Looking for Hand of Eternity crafterFollow

Hmm. Having some trouble finding a blacksmith on Feathermoon to craft Hand of Eternity.

http://wow.allakhazam.com/images/icons/INV_Mace_16.png

I have all those mats sitting in the bank (except the Nethers of course) and can't seem to find someone to put it all together.

Just curious, but is the recipe that rare, or the Nethers so useful elsewhere, or what?

I am afraid that by the time I find someone to make it, WTLK will be out, and the Hand will probably be routinely outclassed by a bunch of routine rewards.

Of course it would be nice if Shard of the Virtuous would drop in the meantime for me, but I won't hold my breath.

You should ask around on your server's O-Board. Your odds will be much better there.

Need it because I have limited amount of time to spend on WOW (job and family) so can't commit to scheduled raids.

Once at level 70 it seems most game advancement is predicated on devoting a rather significant amount of time to grinding (whether it be mats, running instances, or repeating raid sessions).

Not a complaint at all - just an observation.

In the meantime, I try to upgrade where possible, improve my game skills, and wait for new challenges in WOTLK.

Comparison of Hand of Eternity to Gavel of Pure Light.

Gavel of Pure Light: 299 healing, 8 mp5, 12 int
Hand of Eternity: 317 healing, 7 mp5, 20 int

Just on stats alone, I can't see the problem with it. The only downside is that it tells people you don't have the time/patience to run the Tempest Keep 5-mans many times over.

Oh and it'll cost a fair bit to make but as a pre-Kara mace, it seems adequate to me.

EDIT: 500th post. Yay.

Edited, Jan 16th 2008 7:55am by aardfrith

What's the point of a firefly pet? The dude wants the mace.

Exactly. While I can't commit to scheduled raids, I enjoy being invited to them when I get the opportunity.

For my full Resto Druid, I need the mace - because when I am invited I want to do the best healing job possible.

Certainly, with my present gear, I can readily keep things healthy with a 'good' PUG.

However, life is not perfect, and with the new access to heroics some groups need a bit more skill (might call it cohesion), and I take it as a personal challenge to keep them and alive and happy.

So I will shell out a heap of gold if it makes a difference.