There's now a legendary grandmaster alchemist on Pendragon. (Ya -- I know. Crazy.) She's published a list of the "rare" components that are used to make the rare potions and poisons in the game. Here's a link to the post:
http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=36482753&replies=14
She describes the new potions/poisons (incombat heals require rare drops for example)
And here's the list for your reference:
enriched quicksilver
Ancient mirror
Ancient mercury
Ancient troll blood
Ancient giant blood
Ancient crushed focus stone
ancient lich tooth
ancient mummy knuckle
ancient necrotic braid fluid
ancient fiery heart
Holy hellfires axeman!! That's insane!! I'm glad I'm not crazy enough to put all that time into a trade skill...oh, wait...
Yeah dude but we didn't pack it into 5 days.
Just look at it this way...that person is making money for all the hand/arm specialists out there...carpal tunnel release ring a bell???
There is a stacking problem too... all the alchemy stuff has to be purchased one component at a time and then you can stack it to 100. People in camelot broadcast "buying stacks of 100 for xxx gold". Can you imagine being a n00b and get paid to stack stuff? Man... I woulda killed for a job like that at level 5!
Myshkal asked about ancient mirrors last night -- they're alchemy components. Hang on to em. Should be safe to stack them.