The Queue: Two bed, two bath
by Michael Sacco 
May 20th 2011 at 11:00AM
Apartment hunting is a chore! But at least I'm finally moving back to civilization. And before BlizzCon, too!
Mikewin2222 asked:
I know that it has been said in the past that, each class gets an even and thorough revamp per patch, but I have to say that the rogue class gets the fewest changes. Yes, we received some great changes, Stealthing at will and a larger radius for Trick of the Trade and some minor bonuses (i.e. sub rogues get movement bonus in stealth if they take the talent points). Eventually, I'm expected to hear Blizzard announce, "So, ummm, yeah, we finished the rogues. Seriously. We're done."
Can you imagine anything they would change or add at this point for the rogue class? The announcement of the new x-pac is expected within the next few months and I've given up any hope of the developers making any changes that would differentiate the class since the beginning of WotLK.
I wouldn't expect rogues to change much. They're easily the most thematically and mechanically complete class in the game and have been for a long time. It doesn't surprise me that the devs haven't made sweeping overhauls to them; I'm just not really sure it's necessary. What we've gotten instead are a long series of quality-of-life changes, such as the change to Stealth, the removal of Vanishing Powder, and the ability to toggle Blade Flurry. And those are pretty okay with me.
Aste80 asked:
Does demoralizing shout break CC? It seems like a good debuff to use on mobs, but I wouldn't want to be more trouble than help to the group, as you can imagine :) Also, does it generate lots of aggro?
It does no damage and generates very little threat, so you shouldn't be in any danger of pulling aggro with it while in an instance as fury or arms. It also won't break CC.
Onikuma asked:
Is Throne of the Four winds in the elemental plane of air? If Rag dies in firelands, then is perma-dead. Is Al'akir waiting for him in elemental lord heaven?
Yep, Al'Akir is dead. Throne of the Four Winds is in Skywall. It's a shame -- Al'Akir seemed only to be partnered with Deathwing for convenience's sake, whereas Ragnaros is pretty clearly out for revenge. In fact, for all his huffing and puffing, Neptulon seems to be the most level-headed elemental lord out there.
llcjay2003 asked:
Regarding the name change of Lord Rhyolith, is there a source for the reason why Blizzard changed it? I admit, I had to look twice at his old name and actually sound it out loud before I realized it did not say "AntiChrist." Apparently, I was not the only one and they changed it, I assume, for this reason. The etymology does not mean "Antichrist," in fact, it doesn't mean anything as far as I can tell.
It's important to note that the model was named "Anthricyst" (which, by the way, is based on anthracite, a kind of coal), not the boss itself. There are a lot of models with names that don't match up with their actual names. Perhaps he had the name in an early planning phase or something, but the only way you get "Antichrist" out of "Anthricyst" is if you're trying really, really hard. They were probably just making it easier to pronounce.
Navidson asked:
Will 4.2 bring epic, craft-able fire resistance gear? BC and WOTLK both had resistance gear, and it seems like most of the boss fights will involve fire damage somehow.
No, thank heaven. Blizzard has indicated that it's pretty much done with the "stack resistance gear" style of raiding, and the game is a lot better off for it.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)
Henrik Ibsen May 20th 2011 11:08AM
Wut, new apartment? Congrats, mr Sacco! :)
MattKrotzer May 20th 2011 11:10AM
Oh man... I spent so much time on The Sims.
levi_young May 20th 2011 11:30AM
Haha, that's exactly what I was thinking. When I saw the header image I was like, "It's the Newbie's house from the first The Sims game!"
AudreyR May 20th 2011 1:24PM
Ahh. The first Sims game. Where you could trap family and neighbors with furniture, to let them starve to death in a pool of their own waste.
Sure the neighborhood would empty, but your house would become ghost pary central!
Was that just me?
Matthew May 20th 2011 4:03PM
I played the Sims but found it a bit perturbing. I'd cook and do my Sim's laundry, while neglecting my own!
If laundry every becomes a secondary skill in WoW, I'm outta here.
MattKrotzer May 20th 2011 4:11PM
Laundry=Gear Maintenance
Repair Costs=Gear Maintenance
We'll miss you! ;)
Lipstick May 20th 2011 6:21PM
Sims 2 was my first real foray into video games beyond tetris.. it was the slippery slope down which I fell into first second life and then wow.
I'll always have a lil place in my heart for it.
