Milling cast time reduced to one second
by Basil Berntsen 
Mar 25th 2010 at 4:00PM
This is a huge deal to anyone who uses inscription to make money. Milling herbs into ink is one of those tasks that limits your production capabilities, and can't legally be done while afk. In fact, the milling grind time (four clicks, and until now, eight seconds per stack of herbs) is one of the reasons I rarely advocate new auctioneers getting into selling glyphs. In addition to generally overcrowded marketplaces and auction house campers, it's a business that requires almost super-human patience.
This will probably make the glyph market even more crowded, as the amount of unhealthy AH camping you can do with a finite amount of playtime just went up by a fair bit.
[Thanks to Wolfgang Staudt on flickr for the image]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
(cutaia) Mar 25th 2010 4:09PM
I love the random little time savers in this patch. I was pretty pleased to discover that putting on the Argent tabard no longer triggers a 30 second cooldown before you can teleport.
Brian Mar 25th 2010 4:26PM
Whoa, I had no idea. The 30 second cooldown is the reason why I keep on that tabard because it's essentially a 40 second "casting" time altogether. Now I can show Sporeggar pride! Thanks for sharing ^_^
catharsis80 Mar 25th 2010 4:10PM
Considering this is my primary source of income...freakin awesome.
K Mar 25th 2010 5:44PM
Would have been awesome when I was making Nobles' decks...
Why the amazingly stupid design choices? Just... why?
wutsconflag Mar 25th 2010 4:11PM
Blizzard changed the animation of Hellfire, too.
Brian Mar 25th 2010 4:31PM
I didn't see Hellfire yet but does Rain of Fire look different too? I couldn't really tell but they looked like mini meteors this time.
wutsconflag Mar 25th 2010 5:00PM
@Brian: Yes, that's what I meant, Rain of Fire and NOT Hellfire.
:)
Biig-d Mar 25th 2010 4:15PM
Scribe*
jaybrous Mar 25th 2010 4:16PM
Was the prospecting cast time changed?
kia Mar 25th 2010 7:57PM
From what I've read on the forums, no. Which makes me wonder if the milling change was unintended.
Wowcoholic Mar 25th 2010 4:16PM
I noticed that the jousting dailies seemed to go quicker too, almost as if the speed boost for the charge ability was increased. Can anyone verify that?
catharsis80 Mar 25th 2010 4:17PM
Hopefully they've fixed the scribing time of Glyph of Eternal Water, cause that crap took 2-3 times longer than any other glyph. I reported the bug the week that glyph came out.
Gemini Mar 25th 2010 8:14PM
Yes, I can confirm that Glyph of Eternal Water now has a 3 second cast time just like all other glyphs.
Basil Berntsen Mar 25th 2010 4:17PM
Inscriptionolgista*
raspybunk Mar 25th 2010 4:20PM
Too fast! A millasecond? Are you kidding me? :)
Basil Berntsen Mar 25th 2010 4:33PM
Ha ha, I get it. I'm gonna go edit this to "one mill per second".
miked Mar 25th 2010 4:23PM
inscriptosaurus*
Brian Mar 25th 2010 4:23PM
My favorite: Inscriptionator. (makes me chuckle whenever I see this in trade chat)
*Sconnor opens trade window*
Inscriptionator whispers: "Oops, the mats are in my bank. AH'LL BE BAHK."
Brian Mar 25th 2010 4:24PM
wow, 1 millisecond?
Fingal Mar 25th 2010 4:24PM
Has Recount been updated to record MPS yet?
I hope it's affected by haste: Bloodlust + Milling FTW.