The Queue: The luckiest guy in the world
by Mathew McCurley 
Feb 19th 2012 at 2:00PM
After complaining about archaeology never paying off and being a dumb, boring grind, I randomed three new rares, bringing me up to 19 out of 20 rares for my Professor title. Talk about a lucky change of fortune. This is where the trendy people would put something like #humblebrag, but we only put that in our tags.
Nobar asked:
Any idea if Blizzard ever will implement a native linux client? I know that we have workarounds but i'd prefer a native one.
It is unlikely that World of Warcraft will get a native Linux client release. The numbers are just not there, most likely, and the development time for such a project could potentially be astronomic. Commenter JKWood made the point that the new 64-bit WoW client works very well with Wine 1.4-rc4 for Linux in a WoW64 setup, so that sounds like something you might want to try if your Linux WoW install isn't performing as optimally as you'd like. Maybe we can draw some attention to the subject matter here and get a discussion going in the comments, and you might even want to try the official support forums.
hokiebuddy asked:
Why doesn't blizzard offer rewards to players who've subscribed to wow for a long period of time? I've had a regular subscription going on 7 years now soon and I feel its a bit of a slight since I've been so loyal to their product. Maybe a mount after 5 years of game time, or a free pet or something would be nice. At least would show that they appreciate your loyalty and business. I know other games do this why doesn't blizzard? After they just so large they don't feel they need to, or is there some other reason?
Timed loyalty rewards are a great way to keep subscribers active and bring in people who might have left a long time ago. A yearly tiered system based on when you created your account could be pretty cool. That means all of those 7-year-old accounts that haven't been active in many years could be eligible for really cool rewards for their characters. Make everything account-bound, and you're set.
goldfish_girl99 commented:
I really enjoyed the Daily Quest and I usually clicked through to read the blogs. Since the Daily Quest disappeared I haven't noticed you linking to any player blogs at all, so either they've been lost in other articles or you really haven't been linking to them. This makes me sad. :(
It was also fun to see when my friend's blogs were linked and hear them excitedly talk about the jump in blog traffic they received.
Bring back the Daily Quest!
It's here. You'll notice that it's less like "here's a link" and more "here's something thought-provoking and fun," with links to the blog in question. For instance, when I wrote about Perculia's awesome blog post on items in Cataclysm potentially having their roots in the poetry of T.S. Eliot and John Keats, you might not have thought that was a Daily Quest article. Surprise -- it was!
Also, most stories have a source link at the bottom left-hand side of the post, next to the permalink. Most of the time, this button will take you to the source link, which is usually the blog itself. The blog post is also linked in the text of the article itself. You'll start noticing it more.
sdaafsd asked:
What ever happened to the spectral mounts datamined?
No idea. I had originally pegged them for either flight point mounts at the Darkmoon Island or some time of Darkmoon mount prize. Alas, we have not heard anything about those two new spectral fliers. They were really cool, though.
Happy rest of the weekend, everyone. See you guys tomorrow!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Bapo Feb 19th 2012 3:00PM
With the way things have been going, they'll probably be tcg : /
(The spectral gryphon and wyvern that is)
Noyou Feb 19th 2012 3:29PM
I thought TCG as well. I think that both factions need an upgrade to our stock mounts though. Even if it's just one per faction.
Siln Feb 19th 2012 3:56PM
I'm betting on 125 or 150 mount achieve, with each of course being faction-specific.
Marbles Feb 19th 2012 4:20PM
Am hoping for something a bit more unique for any X Mounts achievement.
- Albino Drake was (briefly) a unique mount, being available at the closing of Burning Crusade (though same skeleton as Netherdrakes obviously).
- Dragonhawks are still fairly unique (slightly less so on Horde side, but still).
What I'd like to see is some more obviously different things. Something new would be perfect, but if not, I'd suggest a Forsaken Bat for Horde, and a Stormcrest Eagle for Alliance. Reskinned if wanted, but those models.
Spectral Wyvern/Gryphon? Best use on something generic, like the Horse/Wolf were (Tol Barad for those who forgot).
Philster043 Feb 19th 2012 4:34PM
I actually can't believe they haven't added Bats as mounts yet. My Forsaken characters yearn for them! Race-specific flight mounts would be nice to add to the game one day. As well as some class-specific ones (I'm thinking warlocks and paladins - DKs already have theirs.)
