The Queue: Seeing Azeroth from the Black Temple
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. Adam Holisky will be your host today.
Today in the Queue we visit the Black Temple, hard-mode raids, selling your tanking services for gold, and answer a question about live chat channel with the WoW Insider Show.
Good times had by all! Remember to leave your questions in the comments, and we'll try to answer them (as will fellow commenters).
Andostre asked ...
"Is it true that a player can see Azeroth in the sky from the Black Temple? If so, why? Are Outland and Azeroth physically close to each other in space?"
After some research and help from my co-workers, yes, you can see Azeroth from inside the Black Temple. I don't have a reason why this is possible, but the picture at the front of the Queue is what you can see when you are inside any open sky area (full image).
Azeroth and Draenor (the planet where the Black Temple is located) are technically in a different dimension. However, as Alex notes, "Different dimension to the denizens of Azeroth could be 'It's down the street but I can't get there myself.'"
Andrew asked ...
"If you attempt a boss on hard mode and cannot down them, do you have the option to reset it back to normal mode?"
Yes.
Andyjay asked ...
"If I am on my tank and sell instant random dungeon queues, is that a bannable offense? There seems to be requests for this on my server, but I don't want to do it if it will get me banned."
From my understanding, no, this isn't a bannable offense. People have been paying for groups for years. All you're doing is continuing the trend. Just make sure you're having them pay you with in-game gold; anything out of game will get you banned.
BigBadGooze asked ...
"Any plans to bring the WoW Insider Show show to uStream again? The chat channel demands this."
Not really. While we loved the interaction the chat channel provided, doing a strictly recorded show allows us to produce a more professional product. A live show has a lot more demands than a recorded show; and removing that component allows us to focus on other areas of the show that need improvements. I can say this with some authority, as my job before WoW.com was producing live concerts. Live shows are awesome, but are 100 times more work than recorded shows.
We do plan on doing some live shows, particularly around the time of BlizzCon.
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!
Today in the Queue we visit the Black Temple, hard-mode raids, selling your tanking services for gold, and answer a question about live chat channel with the WoW Insider Show.
Good times had by all! Remember to leave your questions in the comments, and we'll try to answer them (as will fellow commenters).
Andostre asked ...
"Is it true that a player can see Azeroth in the sky from the Black Temple? If so, why? Are Outland and Azeroth physically close to each other in space?"
After some research and help from my co-workers, yes, you can see Azeroth from inside the Black Temple. I don't have a reason why this is possible, but the picture at the front of the Queue is what you can see when you are inside any open sky area (full image).
Azeroth and Draenor (the planet where the Black Temple is located) are technically in a different dimension. However, as Alex notes, "Different dimension to the denizens of Azeroth could be 'It's down the street but I can't get there myself.'"
Andrew asked ...
"If you attempt a boss on hard mode and cannot down them, do you have the option to reset it back to normal mode?"
Yes.
Andyjay asked ...
"If I am on my tank and sell instant random dungeon queues, is that a bannable offense? There seems to be requests for this on my server, but I don't want to do it if it will get me banned."
From my understanding, no, this isn't a bannable offense. People have been paying for groups for years. All you're doing is continuing the trend. Just make sure you're having them pay you with in-game gold; anything out of game will get you banned.
BigBadGooze asked ...
"Any plans to bring the WoW Insider Show show to uStream again? The chat channel demands this."
Not really. While we loved the interaction the chat channel provided, doing a strictly recorded show allows us to produce a more professional product. A live show has a lot more demands than a recorded show; and removing that component allows us to focus on other areas of the show that need improvements. I can say this with some authority, as my job before WoW.com was producing live concerts. Live shows are awesome, but are 100 times more work than recorded shows.
We do plan on doing some live shows, particularly around the time of BlizzCon.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 8)
thegatherer May 13th 2010 11:06AM
Kirk or Picard?
Ishammel May 13th 2010 11:27AM
Picard.
Picard Picard Picard Picard Picard.
Radioted May 13th 2010 11:29AM
C. Sisko.
video_game_master91 May 13th 2010 11:38AM
KHAAAAAAN!
Amaxe-1 May 13th 2010 11:39AM
Han Solo,
[Ducks]
Drakkenfyre May 13th 2010 11:42AM
Both, but if I had to pick on, Picard.
Moo May 13th 2010 11:47AM
Malcolm Reynolds
Delerius May 13th 2010 11:50AM
Only question I ever thought was hard.
Robert May 13th 2010 11:53AM
OMG, you guys, seriously... Picard over Kirk? No way. Kirk would kick the crap out of Picard, then go date his mom and have Picards half-brother. Seriously.
Kirk beat a Gorn with HIS BARE HANDS! All Picard ever did was get assimilated...
Seamus May 13th 2010 11:53AM
I saw Patrick Stewart in his one man Shakespeare show years ago. Well, it was more like a one-man show featuring a lot of famous Shakespeare soliloquies but it included several other important roles that he had done over the years. This was at the height of the TV show's popularity. He is an impressive stage actor and was obviously enjoying himself immensely. About 2/3 of the way through the evening he said, "Well, I suppose the evening wouldn't be complete without an appearance from a certain starship captain." He then walked across the stage, straightened his coat in that very Picard-esque move that he made so famous and then sat down without saying a word. He then continued on with more Shakespeare and theatre. It was a great moment. There were quite a few confused rumblings from the Trekkies in the crowd, but I loved it.
Wolftech May 13th 2010 12:14PM
Star Trek? Sisko
But there are way cooler ship commanders in other universes...
My personal favorite...
Honor Harrington.
Wolftech May 13th 2010 12:15PM
Forgot about
Captain Placeholder
Blacksword May 13th 2010 12:43PM
There are four lights.
Vaeku May 13th 2010 12:48PM
Janeway.
... What?
Cyanea May 13th 2010 12:52PM
Kirk. While Picard sat around drinking tea and negotiating the end of a war with some race, Kirk would've teleported down with a legion of red shirts into the capital, knocked out the leader with one punch, and had his way with each and every one of the leader's concubines before Picard's tea got cold.
Picard. Pffft.
Meatwadz May 13th 2010 12:59PM
PICARD. Because he is a badass and Kirk... welll.... see Exhibit A.
Exhibit A:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1eFdUSnaQM
Nonette May 13th 2010 1:01PM
Captain Falcon!
Jamie May 13th 2010 1:15PM
MAAATT... DA-MON.
Wraithanne May 13th 2010 1:35PM
Zapp Brannigan. He'd send all the red shirts to die then sexfully come in from behind and finish off the neutrals.
Teron May 13th 2010 1:41PM
Jet Black