# World of Warcraft General Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 4, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294 "2009-03-04T17:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 135
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2681 "2009-07-07T15:32:09Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > I rather like the elekks myself. There’s a quest for Alliance wherein you borrow one of the elekk master’s elekks and ride it around, which I found rather fun. That would be the [Kessel Run](http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:The_Kessel_Run), one of the first quests on Bloodmyst Isle (in the usual Draenei training chain). ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2682 "2009-07-07T15:41:47Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Does anyone actually like the ram, elekk, or kodo? A few months ago I got Ambassador Colquitt up to exalted with all five Alliance factions. In the process I bought ground mounts from each one for the achievement. Having ridden a horse for a year, I quickly jumped to a nightsaber and used it for a few weeks. Lately, though, I’ve settled on the ram as his primary ride. I like that it’s rarely seen, particularly on non-dwarves, and he just looks good sitting on it. Flying was a much easier decision. I’ve always liked the [golden gryphons](http://www.emberdave.com/images/wow_skimming.jpg). Ambrose and Blink are about inseperable. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2683 "2009-07-07T16:14:06Z")
I have two high-level taurens, and really hate kodos. (They handle like you’re driving a bus.) One rides an Orgrimmar wolf, the other got the Swift Brewfest Ram this past fall. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2684 "2009-07-07T16:16:50Z")
I can’t say I really have a favorite ground mount (I play Horde). I have all the faction mounts, plus the talbuks, the Frostwolf Howler, the brown bear from Dalaran, and the low-end Hodir mammoth. Nothing terribly fancy (I will, of course, do the quests for the Ravasaur mount once that’s all in place). For fliers, I have all of the Horde fliers, plus the Skyguard nether rays, the red drake from Wyrmrest rep, and the bronze drake for having 50 mounts. I haven’t bothered with Netherwing rep (though I probably should, eventually), nor have I ever bothered to purchase the Cenarion Hippogryph. For ground mounts, I just pull up a random mount (I use the Livestock add-on to randomize mounts and pets). When I’m in a flight-enabled zone, I always use swift flight form (I play a druid main, of course). ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2685 "2009-07-07T16:49:20Z")
I worked really, really darn hard to get my gnome her motorcycle. Love it as a mount. Also love my helicopter, and often do ‘traffic and weather reports’ via guild-chat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2686 "2009-07-07T17:13:04Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > Also love my helicopter, and often do ‘traffic and weather reports’ via guild-chat. 🙂 I’m about halfway complete on the epic copter components on my Engineer, and I’ve started putting together the regular copter components too. I thought I could skip the regular copter entirely once I hit 70, but I’m already 68 and I don’t even have 1000 gold yet. (Well, 1700 across all characters, but my other main needs cash too.) I may as well enjoy the regular copter in the meantime. Besides, with 3.2 just around the corner, Expert Riding’s going from 1000 gold to 480 Exalted. I can buy it and start flying as soon as 3.2 hits. Since I plan to avoid Northrend until level 70 (except maybe to get Grand Master Mining and Engineering), I can use the mount for those two levels. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2687 "2009-07-07T17:48:33Z")
My tauren that has the ram is an engineer, and has the (slower) 'copter. I love them; they sound like they’re always about 10 seconds away from breaking down completely, and will in fact “stall out” if you’ve been idle right around ground level, kicking back in a few seconds later. She’s 74, so I haven’t dropped cash on fast flying for her yet and may after the next big patch. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2688 "2009-07-07T17:49:09Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > Er, pardon me. [Tuskarrmageddon](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=949) achieved! Everybody needs to be sure to look at the “screenshot” on that page 😛 > [@Bosstone](#): > > I’m really digging on the mechanostrider despite the silliness. I’m also kind of looking forward to getting the wolf on my orc. (Plus I want the Mekgineer Chopper, of course.) > > Does anyone actually like the ram, elekk, or kodo? I like the ram! my 80 human pally is Exalted with IF, so she has one, and uses it. I want to get to Exalted with Darnassus, as I’d also like to have one of the cats. The Elekk and Mechanostrider … meh. I have four "swift’ ground mounts: Paladin Charger, Swift Palomino, Swift Ram, and Armored Brown Bear. I use them all, in different situations, for what boils down to roleplaying purposes: Charger: “official” missions, going into combat with sentients Palomino: casual travel, riding around in cities, exploring Ram: Used when I’m in IF/Dun Morogh/Loch Modan or other dwarven areas, and also in most snow-covered areas Bear: Hunting/farming I’ve been busy with my pally the last few days, working on [Loremaster of Eastern Kingdoms](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1676). I’ve spent most of