The Queue: Introductions
by Alex Ziebart 
Dec 3rd 2009 at 4:00PM
Good afternoon, everyone! As you can see above, I'm pretty much at a loss as to what to write as the intro today. When you write one of these things every other day for, oh... eternity, it gets pretty hard. So I'll pass the intro on to our Editor in Chief today.
Elizabeth Harper wrote...
Welcome back to the Queue, in which Alex is too lazy to write his own intro. So today we've decided to crowdsource it and take one random word from each member of the WoW.com team.
Those currently online managed to assemble the phrase, "Delicious pants ibuprofen." Now, on with The Queue.
Mordockk asked...
"Do you gain Ashen Verdict Rep from the 10man instance as well as the 25? Any daily quests associated with it?"
There are no daily quests associated with it, no. You do get reputation from both the 10 and 25 man versions of the dungeon though. I might be horribly mistaken on that second point, but I'm 99% sure I've got it right. If one of you readers can prove me wrong, please do. I welcome it.
Chris asked...
"I haven't done any playing on the PTR, is there going to be a flightpath to the Icecrown Citadel instances?"
No, there's no new flight path to those instances. You need to take your flying mount there, or be summoned at the summoning stone. It's not terribly hard to get there once you actually figure out where the instance portals are, though. Either fly there manually from one of the other Icecrown flight points, or mount up in Dalaran and fly straight there.
VelcroLizard asked...
"If patch 3.3 is set to come out next week, why hasn't there been a trailer. Doesn't Blizzard usually put out a trailer before every major content patch?"
We rarely get the trailer far in advance of the patch itself. In fact, the Patch 3.1 trailer, the lead-in cinematic for Ulduar? We didn't get that until 10 PM Eastern time the night before the patch. About five hours later, servers were down for maintenance. That was all the advance notice they gave about the patch dropping, and they didn't even explicitly say it when they gave us the trailer. They let everyone stew.
Who knows, this time around we might not get the trailer until they're already patching. I don't think they have any rules about when they show us these things.
Slaytanic asked...
"Any word yet on when Blizzard is going to institute the deadline to obtain the Ironbound Proto-Drakes?"
Nothing yet. They did say we would get roughly a one month advance notice when they do it, though. We don't have anything to worry about for awhile. I can't say this is absolutely true, but I get the feeling that they're watching closely how many people are getting their mount and are waiting for a certain percentage of the playerbase to get their hands on it. I don't know very many people that finished the previous tier of drakes, so maybe they don't want a repeat of that.
Again, that's just my interpretation of the situation.
Ian asked...
"Do you have to run the 3 new 5-mans right in a row, or can you come back to the second one after you clear the first mini-instance later in the day with a different group, or are you stuck with the group you have until the daily reset? In other words, does each of the three wings have its own lockout timer? Also, how long does it take to do all three wings back to back?"
Each 'wing' of the instance is a separate dungeon entirely. So yes, each one has its own lockout. To use a pretty classic example, it's just like Scarlet Monastery. There's three "mini" instances right in a row. Clearing one has no impact on the other, except for perhaps quests and narrative.
As for how long it takes... well, it will completely depend on your gear level. I've only done them on PTR premades (which are only slightly better geared then my main, actually) and it's pretty darn fast. I would say maybe the Pit of Saron will take you more than 30 minutes, but the other two won't. An hour and a half to do all three? Around there.
Chaoticwhizz asked...
"Are demonology warlocks viable for endgame instances or PvP? I really like my felguard."
Sure. In 5-mans, your spec doesn't matter too much at all, as long as you can fill your chosen role. In a raid, Demonology brings some strong buffs and debuffs to the table that free up some of your other raiders to do other things. Make sure you check our our warlock column, Blood Pact. He's covered some of these details for you, including those buffs I just mentioned.
PvP, I want to say yes because of things like Soul Link, but it's been so long since I've done any arena PvP that if I told you I knew for sure, I'd be lying. Hopefully someone can help out in the comments below. Dear readers, is Demonology still viable in PvP?
Omner asked...
"I recently joined the elite community of iPhone owners and the second app I downloaded was the Battle.Net authenticator (the first was the WoW armory). I linked up the authenticator with my main's account, that has guild bank access and most of my gold, but I also share my girlfriend's account which is starting to show some promise. Is there any way to link the authenticator to two different accounts at the same time?"
Yes, you can add one authenticator to multiple accounts. As many accounts as you want, even. Just repeat the process with each account, using the same authenticator serial key for all of them.
