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Comment by 2OfDiamonds

A chopper is a radically customized motorcycle, archetypal examples of which are the customized Harley-Davidsons seen in the 1969 film Easy Rider.

Picture.

Run! Go! Get to da choppa! <Achievement>

Comment by 215088

Coolest mount ever.

Comment by 21452

Gnome with a Mohawk and this... *chuckle*

Comment by Dxll

Mekgineer-Chopper: Raw Mats.

12 x Titansteel bar (1500g/bar = 18.000g) 20hr cooldown after crafting 1 bar:
36 Titanium Bars -> 72 Titanium Ores.
12 Eternal Fire.
12 Eternal Earth.
12 Eternal Shadow.

40 x Handful of Cobalt Bolts (Not that expensive, 1 bar = 1 bolt):
40 Cobalt Bars -> 40 Cobalt Ores.

2 x Artic Fur (Low drop rate, don't know the buyout price):
Arctic Fur -> Skinning.

1 x Salvaged Dark Iron Parts (3000g/part = 3000g):
Salvaged Dark Iron Parts -> Sold by Roxi Ramrocket.

8 x Goblin-machined Piston (1000g/Piston = 8000g):
Goblin-machined Piston -> Sold by Roxi Ramrocket.

1 x Elementium-plated Exhaust Pipe (1500g/Pipe = 1500g) Limited Supply:
Elementium-plated Exhaust Pipe -> Sold by Roxi Ramrocket.

Total costs: ±30.500g

Edit: Vendor price for some of the parts.

After you buy the Mechano-Hog schematic you can buy the parts listed above.

Comment by Dragonx92

I hate to do this but, GET TO THE CHOPPER!

Comment by deathweed

I just wanna know is it Eng exlusive or can they make them for other people? notice there is no Boe/Bop attached to it. because if they arnt BoP, talk about money maker!

Comment by 59326

Anyone can use it, but only engineers can make it. And no, it wont be a big money maker, cus no one will tip for $%^& cus they're all greedy $%^&s.

Comment by 200615

God damnit, I don't want to see non-engineers with this badboy. You clowns get to ride in the sidecar.

Comment by hezec

I'd like to point out that it will in fact cost more than what people are calculating. The 250g and 375g listed for the vendor items are what a vendor will pay if you're the seller. And that's only 25% of what it costs to buy one from a vendor. So that's 8 * 1,000 g + 1,500 g = 9,500 g just for the vendor-bought parts. I don't know how much 12 titansteel bars will cost but the 18k suggested earlier sounds reasonable. Add a load of bolts, some rare-ish leather and a mysterious box of salvaged parts (dungeon drop?) and you'll probably be looking at a cost of around 30,000 g.

Expensive? Hell yes. Worth it? Well... it's a frickin' CHOPPAH!

Comment by Agoonga

Whose motorcycle is this? It's a chopper, baby.

Comment by 197757

If you respect your profession as an engineer you will refuse to make this for anyone.

Comment by Sunderhorse

How would one mount up when somebody is already driving?

Comment by Shorty

Given that making one of these requires an investment of 12500g FROM THE ENGINEER MAKING IT, I don't forsee these being all that common on the AH.

Comment by 105588

GET TO DA CHOPPA!

Comment by 65072

Blizz should seriously make this require Engineering skill or make it BoP... the coolness factor if riding a friggin motorcycle in Azeroth will be lost if everyone is riding it...

Comment by Homeschool

Our guild is thrilled about the non-Engineer usability. As soon as we heard that, we began making plans to be a biker gang - the Engineers were as excited to share what they can do as the others are to be able to have a new and interesting mount. For us, it's a team-building event.

There's a certain extent where it's nice to be able to differentiate. But it's also really nice to share with friends and not just make things all for oneself.

If the complaints are really just about exorbitant AH prices... Doesn't that focus more on the Engineers making them to sell them? Blizzard could block these from AH posting, sure, but when it comes down to it... It IS a mount. It's not like it gives an advantage in PvP or anything.

Comment by shinythings

Since there is an achievment for having this item, I sincerely doubt that it will be engineer only. I cannot imagine them putting in a profession specific achievment in the "General" grouping.

http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?achievement=2097

Comment by 234475

PSH! If the mount's mats are more than 20k gold ill get the mamoth FIRST but, if the motorbike is somehow faster, because it requires level 80, ill just get it, a 20 hr. cooldown for 1 bar is kinda harsh, and id rather spend my money on a flying mount, but hey who doesn't want a chopper? If i trusted it, id buy gold, but how can i garuntee that ill get it? Don't post an advertisment after i post this... -_-... With these high gas prices, i also worry about how much mileage this chopper gets per gallon :D

Comment by 240547

First of all this is an archievement mount.

Arguing about the priority to engeneers - i would like to admit that its a nice way that engeneers can make mounts for public use! more useful then Felsteel Bullets spammed in AH.

Second. I would also agree that - not everyone will afford this mount if u guys thinking that all around will be Choppers in WOTLK.

Even to me - i will think twice before i spend like 35k gold on a mount!

Dont stress guys,this mount will remain its epic quality for a long time. good luck on gold farming :D

Comment by Kiayateo

I don't know if anyone has metioned this yet, but according to Blizzard (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/mounts/special.html) the motorcycle mounts will be able to hold 2 people.

Comment by Ronark

There are also some special "unquie abilities" this mount has compared to a 'normal' mount (unless they were taken off from beta):

When riding in the chopper:

You do not take falling damage. Instead the bike has its own HP bar, and its HP quickly recovers over time, similar to Energy regeneration for Rogues/Druids.
You cannot be dazed. Guess since you can't daze a machine?

While they are small bonuses, I myself will save my 16,000 gold for the vendor mammoth :)

Comment by 234475

Wait, so if you fall from high enough, and your chopper has hp, when your chopper loses all hp, does it brake? Also, i just hope this, and the mammoth mount don't make annoying noises while your riding. I can handle the accasional: VROOM! but not as im riding.

Comment by 242232

I think it'd be wrong for this to be made an engineer only mount. That would give them 3 mounts (the two flying mounts).
Of all the other craft skills, tailoring will get 1? and the others have none?

Until they give some sorta wolf mount figurine for jewelcrafters, and..
Ok, I'm not sure what would work for blacksmiths or leatherworkers.
Frankenstien's horse? :P euw.

Comment by Manowas

Now everyone, regardless of whether the bike is Horde or Alliance made, be sure to /wave at your fellow bikers.

http://www.viewfromthecloud.com/2006/08/secret-motorcycle-hand-greetings.html

Comment by 226474

So what does "1 Elementium-Plated Exhaust Pipe - 1500 (Limited Supply)" mean? Do the exhaust pipes replenish at the vendor or is that 1500 bikes per server, period? If that's the case, then the supply of exhaust pipes will limit accessibility to this mount far, far more than the materials cost. No engineer with measurable brain wave activity would sell this baby unless the price was IRL currency.

Comment by 237715

Zed...THE ROBOT! OMFG FROM SKIES OF CRIMSON OMFG ZED!

Comment by Spleener

Same speed as the other ground epics.

Comment by 247943

Here's another issue - Alliance Expedition rep alone isn't enough to get exalted with Alliance Vanguard and I haven't found enough quests to get rep with the other factions that make up Alliance Vanguard... I expect that more will open up as the servers progress, but because of that alone I imagine it will be quite awhile before you see these mounts.

Comment by 206988

Ok im not gona start talking about how awesome it is,

But i wonder, iwe seen and heard lots of talk that this mount shal be able to have 2-3 persons on in a "Side" waggon .
Is this confirmed? would realy like to know that it'l be easyer boosting my litle bro wen he can just sit on in an awesome waggon on the side.

~ Linky tha Engin mastah ~

Comment by 24360

Since the horde version of this mount is a sidecar, I'm wondering if it's confirmed you can carry passengers on the chopper too

Comment by 125087

Must say, smart move by blizzard to make them bound to races. I would love(im an alliance) to buy the horde mount off the Goblin AH and roll around with the horde emblem for laughs.

