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by Alex Ziebart 
Apr 26th 2010 at 1:00PM
Adam isn't the only one that can kick off The Queue with pictures of good-looking ladies from geeky TV shows. Behold: Christina Hendricks. You may recognize her from shows such as Firefly and Mad Men. I think I'll let the header image speak for itself and get right into the Q&A.
Pumabackup asked:
"I've been wondering about worgen and goblin death knights. How will they explain the story with them?"
My understanding is they won't. It's a case where they're not going to worry about the lore at all in the interest of maximizing fun. There probably shouldn't be any worgen death knights since they've all been locked away in Gilneas until after the events of Wrath of the Lich King, but it's just more fun if they can be death knights. It's like when they brought back Onyxia a few patches ago. There was no lore around it, she was never actually resurrected in the story, it was just for fun.
Jamie asked:
"Is there any way WoW.com can fund a breeding programme between Dawn Moore & Chris Belt to create the best WoW blogger?"
You frighten me. And I think Mr. Belt is already married with children, so you're out of luck.
JFetch asked:
"Why are there NPCs that sell higher level white weapons? These weapons seem useless since they have no stat bonuses, but cost large sums of gold. Who is buying these?"I'm pretty sure I've answered this before, but oh well. A few of my guild mates have bought them to level up weapon skills. The white weapons you can buy in Dalaran have very fast swing speeds. The Dalaran Great Axe is a two-handed axe with a 1.8 second swing speed. If you're a protection warrior/paladin and don't plan on ever actually getting a two-handed axe, you might as well use that for your skill ups.
It also just adds flavor to the game. Not everything you find on vendors is something you're going to take into a raid or use for character progression. The little things like that make a city feel more city-like. The random civvies living in Dalaran need weapons too, but they don't have the luxury of going out and killing boars all day long. Or ... you know, gods.
Grinton asked:
"I have met some RL friends that I want to play with, but they play on an EU Server. What would be the best way to go about switching?"
You're going to need to start over from scratch, unfortunately. You can't transfer characters from US to EU servers. You're going to need to go to WoW-Europe.com and repurchase the game and all of its expansions. Switching regions is not an easy task, but hopefully playing with friends will make it worthwhile.
That was our last question for today, but I want to jot down two notes for everybody reading: First, I'll have eye candy for the opposite gender on Wednesday. Ladies, don't feel left out. Second, my warrior is crit-immune, you jerks.
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Reader Comments (Page 5 of 11)
Suzaku Apr 26th 2010 3:05PM
The worgen DKs probably won't be from Gilneas. But as I've said before, THAT'S OKAY! They will be doing the Scarlet Enclave starting zone instead of Gilneas, so they're free to have a completely different backstory. It'll still just end with them traveling to Stormwind, getting pardoned by Varian, and getting to live in the new worgen district with the Gilneans.
The worgen DKs will probably be revealed to be from the Grizzly Hills, where Arugal had been resurrected in order to create worgen soldiers for the Lich King. When you do the "kill your friend quest" in the DK starting area, all they need is a quote like, "By the Light, it's you! I haven't seen you since the Wolfcult showed up at Silverbrook!"
Terrant Apr 26th 2010 10:25PM
I agree with this comment entirely. In fact, I find it much easier to swallow "There are worgen Death Knights" than "Gilneas is totally isolated and cut-off", when the world has flying machines, winged steeds, portal magic, engineered transporters, interregional subways, and drilling machines.
Jason P Apr 26th 2010 1:21PM
Here is a question for the Queue:
I recently ding'd lvl 80 on my mage (Jasonplv, human, Kirin Tor realm in case anyone wants to send me congratulatory gifts and gold) and picked up Mirror Image.
My question is do the spells the mirror images cast draw from my mana, and what spell exactly are they casting?
Last night, I popped MI against Ingvar the Plunderer in Utgarde Keep. After I cast it, I started shooting Arcane Missles, but the images were casting something else.
Qot Apr 26th 2010 1:28PM
They have their own mana pool, casting frostbolt and fire blast.
Endario Apr 26th 2010 1:29PM
Aside from the initial mana used to summon them, they will not use any of your mana. Once summoned, they will chain cast Frostbolt, weaving in the occassional Fire Blast.
Mullen Apr 26th 2010 1:30PM
Your Mirror Images pick up your Buffs but they will only shoot frost bolts.
A good trick it to pop Arcane Power and what ever other talents and trinkets you have and then Mirror Image. Combine this with a Water Element in PvP and you get instant death.
