Not sure where things have been before now.
Not addressing the boots, since there have been numerous comments about them already.
Currently looking at the cost of the bead relic in Alchemist Ink: 5
2022 for both relics: 10
Cost for Bead Legendary in Alchemist Ink: 15
2022 for Legendary Ring: 20, for Legendary Bracelets: 15
Potions and oils are fun. Each person in my adventuring group typically uses at least one potion or oil on every run.
As someone who has made legendaries and eldritch items from multiple years, will I use a rare, uncommon, or common armor or weapon? No.
Did the price for Alchemist Inks skyrocket last year? Yes.
Is the market price for Alchemist Ink still the highest of Trade items that don't require uncommon or rare tokens? Yes.
Last year, it was hard to obtain rare potions and oils beyond what I received in my order secondary to the high demand to grind them down for Alchemist Ink.
Since the original idea of trade tokens in 2008 was to create something to do with the hordes (heh, when we used to think of a "horde" as being more than 25) of unused common permanent tokens, it seems to me that we have tipped the scale a bit too far on potions and oils.
I'm glad to see the reduction in Alchemist Inks so far for relics for 2023.
Given the bead legendary is not a change from one of the legendaries from 2022, I think the legendary bead could stand to go down some, Perhaps 5?, on Alchemist Ink.
Winner of a Ring of Focus (that is now a Relsa's Ring of Focus) at Raven's awesome pickpocketing event at TD Tavern in 2008.