The Queue: Zombie goasts, leave this place
Rossi, Alex and I were talking about the DotA 2 leak that included some Half Life 2: Episode 3 strings that were most likely just Valve's trolling the fans a bit, as we have been anticipating the news of a new Half Life for some time now. There's some pretty amazing fan fiction out there, but none is as thrilling and amazing as the Half Life: Full Life Consequences series of stories featuring Gordon Freeman's brother John Freeman. Personally, I hope that Half Life 2: Episode 3 is as good as Full Life Consequences. It is time for me to live up to my name and face Full Life Consequences.
Also, I promised certain artistic friends that I would post a new art challenge in The Queue when I was given the reins, in the same vein in which Alex posted his paladin bubble art thing, which turned out to be exceedingly awesome. So, here's mine: Rossi and I are totally DPS warrior bro's Horde-side now, raiding together and generally topping charts and taking names. You should totally draw Rossi's male Tauren warrior and my female Blood Elf warrior doing their best bro-fist.
Skozz asked:
Will I be able to transmogrify my head piece into the Chef's Hat? It's blue and looks like it gives an armor bonus, but it has no specific type (Cloth, Leather, Mail, Plate).
Probably not. Chef's Hat would fall under two of the exceptions/rules for transmogrification. First, you can only transmog gear that has stats on it over just armor. Second, many "funny" or "silly" items have been excluded from transmog, including fish daggers, fishing poles, and most likely the Chef's Hat. Sad, I know.
ptay313 asked:
Two days in a row, I have killed Coren Direbrew, gotten my daily keg shaped chest, opened it and got... NOTHING! Is this an actual common occurence, or is Direbrew messing with me from beyond the grave?
For your first kill every day, Coren will drop his Keg-shaped Treasure Chest, which will always contain a small number of justice points. Sometimes the keg will contain rare items and mounts specific to the holiday. If the keg only contained these justice points, you will get the message "There is no loot." Sadly, this is lame and demoralizing. I would have much preferred the bag at least contain some Brewfest tokens or something in the bag by default.
Amanda A. asked:
Does anyone else get the impression that they swapped the vendor items and boss drops for tier 13 to reduce loot drama in LFR? A dps needing a tank ring would cause issues. A third of the raid needing a generic tier token won't.
I think the reason that the tier gear was removed from the vendors was two-fold. First, tier gear continues to be the best-looking, iconic armor from the tier that requires raiding to get. By keeping the iconic set items as part of the raids only, you give players a new incentive to try raiding and the new Raid Finder feature.
Second, by filling the valor point vendors with off set items, you don't have to itemize those items in the raid itself. The big example this tier is the fact that there are no plate shoulders for DPS classes in Firelands other than the tier shoulders off of Majordomo Staghelm. Had there been off set shoulders available from vendors, players would have been able to gear up and replace lower-ilevel items to make Firelands easier and work for their tier set pieces as a reward for completing content.
Tadiermot asked:
If you could trade places with any NPC for the day, which would you choose, and what would you do?
I would trade places with any repair vendor in the Firelands on a progression raid night. Stand around, repair some gear, and then retire.
fallemwarrior pondered:
Is it bad that when i que'ed for WSG the other day i tried to go back to our flag and purchase a Banshee's veil?
Gunblade for life.
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 14)
Tirrimas Sep 22nd 2011 12:13PM
You know you've been at Regretsy too long when you read that as something else.
/whistles
Bynde Sep 22nd 2011 12:53PM
@ Tirrimas
lol, Yeah. I've been to Regretsy too much to not laugh at that.
Task Sep 22nd 2011 5:40PM
I thought it had to do with Ghosts from SC2 eating their toast while cloaked..
bilbomoody Sep 22nd 2011 11:21AM
What the heck is a goast?
Strawder Sep 22nd 2011 11:22AM
I think I have internal brain bleeding from that video.
Zune Sep 22nd 2011 11:24AM
Question
What would the RL time be for in game travel. For instance, if you take the boat from Ratchet to Booty Bay, what would your guess be as to the time it would take if you were to make the trip in real life?
Shinae Sep 22nd 2011 11:33AM
That's something that is up to your imagination. You can base an estimate off of the rare examples given in quests and novels. Day of the Dragon described flying all through the night on gryphons to get from Aerie Peak to Grim Batol (I think it was).
In any case, it takes much longer lore-wise to travel then it does in-game. (Mage portals are instant, but not everyone can manage them.)
Suzaku Sep 22nd 2011 12:33PM
I don't think it's ever actually been consistent in the comics or novels, but travel takes a great deal longer in lore than in the game.
I can't think of many specific examples, but it'll often take days to travel from one zone to another. I believe the sea voyages take several weeks. I'm pretty sure Rise of the Lich King mentions how long it takes to sail from the Borean Tundra to Durotar, but I can't recall specifics.
Basically, the Azeroth we get in the game is an abbreviated version of the world, like a map that only has representations of major landmarks.
pattycakes Sep 22nd 2011 2:13PM
A couple of good places to read about Azeroth in relation to real-life geography/size:
They're both old articles, but give you a pretty good sense of size and from that you should be able to get an idea of speed.
http://stuffplusplus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-size-and-physics-of-azeroth/
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-big-is-azeroth.html
Bynde Sep 22nd 2011 3:31PM
Similarly, how does one measure how high up , say, 65 feet is? Is there an addon that measures distance ? I speak of the Brewfest Achievement of falling 65 feet while smashed.
Raymond Pelia Sep 22nd 2011 11:26AM
Question: why is my minimap zoomed in when I log on yet I know I left it zoomed out when I previously logged out? This happens frequently and its driving me crazy.
Priestess Sep 22nd 2011 11:25AM
I'm with Nina. All those DKs in the dungeons at that level made me want to quit WoW entirely and give up on humanity. I met just one considerate and competent DK while dungeoning from Ramps through to Crypts. Unless you have a very high idiot/jerk resistance rating, I would quest through Outlands and rejoin the dungeon queues in Wrath. It gets better there. And the questing is not bad in Outlands. It's got some great landscaping too.
Priestess Sep 22nd 2011 11:27AM
Comment system, I HATE YOU! That post above was in reply to Jamie and Nina a couple posts up. OH WOWINSIDER, when oh when will you give this system an update? Have you not feasted on enough tears, and cries of frustration for replies failed???
Bellajtok Sep 22nd 2011 11:35AM
Mmmmm..... tears.
rip Sep 22nd 2011 12:31PM
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104191/chili-con-carnival
About 3:40, You're welcome.
Drakkenfyre Sep 22nd 2011 1:15PM
Man, once you get to Ramps, and your tank is a new DK, with the starter gear, and it's obvious this is their first tanking time.
I fully understand people wanting to tank. I fully understanding learning how to tank. And I fully understand that everyone is new at one point. But when you get that over and over in those instances, it makes you glad once you get a tank that has tanked before.
Salculd Sep 22nd 2011 11:27AM
but this is our house :(
MattKrotzer Sep 22nd 2011 12:29PM
Whose house?!
Tirrimas Sep 22nd 2011 12:39PM
The Sunflowers and Peashooters say it's MY house.
Amaxe Sep 22nd 2011 12:48PM
@Matt
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our
Our house it has a crowd
There's always something happening
And it's usually quite loud
Our mum she's so house-proud
Nothing ever slows her down
And a mess is not allowed
http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/madness/our_house.html