Comments on: W00T! I got a horsie!

By: Pike

Pike — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:03:00 +0000

Congrats on the horse! I got the Chestnut one too, that is, when my night elf was level 40. I’d been eyeing that horse since level 6, which is what helped me to get exalted by 37.

By: Breana

Breana — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:21:00 +0000

Congrats on the pony! As one who shares your disdain for the Elekk, I am glad you have been able to get a more suitable alternative!

By: tessy

tessy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Gratz to the horse!

I didn't like the look of the Elekk either, the thought of having to watch that huge purple behind all the time while riding was enough for me to get my Draenei shaman to do all the NE quests for Darnassus rep. She got exalted with them at lvl 38, and when she dinged 40 she got herself one of the saber mounts.

She looks cool on it too, no knees sticking out too much or anything :-)

By: Lypi

Lypi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:56:00 +0000

You know, I’ve been levelling a draenai shammy – she’s now 67. Initially I hated the elekks. Despised them. Then I found they can wade through deeper water without dismounting. MUCH deeper. So when I hit 60, I got an epic Elekk. Even though I could have got a horse. The water thing sold me.

Incidentally I finally went back to Kara today, and I used the spots for tanking Prince you outlined in your video – perfect!

By: Ngita

Ngita — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:46:00 +0000

I went for the octoberfest eleks from my draenei Priest. I leveled 32-40 over that festival which is very fast for me as I normally keep my alts in permenant rest experience. But I ran out of runecloth aroud 285 and decided ahh I will just wait for runecloth to drop... Instead of farming or AH. It took from 50-59.

Still then I had the fun of leveling 300-354 tailoring and also dinging 60 for mooncloth specialisation in 1 night, of course I grabbed 150 Riding as well so I could finally use the epic elekk that had been sitting in my bags for 4 months.

By: Noob

Noob — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:23:00 +0000

Grats on the horse… I am working my way there, but still stuck with my old school nightsaber. I have always wanted to lvl a draenei (for the jc) and now know what to expect in regards to their “cosmetic” appeal while riding!

By: dorgol (boulderfist)

dorgol (boulderfist) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:01:00 +0000

I wasn't a huge fan of the non-epic Elekk. I used it because I didn't like the look of the guy on the pally horse... and I didn't want to put gold into lvl 40 mounts for other factions (I think I hit exaletd with most Ally factions in the mid-50s).

The epic Elekk is great. It's like riding a tank into battle.

At 70 I keep 7 mounts in my bags (gryphon, drake, ray, elekk, saber, horse, ram) and use a macro to randomly choose which one to use.

Oh, and Draenei look fine on NE mounts. Get your Darnassus rep up. :)

By: Cassieann

Cassieann — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:51:00 +0000

Ok, to those who suggested having Alex keep his eye closed and then open it to get the drop in, I LOVE you!!! lol

It took one minute this time and I was told "that didn't hurt so bad" instead of the 30 minutes of screaming (both of us) and bruising (to me from him trying to get free)the other times.

It's a good thing it's winter in Minnesota and we have our windows tightly closed or our neighbors would have been hearing screaming of "get off of me. No, don't do it. Stop it, stop it" all day yesterday and BBB and I would have been talking to the police and trying to convince them we weren't doing something awful to Alex. :-)

Thanks again!!

Cassieann

By: Felkan

Felkan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:30:00 +0000

@twinsuns: Ditto. That's what we do with our kids as well. Have them lightly close their eyes, place the drop(s) on the inside corner of one eye. Slowly open their eyes and blink a few times. Repeat for the other eye.

Then have them lay still for a couple of minutes.

Wash your hands and theirs with soap.

By: Asara Dragoness

Asara Dragoness — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:12:00 +0000

Grats on the horsie :) I didn’t get mine until after 60, I can’t remember how much runecloth I had to farm for that dang thing. But Swift White Steed and her cousins Black Stallion and Chestnut Mare live in my bank now.. ever since Silver Riding Talbuk made her debut, anyway.

And about the draenei on a horse, I have a paladin, and I didn’t like the elephant either. But as soon as I saw my darling girl from behind on that horse.. I couldn’t buy an elekk fast enough. From the side, she looks fine, but if I always watch my screen from the side, I can’t see where I’m going.. so.. elekk it is. It took some getting used to, but I love it now. We’ll see how things go with the epic one!