The Queue: Fear and Vengeance in Las Ravenholdt

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 (@Shadesogrey) is holding this column hostage and talking Warcraft.
We were somewhere around Hillsbrad Foothills in a basement when the kid showed up. I remember saying, "I'm feeling a little threatened here; maybe I should vanish ..." And suddenly there was a terrible laugh all around us, and the egg that we thought was an egg wasn't really an egg anymore, and the laugh kept right on going, low and sinister. And a voice was screaming: "By Alexstrasza! What are these unholy rogues and brigands?" Then it was quiet again. The kid said he was a black dragon, the only uncorrupted dragon of his kind. "What is he yelling about?" he muttered, staring up the stairs with his eyes half-lidded, a clue to his true serpentine nature. "Never mind," I said.
"Good," he replied. Then he ordered his thug to break my benefactor's legs, just because he could. It turned out OK in the end, though; he gave me a couple of shanks for taking care of his business for him. What can I say? I'm a rogue.
I'm also an expert on obscure stuff, like time lines.
Batleth asked:
Time Travel makes my head hurt as well...however....
Wouldn't going back in time and taking the dragon soul/demon soul from 10,000 years in the past completely alter the Reds?
We were somewhere around Hillsbrad Foothills in a basement when the kid showed up. I remember saying, "I'm feeling a little threatened here; maybe I should vanish ..." And suddenly there was a terrible laugh all around us, and the egg that we thought was an egg wasn't really an egg anymore, and the laugh kept right on going, low and sinister. And a voice was screaming: "By Alexstrasza! What are these unholy rogues and brigands?" Then it was quiet again. The kid said he was a black dragon, the only uncorrupted dragon of his kind. "What is he yelling about?" he muttered, staring up the stairs with his eyes half-lidded, a clue to his true serpentine nature. "Never mind," I said.
"Good," he replied. Then he ordered his thug to break my benefactor's legs, just because he could. It turned out OK in the end, though; he gave me a couple of shanks for taking care of his business for him. What can I say? I'm a rogue.
I'm also an expert on obscure stuff, like time lines.
Batleth asked:
Time Travel makes my head hurt as well...however....
Wouldn't going back in time and taking the dragon soul/demon soul from 10,000 years in the past completely alter the Reds?
Hey Batleth, you're totally in luck -- Blizzard just released a short story that explains all that Well of Eternity Dragon Soul what about the time lines? nonsense that everyone's been having minor headaches over. It's called Charge of the Aspects, and it's an excellent read -- one of the better stories that's been done. In the event that this does not clear the matter up, perhaps this will help you:
Thanks, Doctor!
Zayd asked:
This has no doubt been asked/answered alredy but with ZA now only requiring a few bosses to be downed before tackling the last big bad does that mean no more bear runs?
Oh, gosh no. The bears haven't been removed, and if you complete the speed run of all four animal bosses, you can still get your fluffy and fierce teddy basket-head. It's just that you don't have to complete all four bosses to open up the way to the last two now -- you only have to clear two of the animal bosses to move on. So yes, you can still get your bear. However, it may be unlikely that you'll see random PUG groups that would like to do so.
Josh Pringle asked:
Do the Lieutenants that spawn for Strike at the Heart daily in the Firelands have an order? Or do they spawn randomly each day?
They are totally random, which is really annoying when you only need one more guy to get the achievement, and you don't see him for three weeks straight because your luck is terrible.
Puntable asked:
Does anyone have loot lists for the new 5-mans? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
Puntable, I'm going to introduce you to a great little site called Wowhead. Get comfortable, because much like TV Tropes, you're apt to be there all day.
Ellyon asked:
What can you put in Void Storage? I wanted to store all of my holiday clothes and tabards, but it would only accept 4 of the 20 items I'd hoped to store. Tabard of the Explorer: stored. Tabard of Ebon Blade: not accepted. I think the error message was "unique items cannot be stored".
Okay Ellyon, here's the deal with void storage: You can put soulbound items in it, and you can put unique-equipped items in it. So trinkets that you can only have one of? That's perfectly OK. Unique items that carry the unique tag cannot be put in void storage, nor can quest items or stackable items like gems and herbs.
The common misconception at this point with void storage is that people are considering it a second bank, and it definitely is not that. What it is is a place where you can store all that old gear you wanted to keep from your various travels across Azeroth. You can't put tabards in there, or holiday items, or those extra gems and herbs you've got sitting in your bank. What void storage is for is a space to store old gear that you may no longer wear but want to keep for sentimental reasons. By putting those items into void storage, you are theoretically opening up more bank space in your main bank for whatever you'd like.
For me, what this means is that I managed to stuff several sets worth of gear that I kept because it was pretty or because I had particularly memories associated with it into void storage. Now I have a bank that I can actually put gems or herbs or holiday items or whatever other little bizarre trinkets I happen to have into, instead of shunting everything that isn't soulbound off to a bank alt. This is, needless to say, something that makes me giggle with hysterical relief when I open my bank, because it has been in a state of full for years now.
If you were expecting to be able to put anything and everything into void storage as a second bank alt, you're mistaken; it's merely for storing old gear. As for tabards and other unique items, well ... Blizzard did say at one point in time or another that it is working on some sort of solution for tabards, like a tab or some other method of doing things. Whether or not we'll see that implemented in the near future is anyone's guess!