Comment by 210971

*sigh*
The industrial revolution. It had to come to WoW sometime. Just hope it doesn't expand.

Comment by 255561

To make that bike as u ve noticed u need to be engineer 450, u also need to buy the schem. learn it etc. There is some mats thats only buyable to only those that have learned the schem. 1 of these mats its the elementium exaust pipe. this1 has restriction on how many an engineer can buy---> u can buy only 1.

so this mount is engineer's only mount and no1 else:D

Comment by Marudas

Picked up my Choppah today. Was a pain to get, but I enjoy it to great lengths.

The chopper rides solo, until someone hops in, providing them with a retractable sidecar for comfertable sitting.

It functions as a vehicle, you cannot get dazed while in it, and you cannot die to fall damage.

Comment by 110822

It isn't engineering only thank God.

Engineers already are shafted by so much of their crap requiring engineering... Why would you want to enforce such a stupid idea? Every other prof you can make at least some money except engineer...

Comment by 255561

This would be an engineer only mount. cause of the elementium plated exhaust pipe. that last1 mat is only accesible to those who know the schematic-->engineers 450 skill. and they can buy only 1. so only a mad engineer will make it and sell that baby:D

Comment by Posh

Does anyone know what faction Roxi Ramrocket is?

Can you cut the 12.5k with rep? Is Roxi something like booty bay rep, or Gadgetzen ?

Just a tought

Comment by okayokay

amazing mount, but really seriously put down that it can't fly? this is ground only? still amazing but 12.5kgold on a non-flying? hhmm

Comment by 242170

50k Gold+ sounds like a very fair price to me.

I don't want to see everybody drive around with this bike.
Keep the price high or this will end up in a desaster like hype about the nightelfes mounts.

This is a masterpiece of engineering and it should be an extraordinary piece of luxus to someone.

Comment by 258537

I crafted this baby two days ago and i have to say that it's awesome! Yes, it has a waggon allowing two people to ride it, you can't get dazed and you can jump from dalaran without dieing!

But, seeing the mats cost somewhere around 18k(If the titansteel bars goes for 500g each that is, like they do on my realm) i were expecting something more from it.

These are just random ideas but changing the speed from 100% to 130-140% would be a good idea, i mean, it's a chopper.. It should be able to out run a elephant/horse/goat. Also, some kind of nos would be cool, like giving you a 100% speed for 5/10 sec.. Seeing the mammoth cost 19k and your able to rpr and carry TWO extra people it think it would be fair enough to the give the chopper that.

Yeh, and i may also add that people were laughing at me when i wanted 20k for it...

Comment by binnoma

i see ver ver nice :) coooooooooooool i try make this one :)

Comment by Kelo70

Total cost on Hellscream(US) 17610g.

Comment by 22738

You can complete the achievement Mine Sweeper just running over the mines on your motorcycle because it's considered a vehicle and you don't get dismounted like every other mount.

Comment by 57192

saw one in the AH today for 39,000g

Comment by Tedrow

If someone throws Baby Spice at your Mekgineer's Chopper it will shrink and you will remain the same size, you look like your riding a mini bike lol.

Comment by Retep

just to confirm you CAN in fact get dazed of this. Its is however true that you cannot die from fall damage since the mount takes all the fall damage.

Comment by Dunni

The Mekgineer's Chopper and the Mechano-hog are NOT affected by a Paladins Crusader Aura

However they ARE affected by a Hunters Aspect of the Pack, if you get stuck you will be dazed but you will only be slowed if your bike is struck

I would assume that the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth would be affected the same way

Comment by 269740

12.5 K, Whoever said these will be sold for 13k so you got 500g profit. I aint selling 12 titansteelbars for 500g.
Make it 20k to have a minimum profit.
I got 450 and alot, yeah realy alot of gnomish army knifes. Engi is hard and expensive to lvl ;)

A question
Nobody seems to mind about this, but I watched a youtube movie and noticed that for a passenger to mount, its insta mount.
Can the passenger be in combat ?
Would be awsome to get someone out of dangerous situation with a heroic Chopper action.

Comment by 182501

'come with me if you want to live'

Comment by 231405

Hey..
Well this is a special machine and if you are not an engineer. Having this is the exloring engineers cool world..
I dont actually like to see this in AH.. I hate when someone put it there.
Nowadays I am looking for its new owner on Kilrogg-EU..
There will be a nice party full of drinks around and will be beautiful ambiance with full of engineering stuff. And in that event we will trade the KEY...
And there will be some gifts like Tranquil Mechanical Yeti...
BUT... I am sick of ppl asking mats, how can u do it, can we ride if not engineer questions...
Will keep teaching ppl... And 1 more thing.. This machine is really great.. I will be disappointed if ppl sell this below 25k SERIOUS

Comment by Rhagus

Every time the bike despawns or you exit the vehicle you jump on the left side so I had an idea...

1. Go to Ironforge
2. Park as close to the Old Ironforge gate as you can (park it the way that left side of the bike touches the gate).
3. When the bike despawns (because it will, you've gotta be quick) you'll jump left which will be right throught the gate to Old Ironforge
4. Have fun, you're in.

Comment by 156857

Just wanted to add that this mount can skydive! Take a friend on a trip in your sidecar and take an awesome leap from Wyrmrest temple for maximum win!
Your mount will die and despawn when you hit the ground, but your character will be 100% alive.

Next try...Jump from Wyrmrest Temple and let the passenger try to hop in on the middle floor, that would be so cool for an ingame actionvideo.

Comment by Vefantur

Just got mine today. VERY inconvenient in PVP (what with having to jump on/off it slowly) but other than that an amazing mount. Also in pvp if you are slowed, your mount keeps going at 100% speed because you are two different entities. :)

Comment by 113058

Does anyone know if you can get vendor on the side cart? Please answer.

Comment by 275694

You Don't need to be a engineer to own one........it's just to make one......and people are saying it's BoP IT'S NOT it's BoE so anyone can have it just get a engineer who can make it if you have the bars,bolts,fur.You'll have to give them 12,500g for the other vendor parts.

Thank you.
If you have any questions /email me :)

Comment by 258570

the choper has attack button when u mount on it on the pet bar ...but seems to do nothing :o

Comment by 275694

Im sure this bike was in the film Geat Escape.

Comment by 282209

Question: In the upcoming patch 3.0.8. Blizzard is removing race requirements for mounts. Since this mount is BoE, (and im assuming can be put in the AH, ) would It be possible for a Horde like myself to ride the alliance version and vise versa?

I mean I know there would be a sort of money issue, but I would totally make the horde version and trade this for the Alliance version in the neutral AH.

Anyone know if this will be possible? If so, this is my new goal in WoW.

Comment by Bliksem

Blizzard have mentioned that in a future patch, all vehicular mounts (flying carpet, chopper etc) will function just like normal mounts.

This means no more death defying leaps from Dalaran, ( :( ) but also no more 1 second dismounts or being unable to do anything from mounted ( :) )

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=7120113259&pageNo=2&sid=1#21

and

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/13593920406-flying-carpet-problems.html

Comment by Bliksem

I was sapped in WSG today whilst mounted, and I just kept on driving =)

Edit: The same thing happened with a hammer of justice cast on me in a battleground. Your character is stunned, but your vehicle is not and keeps moving. I assume it will do the same for cheap shot, repentance, polymorph, and many other kinds of CC.

Will be doing some more testing.

Comment by SamusAran

What's a good price to sell this vehicle for?

Comment by rubino7

WOOHOO you dont need engineering level 450 to use it!

Comment by Vefantur

While we still have a vehicular mount..... you can eat and perform many other actions while on it. Very useful in pvp when driving away: get healed while goin the opposite direction. :) Also true for anyone in the sidecar of course.

