Entries in frost lotus (2)
Only Frozo Knows Where Your Frozen Orb Goes
Amatera on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 14 Comments Tags: dungeon rewards, eternals, frost lotus, frozen orb, frozo the renowned ;)
To paraphrase what a guildmate of mine said recently, "They almost vendor for more than they go on the Auction House." Yes, I'm talking about Frozen Orbs, which drop relentlessly from 5-man dungeon bosses, their numbers swollen from the frequency at which people run them these days.
You probably don't know, or even care, how many of them you have in your bags right now. When the loot boxes pop up, in your sublime state, you mindlessly click through them like a zombie gnawing on the cerebellum of some poor dead chap.
I'm thoroughly convinced at this point that most people could run a 5-man whilst mired in the depths of REM sleep, Frozen Orbs the latent rewards you collect in the dream state, only to forget entirely once you are roused from you Dungeon Finder-induced slumber. They're really just... kind of there at this point, aren't they?
It seems that Blizzard has also recognized how terribly worthless the Frozen Orb has become, and in Patch 3.3.3, they plan to rectify it. With the introduction of Frozo the Renowned to the Dalaran Magus Commerce Exchange, you can now trade them in for a collection of infinitely more useful items including other Orbs and various Eternals.
Hit the jump for the rest of the details, as relayed by Zarhym:
Frost Lotus Drop Rate Increased
Amatera on Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 6 Comments Tags: Auction House, drop rate, economy, flasks, frost lotus, herbalism, in-game fixes 
The in-game fixes for 2/17 are not very extensive. In fact, there's only one item listed at all this week, but it's a fairly important one, especially for herbalists and those that consistently raid with flasks.
Listed below are recent fixes we have applied to the game. Keep in mind that some of these changes may not be active until after the realm has been restarted.
To review previous in-game fixes, please visit: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21723843880&sid=1
2/17
- The drop rate of Frost Lotus, from herbs in Northrend, has been increased by 50%.
The primary justification for this move seems to be lowering the currently exorbitant Auction House prizes on the valued herbs.
Undoubtedly, this is going to mean a whole lot of different things to different people inside World of Warcraft's economic spectrum. As a raider who only casually hunts herbs on an alt, I couldn't be more elated.