The Queue: I had an NPC before it was cool
by Michael Sacco 
Oct 31st 2010 at 12:00PM
Yes, yes, it's great that Red Shirt Guy got his own NPC, but what's better than hanging out next to a classic, beloved lore figure? That's right. Being barefoot in the kitchen, performing some unknown action with a haunch of meat. Top that, Red Shirt Guy.
Lochlorien asked:
Since patch.4.0.1 was released and druids lost their tree forms, being a 30-second buff now, how do you explain Applebough? He's always in tree form sitting in Dalaran selling fruit. Shouldn't his tree form have the same cooldowns and duration as the rest of us?
Treants existed before Tree of Life form did. I would imagine that Applebough, with a name like Applebough, is an actual tree, instead of a dude what turns into one.
Arizor asked:
In your article about Preloading Cataclysm with pre-ordering, a commenter explains that the disk is now only for people who can't "download tons of data quickly." What exactly would people with some tech knowledge define as a download speed that would be worth it?
That's a pretty subjective question. If you're on dialup and playing WoW (you can do it; I did, for a quite a while), then you're probably better off getting the client in a non-downloading kind of way. Alternatively, lots of people are bandwidth-capped and face overage charges if they download too much. Those are two examples in which waiting for the disc edition would be "worth it."
Covert7 asked:
When the guild perks and heirlooms make it into live, how much bonus XP gains will it be possible for a character to have active?
There's 10 percent on shoulders, 10 percent on chest, 10 percent on head, 5 percent on cloak, 5 percent on ring, 10 percent from guild perks. A decked-out character could have 50 percent extra experience gain. There are also rings and pants in the game files, worth 5 percent and 10 percent extra experience respectively, but we don't know where or how to get those yet (if at all).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 10)
Kyrro Oct 31st 2010 12:02PM
rofl!
Johnny Oct 31st 2010 12:23PM
I don't see anything worth rolfing about.
Kyrro Oct 31st 2010 12:07PM
*thinkin' of druids named Applebough."
Johnny Oct 31st 2010 12:26PM
Oh, okay.
jfofla Oct 31st 2010 1:20PM
It is an APPLE fruit dealer?
Oh I have to have it!
waz Oct 31st 2010 2:44PM
This ring?
http://www.wowhead.com/item=50255
Skarn Oct 31st 2010 10:49PM
You can laugh at Sacco barefoot in the kitchen.
Or be creeped out, one of the two.
(cutaia) Oct 31st 2010 12:06PM
Nerf fruit vendors.
Stoneblade Oct 31st 2010 12:09PM
Cro Threadstrong approves of this message.
Nonette Oct 31st 2010 12:12PM
HA! I CRUSHED AN APPLE, FRUIT VENDOR! THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST!!
Rob Oct 31st 2010 12:39PM
FRUIT VENDOR! IF IT'S WAR YOU WANT, IT'S WAR YOU'LL GET!
Jon Oct 31st 2010 12:44PM
"We're gonna juice the muthaucka like a muthaucking fruit salad."
Task Oct 31st 2010 1:42PM
/Sees Deathy pointing at Applebough
Hmm? Oh you want an apple?
/Deathy nods, pointing at the apples in his hair
/Buys some apples from Applebough
There you go Deathy...
/Eats apple quickly and jumps up for another
Deathy!!!
/Applebough starts screaming as he is on fire
/Quickly grabs Deathy and runs away across the other side of Dalaran
ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! Son of a moose.... that burns!!!!
Darasen Oct 31st 2010 2:34PM
Given fruit is essentially a plant ovary isn't a tree selling them a bit disturbing?
Hob Oct 31st 2010 2:42PM
@Darasen
The flower is the ovary. The fruit is the protective carrier for the seeds. Fruit is edible, even delicious, in an attempt to spread the seed as far as possible from the parent.
Selling fruit not only accomplishes the task of dispersing the young, but you get paid for it.
Top THAT, goblins!
snarkygoldfish Oct 31st 2010 2:45PM
Poor Jon.
Guess not everyone appreciates Flight of the Conchords references.
Too many mutha uckas. :c (For those that don't know, the song appears in an episode with a racist fruit vendor. :P )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqxnm6t3QMw (It's nsfw!)
Artificial Oct 31st 2010 3:01PM
@Darasen: Not really when you understand the reproductive habits of fruit-bearing plants. They *want* you to run off with their seeds and eat them. You're playing an essential part in producing their children.
Okay, now that I think about it, it is a bit disturbing...
Vodkamartini Oct 31st 2010 3:10PM
TheDalaranStreetJournal.com - "Find the most valuable vendor trash with us"
Local Treant Vendor Depressed, Lonely
DALARAN - Applebough, recently revealed to be a treant vendor specializing in fruit sales, has been looking blue the last few days, and it's not from the arctic climes of Northrend.
Tre Hughoof, a Tauren Druid and botanist, and Night Elf counterpart Leif Meeahlon examined Applebough yesterday and came out with startling news.
"Well, Applebough is depressed. Depressed that there's no more druids coming up in tree form to pose for pictures. Down because Applebough knows business in Dalaran is coming to a close as adventurers move back to their capitals. Sad because someone is bound to come up with something better than Kungaloosh," Hughoof said, speaking for the grunting treant, whose sex (if it has one) has yet to be determined.
Interviewed while having lunch in the Alliance restaurant A Hero's Welcome, Kirin Tor leader Rhonin said he can't recall how Applebough, who can't speak Common or Orcish, got a permit to operate a business in the city.
"We had a bunch of druids coming by for business when we moved up here, the treant might have just tagged along with one who filled out the paperwork for it and got the OK. I honestly thought Applebough was some druid bloke all these years," Rhonin said. "When things got funky a few Tuesdays ago and I noticed I saw no trees walking the fair streets of our floating city, I realized there was something odd about Applebough, as he or she ... forgive my words, I don't know much about treants, they tend to just charge in and die quickly in my experiences ... was the only walking woody."
Spokesmen for the Druids of the Grove and the Cenarion Circle did not claim Applebough as a member or recall doing business on the treant's behalf. "We may be able to move the treant down here to Nighthaven, but we'll need a petition or some gold to pay off Applebough's debts and restock him with new wares, so that all druids and adventurers can continue to do business with nature in the coming days," Nighthaven merchant Daeolyn Summerleaf said.
But that might not be in the treant's future. "We need to run more tests. Applebough may be native to Northrend, one of the ones down below trodding on those carrots I just farmed, and might not grow properly in a warmer clime. We also need to see what kind of stimulus new druids, such as Trolls or territorial-minded Worgen, may provoke. The treant is glad it no longer does much business with hunters, as most of their pets would relieve themselves or put their mark on Applebough. However, I can't say the same for my fellow Worgen druids. It's sad, but the treant knew the risks of dealing with civilization," Hughoof said.
Drakkenfyre Oct 31st 2010 7:22PM
I feel sad for Cro Threadstrong. He yells things at the Fruit Vendor, and has no one to hear him.
Asaron Nov 1st 2010 7:26AM
Careful what you wish for Hob, you don't want Goblins trying to sell their... "seed" on the streets of Dalaran.