The Queue: The Queue needs you!
by Adam Holisky 
Jun 22nd 2010 at 2:00PM
Why do we need you?
Because we love you.
And because you give us good questions to answer.
Radioted asked:
"Who at Blizzard do I have to bribe to get my Empire of Zul'Drak achievement de-bugged? I've been stuck at 99/100 for the longest time and there are no more quests available!"
They fixed this about a year and a half ago. You can read more information on the additional quest. If that still doesn't fix it, go and get EveryQuest and see what you're missing.
Ant asked:
"After playing Horde for 4 years, I am levelling my first Alliance alt so I can see all the regions before Deathwing smashes them up. Question: the clocks in Stormwind, Redridge and Duskwood all seem to be stuck on 2:58. Any significance with that time? Or is it simply the only clock model the animators have?"
I have absolutely no idea. But I'm bringing it up here in hopes that someone might know or have heard something.
Bela asked:
"Is there any way to send data right from WoW to the web?"
Nope. World of Warcraft doesn't allow outside communication while in the game. The best you can do is have your addon (assuming that's what you're developing) write data to its saved variables and then have an external program poll for changes to the file and upload accordingly. Not the best solution, but it works.
Jeremy asked:
"When is Cataclysm coming out?"
I gather it's been a month or two since I've answered this question, so I might as well...
We don't know. All we know is that ideally it comes out in 2010, according to what Morhaime said at BlizzCon last year. We have some guesses, but that's all they are. No one knows. Anyone saying they do is just trying to sound cool.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 12)
DarkFinch Jun 22nd 2010 2:18PM
I know FOR A FACT that Cataclysm will be released sometime after today.
theRaptor Jun 22nd 2010 2:23PM
When ActiBlizZoogle R&D develop a time machine in 2017 to get Diablo IV out on time, and subsequently over shoot by sending the entire Blizzard HQ back before the millennium, your comment will appear foolish.
Darthregis Jun 22nd 2010 2:26PM
Wouldn't you feel silly if the patch was actually Cata? :P
DarkFinch Jun 22nd 2010 7:02PM
With the time it's taking for Blizz to get the game back online, Darth, your comment is starting to become more and more believable.
Artificial Jun 22nd 2010 3:45PM
Sorry, but you don't know that for a fact. It's highly probable, but you don't know that the Earth will not be destroyed tomorrow, rendering your prediction false.
Tomatketchup Jun 22nd 2010 5:28PM
I'm sorry for being grabbing this piece of space and being out of topic, but I just wonder, do you guys at WoW.com read EVERY single page of comments or just a few selected pages? I just wonder, since this whole Valve/Blizzard/Capital discussion below took a lot of space.
And while we're at it, is there any way to check how long time ago it was since a player has been online without being in a guild? My mate has been seen as offline for me for 2 weeks now without any trace and I just wanna see if he has logged in at any time during those weeks.
Elmo Jun 22nd 2010 6:22PM
@ Artificial, wouldn't the destruction of earth or mankind be called a cataclysm (if anyone survived) anyway? at least earth will be destroyed eventually, I believe the sun will do it in about 5 billion years by growing a bit too large.
edgeblade69 Jun 22nd 2010 2:08PM
Did Blizzard ever say why the level cap will only be 85 instead of 90? I don't recall...
Prances in Underpantss Jun 22nd 2010 2:12PM
Yes
Prances in Underpantss Jun 22nd 2010 2:15PM
Sorry, somehow that last comment posted on its own lol.
They said it's because they want to have more expansions, but don't want the level cap to be 120 or whatever, because it would be getting ridiculously high.
Also, each level (81-85) will take a lot longer to get to
Xeton Jun 22nd 2010 2:15PM
Yes, they did.
they're upping the level to 85 instead of 90, because after Cata, they plan to release a new expansion every year, And so, they don't want people to get to lvl 150 within a couple years.
just think of the alt lvling T.T
Frostbones Jun 22nd 2010 2:27PM
So they can make an expansion for level 90, level 95, then level 97.5, and finally level 100. (Not sure but there are rumors of a level 99.9 cap in the works.) Business 101 make as much money off the fools while you can.
theRaptor Jun 22nd 2010 2:27PM
Whatever their excuses for it the reason is that the revamped 1-60 game eats up too much dev time to do 10 levels of content. I have heard plenty of game companies promise "more content, more often" and I am still waiting on Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
Vitos Jun 22nd 2010 2:31PM
Additionally, I believe they said that they wanted to spend more time developing the end game (and redeveloping the rest of the world), rather than working heavily on the leveling experience.
rich Jun 22nd 2010 2:32PM
@ Frostbones
Level 99.9 is in there because 100 is theoretically impossible to reach, as it would mean occupying all levels and classes simultaneously. Rumors are it would also morph your character into a basilisk that can still fly a shuttlecraft.
Robert Jun 22nd 2010 2:36PM
@rich
Nice Star Trek: Voyager reference there.
thegatherer Jun 22nd 2010 2:39PM
@raptor:
You know they are just going to come out with Half Life 3 instead....
Terethall Jun 22nd 2010 2:59PM
@rich:
theRaptor Jun 22nd 2010 3:13PM
@thegatherer
I am just worried about Valve pulling a 3D Realms* and getting so precious about beating their masterpiece that they blow all their capital. In the time since Half-Life 2 other companies have released two-three full games. In nearly six years Valve have released 2/3's of a sequel, a re-skin of Team Fortress, and a student project.
* If it wasn't for WoW I am sure Blizzard would have gone the same way trying to top StarCraft and Diablo.
Arturis Jun 22nd 2010 3:26PM
@theRapter
I don't believe it is actually possible for Blizzard to "blow all their capital" - It would be like Brewster's Millions :Hard Mode Edition, sans Richard Pryor.