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 13)
Lizenz Dec 1st 2011 11:39AM
"We will never make Pandaren a playable race" was never anything more than a clever marketing lie. Metzen even said Pandaren were very nearly the new Alliance race for the Burning Crusade. When you tell someone they'll never get something they'll want it more and will be even more excited when they get it "despite all odds". When you KNOW one day you will add something, why not tell people they'll never get it? Haha
razion Dec 1st 2011 11:41AM
I took an animation class in high school that I did very well in, so I never understood the argument for non-bipedal races. Whatever coding they have for normal legs, they could just duplicate for the second set--or even then, if they can't, why do they have to cover both sets of legs? They could just cover the front set, if need be. Clothing and armor is done in a way that layers a plane over a mold, as I understand it, so if the race didn't have legs (in such a case as a the naga), couldn't they just trail the layer down the tail, with boots on the tip? Or maybe like trolls, you couldn't see certain pieces of armor (like boots, or even if they wanted to, leggings?). And just like every other race, I don't see how it couldn't do the same for races with less/more than two legs, like Drayds or Centaur.
Killik Dec 1st 2011 12:02PM
When did Blizzard say they'd *never* make pandaren a playable race? Not that I'm disputing it, but I'm curious, as they're usually *very* careful in their choice of words.
Elmo Dec 1st 2011 12:58PM
@Razion, I think thats because the textures for leg and feetarmor have shading drawn on to them instead of dynamic shading from actual lights in the world and aren't lined up properly to fit in the middle.
basically it would mean that for every leg armor a seperate texture would have to be made just for Naga.
the current Kilt textures could probably work if they wanted but just think of a snake body with a piece of cloth wrapped around waist area down to almost the end of the tail which has a piece of cloth on the tip for a shoe...
they would probably be better off leaving legs and shoes out in that case.
but you're right, technically it would obviously be possible given it would take extra work
besides that Naga would also just look silly riding a mount.
Haga Dec 1st 2011 2:48PM
I always felt they should just not have the leg (or feet) armor show on the non-bipedals. Just like boots dont show on tauren models (at least not as far as I can tell). You would still have a slot for the items, it just wouldnt show on the toon. Mounts are a bigger problem. Especially flying mounts. Although nerubians (my first nonpedal choice) could sprout bug wings and fly, what would centaurs do?!
Xantenise Dec 1st 2011 10:49PM
@Kil They also outright said that MoP wasn't an expansion, keep in mind.
alzeer Dec 1st 2011 11:09AM
Qs for the Q:
how long is the pregnancy period for Orcs?
and would the duration change if the father wasn't orc?
also on the pregnancy issue is the Worgen curse heritable؟
(cutaia) Dec 1st 2011 11:17AM
Well...did you see Breaking Dawn?
(Yeah, me neither...)
ravyncat Dec 1st 2011 11:36AM
So I am fine with Pandas. If they bring out sparkly vampires though... O_o
...well, I guess I'll have to show them how a real undead creature kicks ass by mercilessly slaughtering every vamp I meet. o.o
Killik Dec 1st 2011 12:29PM
The San'layn, being undead Blood Elves, already tick the boxes for 'sparkly vampires'.
MattKrotzer Dec 1st 2011 12:46PM
Twilight: The story of one teenage girl's choice between bestiality and necrophilia.
Shinae Dec 1st 2011 1:45PM
Looks like you got some replies that were meant for Andrew's comment.
Gestation (length of pregnancy) is generally longer among larger animals. Rate of reaching physical maturity is another influence. Because orcs and humans are close in size and rate of maturity, I would guess that it would be about the same at 9 months.
Gestation isn't really mentioned in any of the Warcraft lore, so it's up to you how you roleplay it. I would imagine that tauren would be longer and goblins would be shorter. (It's even been said that goblins "breed like rabbits".)
The blood curse of the orcs were passed down to children (e.g. green orc kids), so that could be the case for the children of worgen too. *shrugs*
(cutaia) Dec 1st 2011 2:14PM
Nope. My comment's in the right place. :P
MattKrotzer Dec 1st 2011 2:19PM
So, that raises another question: Will Thrall's child (a son, if I had to wager) be green-skinned like his pops? Or maybe a muddied moss color?
Tirrimas Dec 1st 2011 2:47PM
@Matt and the Twilight comment:
Here's your Internet. Enjoy.
raposo02790 Dec 1st 2011 11:09AM
Seeing how the next expansion is pvp focused how cool would a storming of oggrimar, storm wind/ Ironforge (and other faction cities) battleground be.
Aitron Dec 1st 2011 11:20AM
You know, I can actually see that as being a Strand of the Ancients type battleground, where round 1 consists of Horde trying to destroy key targets in SW, and round 2 Alliance doing the same in Org, with the opposing team defending.
bountyhunterah Dec 1st 2011 11:53AM
MEh, I'd much rather Blizz make a totally open 40-man raid bg where two sides smash into each other....... first side to get to 250 kills wins. These Ojective style bgs seem to be part of the reason why I'm losing my like for current BGs (or at least the player/s who think they know everything, and don't).
I mean think about it, the only issue with something like that is people not being geared enough for it.
Killik Dec 1st 2011 12:20PM
Wouldn't that just discourage people from raiding faction capitals in world PvP? And thus no more Warbears?
Man, I almost wrote "raiding faction capitals in real life" - I need to get out more :/
Noyou Dec 1st 2011 3:34PM
I hope they do something like this. Even if it is instanced like the hallows end holiday bombing thing. I would prefer it to be live action but, that could be very one sided and favor imbalanced realms.