Comment by 172109

With the Upcoming Patch, Racial Limitations in Mounts are being lifted from mounts, so if you know a Engineer on Alliance side, and you are horde, you can go freak out people in Org by using the AC version of the mount, while others are using the horde one.
Simply put hte mount in hte neutral Auction house, and buy it with your horde toon

Comment by DoomFist

Does this suxer has a shotgun? rumors that it does? where and how can u use it?

Comment by 286035

Wrapped one up for an XMas present ^.^
I love how it just appears as a regular gift box in game, could not possibly wrap it successfully in real life and keep it a surprise xD.

Comment by 227699

I guess you/the rumors are refering to this buff:
Riding Shotgun

"Riding shotgun" is an English term most non-native speakers might not know (like me at first; a shotgun sounded cool though :D):
"To ride shotgun is to sit in the front passenger seat when riding in a car or other vehicle. In contemporary tradition, in order to claim the seat, one must "call shotgun" according to some set of informal rules. It is a phrase commonly heard in the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_shotgun

Comment by 24872

When i'm mounted, my chopper targets the same thing i have targeted. Also, i get a pet bar with an attack button. Is that supposed to be there?

Comment by 65665

You can't /follow anyone while mounted on this. This will probably change when they make all mounts act similar.

Comment by 293460

It's nice to see from the screenshots that you can ride solo without the sidecar. I just want to show off on my motorcycle and I don't want a silly sidecar on it!

Comment by dakoth

I'm selling one of these on Twisting Nether. Feel free to shoot Reyna a tell if interested. Pricetag is currently 17k, or AH'able mats + 13k.

If you're a horde looking to buy this, the pricetag will be slightly higher, but shoot a mail to fabric9(at)gmail.com if still interested and I might be inclined to put one up on the goblin AH.

Comment by 295310

Due to: Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei

Horde can't ride the Mekgineer's Chopper.

However the horde version (Mechano-hog) can be found here:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41508

Comment by 153653

I dunno if it is rare at AH...but now on Ravencrest EU there is one for 30k buy out on AH....that is a insane price...i prefer to save the money and farm Ravenlord / Baron mount instead.

Comment by 295848

cool always i whant a bike :)

Comment by 297439

The Liesence plate says "Pwn" =P

Comment by Zerul

Allows movement while the driver is sapped, just discovered this in an EotS.

Can anyone confirm whether or not this works in the Arena? And if so, does it still have a separate health bar/provide movement even if you're CC'd?

Comment by Katalliaan

Engineers only:

Mount up. Offer someone a ride to somewhere from Dalaran. Go down to the sewers, ride off, dismount, and pop your tinkered-in parachute.

Oh, come on.. that was funny

Comment by 297712

Base mats for this baby are:

72 Titanium Ore to make 36 Titanium Bar
12 Eternal Fire
12 Eternal Earth
12 Eternal Shadow
= 12 Titansteel Bar

28-80 Cobalt Ore to make 28-80 Cobalt Bar

=40 Hanful of Cobalt Bolts

2 Arctic Fur
Salvaged Iron Golem Parts (sold by Roxi Ramrocket for 3000 gold, only if you learned the schematic)
8 Goblin Machined Piston (sold by Roxi Ramrocket for 1000 gold each, only if you learned the schematic)
Elementium-plated Exhaust Pipe (sold by Roxi Ramrocket for 1500 gold, limited in stock, only if you learned the schematic)

The vendor mats together cost 12500 gold.

The Horde version is Mechano-hog, but the mats are same.
Schematic: Mekgineer's Chopper is schematic for Alliance, sold by Logistics Officer Silverstone or Logistics Officer Brighton and Schematic: Mechano-hog, the Horde schematic, is sold by Sebastian Crane or Gara Skullcrush both for 400 gold without discount

Enjoy the ride! ;)

Comment by conspyracy

Just found a bug with the chopper if u have the headless horsemans mount u can mount up on it while riding the chopper giving u 1 more horsepower!

I added a screenshot

Comment by 153483

Needs an MG42 in the sidecar for Blitzkreig style ownage in BG's.

Comment by 293207

The screenshot from Rhagus has to be one of the most bad ass on this entire site.

Comment by allidon

just jumped off a high cliff off icecrown and landed without any damage to bike. so it seems the bike is now immune to fall damage.

Comment by 199999

A little help for engineers that to become exalted with Alliance Vanguard does not need to do all the alliance-only quests on the world. If you go to a level 80 dungeon or heroic dungeon (BUT NOT TO A RAID DUNGEON) without wearing a tabard or wearing that does not gives reputation to a northrend faction, all reputation will be given to your Alliance Vanguard standing.

Comment by 105588

Since the bike has it's own HP bar, is this an easy way to get that falling achievement?

Comment by rubino7

man, why can gnomes ride on it? they are too small to reach the handlebar

Comment by rubino7

can the item been sold after you have used it? (because it says " teaches you how to ride this chopper ")

Comment by rubino7

ok, thank you

Comment by Drunkard

The licence plate on the chopper reads : PWN

Comment by 249055

I found a wild little glitch. If you mount up on the horseman mount while on the chopper and dismount off the chopper and start flying, you will see yourself "swimming" through the air, although everyone else sees your horse.

Comment by Kokorazashi

This a BoE, so other people who do not know Engineering can obtain this "mount" and also get the achievement: Get to the Choppa!. Like many people have said before, this will probably be very costly to buy at the Auction House and it would still cost a lot to get all the mats to make yourself. But its a small price to pay for something like this. Also, this is the Alliance version, the Horde version is the Mechano-hog, which also looks different. This is also is a 2 seated mount, so you can bring a partner along to ride with you.

Comment by Deathturtle

I have had this for about 2 months on my Hunter.

I just realized a very interesting fact the other day.

Hunters have Aspect of the Pack that increases movement speed by 30%, but when hits becomes dazed.

For all other mounts, when you mount up, Aspect of the Pack is removed. Since I rarely use AOP I never tried it with the Chopper. Well for whatever reason, AOP does NOT fall off when you mount the Chopper (may also be true for the Traveller's Tundra Mammoth, but my Pally has it and not my hunter).

So, AOP does not get removed when you mount, and the 30% movement speed IS applied to the Chopper. Basically a hunter with the chopper running AOP will get (100% + 100%) x 30% = 260% movement speed. I can outrun paladins. Combined with the ZERO fall damage (current patch removed the falling damage from both the Mammoth and Chopper), this mount is pretty awesome.

I hope Blizzard doesn't 'fix' this.

Comment by 264758

The mount no longer takes damage from falling, nor does the player. Simply put, nothing happens, jumping out of the Dalaran Sewer falling 1000 feet has the same effect as falling 5 feet.

Comment by Graythor

Saw the greatest thing in all of WoW tonight.

A guildmate of mine was wearing the murloc costume while mounted on the Blizzcon bear mount while riding the Mekgineer's Chopper.

Not sure if you can do this with all mounts or just the Blizzcon Bear mount, but I think he actually just won World of Warcraft

Comment by 316697

If you and a friend are in different phases for a certain phased area, you can drive into the phased area with your friend in the sidecar.

When you do, it will show your sidecar folding up and you won't be able to see your friend, but they will still really be there. Similarly, your friend will still be riding in the sidecar, but they won't be able to see you.

In this way you can still drive your friend through areas, even if you are in different phases. Of worthy note is the fact that if your friend is attacked and dazed, they will be knocked out of the vehicle; I'm not sure if this is how it works when not phased.

Comment by 25095

I have to warn about the fact that this item has no warning message regarding if you really want to equip the chopper.

I learned this the hard way:|

Comment by 326898

I sold my first Chopper today for 16.500G Woot!

I made another one and placed in the AH.

I have seen one other in the AH and looks like in time there will be alot more.

Comment by 308958

You know what is missing from these motorcycles? Tire tracks on snow and sand. You could maybe expect blizz to forget such a thing.

Comment by Alecat

If someone throws a Baby Spice at your bike, only it will shrink and make it appear as though you stole a younger sibling's toy.

Also, Noggenfogger won't make your bike shrink with you, and your passenger can mount as a skelly/dwarf and /dance as they ride around at your side.

