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The Queue: Blind panic

by Alex Ziebart May 16th 2012 at 11:00AM

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.

Oh, crap. The Queue is due to be published in 30 minutes and I haven't even started it. Thanks a lot, Diablo! You're ruining everything!

AbabakarOctopuce asked:

I have two level 80 toons with vanilla gear (they got to 80 through free RaF levels). I use them mostly for professions, but if I were to ever level them up, where would I find the appropriate gear to send them into Cata zones?

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The Queue: AFK evil

by Adam Holisky May 15th 2012 at 11:00AM

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today.

I'm going to be raiding tonight, but during the rest of the day (after my work is done, of course), I'll finally be enjoying Diablo 3.

Pretty much AFK, evil.

And if you're looking for something not evil, go check out WoW Insider Editor-in-Chief Alex Ziebart's AMAA (Ask Me Almost Anything) on /r/wow today.

Kikiswingset asked:

My raid leader demands that if you want to raid, you must have played a healer up to lvl 60 and show him that you understand how tirage priority works, but also to foster an appreciation forthe difficulty of healing "fire squatters". If you had to pick, which role/class/spec should everyone play before they start raiding?

Welp, "fire squatter" is now my favorite term, ever.

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The Queue: For shame

by Alex Ziebart May 14th 2012 at 11:00AM

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Today's another short one. You have only yourselves to blame! Ask more questions!

@ravingsockmonky asked:

Do you think hunters will ever get more stable slots, or will we start having to release pets? :(

I think I might be a bad person to answer this question. The whole hoarding hunter pets thing is totally bizarre to me. Aren't you guys supposed to be bonding with your closest companion, not piling a thousand wild animals in a barn? That can't be healthy. Those animals are probably forced to stand in their own filth all day long while you're out having adventures. Do you ever stop and clean them? Do you take them all out for exercise? Do you even feed them? I don't think so. You hunters are all terrible. I'm pretty sure you can get arrested for that sort of thing.

That being said ... Blizzard might do it one day, I guess? The devs haven't said anything about it, but I think they grasp that WoW players have a weird pet/mount obsession going on and have been willing to cater to it so far.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, The Queue, Mists of Pandaria

The Queue: Happy Mother's Day

by Mathew McCurley May 13th 2012 at 2:00PM

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Call your mom -- she wants to hear from you.

@ConMoro on Twitter asked:

geographically, are mop zones large? or just average size but packed with interesting things to see?

The zones in Mists of Pandaria are large and spacious. In fact, I was very much impressed with how many open spaces there are and just ... How do I put this? Running room? I liked the sprawl of Hillsbrad and the expanse of Arathi. Big zones are good, and Mists of Pandaria has got some pretty big, sprawly zones. When Blizzard first discussed the zone layout, I immediately hoped for more Dragonblights, since I'm the only person who apparently loves large zones with disparate stories found all over them. Or not!

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The Queue: Saturday Rocks

by Adam Holisky May 12th 2012 at 12:00PM

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I found this video on Friday night, and the first thing that went through my mind was not, "Oh my God, I need to go watch me some Pee Wee Playhouse with Morpheus." It was "How can this not be used as the intro to The Queue today?"

Bloodhoof asked:

Since my main spec is resto(druid), but I hate the low dps output for quests, is it possible to do the quests as a dps, but switch to resto before I get the reward? Is it better to just put up with the low dps? Should I buy the gear from the vendors?

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The Queue: Friday night invasion

by Alex Ziebart May 11th 2012 at 11:00AM

Whoa whoa whoa, why is Alex doing The Queue on Friday? Nobody likes that guy! Get out of here, Alex!

Never.

vocenoctum asked:

I know a lot of folks that don't currently play Warlocks will try it with Mists, hopefully the changes make it fun enough to play for many. Do you think the changes are big enough that some current lock's will leave the class? (I didn't play a paladin pre-cata, but know a couple ret pal's that just ditched the class as "being too different".)

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, The Queue, Mists of Pandaria

The Queue: I, for one, am not sorry for the rock

by Adam Holisky May 10th 2012 at 11:00AM

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We'll jump right into the Q&A today. No need to talk about other games, '90s cartoons, '80s hairstyles, the best music from our childhood (Boyz II Men), or any number of other arcane and inconsequential subjects.

Caylynn asked:

If you could put any pet you wanted to into WoW, what would you choose?

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The Queue: Sorry for panda rocking

by Alex Ziebart May 9th 2012 at 11:00AM

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Today's Queue will be a short one. Yesterday's Queue had a whole lot of TOR discussion and not a whole lot of question asking. Not my fault!

Jason asked:

So now that the panda dances are now live, where are the dances from? I see part of the female panda dance is from some anime clip. What about the guys? Thanks!

Male pandaren dance the shuffle from LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem. Female pandaren mix the infamous Caramelldansen and the dance from Haruhi Suzumiya's outro theme, Hare Hare Yukai.

