The Queue: You are slightly more prepared than you were
by Alex Ziebart 
Jul 1st 2009 at 5:00PM
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com'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.
That's a trailer we haven't seen in awhile, huh? It's relevant today, I promise! Besides, a little nostalgia is always fun. If I have one grievance with Wrath of the Lich King's cinematic, it's that they didn't give us an incredibly corny catchphrase to spout for nearly two years.
Discolando asked...
"Is there any substance to the rumor I've recently read that patch 3.3 will contain another yet unknown raid instance, and patch 3.4 will contain Icecrown Citadel? It does seem more logical to 'finish' the expansion with the advertised antagonist instead of a deux ex machina like patch 2.4 gave us."
Patch 2.4 was the result of a few things going not-quite-right with The Burning Crusade. First, Wrath of the Lich King was taking longer than their original time tables said they would, especially considering how rapidly they put out Burning Crusade's raid content. They front-loaded all of it. Black Temple, the raid zone that was supposed to be the pinnacle of 25-man raiding in BC, came out in patch 2.1 just a few months after the launch of the expansion. It was almost a full year between the release of Black Temple and the release of Sunwell Plateau. That's a pretty long time with no new 25 man content. If they didn't do Patch 2.4's raid, it would have been almost a year and a half between Black Temple and Wrath of the Lich King.
Another issue is that, given the theme of the expansion (The Burning Crusade), ending on a raid that didn't have anything at all to do with the Burning Crusade is somewhat silly. Sure, Illidan had pet demons, but he wasn't actually a part of the Burning Legion anymore, which is what the Crusade is named for. It's somewhat like if Wrath of the Lich King gave us Yogg-Saron last and skipped Arthas. Sure, Yogg-Saron was a villain, and a pretty big one! Entire zones dedicated to his influence! But he wasn't in the title of the game. As much as they hyped Illidan, the title of the expansion simply wasn't about him. It was about the Burning Legion.
Wrath of the Lich King feels much more on-pace, though we were spoiled by how much raid content was available at launch with The Burning Crusade. The Lich King will definitely be in patch 3.3 and will probably be the final raid boss of Wrath. If he's not, it's because their next expansion is taking longer than they'd hoped, and the filler content (the potential patch 3.4) will be a good thing for us players because it'll give us something to do while we wait.
Mark asked...
"Is there a good guide anywhere to the differences between the Ulduar-10 and Ulduar-25 encounters? I usually raid with a 10-man, but we're teaming up with a few other 10-man teams this week while a bunch of our teammates are taking vacations. It'd be really helpful to find a list of what's different."
As was mentioned in the comments yesterday, Wowwiki is a pretty good resource for this. If there are significant differences, it'll be noted on the boss's tactics page. Most of the differences between 10 and 25 man come down to numbers, rather than new abilities. The 25 man version makes healing and damage requirements much tighter, as in your tank is much more likely to get 2-shot in Ulduar 25 than Ulduar 10 and there'll be significantly larger amounts of environmental damage going around. New abilities between Normal and Heroic are few and far between.
kscribby asked...
"Just courious about RaF... if I want to recruit myself, i.e. buy another account for myself, does that mean that I also have to buy all new games as well, and then own two of every game? Or can I have two accounts on the same game?"
You need an authentication code/CD-Key for each account, and you get those buy buying the base game and expansions. So... yes, you need two copies of everything if you want two accounts. If you don't want the actual boxes laying around your house, remember that you can get the original game and the expansions on the Blizzard Store digitally. If you have a Battle.net account, you can attach both accounts to one login and have all of your game information stored on Battle.net. It's actually a pretty convenient service for multiboxers!
Have questions about the World of Warcraft? The WoW.com crew is here with The Queue, our daily Q&A column! Leave your questions in the comments and we'll do our best to answer 'em!Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, The Queue
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Magma Jul 1st 2009 5:14PM
Looks like someone forgot the jump =P
Alex Ziebart Jul 1st 2009 5:20PM
You. Saw. Nothing.
