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On 7/31/2013 4:29 PM, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> Several times, I've heard about max level toons in this expansion going back to the North Barrens to farm Ko'korron (sp?) for *something*. In particular, they're going after caravans.
>
> What's up with that? Isn't it a fairly low level zone? What's there that's worth farming?

Both sides are gearing up to take on Garrosh in the Siege of Orggrimar. 
  Vol'jin is leading a troll revolt, of which the Alliance is helping by 
preparing an attack by sea.  Players in both factions are building 
towards this by killing Kor'kron in the Barrens to collect supplies in 
preparation for the attack.

Yes, the Alliance and Trolls are working together against Vol'jin.

Max level players, when completely the weekly quest to collect 150 Wood, 
Oil, Stone and Meat receive not only 200 Valor but a Radical Mojo which 
can be combined with a non-BoP Latent Kor'kron item to create a level 
483 piece of gear for whatever spec you are in at the time.  Various 
minibosses across the Barrens also have a chance to drop a Radical Mojo.

Another thing players can do are either protect caravans of goods, or 
loot overturned caravans of opposing factions for quick material pickups.

Other loot includes a few cosmetic items and minipets, purchased with 
various amounts of collected materials.

Low level players are phased, so until you are level 85 you won't see 
any of the high-level mobs.

On 7/31/2013 5:05 PM, Polarhound wrote:

> Yes, the Alliance and Trolls are working together against Vol'jin.

Err.... against Garrosh.  My bad.

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:29:28 -0700 (PDT), pete...@gmail.com wrote:

>Several times, I've heard about max level toons in this expansion going back to the North Barrens to farm Ko'korron (sp?) for *something*. In particular, they're going after caravans.
>
>What's up with that? Isn't it a fairly low level zone? What's there that's worth farming?

Polarhound summed it up well, but I thought I'd mention: follow the
quest chain you'll have auto-received at the start of 5.3 and it'll
lead you there (you probably gave up when it sent you to do a scenario
- the Durotar and Barrens storyline comes after that bit).

Not much in it for mains tbh but some epic gear for alts is handy, at
least, and it's interesting seeing the story progress. Bit of a
disappointment overall though, as there's not very much to it, once
you've done the chain (which takes a few hours, max), that's it.
Although it's an ok way to get valor, weekly quets gives 200 or so I
think.

On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 5:30:51 PM UTC-4, Catriona R wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:29:28 -0700 (PDT), pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Several times, I've heard about max level toons in this expansion going back to the North Barrens to farm Ko'korron (sp?) for *something*. In particular, they're going after caravans.
> 
> >What's up with that? Isn't it a fairly low level zone? What's there that's worth farming?
> 
> Polarhound summed it up well, but I thought I'd mention: follow the
> quest chain you'll have auto-received at the start of 5.3 and it'll
> lead you there (you probably gave up when it sent you to do a scenario
> - the Durotar and Barrens storyline comes after that bit).

Yes, I'm pretty sure I dropped the scenario quest. Anyone remember the name? I might want to pick it up again.

pt
 
> Not much in it for mains tbh but some epic gear for alts is handy, at
> least, and it's interesting seeing the story progress. Bit of a
> disappointment overall though, as there's not very much to it, once
> you've done the chain (which takes a few hours, max), that's it.
> Although it's an ok way to get valor, weekly quets gives 200 or so I
> think.

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:59:13 -0700 (PDT), pete...@gmail.com wrote:

>On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 5:30:51 PM UTC-4, Catriona R wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:29:28 -0700 (PDT), pete...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >Several times, I've heard about max level toons in this expansion going back to the North Barrens to farm Ko'korron (sp?) for *something*. In particular, they're going after caravans.
>> 
>> >What's up with that? Isn't it a fairly low level zone? What's there that's worth farming?
>> 
>> Polarhound summed it up well, but I thought I'd mention: follow the
>> quest chain you'll have auto-received at the start of 5.3 and it'll
>> lead you there (you probably gave up when it sent you to do a scenario
>> - the Durotar and Barrens storyline comes after that bit).
>
>Yes, I'm pretty sure I dropped the scenario quest. Anyone remember the name? I might want to pick it up again.

Can't remember the name but have a word with Lorewalker Cho, in the
Lorewalker's room, he gave most of that chain till it sends you to
Durotar.

I'd be able to look it up for you as my druid's on it, except the
servers have been down for the last hour, *sigh* ;-)

In <435cb63a-e955-4a38...@googlegroups.com> pete...@gmail.com writes:

> Yes, I'm pretty sure I dropped the scenario quest. Anyone remember the
> name? I might want to pick it up again.

I believe it's called War Is Coming.  Try talking to Lorewalker Cho in
Mogu'shan Palace in the Vale.

-- 
John Gordon                   A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
gor...@panix.com              B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
                                -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"

On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 4:05:21 PM UTC-5, Polarhound wrote:
> Low level players are phased, so until you are level 85 you won't see any of the high-level mobs.<

Actually I've wandered through there on my level 20-30 chars and see the high
level mobs, they are yellow and I need to be careful as you CAN target and
you CAN attack them.  Which of course you'll die rather quickly.

