Elkagorasa the Casual

Last night, I after running through another Horseman dungeon and still not getting the mount drop, I decided to queue up for random Siege of Orgrimmar LFR. Love the new option where you can keep queuing for multiple LFR options (select -> join queue, select new -> join queue). I join all 4 Siege raids and see which one pops first (usually another run at General Nazgrim with the wipe debuff). Anyway, Tuesday, I drop into Gates of Retribution on Elk and after waiting 15 minutes for a second tank, we finally start the fight with Galakras . 12:15am hits, and BAM! Internets drop. Send a SMS msg to Comcast (266278) and it's confirmed. Down. :(  Guess it really is time to go to bed. Took Wednesday off, (daughter needed homework help), so last night try again. This time, Elk get's his run (of course LFR shoulders drop off Nazgrim), so I hop over to my Disc Priest. Nothing off Nazgrim, but when we get to Gates it's 12:00am. Yep right around 12:15, my Internets drop again....

Elkagorasa has been actively grinding elites all over the Timeless Isle. At 11 PM local, or 1 AM server, it's not that busy, so when an rare is announced, it's fairly safe that they'll still be fighting when he get's there. With that, I found Elk's pockets bulging with over 20,000 timeless coins. So, I bought batches of 5 keys from Kukuru  and opened chests in his little cave. Each key unlocks a treasure chest that can contain anything from 1-1000 more coins, Bonkers , timeless gear tokens, and even the highly rare burden of eternity (BoE). From my time last night, I bought approximately 40 keys, from which I got 2 Bonkers, about 10 gear tokens (mail, plate, leather and 2 cloth) and around 3/4 of my investment in coins; spend 2,500 coins, get 1,900 coins back. Still looking for my pants. I want to use my BoE on a Timeless Cloth Pants token. This should net me a pair of  Cloudscorcher Leggings . 5 hours later, still no CLOTH pants. I have mail pants. I hav...

Patch 5.4.1 is dropping today. I tried to logon and burn my cooldown on celestial cloth , only to be told, it's busy. Looking at the PTR notes, this appears to be mostly for Blizzcon updates (add the pet, new RAF mount, etc.), but I remember at the last developer round-table , they mentioned 5.4.1 containing some of the transitional content leading into the next expansion.. Right?? Speaking of the Dev Round Table.. It would be so cool to have a heirloom and/or toy closets?!

With a new expansion on the horizon, there are a few things that Blizzard  you could really do to expand the game. I feel that there is an entire segment of untapped players out there that would love to have awesome mounts and get to PLAY with them. Sure, the quests to raise, then race the dragon look cool, but how about we make them more detailed, then provide on-going play. For example, I feel that riding a velociraptor should be more organic. When turning corners, I'd expect the animal to lean into the corners and really rip up the ground. Instead, Stinky just sort of strolls. What I want to ride would look more like this: Next, the motorcycles (mechano hog, goblin trike). Here are goblins, reckless and a wee-bit crazy. If you wanted to host an all night rave and didn't care if the place was destroyed when you left, you'd have goblins host it. I'd love to see our bikes, actually be able to drift. I think it would be awesome, if we could take our...

Over the weekend, Elkagorasa picked up his first tier piece, Robe of Horned Nightmares . This was decent enough upgrade from my previous item that I decided to replace it immediately. Now, looking forward, I want my second piece so that I can take advantage of the 2-piece set bonus (and maybe drop my Sha-skin set). So, who has each warlock (priest or paladin) token? (in order of appearance). Chest :  Chest of Cursed Conqueror  dropped by  Sha of Pride , LFR: SoO 1  (vale of eternal shadows) - boss 3. Gloves :  Gauntlets of Cursed Conqueror  dropped by  General Nazgrim , LFR: SoO 2  (gates of retribution) - boss 4. Head : Helm of Cursed Conqueror dropped by  Thok the Bloodthirsty , LFR: SoO 3  (the underhold) - boss 3. Shoulders : Shoulders of Cursed Conqueror dropped by Siegecrafter Blackfuse , LFR: SoO 4  (downfall) - boss 1 Legs : Leggings of Cursed Conqueror  dropped by (members of )  Parrago...

Something funny on the forums: So that explains why they are rested in Inns. Maybe like in Wreck-it-Ralph, Elk actually seeks counciling for his warlockery ways.

Ambermist proposed an interesting shared topic idea. Since I haven't wrote on a shared topic in probably a year, this looks a good re-start. What about WoW just doesn't work for you? Maybe it's something you aren't good at, maybe it's something you just don't understand, maybe it's something people like that you really never got into and don't understand the appeal. ( Source )  I just don't get it. I have been playing WoW since the Vanilla and I just don't get the desire to level up a army of alts. I have/had a number of guildies that have leveled up enough alts to cover every possible profession. No, not just DKs because of their jump start at level 57, but druids for the herbalism and mining while in flight form or goblins for the alchemy bonus and blood elf for the enchanting bonus. I can't do it! The grind up all those levels over and over again sounds dreadful. I already spend 4 hours a week trying to get Elk into LFR raids (working...