I have been for a little while been collecting some herbs, I have a herbalist but I don’t even actively do the herbing daily. I don’t have big stacks but I have a bit of everything. I do however make sure that everytime I’m in the area of a Herbalist Supplier in a city I check their stock.
Why?
Because often underneath the Vials are a small supply of basic herbs which I always buy, which Banana Shoulders Inscription guide indicates will be very usefull. ( Even the herbalism supplier on the Isle, if your lucky enough to get has some of the high end herbs in single or double quantaties rather cheaply.)
So I have a small stockpile of herbs but like those people who accumulated honor and badges in hope that they would be worth something for WOTLK, I could be wrong, what happens if Blizzard has something sneaky up their sleeve, and that those who are stockpiling the herbs for either personal use or profit are wasting their time.
We are about to have another main profession use a Gathering profession, and we know thats a demand increase right there, Blizzard seems all about trying to keep the playing fields as fair as possible, I can’t see them wanting people to profit from extreme demand that leveling inscription is going to place on peoples pockets and the worlds resources.
Imagine staking out spawning points in Elwynn, forest, Goldshire Inn will be doing a roaring trade as people stop in for the Goldrush. They will be setting up miners *cough herbalists camps behind the blacksmith.
I like the idea of being prepared, and I might be wrong, but I can see blizzard doing something extrodinary when it comes to the demand that inscription will place on herbalism, even if its just increasing the spawn rate. Nothing reduces prices like oversupply and competition
But.. I can’t remember if they did anything for Jewelcrafting, and the demand it put on mining.
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