the time in Stranglethorn Vale. The quests there, particularly in Booty Bay, just seem to keep coming, and keep coming … (it appears there are 257 quests available in STV, though obviously not all available to Alliance toons, and some are holiday- or class-specific and so don’t count for Loremaster). I’m up to 554/700 quests for the achievement. When I turned in Green Hills of Stranglethorn I earned [Hemet Nesingwary: The Collected Quests](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=941). I’d already done all the Outland and Northrend Nesingwary quests, but I had skipped those STV quests when I was there months ago. Since I’m a level 80 in STV, I’m trying to not get in the way of lowbies questing there. I’m also tossing around buffs and heals where I can, and grouping when necessary so the quest credit can be shared. But buffs/heals … I had one weird encounter. I came upon a low-30s warrior fighting a crocolisk, arriving just as he died. The croc immediately turned on a warlock who was there, so I one-shotted the croc, then tossed a heal and a buff on the 'lock. (Heh. Croc ‘n’ Lock …) The 'lock ran up to me … and then just stood there. Didn’t say anything, not even a “thank you”. I proceeded to rez/heal/buff the warrior, who then … just stood there without saying a word. So I’m thinking, “Okay, so you’re not gonna thank me, that’s fine. What do you want now? Why are you just standing there looking at me?” 😕 So I just shrugged and rode away. Re: that “Kill Booty Bay NPCs” quest/rep grind/whatever it is … I don’t have any problem with people doing that, I just wish they would be polite enough to not keep killing questgivers _while_ another player is talking to said questgiver. Twice in one day somebody ran up and whacked Baron Revilgaz while I was in the middle of accepting or turning in a quest. So I’m there reading the quest text, and then _boom_ down he goes, the dialogue box vanishes, and now I have to wait for him to respawn before I can accept/turn in the quest. (On one of those occasions, while I was waiting, another player showed up, looked at the corpse and said, “Sigh. Not again.”) Also, why is it always DKs? While doing the BB quests I’ve been present for no less than six of these attacks, and it’s always a DK. Other achievements in the last few days: [Skills to Pay the Bills](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=730), [Working Day and Night](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=735), [Dalaran Cooking Award](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1998), [Lunch Lady](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=1795), [Chasing Marcia](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=3217), [Ultimate Triage](http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=141) (on myself after beating Artruis in Sholazar). Speaking of Artruis … man that quest is pissing me off. I finally succeeded in killing him and finishing the quest on the third try, _but_ Jaloot didn’t survive, so I couldn’t get the quest from him that would have enabled me to take Oracle dailies. So now I have to do it all over again :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2689 "2009-07-07T18:10:15Z")
I’m thinking of slipping back to Stranglethorn Vale to finish the Nesingwary quests there, but I really don’t know what I want to do right now. I’d wandered down to Shadowmoon Valley for the first time, then went back up to Nagrand to deal with Gurok. He promptly cleaned my clock, so now I have to gather more skulls to summon him. :mad: Another skull-gathering summon near Auchindoun resulted in a relatively easy kill of Teribus the Cursed, the spooky skeletal dragon. The worst part of that fight was waiting for him to come by after the summon. He took a couple of minutes. I was beginning to think he wasn’t coming at all when he dropped down on the heads of me and my spider. ---
**Author:** ![Mogle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mogle/32/12021_2.png) [@Mogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2690 "2009-07-07T18:19:01Z")
Since I spent 3 months(!!) farming the damn thing I feel I have to say that the Raven Lord is my favorite mount, followed by the sabers. If it wasn’t for the damn noise the Mechanostriders would be up at the top too, but right now I can’t stand them. Anyhow, after 4 days and 13 hours played my troll hunter has dinged 60, since this is my first Horde character to reach 60 I’m about to do something I’ve never done before, see Outland from the Horde point of view. After I’ve tamed a worm that is, I feel like trying something different after having used a bear for 48 levels 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2691 "2009-07-07T18:33:45Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > Another skull-gathering summon near Auchindoun resulted in a relatively easy kill of Teribus the Cursed, the spooky skeletal dragon. The worst part of that fight was waiting for him to come by after the summon. He took a couple of minutes. I was beginning to think he wasn’t coming at all when he dropped down on the heads of me and my spider. Yeah, I just did this quest recently too. I’d checked commentary on the quest beforehand, so I knew it took him a little while to show up, and that he’d come from above. I wasn’t expecting a goddamn _huge_ skeletal dragon! Amazingly, I kicked his ass pretty solidly, which surprised me considering [Hai’shulud](http://www.wowwiki.com/Hai%27shulud) nearly kicked my ass just 10 minutes prior. I only survived _that_ fight because a level 80 was grinding nearby and took a moment to help me out. