The Queue: I finally got red hair on my Night Elf
by Mathew McCurley 
Sep 10th 2011 at 12:00PM
Wah wah waaaaaah. Sorry, Alliance.
thedoctor2031 asked:
How would doing old raids at their intended level now a days compare to them being done when they were current content? Like if you got 40 people to lock their xp at 60, not take any DK's or Pallies for Horde, Shamans for alliance. Of course a lot of content got nerfed but with all the differing stat weights, changes in gear available(oh and no gear from next expansions etc...) and all the changes how different would you think it would be to do these things today?
Raids would be universally easier. New skills, talent trees, and just baseline coefficients for numbers and abilities have changed so dramatically from the days when these encounters were designed that players are just more powerful. It's by design, really -- the stronger you make your character naturally, the less reliant you are on gear accumulation during parts of the game where gear accumulation isn't the focus. Leveling, for instance, is about story, questing, and game play, not collecting loot. You barely need loot to level these days until you get to 80-85, when the curve gets steeper. Players are universally stronger, and running retro raids would be easier.
Nina Katarina asked:
The t13 warrior and warlock armor sets have been revealed. The look of the warrior set was based on Deathwing, the warlock set was supposedly inspired by General Vezax. What boss would you like to see as inspiration for other class set looks?
I kind of hope that the other aspects get represented in tier 13 sets, since this may be a big fight dealing primarily with the aspects. Warriors already got their set based on an aspect -- maybe the druids will get Ysera, mages with Kalecgos, etc. Suffice to say, it will be interesting, if the first two revealed sets are setting any kind of tone. Thus far, this has been an amazingly designed tier.
@credgett on Twitter asked:
whats with all those naga/azshara statues around azeroth? did they crawl out of the sea and build them for us?
Pretty much. The Naga have lots of settlements all over Azeroth after their reawakening by Illidan during Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. Where Naga settle, Naga build idols and statues. Naga especially love statues of their glorious ruler, Queen Azshara.
Steffan asked:
Since the Elekks are the racial mount for the Draenei, does that mean they been carrying a herd of them around since they fled Argus, or did they just find them on Draenor?
This has been a question on my mind for a long time, but I think they are from Draenor. There are loads of wild elekk in Nagrand, so I'm pretty sure they are native to Draenor and were just the mount of choice for the Draenei. Orcs rode wolves and talbuks.
Wowpedia confirms that the elekks are native to Draenor. There is, as of right now, no way for a Horde character to get an elekk mount. However, imagining Velen and friends hastily loading up the Exodar on Argus with as many elekks as they could before leaving is a very funny image.
Vacasta asked:
I keep hearing that WoW has lost subscribers. What's the number reportedly down to?
Seven. There are exactly seven people playing WoW at the moment.
Truthfully, the current subscriber number is about 11.1-11.4 million subscribers.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)
Sumadin Sep 10th 2011 12:08PM
So now that you have done that cruel joke isn't it about time we get an article about the lore uncovered in wow mag 5 which contained amough other stuff the confirmation that Night elfs did infact decend from trolls(Dark trolls to be specific).
So there is some decree of truth in the above joke.
Noyou Sep 10th 2011 12:31PM
@McCurley
See my night elf? Guess what he is doing, /moon. Yeah :p
Skarn Sep 10th 2011 1:02PM
They meant "evolved from trolls."
Clearly.
datgrl Sep 10th 2011 1:14PM
I've noticed in that some of the machinima close-ups of male nelf's they have tiny, kitten fangs. So.... seems there is more to it than the ears. I just wish the male trolls would stand up straight.
Methuus Sep 10th 2011 1:43PM
Just to be pedantic, the magazine article actually states that Brann Bronzebeard feels that his research definitively confirms the troll origin of night elves.
Please note, that I don't disagree. I'm just pointing out that when Blizzard explicitly presents information from the point-of-view of one of the NPCs, as opposed to using a third-person omniscient PoV, then all that means, from a canon perspective, is that that NPC believes the information.
A minor point, to be sure, but at least it gives the night elves a shred to hang their denial on.
Sumadin Sep 10th 2011 1:53PM
@Methuus Accourding to branns notes that info was confirmed by cenarius, The tribunal of ages and freya(Don't ask me how the latter would know about the night elfs.) It is pretty much the most confirmed info in branns Notebook.
I don't know where you got the idea that the article only stated branns suspicions.
NostraThomas Sep 10th 2011 1:55PM
@Skarn:
*devolved
Fletcher Sep 10th 2011 7:50PM
This is a pun ... because McCurley is trolling us. Get it?
iluvferrets53187 Sep 10th 2011 9:14PM
For the Makers' sakes, the plural of elf is ELVES. >:C
Murdertime Sep 10th 2011 10:24PM
Nelves must be really, really gross from a Troll perspective.
Tiny, weak jaws, limp lank hair instead a proud mane, no proper connection to the loa and five writhing tentacles where three strong fingers should be. Then they stand in that weird, unnatural fashion, head held higher than the shoulders, lending all of them a creepily feminine air.
And you can see, if you look hard enough, that they used to be trolls. But now...
Now you don't know what the hell they are. Just that they ain't natural.
Persephanie Sep 10th 2011 10:33PM
@ datgrl
in regards to your "I just wish the male trolls would stand up straight." I wish the same thing about Worgen males. lol
Felix_NZ Sep 11th 2011 9:56AM
Don't you guys know your evolution? Geez, Elves didn't evolve from Trolls, they evolved from a previously unseen, troll/elf ancestor, which also probably diversed out into the tusked ancients at some point too.
Suzaku Sep 11th 2011 10:54AM
@Felix_NZ: Nope, night elves specifically evolved from a tribe of dark trolls that settled on the shore of the Well of Eternity.
The dark trolls, incidentally, are also just about the most exaggerated race of trolls, with massive tusks, extremely bulky upper torsos, and giant hands (the latter of which is obviously still evident in night elves).
@Methuus: No, it's utterly, completely, unmistakably confirmed. Everything in the journal excerpt is the result of conversations with the Ancients, the Tribunal of Ages, and the Watchers.
He specifically cites the dark troll -> night elf evolution as being confirmed by Cenarius, the Tribunal of Ages, and Freya.
Duts Sep 12th 2011 12:39PM
It's no longer "Elfeses"????? o.O
How about "Elfi"
Ullaana Sep 10th 2011 12:09PM
Would they have needed to load a herd of elekk into the Exodar, or could they have carried a few females in stasis then implanted embryos once on Azeroth? Using either science or "magic" to age them artificially?
Vaeku Sep 10th 2011 12:17PM
"Using either science or "magic" to age them artificially?"
I'd hope not. That's what the orc warlocks of the old Horde used on the younger orcs to get them ready to slaughter the Draenei.
Ullaana Sep 10th 2011 12:25PM
I was thinking more along the line of a Time Dilation Field. Time passes more rapidly within the field so a normal growth in there while only a few days pass outside. When the elekk reaches maturity it is removed from the field and can be used as a mount.
Noyou Sep 10th 2011 12:35PM
This brings up another question. They traveled in the Exodar which was a huge spaceship right? Where is any of their other technology? For a race that can make spaceships why would they be riding elekks in the first place? They should have hover craft and all sorts of nifty things no?
Shinae Sep 10th 2011 12:52PM
@Noyou:
I thought that the naaru were the ones who created their spaceships.
(I don't remember for sure, tho.)
iscalio Sep 10th 2011 12:59PM
The Draenei did not build the Exodar, so their technological knowledge cannot be judged by its capabilities.