However, if it's your girlfriend's account, be warned that she'll need your mobile authenticator every time she wants to log in. You might be better off getting her one of her own, unless you're there with her literally every time she logs into the game.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Babaloo Dec 3rd 2009 4:03PM
Question:
Any information (strategies etc.) about Toravon the Ice Watcher, or none yet?
Leviathon Dec 3rd 2009 4:35PM
The strat for Toravon is pull him, bring his hp to 0, and then collect loot. Yes, he is THAT much of a pushover.
Zinh Dec 3rd 2009 4:58PM
I have more of a confirmation than a question: I heard there was new way to gain Ashen Verdict rep by farming bears but you had to catch them by luring them into a hunter trap full of ash. See, bears love peas, but they hate ash because it incapacitates them by blinding them. So you dig a hole in the group and fill it with ash. Then you line peas around it to the lure the bear. That's the trap. Then when the bear wanders up, you kick him in the ash-hole while he's taking a pea. 250 rep.
Is this for real or is it just a rumor?
Nazgûl Dec 3rd 2009 4:58PM
Don't let him fool you. Toravon is going to be the most difficult of the four for pug groups, I predict.
He spawns adds that spawn more adds three or so at a time - Frozen Orbs. They have around 150k health. He also does a stacking debuff on tanks, so they get to tank swap. There is a frost aura and a stacking increased frost damage debuff that serves as an enrage timer.
He won't be simple, that is for certain.
Jp Dec 3rd 2009 5:46PM
Jesus Zinh, that was a LONG way to go for a mediocre pun.
Kaeri Dec 3rd 2009 7:28PM
So, all you are saying is "Give peas a chance"?
Possum Dec 3rd 2009 4:10PM
You mention the new 5-mans being dependant on gear, what gear level would we require to do them? I haven't read any strats on them yet (don't want to spoil them) but are the fights really particular or hard? Should I read them before I go in so i don't screw up my group?
Nolls74 Dec 3rd 2009 4:43PM
judging solely on the gear that drop in the new 5's, i would say that u need to be in heroic 5ToC or Ulduar10 in order to do the regular ICC5's. And to do the heroic versions you should have mostly 226-232 ilvl gear (Conquest/Triumph badge gear and T9). I havn't run them on the PTR, so that's just my assumption based on the gear that drops in them.
snowleopard233 Dec 3rd 2009 4:10PM
Where was WoW Moviewatch today?
Alex Ziebart Dec 3rd 2009 4:17PM
Michael Gray was out of town today, and he's our Moviewatch guy. So no Moviewatch.
snowleopard233 Dec 3rd 2009 4:31PM
Phew, okay I was worried lol. Always look forward to what he comes out with at noon everyday.
Adam Holisky Dec 3rd 2009 5:15PM
I was going to cover it, but my internet got all kinds of busted up this morning. Fail Cable One. FAIL.
Fatamorgana Dec 3rd 2009 4:11PM
I have captured your pants and will continue to hold them for ransom until my demands have been met.
My demands: one Pony...and maybe some black label rum.
...maybe just the rum.
Please hurry, your pants smell.
Malfural Dec 3rd 2009 4:47PM
Even funnier for those in the UK :)
Darias Dec 3rd 2009 4:16PM
You kind of missed an important point in there Alex. You do not need to do the 5 mans one after the other each time you do them, but you HAVE to do Forge of Souls one time to unluck the Pit of Saron and you HAVE to do Pit of Saron before you do Halls of Reflection
Ian Dec 3rd 2009 4:28PM
Do you have to do this every day? Or is it a one-time attunement?
StalkerofFlames Dec 3rd 2009 4:30PM
One time, then you can do 'em any which order or only one, or two!
Kvothe Dec 3rd 2009 4:32PM
Ian, it's a one time attunement.
Raze Dec 3rd 2009 6:08PM
Oh crap.
Face it, ladies and gentlemen. We're fucked. The Scourge are rising luck itself from the ground, now. They didn't just stop at unholy weapons.
Screw the Lich King. I'm scared of the Wrath of the Unluck.
ecwfrk Dec 3rd 2009 9:27PM
The new instances are like the TBC Caverns of Time instances. You had to complete Durnholde before you could do Black Morass.
Also, you (and anyone you're grouped with) will have to unlock PoS and HoR before they will be available to be selected manually or chosen as a random dungeon in the new dungeon tool.