Palaka Mistletoe

Said Mistletoe is the niche-sourced ingredient in the new Grade 7 Tincture recipes (and the currency used to purchase it from game vendors is Allagan Tomestones of Astronomy). It's early in 6.2, and so far there is the usual pricing consternation of a debut ingredient - but fwiw this is the worst I've seen in 4 years. The bad news for content players for the time being is that until folks start digging in to the duties which drop Allagan Tomestones of Astronomy in quantity, prices for Grade 7 Tinctures may tend to remain as much as ten times higher than their Grade 6 predecessors.

A 24 world sweep this morning showed a few worlds with 7-8k gil per Mistletoe, with the majority chiming in at around 10k each. Crafters will simply pass this along to combat folks, so... what is the story?

What would help here is some input from the content people on that Allagan Tomestone of Astronomy - like how soon can we expect to see this situation get better? If the expectation is that supplies will never be as great as they were with Stonehard Water (the Grade 6 Tincture predecessor ingredient of similar ilk) the bad news is that drinking Grade 7 Tinctures like water ain't gonna be fun.

Folks who know about Tomestones, input?

Shooter

prices are ALWAYS going to be higher for tome items in the first literal 24 hours after patch. likely for the first week or so.

this has been true for ages. same with EVERYTHING related to the patch. in my experience crafting, those materials, much like the ones will consistently be around that price point. you have had everything up to this point to collect tomestones, as have your combat buddies. if you are giving them tinctures, why cant they supply you with that ingredient since they are obviously likely capping their tomes fairly often.

there are several people in my fc that ask if we need anything bought with tomestone. it saves money. for us, for them...

the situation wont improve lol, it will stay roughly the same. supplies will never be as great as an ingredient YOU COULD HARVEST YOURSELF. Stonehard water was different and plentiful because if you had a miner, could go grab it. it was one of the few items that didnt require a tome ingredient.

you have options, farm the tomes yourself. have your combat friends farm the tomes and buy the mistletoe for you, or.. buy on the market. past experience says they'll run between 6 to 8k for the rest of the expansion. why? because the people farming tomes to buy them know they are a money maker.

Nods, I'm aware of the fresh expansion ingredient pricing issues associated with such things. :) BUT, this particular debut is the harshest I've seen. It is, however, good to know that expectation is there of some relief - get to work slashers, bring home the bacon!

Shooter