There seems to be a lot of confusion around the Tusks of Mannoroth and if there is still a way to get them, without having to clear the entire raid each time.
The answer is yes, it is possible, but you will have to clear it just once up to Garrosh. I have had the lockout on my mage for 2 years and just did another run 5 minutes ago.
Here’s how to do it:
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Take your clothie/mail/leather toon and clear 25 man heroic siege of orgrimmar up to Garrosh. Leave the place.
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Have your plate toons parked at the entrance of the raid. Make sure you have purchased Warforged Seals for the extra roll/extra chance for tusks.
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Get your saved toon to an inn/main city (so you can logout quickly in the next steps), make a custom group and call it whatever you like. Logout.
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Log in to your plate alt, find that custom group and request to join. Exit game (it’s faster than waiting to log).
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Enter with the saved toon again and accept your alt to the group. Logout.
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Log on back to the plate one and enter the raid. You will find yourself in the chamber of the paragons area. Head straight for Garrosh.
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If you want to avoid the long RP, grab the very last pack of blobs at the end of the hallway and kite them all the way down to Garrosh’s feet. Kill them there. Garrosh will reset and return after a few seconds.
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Kill Garrosh and be disappointed.
Once you enter you can remain in the group with your saved toon THROUGHOUT THE FIGHT. The lockout will not be affected.
You can rinse & repeat every week, just remember to “extend raid lockout” on the saved toon and have the raid difficulty set to hc 25 man, before you start the whole process.
Good luck.