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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 3 of 6)
dark_fenix_87 Dec 3rd 2009 5:02PM
I'd say naxx gear to do regular 5 mans and ulduar gear to do the Heroic version. This will not be a pug 5-man for a while though as the bosses are very unforgiving.
Deadly. Off. Topic. Dec 3rd 2009 4:34PM
Age old question: Ginger or Mary Ann? But treat it as: Sylvanis or Jaina?
ZMES_Matt Dec 3rd 2009 4:37PM
Sylvanis all the way.
Jaina has far too much "old-flame" emotional baggage...
Oni Stardust Dec 3rd 2009 5:02PM
Isn't Necrophilia generally frowned upon and illegal pretty much everywhere? The only decent and legal choice is Jaina (not a bad choice to be limited to though).
jealouspirate Dec 3rd 2009 5:18PM
I have to agree with Oni here.
Jaina may have some "old-flame" issues, but Sylvanas has some "old-flesh" issues. Like, necrotic flesh. For years.
ZMES_Matt Dec 3rd 2009 5:20PM
@Oni Stardust
In the event that a corpse regains sentiency and starts commanding an army of like minded beings, we may be able to make an exception. :P
Jay Dec 3rd 2009 7:52PM
Definitely Sylvanis and not just for the sexy style.
You just have to look at Wrathgate to see how Sylvanis handled her "old flame" while Jaina was thashing about like a fish out of water trying to prevent the silly alliance from starting a war.
ZMES_Matt Dec 3rd 2009 4:36PM
Question!
Does WoW.com have any plans for writing an article of the "Do's and Don'ts" of using the LFG tool? If not, can you pretty please? I know it'd pretty much boil down to just a common-sense Public Service Announcement, but I can already see a myriad of string AFKers and the likes. Besides, you can never have too many PSAs. :P
Gamer am I Dec 3rd 2009 4:36PM
Has Blizzard said anything about what kind of changes will be made to Heroic Deadmines when Cataclysm comes out? The instance, as it is, is really simple compared to most instances today, and I'd imagine they'd want to do something to make the fights a bit more varied and complex.
ZMES_Matt Dec 3rd 2009 5:29PM
Well, every expansion needs its "beginner" dungeons, for all of the new players to have a first-time max level character. BC had Ramps, Wrath has Nexus/Utgarde Keep, and Cata will have Shadowfang Keep and Deadmines. I think it just means that the new dungeons we haven't seen yet will have the luxary of not being forced to be "beginner" instances.
Gamer am I Dec 3rd 2009 5:56PM
I always thought of Botanica as BC's beginner instance. Then again, I tanked it so much that I could lead a run through it in my sleep.
"I think it just means that the new dungeons we haven't seen yet will have the luxary of not being forced to be "beginner" instances
I hadn't thought of it that way before, but that would be a very intelligent move on Blizzard's part if they did that.
PvtDeth Dec 4th 2009 9:20AM
You had to have a flying mount just to get into Botanica. That's minimum 70 for all non-druids. Ramps you could see as soon as you walked through the Dark Portal. You could successfully run it at 58.
Gamer am I Dec 4th 2009 9:40AM
Touché. As you can tell from my icon, I am one of those lucky few who got expert flying at level 68, and I guess I always took it for granted.
daisu Dec 3rd 2009 4:42PM
Does that happen to be campfire for your work chat?
peagle Dec 3rd 2009 4:42PM
If I were King - and you my loyal subject - uttering "elite community of iPhone owners" is a phrase for which I would have you fed into a wood chipper at a rate of approximately 1inch per day.
jtrain Dec 3rd 2009 4:43PM
One of the new 3.3 improvements is the ability to query which quests have been completed in a particular zone. This will be great for everyone looking for loremaster or just the zone achievements. Are there addons already available that will list exactly which quests I haven't completed yet? If so, which would you recommend?
Darias Dec 3rd 2009 4:47PM
I heard that LightHeaded and QuestHelper plan to include them.
ObiChad Dec 3rd 2009 4:51PM
EveryQuest
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/everyquest.aspx
SmokeTheBear Dec 3rd 2009 6:00PM
Yeah, I'd recommend Everyquest for anyone doing Loremaster. It's perfect for that, combined with the new quest history stuff.
Tusker Dec 3rd 2009 5:01PM
Deep demonology isn't viable for pvp because of other warlocks. The instant I see a fellow lock pop into demon form I hit banish, and he's gone for 20 seconds or he's blown his trinket. Then I banish him again.