Patch 5.4 patch notes
Virtual Realms feature revealed
The Proving Grounds are coming
The latest patch 5.4 newsAlex Ziebart
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When not writing for WoW.com or his personal projects, Alex is most often found playing WoW Alliance-side on the Cenarion Circle server.
The Queue: Cheese
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Alex Ziebart
on Jun 17th 2013 (1 day ago)
Today's edition of the Queue is brought to you by muenster cheese. There is no better.
Roseland1985 asked:
What are the odds that we won't actually kill Garrosh, but merely defeat him, casting him into exile? If this happened, I could see him going into exile to Outlands, being around the fel orcs who would more than likely share his yearn for war and bloodshed, more-so than the orcs already do, and going mad with fel corruption. He could end up popping up in the next XPac, if we are, indeed, headed back to Outlands to battle the Legion again.
Filed under: The Queue
Patch 5.4 PTR: New pets, pet battle tournament, and more
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Alex Ziebart
on Jun 12th 2013 (6 days ago)
First is a datamined scenario currently titled The Celestial Tournament. As of now, the achievement for this tournament is listed under the Pet Battles subcategory, so it's very likely the pet battle tournament mentioned in the patch 5.4 patch notes. A new battle pet named Essence of Xuen provides some hint as to the rewards possible.
Filed under: News items
Patch 5.4 PTR: Moonfang, new dire wolf boss, to prowl the Darkmoon Faire
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Alex Ziebart
on Jun 12th 2013 (6 days ago)
Chances are good this new dire wolf will work similarly to the Darkmoon Rabbit added back in patch 5.0.4, which is a ferocious world boss despite its unassuming appearance. Like the Darkmoon Rabbit, this new dire wolf boss appears to drop a battle pet: Moon Moon.
In addition to the battle pet, Moonfang will also drop Moonfang's Paw. Moonfang's Paw is a statless vanity fist weapon to be used in transmogrification.
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The Queue: Another Monday
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Alex Ziebart
on Jun 10th 2013 (8 days ago)
Welcome back to another Monday edition of The Queue, where I stare at my work in panic because nobody likes asking questions on Sunday!
Oh, well. We'll make do. Let's begin, shall we?
ArliSunblade1 asked:
Why do the chickens on Sunsong Ranch sometimes instantaneously combust and die? I'm a rogue, pretty sure it's nothing to do with me.
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The Queue: Rifts and scenarios
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Alex Ziebart
on Jun 5th 2013 (13 days ago)
Return of the RIFT character header images! Run away!
MikeLinton said:
I have to seriously question the "super positive response" that you are seeing to scenarios. I only see my small slice of the WoW community, of course, but what I'm seeing tells me the opposite. The only people I knew that ran regular scenarios were for either daily valor or guild gold, and they didn't like doing it. Heroic scenarios are a little better because Blizzard made the rewards awesome and forced people to go in with a full group. If Heroic 5-mans were the same way, then they would be far more enjoyable to heroic scenarios.
I know this isn't a question, but I feel a need to respond to it. What I tend to see personally is that people who play only healers or only tanks dislike scenarios for the most part. People who primarily play DPS (like myself) enjoy them quite a bit. As a DPS player, queues for dungeons and raids are (were?) so absurdly long that I stopped bothering. Scenarios didn't have that problem, plus they give me much more freedom in how I played. Scenarios had me digging tools out of my belt that were never relevant in the tank/healer/DPS tinity, but made a big difference in scenario performance. Not being locked into the trinity is refreshing.
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The Queue: Flight, Darkmoon CRZ, and more
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Alex Ziebart
on Jun 3rd 2013 (15 days ago)
What's this? People actually asked questions in a Sunday Queue? Hooray, I have something to talk about!
Brian asked:
Blizzard stated that if they could redo wow they would have never implemented flying mounts, and awesome that they are, I agree with the. But the question is: what would the best alternative be? I was thinking special crawler mounts that move at 60% speed but could scale cliffs to a certain steepness. What do you think?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, The Queue
The Queue: Titanic
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Alex Ziebart
on May 29th 2013 (20 days ago)
Buckle up, y'all. I get a little ranty today.
@Atanae asked:
How much of a non-issue is the Titan announcement?
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The issue of gender and character creation
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Alex Ziebart
on May 28th 2013 (21 days ago)
This is a topic that I've personally found very interesting over the many years I've been playing World of Warcraft and MMOs/RPGs in general. I've never considered it strange to play the gender opposite who you are in real life. Most of my characters in games are women. I also play men, I have male alt characters in WoW, but the majority of my characters are women. My death knight is a man. My paladin is a woman. My priest is a woman. My warrior is a woman. My rogue, who is now my main character, is also a woman.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion
The Queue: Memorial Day
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Alex Ziebart
on May 27th 2013 (22 days ago)
Today's a holiday over here in the United States, which means every single one of us is outdoors cooking a slab of meat on a fire. And that's basically it.
Jason asked:
What is the deal with the Overtirned Kor'kron caravans in the Barrens.. I see multiple warnings in chat about overturned caravans, but very seldom do they show up on my map. Maybe 1 out of ten will appear. Is this a known glitch Blizzard is working on, or is it by design?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, The Queue
The Queue: A special Saturday special
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Alex Ziebart
on May 25th 2013 (24 days ago)
Alex is doing the Queue on a Saturday? What is this madness?
gazaa07 asked:
Is there any reason why Pandarans can't be druids? the Pandaran's main lesson was about balance so that (and the elemental - or alemental) are why they are shaman. Balance between light and dark is why they are priests. So wouldn't balance with nature and the giant turtle that is The Wandering Isle allow them to be druids?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, The Queue
