So, about those Alchemy masteries...

[Shamago]

I think the discovery mechanism defeats that. To really make the most of transmute spec, I'd _really_ like the shadow->water. To have any hope of getting that, I'd have to make a lot of pots or elixers. I'd cry if I discovered a flask the guild didn't have, especially the healer one.

All of the reports I've seen indicate that you can only discover a new transmute when doing a transmute. Has anyone seen otherwise?

There doesn't seem to be any differentiation for potions/elixirs when discovering those. I guess that would be because there's only one potion discovery and something like 5 flask(elixir) discoveries.