The Queue: Yes, this is what we call it now

Yep. Ask a Beta Tester is officially The Queue. It's kind of a joke, you get it? Get it? You know, queue, like you wait in line for an answer? An A to your Q? Q? Queue? Hahah! Get it? Get it!? Hahahah! Ugh. Queue queue.
Anyway, The Queue is now our daily Q&A column, where the WoW Insider staff answers your questions about the game to the best of our ability. Previously limited to Wrath content, we'll now happily answer most anything about the game if we're able. Today is obviously no exception, so we're going to start with a question from Andostre...
Anyway, The Queue is now our daily Q&A column, where the WoW Insider staff answers your questions about the game to the best of our ability. Previously limited to Wrath content, we'll now happily answer most anything about the game if we're able. Today is obviously no exception, so we're going to start with a question from Andostre...
TBC saw a rise in the necessity of Hit Rating. Is Hit as important in Wrath? I ask because Hit isn't nearly as fun as Attack/Spell Power or Crit rating.
Hit is always, and was always, very important. You didn't see much talk about it before The Burning Crusade because gear with stats like that on it was a rarity, especially until deep raid content. The Burning Crusade just made it available. It's still important in Wrath, and unless they change the stat entirely, it will be important in the next expansion.
If you don't find getting hitcapped to be very fun, try to think of it in a different way. Crits do double damage for most classes and specs, right? So a crit is sort of adding another full spell/attack on top of your spell/attack. Hit totally does that. Instead of doing zero damage, you get a full spell on top of your miss! Hooray!
Evi asked...
Do you have any recent word on the new dances we were supposed to get? I heard it was postponed, but I'd like to know if you have any new information. Thanks!
We've got nothin'. It was delayed so they could get it 'right' and we're not sure when we'll see it.
Mouton asked...
Sorry if this got answered back in the day, but how do Heroics work now? I don't see any keys anywhere; is there a quest you do at 80 that grants access to all of them (like Kael's Unfortunate Head did for Magisters)? Or do you just have to hit 80?
Wrath Heroics don't require any attunements at all. Once you hit level 80, flip it over to Heroic and have fun. Raids are mostly the same with some exceptions. The Malygos raid, the Eye of Eternity, requires a drop elsewhere to get in. Beyond that, there are no attunements for anything.
Talmar asked...
I've read a lot about the Death Knight class but I haven't seen yet (or I have and can't remember it) which of the different talent trees is best for what roles. Which is best for tanking? DPS? caster? etc. I know they're all suppose to be viable for everything but each tree should do something better than the others.
So far, which is better for what role is largely opinion, but I can relay those opinions if you'd like.
- For tanking, Unholy seems to be the favorite. Bone Shield is fantastic, and the amount of AOE threat they can generate is better than Blood or Frost.
- For DPS, Blood is one of the most popular specs, though it may be an aesthetic/gameplay choice. Blood is a heavy-hitting, self-sustaining spec. It feels like you're tearing things apart with your weapon rather than diseases and afflictions, and that's something people think of when they think Death Knight. Unholy is also very popular as a DPS spec, though.
- For casters, you want to go to your trainer, unlearn your talent points, log out, delete your Death Knight and roll a Warlock.
How aboout we call it Ask an Alpha Omega? Has a nice ring to it.
While I am exceedingly awesome and amazingly good looking, calling myself the Alpha and the Omega would probably be a bit much, you know?
That's all from us for today, but please keep the questions coming! If you have a question for the WoW Insider team, ask your question in the comments section below and we'll do our best to answer you soon, in a future edition of The Queue!
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Expansions, Talents, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King, The Queue






Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Kodi Nov 15th 2008 7:09PM
"Yep. Ask a Beta Tester is officially The Queue. It's kind of a joke, you get it? Get it? You know, queue, like you wait in line for an answer? An A to your Q? Q? Queue? Hahah! Get it? Get it!? Hahahah! Ugh. Queue queue."
wow dude...
