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by Alex Ziebart 
Mar 13th 2009 at 3:00PM
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW Insider's daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.In yesterday's edition of The Queue, my partner in crime Adam Holisky did some speculation about Battlestar Galactica that was taken as a huge, massive spoiler. As far as I know, it wasn't actually a spoiler. I'm here to fix that. I'm here to give you a real, true spoiler. Are you ready for it?
They shoot Old Yeller.
hold up asked...
Is the Realm First Ulduar Achievement based on completing Ulduar on Easy Mode or is it based on clearing the entire place including the optional Algalon "the Raid Destroyer"?
Valnoth, WoW's Lead World Designer, posted in a thread that asked this very question. He says that the realm first achievements/titles will come from beating Yogg-Saron on Hard Mode and beating Algalon the Raid Destroyer. Both the 10 and 25 man versions of the raid have these achievements, they are not linked to eachother.
Helore asked...
Has there been any news on the new dances they promised us?
I think I've answered this question about seventeen thousand times since we've started The Queue and I think it gets asked on every single edition of the column, without fail. The answer is still no, and it will be probably be no tomorrow and the day after that. We haven't heard anything except that they are still working on it. When we know more, you will know about it. Trust me.
Chickamauga asked...
Dual-spec question that I haven't seen asked yet, and if it was, sorry: When I buy my second talent tree, are the Glyphs empty, or pre-loaded with what I already have? Will my Shadow Priest have to buy another Glyph of Levitate?
Yes, your second set of Glyphs starts out empty. You'll need a second Glyph of Levitate, or any other glyphs that you want to use in both specs.
hempnight asked...
How many people do you think got the Purity Ring reference?
Beats me, I know I didn't get it!
CallMeIrd asked...
Does having one or two non combat pets out during a raid really affect a person's FPS? Is it generally that much of a nuisance? I get not allowing every single person to have one out, but when it's just a couple?
Depending on the pet, it actually can have a pretty big impact, mostly on those that are pushing the limits of their computer with Wrath of the Lich King already. The biggest culprit I've noticed is the Ghostly Skull, with its big blue cloud particle effect. That cloud can absolutely tank your FPS if it's directly in front of your camera. Before I purchased my new video card, I had to scroll my camera all the way out when I was around one of those so it wouldn't cross directly in front of me. If I got a super close up look of that thing, I would drop to a total of one or two FPS total. That's pretty harsh.
That's sort of an extreme case, but still. If you have people in your raid who're squeezing every last drop out of their system, having vanity pets out can have a noticeable effect. A bunch of people in your raid pulling out flashy pets can be the difference between 10 FPS in a raid and 2 FPS in a raid. If you have a great system and you don't find yourself often dipping below 40 or 50 FPS (or more), you won't even notice a difference when everyone has sparkly pets out. Those few people with the old equipment? They'll notice.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 6)
ivyleaves Mar 14th 2009 2:28PM
Starbuck being a woman is awesome, female wow toon guy.
Chuddy Mar 13th 2009 3:11PM
What's up with the yogi berra picture? Not catching the relation, lol. Sadly I never caught him while he was a coach when I was working for the dodgers at spring training. Met so many yankees when they played them but never yogi. Him and the Mick who died the year I started working. :\
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Alex Ziebart Mar 13th 2009 3:27PM
It has something to do with the title of the post and the theme Adam has been running with. Someone, somewhere, will get it. Maybe.
Andrew Mar 13th 2009 3:35PM
Yogi Bera's number for the Yankees was 8.
Shulkman Mar 13th 2009 3:35PM
Hint:Bottom of the bat.
Ohrioh Mar 13th 2009 3:40PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_berra
His number (according to Wiki) 8 was retired in 1972. The number 8 is the correlation here.
As for the original topic...
If a vanity pet is bringing your system down... You should prolly just scrap the system. And for new dances... Go watch someone else dance. Like at a club and leave the non-sense QQ out of WoW -_-
Laynne Mar 13th 2009 3:37PM
Look at the end of his bat :)
SaintStryfe Mar 13th 2009 5:46PM
Yogi don't need no reason.
cjshrader Mar 13th 2009 3:11PM
What about the dance studio? Are we ever going to get that?
Just wondering... Mar 13th 2009 3:22PM
Are realm-first achievements for dances going to be on easy mode, or hard mode?
Are there going to be dance glyphs, and if yes, will my dance glyphs apply to both specs?
Did anyone get the dance reference to the Purity Cow milk commercials?
And does my dancing during a raid encounter hurt other's FPS? What if I drop a train set during the dancing?
doit Mar 15th 2009 12:50PM
just wondering is the funniest human ever birthed
zappo Mar 13th 2009 3:14PM
OMG I was going to watch that baseball game and now it's ruined!
Robert Mar 13th 2009 4:52PM
Purity Rings and Grey's Anatomy is a South Park reference.
Suweero Mar 13th 2009 3:18PM
MMMMmmmm good eats!
Palatel Mar 13th 2009 3:19PM
Any news about new dances?
MaxBG Mar 13th 2009 3:20PM
Why is pre tbc wow called 'Vanilla wow' ?
Manatank Mar 13th 2009 3:25PM
It had no flavor.
Balius Mar 13th 2009 3:30PM
Vanilla basically means "without additions" or "plain".
AutumnBringer Mar 13th 2009 3:32PM
"Vanilla" is just a term people often use to refer to something unmodified, not added to, basic etc. I guess since vanilla can be used as a flavor base and then you add stuff to it. Like, in this analogy WoW was vanilla flavored, then became TBC flavored and now Wrath flavored, but there's still that vanilla base.
Aaron A. Mar 13th 2009 3:39PM
They're using "vanilla" to mean "basic," "plain," or "ordinary." I personally disagree with such usage because vanilla is an interesting plant, and real vanilla has a complex and versatile flavor; it's just that manufacturers (of ice cream in particular) create a sweet-yet-pleasantly-bland flavor and call it vanilla because "sweet yet bland" isn't very good marketing.
I am going somewhere with this, I promise. Just as vanilla is considered the basic, unadorned version of ice cream, before the addition of berries or chocolate chips, the original game is referred to as "vanilla" because it's the basic version of the game, without any of the TBC and WotLK content (a true rollback to 1.x would also remove guild banks and voice chat.)