Raiding Consumables

[Professor Frink]

There's a reason why consumable buffs aren't allowed in the Arena. And there would be no problem allowing them for raids if it weren't for the fact that Blizzard is balancing raid encounters FOR the consumables, meaning that for each hour of hardcore raiding, you're spending 2 to 4 hours farming. For 95% of guilds, this is not sustainable. You can't have a full time job/family/whatever and sustain that. It's supposed to be a game.

It's not like these items are soulbound or impossible to find in the AH. Why do guilds that are capable of bringing 25 people to bear on raids for hours at a time have people throw away that advantage and go off soloing to get their supplies? Raid (and even 5-man) content can be very profitable for groups that can farm them quickly.

-- frink