Motes of Harmony Drop Rate

[crowdx]

Hi all,
so with MoP soon to hit has anyone playing the beta tracked what the drop rate for Mote of Harmony is? I am wondering if it will be feasible to farm it for multiple alchemy teams now that it is a BoP mat.

[Shodokan]

Hi all,
so with MoP soon to hit has anyone playing the beta tracked what the drop rate for Mote of Harmony is? I am wondering if it will be feasible to farm it for multiple alchemy teams now that it is a BoP mat.

What are you looking to make?

The only thing that requires them is riddle of steel which is the OFF COOLDOWN version of living steel

The daily cooldown costs 6 trillium bars opposed to 3 + 3 spirits of harmony for the non-daily cooldown.

[Shania]

Noidea, but I will be farming these a fair bit and leeching them in dungeons when they drop, as I am inscripting whoring with darkmoon cards on launch!

[Shodokan]

Noidea, but I will be farming these a fair bit and leeching them in dungeons when they drop, as I am inscripting whoring with darkmoon cards on launch!

Even the non SoH one requires SoH in the commissioned painting... which is REALLY stupid. (if you want repeatable and not a daily thing)

It might actually be viable to have an army of scribes since it will be extremely easy to level inscription.

[Shania]

Yep have it on I think its now 5 toons, but the set im levelling first, is 4 hunters 1 druid, only 3 of the 5 have inscripting, tho I am thinking of dropping skinning on druid and adding inscripting, or dropping leather working off my main hunter raider, and adding inscripting, havent decided. never really used leather working anyway only for the 130 agi to wrists.


Or might just leave it as is, and 2nd set I level with have an additional 2 scribes, tho im considering dropping chanting on 2 toons and adding scribes.
Decisions, Decisions..

[Lyonheart]

they are used to in every profession.

[Shodokan]

they are used to in every profession.

Some still have daily cooldowns though that do not require it.

[crowdx]

Some still have daily cooldowns though that do not require it.

Which professions do not need it?

[Shodokan]

Which professions do not need it?

Tailoring
Inscription
Alchemy

are the 3 options for armies.

[crowdx]

So alchemy army is still viable?

[Shodokan]

So alchemy army is still viable?
alchemy
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=114780 1 day CD
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130326 bypass with harmony

Tailoring
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=125557 1 day CD
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130325 (http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130325) bypass with harmony

Inscription
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=111830 1 day CD due to (http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=112996) replaces daily research
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130407 (http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130407) bypass with harmony

[crowdx]

alchemy
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=114780 1 day CD
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130326 bypass with harmony

Tailoring
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=125557 1 day CD
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130325 (http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130325) bypass with harmony

Inscription
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=111830 1 day CD due to (http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=112996) replaces daily research
http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130407 (http://mop.wowhead.com/spell=130407) bypass with harmony

Would the Dark Moon cards make gold if I leveled some scribes? I have a ton of herbs in the guild bank, and already have a couple of scribes.

[Shodokan]

Would the Dark Moon cards make gold if I leveled some scribes? I have a ton of herbs in the guild bank, and already have a couple of scribes.

First set of DMF in cata i made 1.4 million gold. Since there will be limited cards into the system because of harmony farming + daily CD you can do a lot of gold worth with it IMO.

[Lyonheart]

Ahh!! ok.. i did not know that.. So us MBs can put a lot of stuff out without harmony, BUT if we have them its even better/faster right?

[Shodokan]

Ahh!! ok.. i did not know that.. So us MBs can put a lot of stuff out without harmony, BUT if we have them its even better/faster right?

Correct

[Shania]

yep thats why I am again on a new xpac, going in with a few scribes straight off and then some more on next set.

I was close to 1 million gold not long ago but I spent too much, gave a chunk to my kid and now only at around 450k going into xpac :(
Im after the new jc mount, and its going to cost a bit and the new Yak.

And to make a tonne of gold early in xpac and then forget about gold as I will be busy raiding/pvping.

[Shodokan]

yep thats why I am again on a new xpac, going in with a few scribes straight off and then some more on next set.

I was close to 1 million gold not long ago but I spent too much, gave a chunk to my kid and now only at around 450k going into xpac :(
Im after the new jc mount, and its going to cost a bit and the new Yak.

And to make a tonne of gold early in xpac and then forget about gold as I will be busy raiding/pvping.

I blew through 2.6 million in under 5 months >_>

So I myself am going to have to get some scribes and such up.

[crowdx]

So with level 80 characters, will they be able to get to level trades high enough? Is it known that the trainers in home cities will be able to train to max level without needing to go to the new zones?

[Shodokan]

So with level 80 characters, will they be able to get to level trades high enough? Is it known that the trainers in home cities will be able to train to max level without needing to go to the new zones?

Only thing in cata stopping it was the patterns in TH, not the training.

[crowdx]

Only thing in cata stopping it was the patterns in TH, not the training.