>:|
(Oops.)
auftrag Jul 1st 2009 5:18PM
you only need the first xpack to get the RAF bonus when you hit 60 you can just pay to send the toon to your main account.... cheaper then buying all 3
Pantyraider Jul 1st 2009 5:24PM
You don't need any expansions to take advantage of RAF, unless you want the character to be a Draenei or a Blood Elf.
impurezero Jul 1st 2009 5:27PM
In the immortal last words of that guy in Jurassic Park right before he gets attacked by a raptor: "Clever girl."
Now, as to whether or not the gender specificity of the line was appropriately directed...who cares? That's a great friggin' line!
impurezero Jul 1st 2009 5:30PM
Panty,
I believe that was essentially what they meant. It looks like they just accidentally referred to vanilla wow as "the first xpac." Thanks for the clarification, though. ;)
joerendous Jul 1st 2009 10:54PM
@ impure
i say that line all the time! with my busted attempt at the accent! lol!
nonentity Jul 2nd 2009 1:28AM
@Pantyraider - Or if you want to level with a Blood Elf/Draenei character from your main account in the Blood Elf/Draenei starting zones. The character on the BC-less account won't be able to enter those zones.
Nathanyel Jul 1st 2009 5:21PM
It's not that catchy, but what about this line from the "trailer":
All must serve the one... true... King.
Lemons Jul 1st 2009 7:17PM
That one's good...doesn't really stick in your head though.
I think the Wrathgate gave us a good one. Maybe I'm crazy but I can't stop thinking of:
"Now...all can see...this is the hour of the Forsaken!"
You can also replace "the Forsaken" with whatever is the fotm class that's constantly pwning you in pvp. Something like:
"Now...all can see...this is the hour of the DKs!"
Cetha Jul 2nd 2009 12:52AM
"I think the Wrathgate gave us a good one. Maybe I'm crazy but I can't stop thinking of:
"Now...all can see...this is the hour of the Forsaken!""
is just the best...line...ever!
I think I do that chain on all of my alts just to hear that line again.
nonentity Jul 2nd 2009 1:49AM
Nah, the best line is....
I tell you this, for when my days have come to an end ... you... shall... be.... King!
or maybe
All must serve the one.... true... King!
meatykid Jul 2nd 2009 5:01AM
@cetha i believe you can watch that cutscene again if you talk to the great big dragon just near wrathgate, i cant for the life of me remember the dragons name
something like steve i think....
Warlock Jul 1st 2009 5:22PM
So wait, Kael'thas, the boss of The Eye, summoning Kil'jaeden, the top Lieutenant of Sargeras and acting leader of the Burning Legion has nothing to do with the Burning Crusade? The resolution of both the Draenei and Blood Elf main storylines has nothing to do with the Burning Crusade? *boggle*
Warlock Jul 1st 2009 5:25PM
Bah, nevermind, I misread it. You were talking about Black Temple.
CallMeIrd Jul 1st 2009 5:30PM
Nelson voice: Hah hah!
IncubusHead Jul 1st 2009 5:23PM
Thank you for not making me have to "jump" to read the whole thing. Was much more convenient.
fuser197 Jul 1st 2009 5:35PM
Armory's not updating my character, a night elf druid on Azjol-Nerub, who hit level 80 last Friday, but as of right now, Armory still says he's 79. Did a Google search, looks like others are having the same issue, I've tried the fixes suggested, using the in-game menu to log out, instead of just alt-f4'ing, but still not updating. There's not much in terms of official blue responses. Any ideas? The Queue?
Leon Jul 1st 2009 10:25PM
I had noticed that with Armory, my DK is listed as being 75 in the list of names but once you look at his page he is still stuck at 73
Avrador Jul 1st 2009 5:37PM
Question: Why as a Gnome are all my mounts so huge. I understand why they're sized up for Tauren, but I just bought my lvl30 ram as a gnome, and not only is it much larger than the version Dwarves get, but it's larger even than the human horse, and almost as tall as a talbuk. And the gnome version of the Wrath bears are larger than the Draenei version of the same. Is Blizzard helping us Gnomes compensate for something?