Treasured Chest

Not that I entertain any illusions that anybody truly cares, but I did realize that I've been a bit lax in my account of my progression as a gear whore, throughout my career in WoW. Since our organized raid efforts have been focused on Molten Core, these last two months or so, we have picked up a Tuesday evening and Sunday morning set of jaunts into Zul'Gurub. A few weeks ago, we happened to tear Mandokir a new one, and I was fortunate enough to pick up Bloodlord's Defender, a longstanding aspiration of mine. For those of us who had been particularly jacked up on Mountain Dew, post-MC, we've also headed back into the jungle for a few quick kills on Venoxis. I prodded Eloysiar to come with us, one week, in spite of the fact that he really wanted to go to bed. Many, many times, he has gone to ZG and seen Fang of Venoxis drop, but has always been a bridesmaid when it came down to the rolls. Well, this one week, he came largely against his will, and lo and behold, not only did it drop but he got it. Well done, man! I was terribly pleased to see you finally end up with that.

Last night was no different. Bytes was foaming at the mouth to try to get Venoxis down, so we went back again, minus any other warriors and with zero priests in tow. We had more shaman than we had sense, and were still 4 people short by the time we got to Ol' Snakeskin himself, but after last Sunday's near takedown of him with only 11 people, we weren't scared in the least. As we cleared the trash mobs on our way to The Coil, we were discussing our respective reputations with Zandalar, and I'd mentioned that I was rapidly losing my advantage I had worked so hard to achieve when it came to Zandalar rep, as I was one of half a dozen Pods that were Revered with them. In theory, this rep preference meant that Infernalbill and/or Agnok would be the only competition for the Primal Hakkari Kossack, should it drop. That would mean that I would be immediately able to cash it in on Yojamba Isle upon leaving, and picking up Zandalar Vindicator's Breastplate for my troubles. That would also mean it has to drop. And drop it has. Twice. Once when I wasn't there. Both times has been off Bloodlord, I believe, and there again is another problem. Mandokir and Jin'do the Hexxer share about a 10-12% drop on this item. All other Aspects have less than a 2% drop off this. The continued complication of the issue is

1. We've never so much as looked at Jin'do yet.
2. Mandokir is getting far easier but we're not out of the woods yet.
3. When we *do* down Bloodlord, it's a very tank-heavy fight and there are always at least 2 other warriors there for competition, save rep requirements we impose for rolls.

Well, short story shorter, we burn down Venoxis with 16 Pods, and the Kossack drops. OMFG. We had zero warlocks, and none of our mages were Revered yet, so it is, at long last, mine. 2.16% drop, says Allakhazam. Wow.

"That's hot."