The Queue: Food so good, you can eat it
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Anne Stickney is still holding this column hostage.
This episode of The Queue has been sponsored in part by Anubis Markets, a division of Osiris Foods. So shop at the sign of the jackal-headed man for food so good, you can eat it.
And now, on with The Queue:
Jack Spicer asked:
After doing Throne of Tides for the umpteenth time, I finally noticed that at the end of the fight Ozumat appears to eat Neptulon before fleeing. I guess I was too busy worrying about loot to notice. (Sorry guy!) Am I imagining things, or is that actually what happens? And if so, what the heck? Please explain.
Well, Jack, there's actually a really simple and logical explana -- hey look, over there, it's a three-headed monkey!
This episode of The Queue has been sponsored in part by Anubis Markets, a division of Osiris Foods. So shop at the sign of the jackal-headed man for food so good, you can eat it.
And now, on with The Queue:
Jack Spicer asked:
After doing Throne of Tides for the umpteenth time, I finally noticed that at the end of the fight Ozumat appears to eat Neptulon before fleeing. I guess I was too busy worrying about loot to notice. (Sorry guy!) Am I imagining things, or is that actually what happens? And if so, what the heck? Please explain.
Well, Jack, there's actually a really simple and logical explana -- hey look, over there, it's a three-headed monkey!
Everyone who ever commented ever shrieked in outrage:
Chromie is a man!
Not according to Issue Two of the World of Warcraft Magazine, which states that Chromie is female. Sorry, everyone who hoped Chromie was even more out of the box than she usually is.
manwithasweethat asked:
Q for the Q (and anyone that knows)
As the best kind of priest - shadow - should I be using MHOH or Staves? Is there much difference? I've always been confused by this, i've seen mostly healers use MHOH and DPS use staves.
It depends on the gear. I played a shadow priest for years, and sometimes a staff had better stats than a MH/OH combo. Sometimes, the main-hand stats plus the stats on the off-hand item edged out the staff. It all depends on what you run into.
themightysven asked:
I'm no stranger to the Target dummies flaws (having done DPS tests in frost mage spec.)
When I was optimizing my rogue (assassination) for gear grinding I noticed that the dummy kept popping up "Immune." comparing that to result to what i got in Setharia's Roost results in almost 50% difference in favor of actual mobs.
So, my question is, what things is the dummy immune to that an actual boss wouldn't be, (and what things is it not immune to that an actual boss would be) and why is it still immune/not immune to these things?
Crippling poison from the Deadly Brew talent, more than likely. The Target Dummy isn't going anywhere. It doesn't care about your crippling poison. Other options are things that silence or daze. The Target Dummy can't be dazed, and it doesn't cast anything, so it can't really be silenced, either.
Let's change it up a little and take some questions from Twitter!
@andyrelano asked:
Do you think there will ever be any changes done to Outland?
I have no idea -- but if there are any, I am guessing they would be minor adjustments. Frankly, I would rather Blizzard concentrate on giving us new content and new places to explore than updating old material every expansion. Don't get me wrong, vanilla WoW was pretty outdated, and frankly, it needed to be revamped to include all the wonderful improvements to questing and zones that Blizzard introduced with The Burning Crusade and Wrath. But if Blizzard is constantly changing old areas, where does that leave room to introduce new stuff?
@loopnotdefined asked:
Is Twilight of the Aspects before 4.0 Cataclysm or 4.2? Wowpedia states Twilight Father followed Cho'gall's death.
After reading the book a second time around, I think we can safely say the events in the book occurred just before patch 4.2's launch. So we as players killed Cho'gall in the Bastion of Twilight, but the events of the Elemental Bonds quest chain and the Firelands hadn't occurred yet.
@archlord asked:
What is the easiest way to gain Cenarion Circle reputation now?
