I've heard
rumors of Pyrite Ore yielding epic gems on prospecting. I've gathered 5 GBank tabs of it so far just incase.
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By
Fliper333 (
440 –
2?8)
on 2011/05/19 (Patch 4.1.0)
I agree with those who think that epic gems will come also from
Pyrite Ore.
Some facts why I think so:
- Pyrite ore is the only uncomon quality ore in Cataclysm (as Titanium Ore in WotLK was)
- WotLK epic gems were introduced in 3.2.0 (I guess Cata epic gems will be introduced in 4.2.0 so there is a real chance, that Pyrite Ore will be their source)
- There were 3 types of ore - 2 common (Cobalt Ore, Saronite Ore), 1 uncommon (Titanium Ore) in WotLK, there are 3 types of ore now - 2 common (Obsidium Ore, Elementium Ore), 1 uncommon (Pyrite Ore). I mean, they didn't add new ore in patch 3.2.0 so I hope they won't do it now

And some facts why I have concerns:
- Titanium Ore wasn't prospectable before 3.2.0, it became prospectable as patch comes (Pyrite Ore is prospectable now).
- Maximum JWC skill was required to prospect Titanium Ore (500/525 is required to prospect Pyrite Ore).
Anyway:
Pyrite Ore costs around 100g / stack on my realm. I'm stacking so much
Pyrite Ore as my budget allows me (I have more than 4700 pcs (not stacks) on my alt. I think the possible huge profit (epic gems will be very expensive as patch comes) is worth the relatively small risk. Why? Because as patch notes (or PTR) comes and there will be official information that epic gems will come from
Pyrite Ore, 2 things will happen. People will start stacking
Pyrite Ore for their own prospecting later + price will go astronomously up. On other hand, if epic gems (for some reason) won't be prospectable from
Pyrite Ore, you can still sell them on AH. There were still be a lot of people prospecting it for rare gems or buying it as reagent for crafted items (
Truegold, etc...). Alternatively, you can prospect them by yourself to get rare gems and sell uncutted gems on AH, or you can cut them and sell the too (you should probably check prices on your AH, what will make you bigger profit).
Additionally:
I'm doing daily JWC almost every day and saving all
Illustrious Jewelcrafter's Tokens (have more than 100 now). I'm not learning rare recipes. A lot of people does so I won't profit too much from them. I'm rather saving them to buy a lot of epic recipes later in patch 4.2.0.
It is possible, that
Pyrite Ore will produce equivalent of
Titanium Powder after introducing patch 4.2.0 - another profit or another source of epic JWC recipes.
If you have enough money (I don't think you will make any decent profit with 2 stack of
Pyrite Ore) and if all goes well, as a JWC with tons of epic recipes and tons of epic gems, you will be rich and you will be able to buy your own
Vial of the Sands
Please note that all information here is pure speculation. Nothing is confirmed. If you decide to run the risk, it's your decition. Don't blame on me later if something goes wrong.
PS: I'm not the bot farming Pyrite Ore all day and night and this is not advertisiment for my auctions, lol