Oldbear May 20th 2011 7:16PM
We used Sims for experiments. How long can one survive in a house with no windows? Can poor cooking skills and three kitchen insure a house fire?...
llcjay2003 May 20th 2011 8:57PM
I never understood the appeal. It takes a considerable amount of mental effort to will myself to complete the mundane tasks of everyday life. Be damned if I want to play a game where some asshat will piss himself if I don't tell him to go to the bathroom.
(cutaia) May 20th 2011 11:10AM
It's important to note that the model was named "Anthricyst" (which, by the way, is based on anthracite, a kind of coal), not the boss itself. There are a lot of models with names that don't match up with their actual names. Perhaps he had the name in an early planning phase or something, but the only way you get "Antichrist" out of "Anthricyst" is if you're trying really, really hard.
If you look at the original MMO-C thread that included that name, you'll find that a lot of people are willing to try really, really hard to read it that way.
I definitely think it was the original name of the boss -- and not just a model name -- because original datamining was showing the boss' area as being called Anthricyst Plateau instead of Rhyolith Plateau.
I think there was just enough pointless debate about the name that Blizzard just decided to avoid the hubbub altogether and save themselves a headache.
John May 20th 2011 11:13AM
Damn Blizz catering to casuals who can't be bothered to even properly pronounce a boss's name!
:)
chuparex May 20th 2011 11:37AM
I agree; it's really not much of a stretch at all. Especially given that the boss is located in the elemental plane of fire, an area that looks an awful lot like literal interpretations of the Biblical Hell (lakes of fire and brimstone, etc.) There are even creatures called "hellhounds." Add on top of that the fact that it's the primary content featured in patch 4.2; in Biblical numerology, "42" is explicitly used to refer to the Antichrist.
For the record, I'm not arguing the relevance of numerology as a valid theological avenue. Just pointing out a few coincidences that make me wonder whether the name Anthricyst wasn't a tongue-in-cheek reference.
Nacirema May 20th 2011 11:50AM
I don't think it has anything with people trying really, really hard - it has was more to do with the inclusion of the letters to form the word and the fact that Anthricyst is not a common word we see everyday and Antichryst is far more familiar to our brains. We have all seen the following paragraph so it should be no surprise that people read it incorrectly since they were reading what made sense in their brain.
Cna yuo raed tihs? if yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid, too.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulatcly uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe
Xayíde May 20th 2011 11:57AM
I also didn't have to try really hard to come up with that. WoWInsider itself stated that the name was "controversial" or "polemic" or something like that when it first came out.
I think Blizzard ended up changing it to save themselves some headache, too.
Grak May 20th 2011 12:10PM
Its a good think they didnt make a boss called Lucifron...
Shadgalaul May 20th 2011 12:28PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyolite
His new name is based on a type of volcanic rock... so they kept the same theme, just wanted to avoid the hastle of offending those that are easily offended. just my 2 cents.
Parrin May 20th 2011 1:05PM
I think this is a matter of the folks writing the queue being, well, writers. They look carefully at words, and are much more skilled at keeping all the letters straight in their heads. Most of the rest of us... dnot (which really explains a lot of what you see in the forums). :)
Trueheart May 20th 2011 1:42PM
People are having a difficult time differentiating between "Anthricyst" and "Antichrist".
In other news, ~20% of Americans think the sun goes around the earth (though Germans and Brits recently haven't really fared any better on this question).
http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/new-poll-gauges-americans-general-knowledge-levels.aspx
I guess people who fail third-grade science are also confused by new words, especially if they contain a "y".
marcoscr05 May 20th 2011 2:14PM
@chuparex...actually there's no biblical hell, the perception of hell in western culture is due to Dante's work on the Divine Comedy. Just needed to say that.
And in the matter of the bosses name...i think is easy to misread it, and i don't think that is a big deal but it might have been a lot of trouble for Blizzard, there's always someone willing to take things out of proportion and they just avoid it
Noyou May 20th 2011 3:22PM
@trueheart
Actually your brain automatically descrambles words that you know. Take 10 words keeping the first and last letter the same then jumble up the middle ones. Give that to a friend or coworker and see how they do. Chances are they will automatically (and rather quickly) unscramble them. So yeah the first thing I thought of when I saw that name (even with the Y in it) was "antichrist". I don't however have a problem with them using that name for a char. So you might wanna actually check your science before you slam others for theirs.