Saphia Apr 26th 2010 3:18PM
Just curious - if you're not specced for frost - does the mirror image do less damage or conversely more damage if you're specced frost? Or is it more of a choice in how the spell looks?
I don't play a mage so am just wondering.
Jason P Apr 26th 2010 7:14PM
I would assume that the MI's would have the same casting power as the actual mage, and that would depend on the talent build used.
Bearygarcia Apr 26th 2010 1:25PM
Why is the guy walking near the Dalaran Innkeeper in the Dal Sewers not neutral? What is the story with that guy?
I went to turn in a quest, Ajay Green I think is his name, and I accidentally clicked on this guy and he started beating on me. So now I kill him every time I have to turn in the fishing daily.
As far as I know he is the only person in Dal that is not-neutral. I am probably wrong, however.
Qot Apr 26th 2010 1:37PM
The Silver Covenant agent is part of the Quel'Delar quest line.
DeepRed Apr 26th 2010 8:04PM
And there's a matching Sunreaver equivalent in the other side of the Dalaran Underbelly for Alliance players.
CDave Apr 26th 2010 1:26PM
I was wondeirng: has any lore been released about who Professor Putricide was in life?
I mean we know a fair amount of backstory for just about every ICC
boss EXCEPT him. Considering he's in charge of developing new plagues
and monstrosities for the Scourge, which is a pretty important job,
it's surprising how little we know about him. Clearly he must have
been a talented alchemist, but was he a member of the Kirin Tor or
some other esteemed faction? I mean they CREATED lore for Sindragosa
and the Blood Queen, why not this guy?
Bearygarcia Apr 26th 2010 1:32PM
Ajay Green is the Inkeeper in the Underbelly, not the non-neutral npc in question.
WTB edit button.
Fatamorgana Apr 26th 2010 1:29PM
Do you think we will ever have an option to make, not just guild tabbards, but character specific tabbards? Or have an option for chevrons or other rank signifying marks for a guild tabbard?
Thallium Apr 26th 2010 1:29PM
Intentional or happy coincidence? http://www.blaghag.com/2010/04/in-name-of-science-i-offer-my-boobs.html
Either way, Happy Boobquake everyone.
Nodonn Apr 26th 2010 1:31PM
You people do realize that the Death Knight class was introduced in a storyline with a huge flying fortress, right?
It's not that hard to pick up a few talented worgen with that at your disposal.
Hih Apr 26th 2010 1:32PM
When leveling weapons skills, I fast swing speed is good, yes. But I prefer low dps since I'm not aware of any mobs that you can smack forever that still gives skill ups anymore. So I usually go to the AH and buy some gray level 6 weapon for a couple silver.
The white weapons (and to a greater extent, armor) are there for flavor and to make sets based on looks instead of armor. There's actually some pretty cool looking armor sets that are white quality sold from vendors.
If only we had an appearance tab...
scotttopic Apr 26th 2010 1:33PM
there are worgen and goblins in northrend. no reason they would have been completely spared by the scourge.
Literaltruth Apr 26th 2010 1:37PM
Question for the Queue:
I've been leveling characters recently and did the Wrathgate / Taking back the UC quest on my (horde) toon and noticed something weird. Also I recently did some old-school TBC raiding and in Mt. Hyjal I noticed it again. I wondered if Blizz had ever commented on it or if wow.com had any theories. The thing I noticed was this:
Why is Thrall such a fail Shaman?
Seriously. He's melee, so presumably Enhance - but the guy apparently hasn't specced dual-wield and instead single-wields a 1handed mace which looks like it might be one of the heirloom ones (guess Thrall suffers from bad RNG, too). To make it worse he hasn't enchanted his weapon (no glow) and didn't put Windfury on (or any other embue that I could see). No lightning shield either - [i]and[/i] I didn't see him once put down a totem (never mind put down all four - hasn't he been to the trainer since the "Call of Earth / Air / Water etc. spells were added?*). He also didn't pop Bloodlust at all during any of the fights I was grouped with him in.
I mean, if I got Thrall in a DFer PuG I'd be vote-kicking him as soon as I could.
In a related topic: What classes are the other faction leaders, and do they ever accurately represent their PC-based counterparts' abilities?
*although I suppose I can forgive him that in Hyjal since that was most definately set before patch 3.2.
Pauguster Apr 26th 2010 1:55PM
Umm, bad RNG? Thats the fricken Doomhammer!