For me, it is Neltharion’s Tear.
When BWL opened in phase 3 I was eager to get in there and get some hit gear for my mage so I didn’t get so many resists. The holy grail of caster items, neltharions tear dropped in my guilds (at time) first raid. It went to a warlock because he needed prio for some meme fight 6 months in the future (twin emps which you can tank just fine without it). The next one went to someone else for reasons. So on and so forth.
Eventually I ended up leaving that guild at the end of phase 3 and joined another, assured I would be eligible for tear after my trial passed. Multiple tears dropped. All went to others for reasons. Some of those people quit the game. I was always next in line until it dropped and then I wasn’t. Again in early phase 5 I changed guilds and the hope of ever obtaining Neltharions Tear slips further and further away.
Most other casters I inspect have it. But after 8 months of BWL I’m starting to think I never will. This one item may be the thing that breaks me.
What is the one item in classic you just can’t get no matter how hard you try?
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Binding of the Windseeker
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I’ll just put it in ahead of time. Atiesh.
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Right Binding of the Windseeker and Maldath for my warrior.
Our guild has seen all of 1 maldath and that was a week or 2 ago, since the beginning of phase 2.
I recently returned from about 6 months of not playing so I haven’t gotten super frustrated about running the same raid for months on end and not getting what I want… yet.
My guild has zero Geddon bindings though. And as a result the tanks are eyeing things like Death’s Sting, which feels bad.
Robes of the Moccasin has never rolled for me since 2005.
Lokamir. I had the highest epgp score in my guild for 4 months saved for lokamir and it never dropped once. Then I got a new job and had to quit my guild due to schedule issues. A week after i quit it drops…
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Barb of the Sandreaver.
Was in three guilds (the first was REKT by Naxx40 and C’Thun and the second mass-transferred to BG9), but not a single drop.
Poor Jeddite with his Chromatically Tempered Sword and Doom’s Edge.
Yeah, that guy was a total dual-wielding Hunter meme.
8 months for Nelth’s tear? Big deal…I still haven’t got an OSG raiding every single week since early last September. I saw one belt in 7 months at one point. My guild has had the most improbable luck with OSGs and now we don’t even kill rag anymore.
I finally gave up and got Never Ending Agony.
RNG can be brutal, just what it is. Least you’ve seen quite a few of the item you wanted. It’s even worse when it never drops.
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Well, in Vanilla, my guild never got a Thunderfury, or an Ashkandi before TBC launched.
In classic, pretty much every item I want eventually drops so far. Its just about being patient and waiting my turn. It took till AQ release for T2 Lock shoulders to even drop for us, but it eventually happened lol.
Pure Elementium Band
Seen it drop a million times but the loot council never decides its my turn
Its why I prefer DKP, if you really want something save up and go all in
Lmao if only you were in my guild.
We get that sh*t every single week and we’re giving it to tanks now for “taunt set” or just DEing them. The entire raid collectively groans every time we get it.
aq20, that bis tank crossbow from the bird boss.
At least you’ve seen Neltharion’s Tear drop and just go to other people so you’re hopeful it might drop again in the near future.
I haven’t seen Neltharion’s Tear drop in 4 months on my Warlock, and I’ve only seen it drop once on my rogue across 3 characters in dozens of BWL runs over months.
And yet I’ve seen like countless Drake Fang Talismans it seems like Ebonroc’s most common drop in the raids I’ve been apart of.
Prestor’s Talisman. I let it go to a Rogue for a mediocre amount of DKP b/c I was saving for something else, and haven’t seen another one in months.
Don’t see a problem here. Tanks need to hit their target and generate enough threat for dps to go nuts. Mages get free 6% hit so you can reach your hit cap much easier than a warlock.
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DFT
I know it goes to all the rogues and warriors first…and we have a lot 
It makes maintaining my hit cap easier when changing gear, especially NR gear. I know I have to wait…a really long time.
;(
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Any weapons upgrade for my Warrior.
My main is a Mage and he’s pretty well geared no issues.
My Warrior however…is still wielding Axe of Deep Woods and Flurry Axe.
It’s not even like I’ve lost the weapons to someone else, it’s just they never drop. No Deathbringer. No Ancient Hakkari Manslayer. No Dooms Edge or Crul.
I’m 8k into revered with CH though so I imagine I’ll get the rep axe before I see anything else.