Elementium Ore - Sceptre Quest Line

[TeaLeaf]

Lunares, Kregoron and I have been working on the Sceptre quest line over the past week or so now that we have the rep with Brood of Nozdormu.  We have completed the vast bulk of the various threads with some raid elements still to complete, some of which we hope to do this weekend.

The next element of the quest chain (the one to summon the 'minnow' shark raid boss) requires 20 arcanite bars, 10 azerothian diamonds, 10 blue sapphires and 10 Elementium Ore to make the arcanite buoy.

How do we get our hands on 10 Elementium Ore each?  And what's the price.  We're all prepared to pay something for it but I do not know how much we already have at the moment as the last update on the Moneybagz link was in February.

So, can anyone tell me how many we have and then can we have a discussion about guildies getting elementium ore for the quest line to complete?

TL.

[Bastet]

possibly we would have 40 ppl needing that soon, and there might be quite a few in bagz, but i dont think we have anywhere near that much. hard one, will need futher thinking, also since we need some for AQ40 quests once we get those

[Padding]

There's also Legendary weapons that need those, isnt there?
 
Im failing to see how this will benefit the guild.... enlighten me

[TeaLeaf]

It's a quest Padding, it means nothing to the Guild, but it's lore and we're following it.  We're asking what we have, how we can get hold of some and what it might cost (DKP, Gold or otherwise).  

As for Lunas' comments, I doubt we'll have 40 people following it - it's kind of like the Winterspring Trainer rep quests, they take so long to do that it puts 90% of people off, so I reckon we'll only ever see a few doing it.

Legendary weapons need it too, but tbh by the time you have the other mats drops requirements you'll have several hundred elementium ore in guild bank and supply will not be a problem.

TL.

[Vargen]

You will also need 3 elementium ore to each person getting the weapons quest after the twin emperors. So I really don't see any good in using all our elementium for this.

[TeaLeaf]

How many do we have?

TL.

[Ragnarh]

So by you turning in the elementium ore you get?
If you don't get anything, loot ,resepies or craftebols. Then I don't think I wil support handing out  10 elementium ore.(equal to 1thunderfury or 3 AQ40 weapons).

[lunares]

You do get some stuff out of it. A weapon at the end and a nice frost res ring also.
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=52510 (ring)
http://www.thottbot.com/?i=52822 (healing dagger)
Those are very good rewards a other part of the questline is also a nature res item.
 
Lunares

[TeaLeaf]

We get epic weapons, we also get the epic recipe that you and all tanks will benefit from (we sent a total of 400G worth of the special food to the 3 MTs yesterday).  The weapon for mage gives +dam and +hit chance - +hit is needed in Naxx.  We also get an epic +20 Frost resistance ring (with +other stats) needed for Naxx that also gives underwater breathing ability (helpful in the rumoured underwater boss for expansion).

So yes I think it is worth considering.  It is also a core part of the lore of the game and without the support of a raiding Guild a player would spend a huge amount of time and about 1,000G each reaching almost the very end of the quest chain and then being stuck and unable to complete the chain.

I come back to a question asked in the original post: how many elementium ore do we have?  What's the timescale over which we think we will need them for AQ weapons, and as for TF then let's see if it drops because right now it's not even in the equation!

TL.

[Vargen]

At the moment we have 54 elementium ore. We potentiaoly have two thunderfury coming, depending on the second part drops and I know once we get to the twin emperors we will need something like 3 per guardian I guess, depending on drops.
In avarage we get 3 per BWL run. Sometimes less sometimes more.
 
It's not purely up to me, so let me hear what you think.

[KreuZ]

The weapon for mage gives +dam and +hit chance - +hit is needed in Naxx.  We also get an epic +20 Frost resistance ring (with +other stats) needed for Naxx that also gives underwater breathing ability (helpful in the rumoured underwater boss for expansion).

First of, +hit is needed everywhere against mobs equal or higher level then you.

Second, can you show me where this rumor of a underwater boss came from because I read forums, expansion info sites and other WoW sites every day and I've never heard of it.

[Padding]

I wouldnt be as worried about you buying them if it werent for the possibility of a number of people doing the quest
 
Im currently also in the run, but not as focused as you clearly are
 
Im on the if-we-think-we-have-enough-we-can-consider-it team

[lunares]

About that we need 3 ores a guardian. You also forget that when we kill the emperors we also need a specific drop from them each kill(or other bosses but those droprates are pretty low). So that means 3 ores a week. We also do BWL which is normally also 3 ores a week. So i dont see a problem with that.
About thunderfury i dont see the relevance of it. You say its 1 of the best weapons for tanking then i reply that dagger reward is 1 of the best healing weapons.(lets compare it has some nice stats for a 1H and plus 121 plus healing. Benediction has plus 106 healing!) Not to mention we need another drop for it beeing 1 of the other bindings. It can drop tomorrow or next century.
 
Lunares

[Vargen]

My biggest worry beaing; If you get this, what happens when 20 others want the same?
We should be able to treat people the same?

[TeaLeaf]

Some of the rewards from the quest line, including the resistance ring and neck piece which are seriously good.  All used for Guild benefit.

TL.

Onyxia Embedded Leggings
Amulet of Shadow Shielding
Gnomish Turban of Psychic Might
Recipe: Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops
Drake Tooth Necklace
Drudge Boots


Band of Icy Depths
Darkwater Robes
Fang of Korialstrasz
Shadowsong's Sorrow
Runesword of the Red
Ravencrest's Legacy