Universal potions

Since I don't see any feedback forums anywhere, I'll put this here:

I am really finding it difficult to get through dungeons/areas due to UP's costing adamant, You don't get that much adamant from quests, and they're really hard to come by if you're a non-casher(which I am).

It's killing the experience for me when I can't use silver to buy them so I can get as many as I need to solo a dungeon.
We need potions to be affordable, not cost adamant so the devs can just line their own pockets. Make the game fair and make some potions that are bought using currency liek gold, silver or copper.

If you said yes or no, please state the reason why.

 

In my opinion, they shouldn't cost ander, but they are droping all the time, i get one every 10-15 mobs or so and i rarely use them (use them only for last resort). You also have a lot of skills that restore HP on all classes that you can use.

 

If you are needing potions all the time, you may wish to spend more time at a lower level maps until you can get stronger. Then you won't need as many potions.

 

Their andermant price should be lowered as it is currently too overpriced considering how easy they are to obtain, but switching the currency to silver would be the same as giving them out for free.

 

You can also run in groups which makes it easier and those potions you do get can be saved for when they are really needed or when you are running solo since the tank will be the one taking the damage. You can also gamble gold and you will get some potions from that too. The truth is, I have more potions than I could ever hope to use and that is partly due to gambling.

Also, if you are burning through potions that fast as a SW at LVL 28, you may want to consider changing your tactics to a more run-n-gun play style. SWs have the least HP and Armor the goal should be to take as few hits a possible. Another option is that you could try another class. It may just be that the SW play style is not for you and you may do better with a Ranger, Mech, or DK. You have 4 character slots on you account. Test each class to at least LVL 20 and see what you like more. You may stop playing your SW and go for something new.

 

I don't think they should lower the andermant price because you have an option to get them for free.
It is up to you whether you will buy them with andermants or get them for free by farming.

 

When I returned to the game this year one of the things I was glad to see was that the old, pretty much worthless, coin pots were gone and uni's were dropping as loot. Frankly I am a bit dismayed when I see posts from players saying that the run out of pots. My stacks just keep growing overall and I have never bought any of these.

I am not just referring to my old, fairly strong, level 40/45 caps toons either. New characters that I have made since my return also have not problem gaining more from drops than I use.

I feel the current situation with uni HP pots is just fine as is.

Luck be with ye,
Mikey,
Tegan

 

I think that current price and availability if fine. However, since SW have the lowest health and defense, potions can be real life savers and they will be used more often by this kind of char. If you are not fighting against immune enemy, try to make best use of the skill with aggro and keep always moving. Just my 2cent.

 

The question at the top needs a third answer:
o Both.

This is my vote.
Also, the andermant price is too high.

I've had characters, who due to the luck (or unluck) of the draw are not getting, or are no longer getting, equipment that is any good. The result is that the character goes through many more potions than other characters. When that is the case, you also don't get andermant anywhere near enough to pay for the potions. With these characters, I also end up going back to lesser levels and farming potions, gold, and some andermant. Lord knows you can't farm good equipment on lesser levels, so you're just trying to stock minor support to attempt occasional runs into maps that are the same level as you that you aren't strong enough for.

Yes, grouping helps. But it is so hard to find a group that doesn't run willie-nillie in every direction leaving you fighting even stronger foes that you couldn't contend with by yourself in the first place.

Update: Here is a perfect example of the "not being lucky". I walked my SW from Andrakasch to Stalgard. I faced 9+ Leader monsters (those with the circles below). This is what I got (the greyed out one is green):

These days I'm only occasionally getting purple and almost never getting any orange or yellow. My character is running with a full Norseland set. Of the Deep Sea and Mechanical sets, he only gets the same single item from each set over and over. I tried to collect enought purple pieces to replace the Norseland set, but they were all so pathetic that he wouldn't have been able to survive in the Misty Ridge as he faced a 33% reduction in all stats (damage, health, armor, resistance) with the best of the purple items to be found. Not to mention that all those purple pieces had almost no gem slots.
This character was a stong character till reaching the dwarven mountains. In Stalgard, he goes though potions fast (SW class only has one healing skill and it's attached to the lowest rate of enemy damage when there is more than one enemy)(mana recovery isn't much better).
I've got a DK that does damage to enemies at 5-8x faster and takes less than 1/4 of the hits/damage. The DK cuts through Stalgard like refrigerated butter. My SW only chips little chunks off the frozen north and you can't flee in Stalgard because it regenerates almost as fast as the SW can chip them down. If things don't change, he'll never every be able to beat the Destructor.