Just the other day I wandered by a caravan and the outriders attacking it 
ended up killing me with their multi-shot.  I was lvl 25 at the time.

Op 1-8-2013 16:07, Warulak schreef:
> On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 4:05:21 PM UTC-5, Polarhound wrote:
>> Low level players are phased, so until you are level 85 you won't see any of the high-level mobs.<
>
> Actually I've wandered through there on my level 20-30 chars and see the high
> level mobs, they are yellow and I need to be careful as you CAN target and
> you CAN attack them.  Which of course you'll die rather quickly.
>
> Just the other day I wandered by a caravan and the outriders attacking it
> ended up killing me with their multi-shot.  I was lvl 25 at the time.
>
yeh happened to me to with a lower toon, got attacked.
SF

On 7/31/2013 5:05 PM, Polarhound wrote:

> Various
> minibosses across the Barrens also have a chance to drop a Radical Mojo.
>

I've never seen a radical mojo drop from any of the commanders (I assume
that's the minibosses you're referring to.)  Is that for real?

Good armor for new level 90s, I'm kinda miffed it's gonna go away before 
the monk alt I'm currently working on is gonna be there.

In <slrnkvlojm.rlr.g.kreme@mbp55.local> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:

> > I've never seen a radical mojo drop from any of the commanders (I assume
> > that's the minibosses you're referring to.)  Is that for real?

> Yes. I have one. Had no idea what it was for.

You're sure it came from a direct drop, and not a quest reward?

-- 
John Gordon                   A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
gor...@panix.com              B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
                                -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"

On 8/1/2013 6:40 PM, John Gordon wrote:
> In <slrnkvlojm.rlr.g.kreme@mbp55.local> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:
>
>>> I've never seen a radical mojo drop from any of the commanders (I assume
>>> that's the minibosses you're referring to.)  Is that for real?
>
>> Yes. I have one. Had no idea what it was for.
>
> You're sure it came from a direct drop, and not a quest reward?
>

After the first two weeks of doing them, I had three in my bag.  Had to 
come from somewhere.

On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:30:19 -0400, Polarhound
<polar...@comcast.net> wrote:

>On 8/1/2013 6:40 PM, John Gordon wrote:
>> In <slrnkvlojm.rlr.g.kreme@mbp55.local> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:
>>
>>>> I've never seen a radical mojo drop from any of the commanders (I assume
>>>> that's the minibosses you're referring to.)  Is that for real?
>>
>>> Yes. I have one. Had no idea what it was for.
>>
>> You're sure it came from a direct drop, and not a quest reward?
>>
>
>After the first two weeks of doing them, I had three in my bag.  Had to 
>come from somewhere.

They're the quest reward for the weekly quest, alongside the valor.
Don't believe they drop but then I only did it for 2 weeks.

On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 6:23:23 PM UTC-4, John wrote:
> In <435cb63a-e955-4a38...@googlegroups.com> pete...@gmail.com writes:
> 
> > Yes, I'm pretty sure I dropped the scenario quest. Anyone remember th
> > name? I might want to pick it up again.
> 
> I believe it's called War Is Coming.  Try talking to Lorewalker Cho in
> Mogu'shan Palace in the Vale.

Turned out I had the kickoff quest in my log, just hadn't completed it. 

What a grindfest! There are easier ways to earn 200 VP. Got 3 uncompleted epics, and 1 Radical Mojo. The RM is soulbound - is the created armor also so? If that's the case, this isn't too useful to me. Now what do I do with all this extra *stuff*?

Also picked up a quest to aid the ghost of a former emperor, which got my some nice 502 boots for my ret spec.

pt

Op 5-8-2013 5:09, pete...@gmail.com schreef:
> On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 6:23:23 PM UTC-4, John wrote:
>> In <435cb63a-e955-4a38...@googlegroups.com> pete...@gmail.com writes:
>>
>>> Yes, I'm pretty sure I dropped the scenario quest. Anyone remember th
>>> name? I might want to pick it up again.
>>
>> I believe it's called War Is Coming.  Try talking to Lorewalker Cho in
>> Mogu'shan Palace in the Vale.
>
> Turned out I had the kickoff quest in my log, just hadn't completed it.
>
> What a grindfest! There are easier ways to earn 200 VP. Got 3 uncompleted epics, and 1 Radical Mojo. The RM is soulbound - is the created armor also so? If that's the case, this isn't too useful to me. Now what do I do with all this extra *stuff*?
>
> Also picked up a quest to aid the ghost of a former emperor, which got my some nice 502 boots for my ret spec.
>
> pt
>

this grindfest helps chars that just turned 90 to get geared within a 
few weeks. For dps the waiting queues for dungeons can take forever and 
doing reputations and dailies is also grinding and give lower ilvl 
rewards then Barrens.
SF