Inscription After Patch 3.1

I’m worried about the future of Inscription in a post-Ulduar World of Warcraft.

A lot of people seem to be pumped about the future Glyph sales related to the new Dual Spec system. I’ll agree with these folks that, initially at least, the run on Glyphs is going to be intense as people rush to set their two specs up and get all the Glyphs they’ll need.

Let’s argue that this “rush” will last a month, or maybe even less, after 3.1 is released. By that time anyone who is going to be equipped with Dual Spec will probably be all set for Glyphs. What happens then? As it stands right now, some players are buying Glyphs in bulk on a regular basis as they flip back-and-forth from specs as they raid, or PvP, or what have you.

With Dual Specs I don’t anticipate anywhere near the demand for Glyphs. I’m sure people with Dual Spec will be respeccing still but nowhere near as often as they were used to before 3.1. This development is going to cause an immense amount of pressure on the Inscription business as far as Glyphs are concerned.

On my server, Greymane-US, the Inscriptionists are the best profession at screwing themselves over with undercutting and market flooding. Imagine how bad this will become when the supply is the same as it is now and demand is now cut dramatically?

Even with all of the undercutting and ridiculous supply I still know several Inscriptionists on my server that are making thousands of gold a week. But they’re doing it more with Cards and Decks than with Glyphs. People rocking out Glyphs might want to consider transitioning to things like Cards, Decks and any new items they’re adding in 3.1 (new off-hand items, for example).

Elgar on April 2nd, 2009

The trouble with Inscription is that sometimes you only know one recipe to get you those next 5 levels. Flooding the market is easy when you don’t have many options. It’s especially sad when it’s not a well sought after glyph.

Mar200928

Nance

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