New pocket items hit the AH. Gold farmers rejoice.

The laughable auction house prices have returned. I predicted that with the release of Book 14 we'd see a significant jump in the availability of Etched Beryl on the AH and a slow and steady decrease in the cost of these items. We have indeed seen this happen. I ranted about this in the past because I thought Turbine was trying to eliminate the big money sink item from the AH. With the ring-lore quest producing level 45 items (i.e. slime, rune...), the increased number of engraved beryl recipes and the addition of Grand Master crafting recipes I predicted the market for consumables to rise and the bank accounts of most players to grow. I was mistaken.

It turns out Turbine indeed wants a series of money sink items to be available on the AH and not available to random gold farmer.

Take the Gold Sewing Needle for example.

Bind on Equip

Bauble

Cooldown: 25m

+15 Will

+45 Maximum Power

+15 Fate

+15 Vitality

+5% Out of Combat Run Speed

+2 Patience

Durability 100 / 100

Minimum Level: 50

This is quite the excellent piece of pocket itemage. But is it worth lining the pockets of some nub with 10 - 30 gold? I think not. Why the price? On my server you will find the prices for the new teal items jacked up that high. I'm going to begin to compile a list of them and see which ones work best for us minis. This one is one of my current favorites. It shreds the Vial of water and any of the scales simply because of its balance. Well, so far. I need to put on the lab coat and begin evaluating.