The least painful for me, anyway, is to go do every Cenarion Circle quest you can find. Desolace gives a lot of rep these days, and Silithus does as well. You can also clear AQ20 for about 2,000 rep a run. And then you can always farm Twilight Cultists and Twilight Texts out in Silithus; turning in 10 Twilight Texts will net you 500 reputation a pop.
@archlord also asked:
Is there a class you just won't/wouldn't play? Like Rossi's was a feral druid.
I've already played just about everything. Admittedly, I didn't get very far with my death knight -- I stopped at about level 68 or so because the class just never really interested me. All progress on my little troll warrior has also halted, but that's due to time constraints rather than a lack of fun. Honestly, the only class I played and didn't enjoy at all was a paladin. I'd pull groups of mobs and kill them effortlessly while only half paying attention to what I was doing. I assumed it would get more fun at level 60, and it didn't. So I thought perhaps the fun started at level 70 and got to there. Again, it didn't really. So then I decided 80 must be the be all and end all of fun for paladins.
After hitting level 80 and playing around a bit in Wrath, the paladin was still so boring that I deleted it just prior to Cataclysm in order to make space for a goblin alt. That is also the highest-level character I've ever deleted.
@lirdan asked:
Is there any word on Medivh's current whereabouts? The ending of Warcraft III was a bit ambiguous.
You know, I heard Twilight of the Aspects is a pretty good book.
@HonestlyJon asked:
If Calia Menethil were to magically re-appear, where would she land in royal hierarchy since there's no Lordaeron ruler atm?
Well, technically there's not really much of a Lordaeron at the moment. If she were to suddenly reappear, she'd still be a princess. There just wouldn't really be much of a kingdom to rule over. Varian seemed to be pretty obsessed with taking back Lordaeron for the living during the Battle for the Undercity event; I imagine if Calia suddenly showed up, he'd have even more reason to jump on that.
... Unless she's Forsaken, in which case -- oh, man, that would be a can of worms, wouldn't it?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 8)
Shyster Jul 31st 2011 2:09PM
Chromie is secretly Lady Gaga, you see, now it all makes sense doesn't it? The eccentricity involved in being the only dragon masquerading as a gnome? The confusion regarding whether it's a man or not?
*Dons Tinfoil hat*
CONSPIRACIES ARE AFOOT!
keith Jul 31st 2011 2:34PM
Sorry, I already killed Lady Gaga and stole her singing shell. =(
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=49913
Felix_NZ Jul 31st 2011 3:44PM
I know right? Does this mean that Chromie is actualy "Chronormi"? (with "Chronormu" as shown in old Strath being an error) I always thought that in a stroke of brilliant Meta-humor, Chromie was a shout-out to the well known practice of guys RPing as gals - A dragon Role Playing a female gnome mage!
You know what, screw your book. I'm sticking with my theory.
Rhonin was never at the war of the ancients either!
Calaana Jul 31st 2011 4:23PM
Wouldn't it make more sense for it to be a gender neutral name, like "Bobbi/y", "Chris(topher/tine)" or Arthas?
Thomas Higgins Jul 31st 2011 5:32PM
Her name is Chronormu. Not Chronormie. She is a Bronze Dragon, and she is the only Dragon known to have a sense of humour. Else why look like a Male Gnome when all her Draconic brothers and sisters appear as either High Elven, Orc (the one in Blackrock Spire) or Human?
I love all the arguments caused by this one character's identity, whether or not she is male or female, and it seems she (and Blizzard) do as well.
Enigma Jul 31st 2011 5:59PM
Well if you look at a keyboard, the letter "u" IS right next to the "i"...
Murdertime Jul 31st 2011 9:39PM
Only known Dragon to have a sense of....
Nefarian and Azugeros would both like a word with you.
A funny, funny word.
Derrek Aug 1st 2011 11:39PM
Issue Two is correct. Chromie is indeed a female gnome.
Chronormu the Bronze dragon, on the other hand, is male. He admits as much, in person, to your character.
Unless the magazine specifically states that Chromie's dragon form is also female, it doesn't break any existing lore that I know of.
