The Queue: I'll never catch this dark herring

Day 223. It's getting colder in the Fjord as winter slowly sets in. I should be home, my wife and children awaiting my glorious return. Arthas has finally fallen, my world has gone back to safety and security. Even though Azeroth is safe, I still toil on this one last task ... one last catch ...
The elusive dark herring still fights my capture. Sure, the sea turtle sort of makes up for it, but I want to get the hell out of this horrible land. When is my time? When will the great Neptulon, lord of all seas, grant me my final wish ... my final solace ... my dark herring ...
No, seriously, I hate the dark herring.
ghola asked:
Use your Magic 8-Ball: Is the Trollbane statue in the front of Stormwind getting knocked down in the Cata cinematic a sign that something awesome will eventually happen with Stromgarde?
If by "awesome" you mean a complete lack of content in the entire Arathi Highlands and barely any quests being added to the experience. Arathi might just be one of those places that surprises us completely or is just superfluous. Spoilers: The Trollbanes also haven't been doing the best in Cataclysm. Stromgarde has fallen.
Arathi just hasn't gotten a lot of love in Cataclysm, mostly because it feels like it was a "hanger-on" zone from the beginning of the game. It was oddly placed in the progression path, the zone was tedious for Horde players running back and forth across the zone, and it really didn't add much. I have some fond memories of Arathi and wish that it was given some more love, but I think it came down to what was most important in the grand scheme of the new, tighter leveling experience.
Boz asked:
If you put the Doomsday Cultists in an Amphitheater of Anguish match against The Cult of the Damned members, who would emerge victorious? The Doomsday Cultists might fight the hardest, since they all seem to be terrified of dying, but the Cult of the Damned members have nothing to lose.
This is a tough one. The Cult of the Damned pre-dead Lich King knew that there was life after death for them, so they would probably have no reservation about going head first into combat. On the other hand, the Twilight Doomsday Cultists have the backing of Cho'Gall and the aspect of death himself, Deathwing, which is more "natural" and native to Azeroth. With the power of the world itself, opposed to the unnatural necromantic magics of the Burning Legion, I give this one to Cho'Gall's bunch.
zdave let us know:
Don't miss Felicia Day's new SyFy original movie, Red: Werewolf Hunter. Here's a clip!
http://video.syfy.com/movies_events/syfy_saturday
Confirmed: Felicia Day hates worgen.
Aislynne asled:
Has there been any word on if we'll be seeing a fight between Cairne and Garrosh like we did with Thrall and Garrosh before Wrath release?
Probably not, as the events are discussed at length in The Shattering. I would really hope so, though. That would be pretty freakin' cool. At least once. Just once. Not replayed constantly like this last round of Horde and Alliance leader meetings.
There was a time when it was rumored that most of the events leading up to the cataclysm, including an invasion of Thunder Bluff and Ironforge, the fight between Cairne and Garrosh, and the destruction of Orgrimmar were going to play out in game. The rumor then became that there were some odd discrepancies between the live team and the book team on what was going to be exclusive to the book and what was going to play out in game. So what we got was a compromise of sorts in which the elemental invasion is going to happen and a lot of the book's content will be referenced or even fleshed out in game.
I still want to see the fight, though.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)
Matt Nov 4th 2010 1:04PM
I love the Dark Herring. I have two, for Mutilate! I think I bought the second one after I fished up the first (I insisted on getting that particular rare fish for the Salty title).
Daedalus Nov 4th 2010 1:49PM
Ugh; even the phrase "Dark Herring" makes me wince. It was the last achievement I needed to be Salty, and it took me forever to get the damned thing.
It's been six months since I farmed for it, and I'm still sitting on half a guild bank tab full of herring. I sell the raw meat, I sell the cooked version, but the pile just doesn't seem to get any smaller.
I think they're mating in there...
wutsconflag Nov 4th 2010 1:57PM
I got the Dark Herring AND the Turtle mount in the same cast after about 16 hours of fishing...
I didn't believe it, at first. I just stared at the screen in shock.
Mcdreamy Nov 4th 2010 3:35PM
@Daedalus - I had the same problem; I used the fish to level my cooking but it took way more to level the fishing skill than the cooking skill. My solution was to mail it to my hunter alt and level him using the food for his pet.
Heilig Nov 4th 2010 4:11PM
"I got the Dark Herring AND the Turtle mount in the same cast after about 16 hours of fishing...
I didn't believe it, at first. I just stared at the screen in shock."
Raptor, Tiger, and Hawkstrider within 30 minutes. Beat that.
gamerunknown Nov 4th 2010 11:23PM
I spent 12000 casts trying to get one that didn't get away.
and since then I've wasted 8 weekends trying to do the fishing competition.
SALLTTYYYYYY!
HeroJéz Nov 4th 2010 1:04PM
Where is my beloved Turalyon? He's the best. I won't believe he is deceased. I can feel his presence in the Light.
Oh the glorious day when he returns and leads the Alliance to glory.
In Blood and Honor.
Jonsi Nov 4th 2010 1:40PM
That "presence" you feel is just some bad Taco Bell
Deathknighty Nov 4th 2010 1:55PM
You know, when you see the phrase "Taco Bell", you pretty much assume that it's bad right away, you probably don't need to specify it.
C'mon guys, let's have another epic KFC vs Taco Bell debate like we did months ago!! :D
HeroJéz Nov 4th 2010 1:58PM
I prefer Subway. Meatball Marinara NOM NOM NOM...
Kylenne Nov 4th 2010 2:26PM
If it makes you feel any better, at the Lore panel at Blizzcon someone asked about a reunion of the Windrunner sisters and Metzen mentioned there were "big plans" regarding Alleria and Turalyon coming.
Lipstick Nov 4th 2010 3:35PM
I'm totally with hero on this. Meatball w/ melty Pepperjack goodness @ subway for the win.
Nobody better lay a finger on my chocolate macadamia nut cookies!
Al Nov 4th 2010 3:37PM
They also said the same thing before Burning Crusade.
Sal Nov 4th 2010 3:46PM
They didn't say that, instead is was more like: "We haven't done or plan anything with that yet but you bet we'll try to make it awesome when it eventually comes out."
Mayhew Nov 4th 2010 3:58PM
Yeah, but weren't they going to happen in Stromgarde...?
Al Nov 4th 2010 4:04PM
No, Stromgarde was just their brush-off for anything they didn't feel like answering. "They're all in Stromgarde, trying to fix Atiesh with Kul Tiras" or something was the end result.
jbodar Nov 4th 2010 7:43PM
@Jonsi
I felt a great disturbance in the Light, as if the people in the room with me suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. Yep... I sharted. Damn Taco Bell.
P.S. -- Subway Meatball Marinara on Honey Oat, with Pepper Jack, all the veggies and Southwest Chipotle sauce will change your life.
Mayhew Nov 6th 2010 3:38PM
@Al
Yeah, I understood the joke -- I just thought it had been applied to these two also, because there was no specific timetable for dealing with them in the game. Maybe I misremembered, though.
uber_1337_brandon Nov 4th 2010 1:07PM
Did you lose sleep thinking of that?
AND A QUESTION FOR TEH QUEUEUE:
Where can i get one of those
AKA
MA'
GOSH Tee's?
Dryftwood Nov 4th 2010 1:08PM
as annoyed as I was with comments flooding the queue complaining about a video title or complaining about complainers...
you sir have ZERO class. Well done.
I'd rtather have a first post....can we replace this with a first post please?