Yes and that is also my concern in MoP that there will not be high enough patterns to get a character leveled to be able to do transmutes (although that was fine in Cat) or Dark Moon cards (which I did not really level inscription in cat at all from 450)

[Benjii]

Will my entire 5-men team be able to loot Motes of Harmony when they drop like quest items? Or is it first come first serve. They really need to make this BoA.

[beeq]

Will my entire 5-men team be able to loot Motes of Harmony when they drop like quest items? Or is it first come first serve. They really need to make this BoA.

Let’s get right to it. Spirit of Harmony is a Bind on Pickup (or “BoP” to veterans) crafting material that can be found on every lootable creature in every zone in Pandaria -- from dungeons to the outdoor world. Initially, we want crafters to be out in the world adventuring instead of camping out in front of an auctioneer, hoping to score some cheap mats.

We understand that this may be of concern to those who play a variety of profession alts, and may consider other options for the future, including the possibility of allowing Spirits of Harmony to be Bind to Account in a future patch.
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/232629-professions-living-in-perfect-harmony/

[beeq]

http://www.wowhead.com/npc=66678
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=66685

in case if someone have missed these NPCs.

I can't believe you can buy 3x Golden Lotus with just one Spirit of Harmony. Those herbs sell 300g each on my server, so one Mote of Harmony is worth 90g at the moment.
Just need a decent farm place for the motes. So far the best place I've found is in Krasarang Wilds ( http://www.wowhead.com/npc=57649 )

[dubiox]

how can I loot in a way that I have to decide who gets the mote? this is so damn annoying...

[jstanthr]

easiest way i've seen is to set it on group loot, and set slaves to pass, just make sure your on the one you want to get them when the mob dies. or you could jst set it to ML and let only one toon do the looting (quest items are still lootable no matter the loot method)

[moosejaw]

To clarify on master looting. You need to set the threshold lower than green's because I am set on green's and motes are not assignable at that level. Setting the loot threshold lower than green's is a pain in the a$$. I just swap leads while questing to spread out the mote pickup.

[Khatovar]

I just had to resort to turning off auto loot on my master, but I put in a suggestion ticket to bump them to green or make them trade-able to group members for a limited time like boss drops in dungeons are. One can dream...

[Khatovar]

how can I loot in a way that I have to decide who gets the mote? this is so damn annoying...


Ok, I had to crawl back in time a bit for this, but we have a winner.

Karni's Crap Filter (http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/karnicrap)

Download it and open KarniCrap.lua in Notepad or another text editor.

Per this post (http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/karnicrap#c112)


Edit KarniCrap.lua and change line 450 from:

if LootSlotIsCoin(i) then
to:

if GetLootSlotType(i) == LOOT_SLOT_MONEY then

I also went ahead and edited KarniCrap.toc, changing line 1 to ## Interface: 50001 just to keep it out of the "out of date" list.

I enabled it only on my master since I always check loot with my master first, but it's up to you.

First step is to go into the Blizzard options under Interface > Control and Disable Auto Loot.

In the KarniCrap options {/crap}, I disabled Filter poor & common items.
Disable Auto-destroy.
Tradeskills enabled Loot all cooking/fishing.

Nothing else changed under the Loot Options.

Under Blacklist/Whitelist add Mote of Harmony to the Never Loot List. Now you're master will loot everything, but leave Motes of Harmony on the corpses so you can decide who to loot it with. You can still loot them on your master, but it requires actually clicking on them in the loot window.

[moosejaw]

Oooohh!! I like that. I still like to change leads while I'm doing quests so I'll enable it on all of them.

Thanks for the leg work (once again) Khat.

[dubiox]

cool! thanks

[Khatovar]

Ahh, thank you guys. I was just going to give up and deal, but I got more determined once I knew other people were getting annoyed with it, too, lol.

[Igg]

Ok, I had to crawl back in time a bit for this, but we have a winner.


Thank you, thank you and thank you.
This has been a life savior, I have been looking exactly for this so I can loot it on my JC slave for gem research.

[Hobo]

There is a tillers quest, where you kill the goats on the mountain. yesterday the goats dropped me 4 motes in half hour. I wasnt really farming for the motes but noticed everywhere else in the Valley has nbeen nerfed, i will try again when the quest isnt causing a high influx of people there. :)

[SaraiE]

There is a quest, alliance side only I believe, called http://www.wowhead.com/quest=29905 Let Them Burn. You will be accompanied by five NPCs (fish people). Run up the incline outside the town, and tag and kill. The monkeys come in three to five. I have five warlocks, all with tailoring, and Harvest Life, with my pets, I tag and use Harvest Life....Rinse and repeat, you get cloth, green, and motes of harmony. Pretty good drop rate as the mobs keep coming. My purpose is to farm the cloths...the motes are just a bonus...quite a few....one hour there, I got 10+ spirit of harmony....BUT the xp from mob is low, with rested status, I get 800-900 xp per kill.

IF you do not turn this quest in, you can keep doing this, but the downside is that you are locked out to the major quests afterward....I cannot get myself into the quest that farm the WATER FIEND, for example...I am locked out until I turn this quest in....sad!

SaraiE