Comment by 199999

In patch 3.0.8 hunters' aspect of the pack or cheeth affects while riding this mount, if turned on, you will be able to travell by 130% speed increase. I have only this multi passenger mount, but i think this works with all multi passenger mounts, since the vehilcle works as your pet. Another good top is in quest where you must use similar vehicles like in http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=12244 , you can do the same; aspects will work on the vehicle so you can finish the quest faster.

Comment by Wintermetal

Aww I just came to check if you can get this at level 60 but unfortunately not, I would love to use this whilst leveling through Outland and Northrend :(

Comment by djvortix

A few days ago me and a friend of mine found a great use for this chopper. While mounted, target yourself and use the command /follow, doing so will make your chopper go into a spin cycle, spinning much faster than any mount out there. I believe this only works with the chopper for now, my friend had a traveler's mammoth and while it technically did the same effect it had a much more spastic movement. Also if you have a person in the sidecar, it will spin clockwise, whereas if you target yourself, you will go counter-clockwise. Guaranteed (almost) to make ya hurl! Try it in first person as well!

Comment by 318708

I see meny guy's with the chopper but there can 2 ppl in.
And in the normal there can just 1 in?
How do you get 2?

Comment by Gnak

just tested this out: Hunters, it stacks with your aspect of the pack, so you can get a 130% mount, and if you get dazed, you don't slow down! Enjoy until 3.1. because they'll change the chopper to regular mount (it's a vehicle now) so this won't be possible any more :(

Comment by Kyulan

I've been trying to look up about shadow priests riding these choppers, usually when 'we' mount up the whole mount gets shadowformed as well but is this the case with the chopper? I'm hoping it could be different as it is a 'vehicle'.

Comment by flooba

As of patch 3.0.9, if you duel someone with the chopper out, the discombobulator ray http://www.wowhead.com/?item=4388 will work on it and the target ends up riding around on a leper gnome(the target is sitting with the leper gnome pushing him).

Comment by 318708

How do you get an sidecar so that you can take other peaple when you're driving?

Comment by Zukiji

Equipping my Nesingwary 4000 on this baby, I feel like a pimp... now, to pick up ma bishes!

Comment by xMelchx

Deathturtle said: Basically a hunter with the chopper running AOP will get (100% + 100%) x 30% = 260% movement speed

Ehh it's just 130% mount speed for a vehicle+aop.. Some one also said 160% earlier, but it's really just 100+30.

Comment by Endure

I don't know if anyone previously specified this, but if you're a hunter you can use Aspect of the Pack or Aspect of the Cheeta, while riding this mount, which means your mount speed will be 130%... or 138% if you have 2 talent points in Pathfinding.

EDIT: Only Aspect of the Pack works, because the chopper will get the buff from the hunter, while Aspect of the Cheeta only applies to the hunter and not the chopper.

Also if you get hit while riding your chopper in Aspect of the Pack you will be dazed but speed won't slow down because chopper isn't dazed.

Comment by 314242

in order to get the parts, you gotta buy the Schematic for it 1st

Comment by 314242

Actually, you need to learn the schematic b4 you can buy the parts from Roxi in K3

Comment by 333905

It is meen it would be alot cheaper if you could buy the mats if you were like Blacksmithing or something.

Comment by 283841

i truely wish i knew where ppl r getting these things 4 1k

Comment by 118105

There seems to be a slight bug with this chopper and the normal DK flying mount, if you mount up onto your chopper, then without dismounting, mount your winged steed, you end up on your flying mount but still on the chopper, looks pretty weird, though you cant fly anywhere sadly. then if you dismount from the chopper by clicking the key again ( not the dismount button ) you end up not on any mount but still able to fly (or swim if you like) through the air.

Comment by 349284

it finally seems blizz made this chooper a good mount to have looks like crusader aura makes it go faster and u can instantly attack while mounted on it instead of having to drive up take 2sec dismounting then attack =D

Comment by 205622

Just took fall damage when leaping off of Stormwind Harbor. Ah well, glad they took out the hop on and off times though.

Comment by 349831

its gonna be quite hard to make it but it worths it....to make it the bast way is to combine engineering..to make it and mining as u will need bars to make the items you want OR have a trustful and polite miner(better friend or yours) to provide you with the stuff u need......its gonna be easier thet way i think....

Comment by Endure

Since Patch 3.1 this mount no longer acts as a vehicle as it did before, meaning there is no more dismount animation which took quite a bit of time and was very unuseful in PVP (now dismounting is just like any other mount)... this also means that now you take fall dmg (this sux allot since I used to go jump off mountains, do a sort of mountain bike-riding :P)... anyway it also means that the Aspect Of The Pack buff no longer applies to the mount in case of hunters, so no more 130% speed mount for hunters... also means chopper will increase or decrease size of the owner who's using it (for instance if you're smaller the chopper will get smaller... b4 3.1 chopper would remain the same size no matter your size).

Anyway I'm quite pleased with the new chopper, they made a cool animation of when your party mate joins you on the chopper and when he leaves, it's pretty cool how the extra space opens and closes up.

They also made a little bike icon that appears on the right side of the screen where you can see if you have or haven't got any passenger on your chopper... and also you have the option to eject your passenger from there... pretty nice ^^

Comment by TheTempest

Haha the start off global warming in Azeroth :P

Comment by tommytom

So I just made this bike and now you cant leave the chopper while you go into a building and have it waiting for you outside?

That looked cool seeing a bike waiting outside a shop running waiting for its owner to return.

Comment by ltc3

buyout price 3gold? can someone fix that ive heard its around 20k

Comment by 244041

I believe they fixed it so Crusader's Aura works with this mount in the latest patch, :)

Comment by 324375

Imagine a biker gang of Dwarves riding through Stormwind.

Now that's what I call bad-ass.

Comment by 44506

The level 70 engineer's flightmachine is receivable by AH for non engineer's also. The inscription of the item is not telling us it's an engineer-only item. I'm busy farming gold and trade the gold for the chopper in once after (what I expect) 2 days of requesting it in the trade channel on my server. I love this item, and also the level 70 flightmachine is on my buy list! In my opinion it's the most nice and fun mount to have! Even more fun then the vendor mount which carrys 2 NPC's and which is quite alot more gold then this piece of metal! Can't wait to have it, love to see the screenshots!

Comment by 381360

I'm pretty sure the mount will be somewhat more common on the AH because in ulduar if you kill the Flame leviathin and use your eng on him he has a chance to drop pieces for the chopper same with the xt002 deconstructor or w.e his name is, so if you run ulduar ALOT and your friend is an Eng then im pretty sure we'll be seeing a whole lot more of these.

Comment by 73174

Some of the high priced items used to craft it drop from Ulduar bosses when salvaged.

A hunter in our random 10 man looted the Elementium Plate Exhaust Pipe off Mimiron's V0-L7R-0N.

Comment by 247366

Would anyone be able to tell me if the price on this mount will ever be nerfed?
I am currently saving for it and i feel that it would be a waste to spend 15k on something that would be nerfed.

Comment by bpmike83

this is the biggest waste of gold i have ever seen in this game....16kg on our server. who really gives a crap about having a motorcycle mount in game? pretty sad that people actually have that much gold to %^&* away too.

btw...dragon mounts look 10x cooler than any retarded as motorcycle that only gets up to 130% speed max...310% speed flying mounts ftw ok? OHHH and they don't cost 16 thousand gold!

