finish the quest. 5 Hardened elementium, 4 Pyrium, a stack of Azshara's Veil, 12 volatile earth....


Poor kid was freaking ot at that point so we finally broke told and told him before he started blowing gold on the AH.


Flip side is I made myself paranoid thinking htere might be something you can do with those little gray items...

 

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as another note, the canopic jars from Uldum, can be opened after you make them. Which is where the mount recipe can be found.

I'm working on the mats and archeology to get the vial. I wonder if i'll get the mount or the big bags of gold...

I got my first mini-pet from this secondary. The skeletal raptor. That was definitely a plus after too many common items.

 

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Yeah not sure wha tI thinka bout all the little gray items. With other professions, I dind't liek leveling it up because the lowbie stuff had such limited uses. Well now they have no use! Oh wait, vendor! 10s! Go me!


Is it better to be obviously useless? I think we shoudl be able to discover random equippable green stuff at least. Or at least a 100 year old jug of ale at a dwarven dig. Msakes you huge and gives you a 10m enrage while singing bawdy songs at full volume.

 

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Agreed. It be cool if more of the items were at least fluff or cosmetic, but I suppose the rares and epics are to balance the lack of 'useful' finds.

 

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