During last weekend's test I was trying whether it is more profitable to sell chunks of ore, or to grind them into elements, and make alchemy items with those. As expected, alchemy does pay off, even if you just vendor the powders.
But while trying that, I quickly noticed that not all elements are created equal. If you would grind 50 each from each of the 3 types of grindable ores, you'll end up with 1,500 red elements, 550 green, 400 blue, and 300 shiny. Most powders don't need three times more red than other elements, and in consequence I ended up with tons of excess red elements. Very unsatisfying.
Anyone found a good way to use the red elements?