Comment by lmanth

My shammie got one a couple of weeks ago. It's so cool. But I have a secret to confess. I researched the mats for a mecannohog, not a chopper. I thought the in-game bike was a mecannohog and that the chopper was some kind of dumb helicopter flyer. So when I had spent weeks saving the gold and asked someone to make me a hog, I was shocked to see he'd made a chopper (about a month's worth of saving on three toons down the drain was what was going through my mind at the time). I didn't trade with him for a couple of minutes while we had a conversation about whether alliance could have a hog. Anyways, I finally said I'd take it and would try to trade it for a hog. We traded and I checked prices on both Alli and Horde AH. THEN it finally occurred to me to look it up on WoWhead. I felt like such a $%^&... I have since thanked the maker profusely many, many times but have never confessed why I baulked... until now.
Moral of the story: look up everything, especially when it costs that much. I now nearly have enough to buy one for my DK :)

Comment by 431538

Bought this mount from the Auction Housefor 15,500 gold pieces, which I think is pretty fair since most sell them for 16,800 or even more. It's a bit too much money for the amount of fun you get, but the fair side is that it is indeed fun. Gotta love how this chopper is designed, how it, like most engineered devices in World of Warcraft, shakes and squeaks and looks like the pieces are about to be shaken off but won't be.

I also noticed something else, most mounts are affected by global cooldowns, except for flying mounts. (Atleast the gryphon ones as far I know.) But this is one of the few ground mounts that isn't affected either. So, I could just, for example, renew my buffs and emmidiatly start summoning my mount, while with my Talbuk mount, I had to wait until the (Luckily very short.) global cooldown was over. This might be a tiny advantage in battlegrounds, but not sure if it'll have that great of an effect.

Comment by Chasm

how does this mount scale for a gnome? is it the same size as the other choppers? its hard to tell from the pictures but the dwarves look like they are pretty much up to scale with the other models

EDIT: upon further inspection it looks to be the same size as the other ones

Comment by 422179

this 's item can trade ? or soulbound requier Engineer for equip?

Comment by 422179

thank so much

Comment by 49937

Now requires level 40 instead of level 80.. but the mats cost hasn't changed.

Comment by Jrubzjeknf

This sounds on this thing are bugged since 3.2. Everything seems to be playing a second late (driving, jumping and landing). I even managed to drive around completely silent by hitting forward + jump every time I landed. The choppa without a proper sound is not worth it imo. Hope they fix it soon.

Comment by chicers

Man if only it wasnt ally only imagine selling one of these puppies on the cross fracton AH for like 30k gold because the horde could only get by buying from the X fracton AH and all the horde would want it. It would pratcially be legendary on the horde side.

Comment by chicers

AS WOWHEAD LOST THERE MINDS 3G BUYOUT FOR THIS SUCKER AND ONLY 1.5G BUYOUT FOR THE HORDE VERSION ARE THEY NUTS?

-Edited for spelling

Comment by chicers

GOTA GET DA CHOPA!

Comment by Heekale

This chopper seems perfect for riding around with an orphan in the sidecar, Blizzard...

Comment by minibeez1

Bliz should make a car mount like the general lee from dukes of hazard. To get in jump through the window

Comment by 445766

anyone know quick ways to level engineering?

Comment by chapin

Here is one...Two bunnys on a chopper :P

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6786/twobunnychopa.jpg

Comment by 368820

On horde one it said level 40 to use and alliance it said 80? dont get it

Comment by incoming00

ok, i know server prices may vary from server to server, but 3g?
thats much lower than the usual 18,000g on my server

Comment by 370816

do u have to be 80 to jump into the car ? coz i heard 40's can get this mount, but only 80's can joining in =/

Comment by 429934

is this chopper worth it! has anyone ever get their money ganked by giving to an engineer to buy parts

Comment by Thortok2000

Thortok's guide to getting a Mekgineer's Chopper!

Chopper. Two passenger mount. People in your group can ride in your side car. Don't have to be an engineer to have and use one. Do have to be an engineer to make one. Don't have to own one to ride in someone else's. Gives an achievement to have it: Get to the Choppa!.

(Engineers Only) Get to 450 Engineering.
(Engineers Only) Buy (and learn) Schematic: Mekgineer's Chopper. This requires Alliance Vanguard Exalted. Easiest way to get this rep to Exalted is to do heroic dungeons at level 80 without wearing one of the tabards that changes the default rep into a different rep. You can also quest for it.
Gather 12x Titansteel Bar, 40x Handful of Cobalt Bolts, 2x Arctic Fur. Hopefully you can figure out how to do this on your own.
Save up 12500 gold or the following items: Salvaged Iron Golem Parts will cost 3000 gold. 8x Goblin-Machined Piston will cost 1000 gold each for a total of 8000 gold. Elementium-Plated Exhaust Pipe will cost 1500 gold. Finding any of these mats for cheaper than the listed price on the Auction House is unlikely, but possible*, so make sure you check because it could save you money. Obviously, don't buy them for more than the listed price. Duh.
The parts listed in Step 4 can only be bought from Roxi Ramrocket in K3 by an Engineer who has completed Step 2. So if you are not an Engineer, you will have to give your gold to the Engineer making this for you, and they can buy them from the NPC.** (Note that Elementium-Plated Exhaust Pipe, the part that costs 1500 gold, is limited supply so has a chance of not being available. However, because of the rarity of choppers anyway, it is usually available regardless. If the Engineer says it's not available, take their word for it and try again in a couple hours or the next day.)
The mats from Steps 4/5 and Step 3 will be used to make the chopper. If, more than likely, you are at K3 when you have collected your final mats, there is an anvil within K3 the chopper can be made at.

*The mats in Steps 4/5 used to be additionally available from deconstructing (the Engineering version of Skinning) certain bosses in Ulduar, specifically Flame Leviathan as the most common. Not sure which patch changed this, but this is no longer the case. Now that Roxi Ramrocket is the only source of these mats, you will practically never see them on the Auction House anymore. However, since these mats are bought from a vendor, the guild perk can be used for a discount. No other forms of discounts are currently known. If you do not have this perk, you can check the Auction House to see if someone who does is selling at a discount. Since it could potentially save you money, why not check?

**Make sure you protect yourself! If you get scammed, GM's can and will take action to get your gold and/or mats back, just open a ticket. In order for them to confirm it was a scam, make sure the entire transaction is negotiated using in-game text chat so the GM can read the chat log and confirm that you have been scammed. (Hopefully this won't happen anyway, but 12.5k is a respectable chunk of money, so make sure to cover your bases.) This 'scam protection' is provided for all forms of scams, including the 'give you the mats to make an item and you keep them and give me nothing' scam, as scamming is against the ToS!

I recommend, for Engineers making this for yourself, after you make your first one, check your realm to see if there's anyone willing to buy this for extremely high prices (like, 20k or higher, perhaps even 30k). If you get enough profit, make another one and attempt to sell it. Keep going until you don't get any buyers for awhile, making and selling one by one, and then if you go a long time and can't sell your current one for a profit, THEN learn it yourself.

Comment by 411104

I dont exactly know wtf happened but i was on my chopper, and i threw my last pumpkin helm on a troll for the Achievement 'Check your head' in Hallow's End week. well anyways i threw the helm obtained the achievement and then heard this wierd machine noise, like a transformer (from the movie transformers) was standing up next to me... i know it sounds crazy but if anyone can get an achievement while on a chopper and hears this sound also.. i guess then i've made a discovery :D!

Comment by 336769

I was talking with my friend, when I suddently realized: LEVEL 40'S CAN HAVE THIS!
If you have a 49 twink, you should totally get this for him/her

Comment by cybernoid

You want to severely punish someone? Invite them for a nice chopper ride in the wild...

...both mount up, then use your Orb of the Sin'dorei / Iron Boot Flask - other costumes/transformations that don't get you off the mount will probably work (i.e. not shapeshifts).

As of 3.2, this will loosen some of the chopper's bolts and give them some dirt in the face!

Comment by Feldoom

Would be epic to get this on a level 40. WoW... I has new goal!

Comment by 489546

How two players , can sit in it ?

Comment by 315624

yeah i just got mine with the help of my family and guild ty icy you will always be my best buddy man what an awsome birthday present thx guys

Comment by 491046

I just made a chopper yesterday, totally worth it :)

Comment by 438268

Wild Ride You Gonna Get Wild Ride !

Comment by MisterEver

As of patch 3.3, an Engineer with this recipe attempting to summon this mount with a "/cast Mekgineer's Chopper" macro will instead attempt to craft one with Engineering.

