The Queue: Snape, snape
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com's daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.
In celebration of the recent release of the new Harry Potter movie, I've decided to expose the two of you out there that have never seen the above video to... well, the above video. I'll say no more, folks. Watch it, then read on! Probably in beat with a metronome!
Mannas asked...
"With the new feature to switch factions, will we finally have a way to "mail" items across factions by making a toon, sending the item there, switching factions and then mailing on? Or will they somehow limit this?"
We don't know the restrictions on faction changing yet, but when they do server transfers, they make you empty out your mailbox. You probably could put an heirloom from your Alliance characters in your bags then switch over to Horde with it, yeah. They might put a restriction on doing that though, who knows? You can probably do it but we won't know for sure until they come out and tell us.
Logan asked...
"Are there any official lists of all the easter eggs/references to real life people/events in the game?"
There isn't an official list anywhere that I'm aware of, no. As many other readers mentioned yesterday, Wowwiki is a good place to check for that though, they have numerous lists. They have lists for pop culture references, in-jokes, and easter eggs.
037 asked...
"Break it down for me... What is going to happen to my old badges when 3.2 hits? Should I spend them now because they will be useless? Will I be able to use them in conjunction with the new badges?"
Your old badges will still be able to be used for everything you can use them for right now. All new items will use Conquest badges, and Heroics and such will only drop Conquest badges. If you're short a few Valor badges for something you want, you can trade Conquests down to Valors, but you can't trade anything up. Comprende?
Abbadon asked...
"Since DKs have different NPCs when doing the four champion level AT dailies and get Ebon Hold rep instead of Argent Crusade rep, is the Crusader title based on being exalted with EH (for DKs), or do DKs still need to get AC rep as well?"
I believe Death Knights do need to grind Argent Crusade rep, yes. If I'm wrong on that, hopefully a Death Knight that has done it will correct me in the comments, but that's how I understand it. The achievement itself isn't any different for them, they just need to do it a bit differently.
Tyler asked...
"If I were to cancel my WoW subscription... does that mean all of my characters will be deleted? If not, what would have to happen for them to be deleted? Besides doing it manually, I mean."
No, your characters are not deleted when you cancel your subscription. You can leave the game for a very long time, and when you come back your characters will still be there waiting for you. I've had guild members come back to the game a year or two after they'd originally quit and all of their characters were as they left them. I don't think that Blizzard will ever take your characters away unless you delete them yourself or you do something to get banned.
kooda asked...
"Why is there currently no water in Dalaran sewers on the PTR did they forget to pay their bill? Although they are mages, have they forgotten they have the spell conjure water or do they just not have enough mana left?"
There's no water in the Stormwind canals, either. Gasp! Could it be a precursor to the Maelstrom!? Are the Naga draining Azeroth's water supplies now, since they failed in Outland!? Was Serpentshrine Cavern only a setback!??
Nah, it's just a bug.
Jason P asked...
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood in Crystalsong Forest?"
None. They would break their little teeth! Woodchucks just aren't built to chomp magical crystalwood. Why do you hate the poor woodchucks, Jason?
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Reader Comments (Page 5 of 5)
Jack Jul 22nd 2009 2:16PM
We were online last night when a Guild got the Realm First for defeating Algalon in Ulduar Heroic. There was a scripted event that happened in Dalaran just after the Achievement was announced but because we were in a raid we didn't get to see any of it. I tried looking for a video of it online, but couldn't find one. Can you guys help? Thanks.
Spidey Jul 22nd 2009 3:33PM
I was wondering if it would theoretically be possible to change races by using the new faction switch program. If you wanted to switch from Troll to Orc, could you transfer to the Alliance and then switch back? Or will the faction change process be a one time thing?
Sandriss Jul 22nd 2009 6:20PM
Exactly!
Sandriss Jul 22nd 2009 6:26PM
Oops...I was trying to reply to someone but I didn't do it right. =P
furry Jul 22nd 2009 6:43PM
Armor penetration: Does the %reduction apply to the amount of armor my enemy has before or after the sunders are applied?
For example, if some mob has 10000 armor and has been sundered 5 times, i would (before ArP) be attacking against 7500 armor. If I had 15% reduction, would it reduce the effective armor by 1500 or by 1125?
(same question about effectiveness with spells like faerie fire too)
Kevin Jul 22nd 2009 8:06PM
Why are the devs insisting they are nerfing Death Knight raid tanking, when the 10% health - 6% stamina shift only affects 5 man tanking? I've played my 80 on the PTR and found raid buffs are next to unaffected due to stacking stamina, but I lose 4,000+ hp for normal 5 man tanking.
Can someone please explain the logic in this nerf?
whalt Jul 23rd 2009 2:58PM
Any idea if prior season PVP/ARENA weapons will be available for purchase with honor/arena points in the next season without requiring a rating like the old Glad and Merc Glad weapons were back in BC?
SSJDeathKnight Jul 23rd 2009 4:18PM
My question has to do with gear itemization. I understand Blizzard puts in gear with varied stats so you have in essence a mini-game of Loot-Tetris when trying to optimize your toon(s). I've read many posts about classes that are unhappy with the stats that are on pieces, and how higher ilvl gear can actually be downgrades to what they have (i.e. armor penetration on a tanking plate glove.......). So here's a question: Why doesn't blizzard do away with alot of the stat increases on gear, give you more gem sockets, and increase what gems grant? This way you could offer plate with +X Str, +Y Stamina, blue/yellow/red socket and you have gems that are 2-2.5 times better than what we have now. Want crit only... no problem! Want haste and mp5 only... still no problem! Wouldn't this solve the itemization problem, and give players the same Loot-Tetris fun?
artifex Jul 24th 2009 2:34PM
This is STILL going in my head!!!
Aaarrghhh!
Prevents Jul 24th 2009 8:48PM
I Just Started WoW And I Am A Very Impatient Person So I Had A Friend Power Level My Paladin A Little Bit For Me. But Now I Am A Level 55 Paladin With Absolutely NO Idea About How This Game Really Works, Ive Been Reading A lot On It And There Is A lot To Know So If Anyone Could Please Help Me Answer Some Questions It Would Be Greatly Appreciated...And Yes I Am New So Please Be Patient With Me I Will Probably Ask A lot Of Really Dumb Questions. Email:Psychadellic_69@hotmail.com
Pontian Jul 25th 2009 10:22PM
When I buy Blizzcon Live will Grunty the murloc marine pet be sent to all my characters or do I have to choose which character to send it to?
Dreik Jul 26th 2009 3:02AM
Hey, I have a question that has been bothering me for a while. I ran Naxxramas with some guildies a couple weeks ago, and you know how that cat is always there. I had the guts to ask a question about it, since obviously everyone knew about it other than me. My guild told me that it was from OLD WORLD NAXX! What do they mean by that, it's just been itching my brain :), TY!
Darxide Jul 26th 2009 9:24PM
A little while ago when ulduar was just hitting the PTR's we were hearing about how there was an instance inside the raid and that you needed to complete flame leviathan to gain access to this superfluous instance.
This got me thinking, is this in the form of the teleporters that we use to nip quickly around the raid or is it a case of something that was intended but dropped at the last minute ?