DeadNite Nov 15th 2008 7:37PM
Good times. I think the grinding to 80...again has made them a bit off...or have they always been this way??
duh Duh DUH!!!
datwunkid Nov 15th 2008 9:32PM
QUEUE QUEUE MOAR NOOBS
Amaxe Nov 16th 2008 7:45AM
Does that mean we will have to wait an hour to get into the forum?
Kirby1612 Nov 15th 2008 7:13PM
I thought this was going to be an column about what to do waiting in line.
Silvermoon queue: 980
Wait time...lol
Gristor Nov 15th 2008 7:13PM
One comment about the size of Northrend... Finally, please, an answer ;) : is Northrend bigger than Outland? How much bigger/smaller?
Heilig Nov 15th 2008 11:10PM
Northrend is enormous. It is much bigger than Outland. Each of the TWO starting zones is about twice as big as Hellfire. The Storm Peaks is so large that it is not even worth going without an epic flyer. Granted, there is no real navigable land there, but that's not really the point.
Zalvi Nov 15th 2008 7:14PM
"Yep. Ask a Beta Tester is officially The Queue. It's kind of a joke, you get it? Get it? You know, queue, like you wait in line for an answer? An A to your Q? Q? Queue? Hahah! Get it? Get it!? Hahahah! Ugh. Queue queue."
that was so funny i forgot to laugh
elstor Nov 15th 2008 8:20PM
Well now that you remembered that you forgot, will you laugh? Or do you want me to laugh for you? I'll just be safe and laugh for you.
/laugh
Dez Nov 15th 2008 7:19PM
What's your problem? I hate when ppl are so damn serious, joking is only healthy.
Anyway I agree on the hit part, just how you explained it says how valuable hit is, and why you should favor it to a extent. As for Death knight, how come you didn't include Frost spec? If anything I would believe that is the "tank spec", and no matter it should be good for something or you could just delete the tree. XP
I tanked Ramps at 58 as Frost, and that with no healer. Least as the tank you should be like 60+ for that, and have a healer. So I believe Frost is a nice tank spec ^^
Ryan Nov 15th 2008 8:08PM
Dez, can you post your frost build please? Thanks
Branwyn Nov 16th 2008 11:40AM
"If anything I would believe that is the "tank spec", and no matter it should be good for something or you could just delete the tree."
Welcome to the pain of mages and the arcane tree (pre-3.0.2 anyway).
Kellerune Nov 15th 2008 7:19PM
I like the new title! Because its obviously something that I will read when I am in queue. Don't be hating guys, thats just mean. And with all the wrath of the expansion we need nice people. The expansion shoulda been called: Wrath of the Elitists. All I see in general is lots of bashing and that makes me sad.
Cephas Nov 15th 2008 7:24PM
Less queue queue, more pew pew.
Shulkman Nov 15th 2008 7:28PM
Is there an area in Northrend like the Dead Mire, with lots of beasties to be killed, and most importantly, herbalized afterwards?
Also, can we get some new maps with flight paths listed? The first ones were great but we're moving on up, so to speak...
Shulkman Nov 16th 2008 9:47AM
Also, on the topic of a name for the column, I don't think "The Queue" fits very well. My first thought was of the the long wait time everyone has been talking about. I think whatever it gets called, it should be similar to the original name."Ask a Wrath Player" comes to mind, but doesn't sound authoritative enough....
"Ask a Wrath Guru" (or some synonym of Guru)
"Ask the Wrath Authority" ?
Saitomage Nov 15th 2008 7:54PM
I love the new name lol see that you guys didn't go with alpha omega lmao.
On a serious note do you guys have or know of any guides for professions yet my engineer and tailor seem to be at odds atm. with cobalt going for like 150 gold a pop
Littlepins Nov 15th 2008 9:36PM
Blizzard have started up a contest for guides, interestingly enough...
lynnia+alts Nov 15th 2008 7:45PM
I read (on wow insider I think) that you're supposed to be able to get corpse dust from corpses to offset the fact that its quite expensive. Has that been scrapped ?? Is it level or anything else dependent ???
Brian Nov 16th 2008 3:16AM
You don't get Corpse Dust from corpses, Corpse Dust is what you use when you don't have a corpse to raise.