Schadenfreude Jul 31st 2011 2:11PM
Wouldn't Calia be a queen, being as her father and Arthas are both dead? Just, you know, queen of ruins and dead guys.
Anne Stickney Jul 31st 2011 2:20PM
Judging from what little we've seen of the monarchy system in Warcraft, no. She'd have to go through all the rigmarole of a coronation before she could be considered the queen.
vinniedcleaner Jul 31st 2011 2:22PM
...and what if she was undead AND queen? Imagine the ramifications.... catfight in the Undercity......
Peebers Jul 31st 2011 2:30PM
Queen of Ruins would be a cool ex[ansion name
B1ue Jul 31st 2011 2:37PM
I checked Arthas, and Prince Varian is refered to, several times, as "Prince Varian" after King Terenas is killed. So, perhaps not, assuming Lorderon works the same way as Stormwind. Which it probably does, considering they were both daughter kingdoms to Arathor. There are a couple historical examples of power and titles not instantly transfering upon the death of the previous title holder to the next in line, and kings and queens sometimes required a coronation, whch Callia probably has not yet had, before they were legally considered the head of state. That said, another explanation may be that Varian wasn't yet of age to be crowned in his own right, and that would not apply to Callia.
Basically, we don't know exactly how succesion works in Lorderon. It's possible she can never be queen at all, if females are unable for some reason to hold soveriegnty in their own right. That's not likely, of course, but male primogeniture created some odd rules, and we don't know which applies here. I'm sort of surprised she wasn't the heir before Arthas, actually. With the exclusion of night elf, orc, and from what I can tell troll cultures, women and men seem to have near equal legal status in Azeroth, and in that mindset Callia should have been first in line unless she was for some reason unfit.
Muse Jul 31st 2011 4:15PM
One of the reasons why Warcraft is considered sexist. It's not the real world; there was no reason to have a male-heir priority over firstborn. It's fiction. Could've easily just been written the other way.
Tri Jul 31st 2011 4:26PM
I think Moira thinks it works like that, though.. :P
David Jul 31st 2011 5:02PM
@Muse,
Wouldn't it be sexist towards males then? You can't just switch it for one side. There will always be a side that is less then the other. If there can only be one ruler it has to either be male or female, not both.
I find it funny that the people that call things sexist want it changed so much that it is then sexist towards MALES. People don't think of that though.
Anyways, through history males have generally been rulers, sure there are exceptions, both in the real world and WoW (Jaina for instance, and Sylvanas). Doesn't mean every ruler should be female.
Xantenise Jul 31st 2011 5:09PM
@David Muse never said every ruler should be female.
And, besides, WoW isn't RL history. Azeroth is a different world. There's no reason why they should be the same.
Dreyja Jul 31st 2011 5:18PM
"I imagine if Calia suddenly showed up, he'd have even more reason to jump on that."
- Giggity
Please tell me that I wasn't the ONLY one who "went there?" She's the right age... she's a princess.... I was thinking it makes sense, politically. I wasn't being a total creeper. XD
MisterRik Jul 31st 2011 5:53PM
My undead warrior on Cenarion Circle (an RP server) served in King Terenas Menethil's household for decades (he was 73 years old when he was killed by the Scourge, but undeath has granted him the strength of a much younger man), and considers himself both human and a loyal citizen of Lordaeron, not Undercity. As such, he quietly insists that Calia is the rightful, legitimate ruler of Lordaeron. He works to discover whether she still lives, and if she lives, her whereabouts. Should he find her, he intends to lead a revolt against Sylvanas so that Calia may be crowned.
Whether Calia would go along with this is unknown :D
Elmo Jul 31st 2011 6:06PM
Only recently the last heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary died, he always remained crown-prince because the kingdom that was his was gone basically.
the same can be said about Lordaeron, only few humans are alive there and the forsaken have just taken over, the royal line has completely vanished and in it's place a new queen took over, Sylvanas.