EDIT: This was apparently hotfixed on 12-10-09

Comment by 298717

Something I just noticed as well
the person in your sidecar has a map in front of them; as if they're guiding you in the direction you need to go lol

Comment by ForrestAnthony1

he was obviously confusing it with Horde Expedition.

Horde Expidition + Alliance Vanguard = Alliance Expedition?

Iunno

Comment by 524964

Does anyone know how to turn off the repair/damage icon that pops onscreen when you mount? Thanks.

Comment by 536953

how do get it?

Comment by Wolf123

Just got this mount today by trading a battered hilt for it very happy with it IMO its way better then the Traverls mammoth!

Comment by dopfeldecker

1. Go into WSG and get the enemy flag.
2. Jump onto a Chopper, preferably with a paladin driving it for Crusader Aura.
3. ?
4. Profit!

Comment by 111622

Mekgineer Thermaplugg or Mekgineer Steamrigger?

Comment by Throthgar29

this is the biggest waste of gold i have ever seen in this game....16kg on our server

That's cheap, the engineer was hardly making a profit...

ho really gives a crap about having a motorcycle mount in game?

I can name a few...

pretty sad that people actually have that much gold to %^&* away too.

Firstly, there are other mounts that cost as much (I.e Traveller's tundra Mammoth.) And secondly that's is 2 weeks of daily quests only, if it is something you are interested in it isn't much effort to get.

btw...dragon mounts look 10x cooler than any retarded as motorcycle

That is your opinion, and while I agree that proto-drakes look amazing, these are very rare whilst normal drakes look (imo) a little off.

310% speed flying mounts ftw ok? OHHH and they don't cost 16 thousand gold!

Yes but they do cost 5000g or slightly under to train, are much more common than bikes, cannot be used in Azeroth, and cannot carry passengers.

Your post makes no sense and your grammar and spelling are awful!

Comment by 520042

''If you're gonna be a biker, you gotta look like one!'' (screenshot 17)

U indeed failed at trying to look like one...

Comment by 491046

Here are all the tips and tricks I found out about this on my night elf druid.

First off, I am an engineer so thats how some of these work.
The person riding with you can do a variety of things, like /dance, /cower, /train, was pretty epic for when I was a troll from the teleporter debuff for me to dance while a buddy of mine was driving his chopper through the minefield, Storm Peaks, you could make a video of stepping on a landmine there, we however, didn't just last on one mine, but we almost blew up each and everyone mine in a consecutive leap of explosive and falling damage, was pretty epic, but you might want to have a good deal of health before trying something like that.

1. Using an Iron Boot Flask, you can turn into an iron dwarf that is standing up and driving the chopper, also making your current passenger upside down, removing the buff makes you your normal form again, and causes the same effect again.

2. For Druids: Go to Krasus' Landing or anywhere your allowed to fly, Shapeshift into Flight Form, queue for a dungeon, ( I'm a tank so I can do this almost instantly :P ) finish the dungeon, mount up on anything, I go on my chopper, then use the eye thing on your minimap to teleport out of dungeon, without making your chopper buff go away, then.... Bird on a Chopper! 60% Flying speed, 100% Ground Speed, but hey, it can carry a passenger!

3. For Engineers/Restoration Druids/Balance Druids: You might have seen a moonkin that is in a sidecar, but seen one that is driving? First off, you have to either be a goblin or gnome engineer, use your Ultrasafe Teleporter : Toshley's Station or that other goblin thingy, to teleport to Area 52, once you get a transporter malfunction, where your character is mixed up with the last person to use it, A.K.A turning into a tauren, hearth or go where you want to go, don't go Bear/Seal/Cat/Flight form, but Moonkin and Tree of Life persist through the malfunction debuff, and just causes an illusion, so you can get on a chopper, while in moonkin form, with the debuff, once the effect is gone, you become an actual moonkin/tree on whatever mount you picked.

4. For Engineers/Mages: When your falling with a passenger, and are about to go splat, use your parachute cloak or slowfall to live, your friend will take moderate damage, and will most likely survive the impact, in rare cases, you die and passenger takes little or no damage, Dalaran sewer skydiving FTW

Comment by 554633

Gnome + small feast + night elf passanger = lol

Comment by Sabator

Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space

Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die

Born to be wild
Born to be wild

Someone had to say it:)

Comment by Velasco

For those players being the passengers and using Action Bar mods like Bartender and having troubles to dismount.
They removed the mount buff that passengers had to dismount (Riding Shotgun), which is similar to the rider's buff.

Instead they moved this function to the vehicle bar and if you have made the vehicle bar invisible then there are two options to resolve the issue. Either make the bar visible or target the rider and right click on his unit frame. He alone will have an option called "Leave". This will NOT make you leave the party but instead leave the vehicle.

Applies to all vehicle mounts.

Comment by 612046

Hello

Ive just wanted to ask how can I get the enough gold to buy that chopper plz answer me back.

Comment by 49773

Needs more card games

Comment by Jmurf67

So, dumb question. I learned to build the chopper with my engineer, then later got tired of being an engineer and dropped the skill. Now I am back to being an engineer since none of my guildies wanted the job. Anyway, when I go to buy the schematic, it says I already know it, but I don't have it on my list. Other than not dropping my skills, anyone have an idea where I can get my chopper ability back on the list?

Comment by 639602

So, it may be a little late to ask this question, and kind of silly, but...

If this and the Mechano-Hog are tradeable, and they can go on the AH, does that mean that they can go on the neutral AH? If so, is there anything keeping an Alliance or Horde player from getting the other faction's bike?

Comment by 696041

the mount costs (12.000g-16.000g) and can be found usually on auction house in limited supply, it is by far the most expensive mount that can be made by a player and it is in fact a 2 passenger mount. If you are a mount collector then go for it and start farming g,however,if you dont own a great black war mamouth or a tundra travelers mamouth then you should better get travelers tundra mamouth since it is a 3 passenger mount and it also has vendors on it on which you can repair or buy food and drinks, the price of the mount wont probaply be reduced on cataclysm since engineers would still make a great efford on trying to make one of those

Comment by zonda

hey guys, how can i do for have the sidecart of the chopper ? I'm an human ally and have engineering at 450

Comment by 701652

Too bad this isn't in cataclysm.

Comment by 456635

You will never find this for less that 12.5k, that is the price for JUST 3 of the reagents. Unless the K3 goblins get rep that is the price and seeing how it is a 2 person mount it will be that price forever.

Comment by Ylarr

Will the value of this go down after most players hit 85? ( note that I say "value" not price )

My reasons for asking:
1. The value of the mats will go down in comparison to the more important ones for lvs 80-85.
2. After cataclysm, everyone will have more money in general, as has been seen in the last expansions, therefore the parts for the chopper bought from a vendor will not contribute to the price of the chopper as much as before.
3. Im expecting other rare items such as Parrot Cage (Hyacinth Macaw) to increase in price quite a lot once people build up on gold, as their value will stay the same as they are rare drops whose occurrence will not be altered by Cataclysm. Even though the Chopper is not a rare drop and is crafted, it may still hold its value after Cataclysm.

Comment by 560756

As of yesterday purchasing this recipe and attempting to "learn" it gives the message "This spell is unavailable to you."

A friend of mine has also reported that his chopper recipe within his engineering profession is now missing.

New bug, I'm guessing?

Comment by Kurondrion

Mekgineer's Chopper

Minner's Part:
Titansteel Bar x12 < 36 Titanium Bars < 72 Titanium Ore

Engineer's Part:
Colbat Bolts x40 < 40 Colbat Bars < 40 Colbat ore
Salvaged Iron Glempart x1 3000g
Goblin-Machined Piston x8 8000g
Elementium-Plated Exhaust pipe x1 1500g
(Only engineers can buy)

Skinner's Part
Arctic fur x2

Anyone Can farm:
Eternal Fire x12
Eternal Earth x12
Eternal Shadow x12

Comment by 740317

i actually just 4 man'ed the 1st and 4th boss of ulduar to attempt to get the mats for this.

after looting him, i engineer'ed him, and some engineering pieces dropped, but NONE that were mats for this bike...

did they patch it so he doesn't drop them anymore?

