Around Azeroth: Not without my elekk
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Apr 8th 2008 at 10:00AM
Back in the day when Hannibal crossed the Alps, he used armored north African elephants (now extinct) to frighten and trample his opponents. However, the elephants were easily frightened, and often trampled their own forces when shot with enough arrows.
The two European-history-loving paramedics sitting in the room with me right now can't think of any Hannibal-related puns for this screenshot, so I'll just note that it takes a lot for an elekk to not flee from a huge dinosaur -- especially when there's a draenei shaman fighting on its back. Grilox of Kilrogg, who sent us this picture, wrote that he was questing in Blade's Edge with his roommate Arigato when Arigato bugged on Grilox's screen and started to fight on an elephant. Arigato's own screen, however, did not replicate the bug.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dakira Apr 8th 2008 10:04AM
Cool bug.. Had this happen with a mage friend. It was cool to watch him pryoblast from his flying mount!
Silverrealm Apr 8th 2008 10:34AM
I have always said that we should be able to use *limited* attacks on mounts, perhaps just epics... think of the BG chaos!
Great screen shot!!!
Ladli Apr 8th 2008 1:42PM
I agree - I think that it makes perfect that I could cast spells while I'm mounted.
ThorinII Apr 8th 2008 2:19PM
/agree we SOOOOO should be able to attack while mounted. AND mounts should have their own special attacks to use.
Dave Apr 8th 2008 10:35AM
I've seen this happening a couple times since 2.4 dropped. I have a screenshot of my friend riding a gryphon around Westfall. Aside from looking like he had a flying mount in Azeroth, he was also level 23 at the time.
Just this past weekend the same thing happened where he saw me riding a hippogryph around Ashenvale at 29. We didn't screenshot that one, though.
Mordermi Apr 8th 2008 11:42AM
I had this happen a couple years ago. A friend (pally) and I (mage) were questing in the Burning Steppes when he bugged on my screen. I have some great screenshots of him fighting cavalry-style from his mount against some dragonkin. He said it looked like he dismounted and was fighting normally on his screen.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h261/samuraisan/BarrettCavalryFight.jpg
Kirrina Apr 8th 2008 12:45PM
I hated the new mounts so much (both elekks and hawkstriders) that I forced my Draenai shaman to grind IF rep instead and bought a Ram instead at lvl 41. And an epic Ram at lvl 60. No elekks for me, no way.
Oldbear Apr 8th 2008 3:15PM
I did the same with my BE. I ground UC rep for my undead horse... A boney, smelly dead horse is better than some techno-colour LSD bird.
Besides, now I can beat a dead horse...
Frank Apr 8th 2008 3:44PM
i'll take your elekk. i've been grinding and grinding just to gain enough rep for one. something about riding a giant pink (well, ok, PURPLE) elephant around just really appeals to me. i have 2340 more rep points to go, and i think i've run out of options until i hit outland, unless i want to farm repeatedly for runecloth to turn in over and over.
Justin Apr 8th 2008 1:18PM
Finally, proof! I wasn't hallucinating when I saw that Blood Elf Hunter shooting tigers from atop his hawkstrider in STV.
You have no idea how jealous I was when I saw that...