Edit: I may be wrong about Hare Hare Yukai. Forgive me, I only have so much knowledge of weird anime dances.

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The Queue: In which SW:TOR's 1.7 to 1.3 million is discussed

by Adam Holisky May 8th 2012 at 11:00AM

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today.

I think it's important to note the decline in Star Wars: The Old Republic's subscription numbers, which yesterday we found out dropped to 1.3 million, off its high of 1.7 million. Now, of course, we don't know this quarter's WoW numbers yet (and we may not, if Blizzard decides not to release them), but it's notable that this "WoW killer" isn't really turning out.

Now, I say this not as a victory dance of "we won" or some other stupid epeen contest, but as a nod to the fact that two well-produced games can survive in the same marketplace -- and that a game doesn't have to have 10 million or more players to be a success. WoW has its charm, and so does SW:TOR. Is one better than the other? In my opinion, yes -- but at the end of the day they're each different.

It should also be clear that EA feels the same way. It's going to keep supporting SW:TOR. And why not? 1.3 million people doing anything together is a cause to support.

Sixteentonsofpixels asked:

I'm aware that updated Outland and Northrend are future goals as far as Blizzard has stated but has a time table for this been released? Whenever they finally do update those zones would it be best to just revamp them across the board, making those zones match the current patch? Or would it be better if the zones leveled and changed with the player? Personally, I'd prefer the latter.

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The Queue: So can you

by Alex Ziebart May 7th 2012 at 12:30PM

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Many of the people who see this NPC in the Mists of Pandaria beta immediately yell "...can cook!" It warms my heart.

Revynn asked:

The new Mantid dungeon looks a suspicious amount like AQ40. Do we know if the Mantid are "cousins" to the Qiraji and Nerubians (Insectoid servants of an old god) or are they their own deal?

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The Queue: Gold and virgins

by Michael Sacco May 6th 2012 at 2:00PM

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Just caught this one watching back episodes of Supernatural today. Enjoy.

christriste asked:

Has blizzard given a reason for why we can't queue for BG and Dungeons at the same? I understand not wanting someone in a dungeon queued for PVP or vise versa and leaving what they were originally doing but couldn't they kick you from all your queues once you've entered a dungeon or BG?

Basically, it would make queue time estimates really unreliable (and probably longer, too, depending on ebb and flow). Right now, since players can only queue for one pool at a time, it's easy to estimate the amount of time it'll take to join a dungeon or BG. Being able to join two queue pools would mess with that.

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The Queue: No Sleep Till Brooklyn

by Mathew McCurley May 5th 2012 at 12:00PM

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) will be your host today.

Born and bred in Brooklyn, the USA,
They call me Adam Yauch, but I'm MCA,
Like a lemon to a lime, a lime to a lemon,
I sip the def ale with all the fine women.

Link Brass Monkey all you want in the comments. You're all wrong.

miller.brian.lee asked:

Could we get a Beastie Boy related queue tomorrow.

Yes.

c187 asked:

Q4tQ - So can we skip tiers in the new talent system? Because currently I only see myself taking 3 to 4 for my Spriest PVE set.

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The Queue: The Avengers is great

by Michael Sacco May 4th 2012 at 11:00AM

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Seriously, just go ahead and see it.

dimmak42 asked:

I just did Magister's Terrace and I noticed Kael references that Illidan is half-night elf. Do you think he is referencing his demonic corruption? This doesn't make too much sense given his own demonic corrupted body though.

Perhaps Malfurion and Illidan are not pure NEs? It might explain how such "low" night elves have such immense power.

He's referring to Illidan, who is literally half-demon since he drank from the Skull of Gul'dan.

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The Queue: I have looked into the face of absurdity, and its name is Goku

by Anne Stickney May 3rd 2012 at 11:00AM

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) has gone Super Saiyan on this thing today.

Last night, I did a nice little Firelands run with my guild. After we were through, one of our tanks insisted I check his link in Vent. "You'll like it," he said. "Someone told me you'll love it." So I obligingly clicked and was treated to a piece of fan fiction featuring a crossover with Dragon Ball Z and ... Anne Frank. I wish I were kidding. (And don't forget page two!)

Let's answer some questions and try to get our minds off of Goku and Anne's charming romance.

KalenBarnes asked:

Q4TQ: remind me again how blizzard is making everyone use ground mounts again in mop. Is it going to be for all the new zones? Will there ever be a point where we'll be able to fly in those zones?

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The Queue: Makes bigger, better bugs

by Alex Ziebart May 2nd 2012 at 11:00AM

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.

If you were a '90s kid and didn't horrifically burn yourself on the metal pans that went into the Creepy Crawlers Super Oven, your parents may not have loved you. I'm just sayin'.

guevarra asked:

Any word on how Honorable Kill totals will work with account-wide achievements? For example, if one toon has 50k, another 2 have 25k each, will they add up and grant the 100k achievement? The same question could apply to other "earn X widget" series acheivements like Valor points.

Filed under: The Queue, Mists of Pandaria

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