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2692 "2009-07-07T19:13:03Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Yeah, I just did this quest recently too. I’d checked commentary on the quest beforehand, so I knew it took him a little while to show up, and that he’d come from above. I wasn’t expecting a goddamn _huge_ skeletal dragon! Amazingly, I kicked his ass pretty solidly, which surprised me considering [Hai’shulud](http://www.wowwiki.com/Hai%27shulud) nearly kicked my ass just 10 minutes prior. I only survived _that_ fight because a level 80 was grinding nearby and took a moment to help me out. The only reason I wasn’t surprised by his size was because I’d seen him fly by for someone else the day before. The Terokkarantula, though, blew me away. She’s enormous! And took two tries to beat. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2693 "2009-07-07T19:36:58Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > I’ve been curious to know what everyone’s favorite mounts are. I decided I couldn’t wait for the new patch and its riding changes, so I finally broke down and trained in Journeyman riding and bought a swift mistsaber. I’m exalted with Darnassus so my training and mount were discounted twenty percent. I had lots of gold since I’d been questing in areas where the mobs drop lots of netherweave cloth, which brings a good price per stack on my server, and the quest rewards have been good for my money bag as well. I’ve been eyeing all the various special mounts most other people seem to have. I rather like the talbuks offered by the Kurenai. I’m already honored with them, and you need to be exalted to be able to buy their mounts. My favorite mount (and pretty much the only one I ever ride on the ground) is my Spectral Tiger. I bought it (it comes from the WoW trading card game) as a preorder, so I didn’t pay the insane prices that people are playing for them now. Since my character is a blood elf mage, it’s really one of only two chances he would have to get a cat mount, and at the time Zul’Gurub wasn’t really an option (it is now–he and his prot paladin buddy two-man ZG twice a week now to farm the tiger). I also like my Mechano-hog and my Zul’Aman bear. For flyers, my favorites are my Twilight Drake (pretty color, and I’m proud of what it represents) and my Headless Horseman’s horse. I don’t have any protodrakes yet, but I’m on track to get the one for completing the year’s worth of holiday achievements (or maybe I’ll get lucky some day and get the one from the Oracles egg or heroic Utgarde, but I doubt it). I also like the netherdrakes. For more standard mounts, I like the undead horses. When I was leveling up, I did every quest I could find to get Exalted with Undercity so I wouldn’t have to ride a blood elf chicken. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2694 "2009-07-07T19:49:07Z")
> [@Mogle](#): > > Since I spent 3 months(!!) farming the damn thing I feel I have to say that the Raven Lord is my favorite mount Was that mount only recently added to the game? I saw one for the first time _ever_ a couple weeks ago, day 2 or 3 of the Fire Festival, and since then I’ve seen five or six more. Oh, and I just found [this wonderful thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwYKtgFYCc) on YouTube. [Warning: Sound. Duh.] ---
**Author:** ![Mogle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mogle/32/12021_2.png) [@Mogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2695 "2009-07-07T20:01:44Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Was that mount only recently added to the game? I saw one for the first time _ever_ a couple weeks ago, day 2 or 3 of the Fire Festival, and since then I’ve seen five or six more. No, it was added in patch 2.1.0, but it’s got about a 1% drop chance from a boss that can only be summoned by druids in heroic Sethekk Halls. So it was kind of rare before Wrath, but now it’s possible to solo him. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2696 "2009-07-07T20:42:58Z")
So when I level to 30, does that mean my human warrior gets to ride? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2697 "2009-07-07T20:55:34Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > So when I level to 30, does that mean my human warrior gets to ride? > > Thanks > > Q That’s exactly what it means. 🙂 And when 3.2 comes out, riding will be available at level 20, and epic riding at 40. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2698 "2009-07-07T21:08:01Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > So when I level to 30, does that mean my human warrior gets to ride? > > Thanks > > Q You will get a message in the mail from your faction’s riding trainer telling you to come by and learn how to ride. [These](http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/mounts/horses.html) are the horses. The ones for the next level of riding are armored, and tougher-looking, though not as pretty, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2699 "2009-07-07T21:09:29Z")
> [@Telperien](#): > > You will get a message in the mail from your faction’s riding trainer telling you to come by and learn how to ride. … I can’t say I’ve ever gotten one of those as a Horde member. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/2700 "2009-07-07T21:12:36Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > … I can’t say I’ve ever gotten one of those as a Horde member. ☹ Hordies can read? _flee_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294.md?page=136)