Comment by SimonFiction

Got a guildy to craft this for my Human Warrior after generously being given ALL the mats for this by the guild bank for christmas, i must say it's excellent. I find myself riding round everywhere even thought it's 3X slower than my master flying just to listen to the bike and watch it's riding animation.

I'd reccomend people who are in hardcore raiding guilds that have had ulduar on farm for a long time check their guild bank, you may be able to get the mats free / for a cheaper price and could get this mount made for you <3.

Comment by Heartsalive

Worgens are not allowed to learn the recipe for this mount, nor are goblins allowed to learn the horde equivalent.

The weirdest thing is, both are allowed to have the mount, just not the recipe to craft it. My buddy who race-changed to a female worgen just got this ride yesterday, while the recipe from my proffesion window is gone (I also received fur implants)

What sense does that make?

Comment by 789926

I see that you need Exalted with the vanguard, but I am already 85. Is there a tabard I can wear in Cat dungeon that will help me get it?

Comment by Sazuiz

Mekgineer's Chopper together with Mechano-Hog is the only mounts jumping when you press space and standing still. :) Thought it might be good to know!

Comment by 776042

Finally bought it. 15.5k. Only took me two days to farm the gold required. Thank god for mining!

Comment by Heartblossom

Higher seat included for gnomes.

Comment by Lazermatt

With the guild perk the vendor mats Roxi sells cost a total of 11250 gold.

Comment by mercutiouk

I'm reading that the parts are no longer "skinable" from levi and xt etc? This true?

Comment by Sylbort

They see me rollin. They hatin.

Comment by Naeralys

20g and I'll take you anywhere :)

Comment by 865016

After completing the quest chain: The Day That Deathwing Came, I had to have a chopper. One of the best, most fun, things I've bought. Androgynous Blood Elf admirer sold separately-- just don't want you to be as disappointed as I was.

P.S. If you haven't completed the quest chain-- you should-- very, very cool.

Comment by Arcaila

Okay, 1600g Buyout? Really, Wowhead? O.o

Comment by 247962

"This item will be converted to Mechano-Hog if you transfer to Horde."

Anyone ever put one of these on the Blackwater (Neutral) Auction House? Does it still convert to the Horde version?

I'm curious if a Horde player will see it as a Mekgineer's Chopper or as a Mechano-Hog, and if the former will it convert to the Horde version immediately after collecting it from the mail, or only after use?

I don't have the disposable gold to test it, but I am curious...

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EDIT: As of patch 5.1, the Mekgineer's Chopper and the Mechano-Hog are fully shared across accounts. If you have one on one faction, you will have it's counterpart on the other faction.

Comment by Avalionis

I heard this won't be account wide, along with any other crafted mount such as Flying Carpets, Flying Copters and the Sandstone Drake.

Comment by anisadora

Broken-down mats, for those of us who have a multitude of alts, just for grinding out materials...

Titansteel is made by miners. 1 Titansteel = 3 Titanium. Alchemists can make Titanium by transmutation (8 saronite per 1 titanium, no cooldown.)

So to make 12 titansteel bars, you will need 288 Saronite BARS. 2 Saronite per bar. 576 Saronite ore.

Arctic fur can be found, however it is rare. You can trade in 10 heavy borean leather for 1 arctic fur. A leatherworker can make 1 heavy borean leather with 6 regular borean leather.

Comment by Goddessa39

Only 1600gold buyout price? Bull crap to that. I'm lucky if I find it for 168999.

Comment by VindicoSolus

This mount was originally NOT going to be on the list of account-wide mounts in Mists of Pandaria. However, a decision was quite recently made to change this:

Mumper wrote:

We have been discussing this issue the last couple of days and we made the call to make the following mounts account-wide:

•Traveler's Tundra Mammoth
•Grand Expedition Yak
•Mechano-Hog
•Mekgineer's Chopper
•Sandstone Drake
•Grand Ice Mammoth
•Ice Mammoth
•Jeweled Onyx Panther (all color variants)
•Cloud Serpents (all color variants)

At this point, the only mounts that are not account-wide are either class specific or rewarded from PVP. We feel like both these types of mounts should still be character specific.

Thanks for your feedback on this issue!

Source 1: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5633973536?page=15
Source 2: http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/06/25/mists-of-pandaria-gold-sink-mounts-will-be-account-wide/

Comment by 998333

I suspect this mount will become more popular again seeing as how you can't fly in Pandaria until level 90. Taking a gamble and making a couple of these to sell when Mists comes might be a good idea.

Comment by stym

I just wanted to chime in on the economics of chopper production (and sale).

You incur 12,500 gp in incompressible cost when you buy the necessary parts from Roxi Ramrocket.

The rest is 12 Titansteel bars, 40 cobalt bolts and 2 arctic furs.
Even if you are a miner and have a skinner alt/buddy, never assume those are free.

If, say, the titansteel bars sell for 200 gold after cut at the Auction House (and I mean "sell", not just "are listed") and cobalt ore sells at 5 gold a pop, and arctic fur for 100 gold each, the total cost of production is:
12,500 + 12x200 + 5x40 + 2x100 = 15,300 gold.
The rationale is that you could have sold the parts even if you farmed them yourself. And don't even get me started on the cost of opportunity: farming takes time and you could theoretically farm more cost-efficient materials in the same time (volatiles, cataclysm herbs, ores, leathers and cloth.)

take the 5% auction house cut from the total and that means it must sell for more than 16,105 if you want to make a profit.

Don't ever sell those at the neutral auction house. The cut is nasty and Horde races cannot even ride those bad boys anyway.

On my server, they typically sell for 19K (18K after house cut) and they are few and far between.
You can systematically undercut the competition, especially if you have the remote auction house, because cancelling and relisting costs you only 1 silver.

Bottom line: Check the material prices and buy them en masse if they are low. Keep in mind your margin.
I think this is one of the very few money-making opportunities for us engineers.

Comment by 1016713

If you have access to an Alchemist with a skill of 395 or higher then you can make use of the Transmute: Titanium spell to produce your Titansteel a lot easier. With the removal of Cooldown in Cata, now you just need a pile of Saronite and the various Eternal elements. With the mining skill, you can just loop Wintergrasp over and over outside of combat hours and rake in all the components. It's better if your faction holds Wintergrasp at the time as that means you can kill the Flame Revenants for Crystallized Fire.

Comment by 957484

This mount will be account-wide for Mists of Pandaria!

We have been discussing this issue the last couple of days and we made the call to make the following mounts account-wide:

Traveler's Tundra Mammoth
Grand Expedition Yak
Mechano-Hog
Mekgineer's Chopper
Sandstone Drake
Grand Ice Mammoth
Ice Mammoth
Jeweled Onyx Panther (all color variants)
Cloud Serpents (all color variants)

At this point, the only mounts that are not account-wide are either class specific or rewarded from PVP. We feel like both these types of mounts should still be character specific.

Comment by Ixui

Keep in mind if you play both factions that while the Mekgineers Chopper/Mechano-Hog is account wide, it will only be for the original faction you brought it for.

For example, my Alliance Mage had brought a Mekgineers Chopper back in Wrath, and that was the only Chopper I ever brought. Now that 5.0 has hit, all of my Alliance characters have access to the mount at level 40, but it does not even appear for any of my Horde characters. It's the same story for the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth, as there is a Horde and Alliance version.

Comment by Malsherz

Now that 5.0.4 is live this mount is shared across the account assuming the characters are of the same faction as the owner of the mount. Not sure if it's intentional or not but my Horde character has the Mechanohog but none of my alliance characters have access to the Chopper, again not sure if it's intentional but with the two having separate spell id's I wouldn't be too surprised if it is.

Comment by rivellangel

Races: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome, Draenei, Worgen, Pandaren

Assuming this is Alliance Pandaren only.

Comment by Lordplatypus

I'm suprised the horde version actually spelt PWN right.

Comment by yokotoyama

You now only need to get the chopper or hog and it will transfer over to the opposite faction. I saw the hog in my journal after 5.1 when it previously had not been. I was about to give in and farm for the hog, thank god I didnt.

Comment by TehLucario

If you have the Mekgineer's Chopper, your Horde characters can use the Mechano Hog and Vice Versa. Blizz really gave us a good deal on that one.

Comment by Mellro

Turns out that Geosynchronus World Spinner, This mount, and Depleted-Kyparium Rocket all have a (very low) chance to drop from a Blingtron 4000 Gift Package a day.

Wowhead says the drop rate is 0%, but people have reported looting this from a gift package and wowhead lists the 3 mounts under "contains in" on the gift box. Chances are blizz might remove those items from the loot table in a patch, so if you have a Blingtron 4000, make sure you set it down in a populated area (trade district for example) every four hours so everyone can have a chance at looting these expensive mounts!

Hint:(for those of you who might not know or are new, the gifts come from the daily quest "Blingtron 4000" which is given out by the npc Blingtron 4000..engineers can make the remote to summon this guy, and everyone in his vicinity can complete his quest once a day for the gift which has a chance at containing many things (See the loot table here))

P.S. This gift can also drop an Orb of Mystery which is the main money draining item when it comes to making Mists of Pandaria's crafted mounts if you don't get either of the rocket mounts linked above, but you get this, be grateful because to make the rockets you need 2 of these orbs which cost 120kg each. Good luck!

Comment by Chillizz

In this patch (5.2) all the vendor mats that you buy from Roxi Ramrocket can now be bought from Big Keech in Vale of Eternal Blossoms for the same price.

Comment by Jigs

I can officially confirm that this mount will change into the other Faction's counterpart when you learn one of them, making this mount Account wide and also Faction wide.

I searched all over the web and no one had this information so I decided to craft one for myself, and both of my Alliance and Horde characters are able to use it just fine.

Comment by 1116280

Can now get from Vale Of Eternal blossoms in pandaria all parts dont know if the Elementium Exaust pipe is always there.

Comment by 1125609

All the cool kids used to ride this, now all the noobies have it... Nothing is sacred any more.

Comment by 1133183

cant wait to make my own some day

Comment by Swifty

The best way to get the mount is to have a guildy make it for you. In all the mount costs roughly 12k gold to make.

Comment by Chillblane

I had some problems yesterday running quests with a friend on the chopper. On a very regular basis the chopper bugged out. I would dismount and the bike would still be under me, I couldn't remount (i could summon any mount but the chopper model stayed and i was stuck at walking speed). This was exacerbated when i tried to take a flight to the cape of stranglethorn and instead of the taxi i still had the chopper under me (see screenshot) also i was still travelling at walking speed. Yup that's right, the taxi was the chopper and it went at 100% speed......

Comment by revrob

Dropped from Blingtron today. Made me smile.

Comment by shagnijr

As of Panda this mount can be shared account-wide. However, it cannot be LEARNED by anyone under 40. You must learn it on a higher level character and then the lower level will be able to mount on it. It will still be a 60% mount, but you can take a passenger!

Comment by Kalmaved

For engineers & miners

You can become rich if you know how to craft this awesome mount fast.

Schematic: Mekgineer's Chopper you can get from Logistics Officer Brighton or Logistics Officer Silverstone. You will need «Exalted» reputation with Alliance Vanguard.

Non-craftable ingredients cost 12500 gold.
You can buy them from Roxi Ramrocket. Or from Big Keech in Pandaria (90 lvl needed).
Also you can get them from mech bosses' bodies in Ulduar but drop chance is low.

Titalsteel — I advice you to farm Saronite as well as Titanium because you can ask alchemists to transmute it (no cooldown).
8 Saronite Bar for 1 Titanium Bar.

If to suggest that all the Titansteel Bar (12) will be obtained through transmutation,you will need 576 Saronite Ore => 288 bars => 36 Titanium Bar for 12 Titansteel.
I usually get 5-7 Titansteel from this transmutation, and the rest from plain Titanium bars.

For 12 Titansteel Bar you will need 12 Eternal Earth Eternal Shadow Eternal Fire each. You can farm elementals in Wintergrasp.
The highest drop: Revenant elementals (big ones), but they’re available only if your fraction is the winner.

If you don't want to farm these elements, you can buy them on the auction house, but this is not the only way.
Frozo the Renowned in Dalaran trades Eternal elements for 1 Frozen Orb, which is obtainable for 75 gold from Arcanist Ivrenne.
So if the cost of some Eternal element on auction house is higher than the cost of Frozen Orb — go Frozen orbs way.
(!) There is a reason to buy more Eternal Fire from Frozo, because Crystallized Earth and Crystallized Shadow drop from saronite and titanium, and Crystallized Fire drops only from rare titanium veins.

Summary

Spend 12500 on special ingredients.
Farm Titanium and Saronite, farm elementals in Wintergrasp (optionally)
Get 2 Arctic Fur. You can buy them from Braeg Stoutbeard in Dalaran for 10 Heavy Borean Leather.
optional Trade Frozen Orbs for Eternal elements.
40 Handful of Cobalt Bolts = farming Cobalt in Zul’Drak and Howling Fjord.
They also drop from mech bosses in Ulduar.

Good luck!

Comment by Sardeor

What do you think will happen to these after azeroth choppers finishes?

Comment by Hrobertgar

I JUST got this off of Blingtron 4000 !

Blizz must have added the possibility along with Sky-Bo in the 6.0 patch, which I was hoping to get. Sold it in trade chat to a lucky SOB for 12K since I already have the mount.

Comment by GarinH

i am not a fan of the new 6.0 chopper moving sounds, its too quiet.
they should switch leave it alone (switch it back), or implement the new Horde/Alliance chopper sounds to this chopper

Comment by Evriel

I am now spooked by the fact that this chopper moves on it's own in my stables, feeding and preparing for his revenge for all those times I've gone offroad with it. These might be my last words so if I'm not heard from again, prepare for the invasion.

Comment by lapdragon

I just got one of these from a Blingtron 5000 Gift Package, so they've definitely been added to both Blingtron boxes at this point.

Comment by jongibbs

Was lucky enough to get one of these today from blingtron 5000!

I didn't even know how low the drop chance was until i came on here and saw '0%' haha

Hopefully it sells for a lot ;)

Comment by Luneista

Back in Warth when I was a nub, I saw a Blingtron! This robotic man offered me a gift, so I accepted it. When I opened it I saw this item. I learned it right away. (I had no idea what it was or what a Blingtron was and it was my first one, you can call me lucky but I think it's fate!Jk owo)

Comment by Zartyzzo

Using this will unlock both this variation of the mount and Mechano-Hog
No need to save up gold/materials for both factions.

Comment by voicy

Does not count towards the "mount Parade" achievement.

Still stuck on 199/200 mounts after adding this one.

Comment by Eighjan

When did the chance to get a second one (which I'd bet is ungodly low), from one set of mat's get added...?

Comment by Shreddaa

I already have this mount but I just got a second out of a Blingtron 7000 Gift Box. Didn't know you could get it from there and was pleasantly surprised. Would have been better if I didn't already have it but looks like I can put it in the auction house.

Comment by Marchenoir

It's been years and many expansions but this is still one my favorite mounts. It looks great, it's not too big which means it fits everywhere and it feels faster than larger mounts. I love it.

Comment by Storytelling

One dropped today from Blingtron 7000. Fun.

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Mekgineer's Chopper

Item Level 10
Mount (Account-wide)

Use: Teaches you how to ride this chopper.
Rides and parks a rockin' Mekgineer's Chopper.
Requires level 1 to 60 (60)
Requires Apprentice Riding

"Sporting superb engineering craftsmanship, this chopper is one of the few personal vehicles on Azeroth built for two."
Profession: Engineering

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