Bapo Feb 19th 2012 5:15PM
@philster, unfortunaley dwarves wouldn't be able to have a flying mount, it'd be difficult to explain a flying keg :(
RothKeahi Feb 19th 2012 5:46PM
Flying Keg? A wizard did it. BAM! Explained.
AltairDusk Feb 19th 2012 6:11PM
Flying keg? Should be doable. All you need is Chen's empty keg, some goblin rocket fuel, and MacGyver.
Evelinda Feb 19th 2012 6:44PM
Flying keg? Brewery explosion. Magical brewery explosion. A magical brewery explosion that a wizard did. Problem solved.
Ametrine Feb 19th 2012 7:26PM
I'd love the spectral gryphon for my Paladin. Pair that with the spectral steed from the Baradin Wardens, and bam. Nothing but awesome.
B1ue Feb 19th 2012 7:29PM
@Bapo
No, not a flying keg. Either the dwarves would see a new skin for their gryphons, perhaps a black gryphon (as opposed to the Ebon one we have now), or the Dark Irons would provide flying broomsticks.
I actually think racial flying mounts is kind of cool. Someone that played through the Warcraft RTS could probably do this better, but let's see:
Dwarves: As mentioned, though Gryphons would make more sense. I'm not totally opposed to a flying keg, either.
Gnomes: Something along the lines of the Gyrocopter, or maybe just a rocket pack.
Humans: THEY might have broomsticks. Or maybe a large eagle.
Night Elves: Hippogryph
Draenei: I think Nether Rays would fit best.
Worgen: A toughie. Nothing obvious springs to mind. Their culture is Victorian, so maybe something Steampunk like a mini-zepplin.
Orcs: Twilight drakes. Just kidding, I think Pterodax or Wind Riders.
Tauren: A spirit-skin wind rider, or maybe a Stormcrow. It's be nice to have the old slow druid flight form back, actually.
Blood Elves: Dragonhawk
Goblins: A rocket. Obviously.
Undead and Troll would have to fight it out over bats, though maybe they can both have on of different colors.
Philster043 Feb 20th 2012 9:15AM
I think Pterodax would be more cool for Tauren than Orcs. Orcs have their wind riders, and pterodactyls would make a lot of sense as they'd be big enough to tolerate tauren weight, Mulgore is close enough to Un'goro Crater for a few to possibly migrate north (or be brought back as tamed pets) and Tauren DO tend to like to live high, so pterodactyls would be valuable to have.
Trolls may be flying around on bats right now but I think they have enough shamanic and druidic reach now to coax other flying animals to their aid, so that the Forsaken can have their bats. I'd say eagles, except they would be for humans, but maybe a different breed of flying birds that haven't been introduced into the game yet. Rocs?
araquen Feb 20th 2012 10:02AM
@Blue,
I had just posted the same idea on the wow forums. I really like the idea of racial flying mounts. This is what I had so far:
Night Elves - of the 5 completed skins (ie: armor and all), three are already in game: blue/orange, brown/white and "white" (Cenarion, Argent and Silverwing respectively). Two skins are not in use as mounts: blue/green and purple (though you see the purple mounts in Darnassus). So you have at least two flying mounts ready to go for Nelfs.
Draeni - I admit, I didn't see the Nether Ray option, but IIRC they are already claimed by a faction. My thought was Moths.
Dwarves - Dwarves would have to get the gryphons - it's part of their lore.
Humans - I'm then at a loss for Humans UNLESS you go with a pegasus mount? But I can't think of anything already in-game that is "Humany." Well, maybe flying "things," like carpets? Humans seem to now be the dominant magic users, and making inanimate things fly would kind of make sense.
Worgen - They're another tough one. Very Gothic Horror, however, I would be inclined to have human and Worgen mounts be similar in form and maybe differ in look.
Gnomes - Definitely a mechanical flying device. My personal favorite would be the Da Vinci Flying machine look (which would differentiate it from the Engineering models). Maybe also airplanes?
On the Horde side:
Blood Elves - Dragon Hawks.
Trolls - I was thinking Pteradactyls to keep with the dinosaur theme.
Orcs - Wyverns
Goblins - Small dirigibles
Forsaken - at first I was thinking some kind of skeletal mount, but then I thought "Bats"
But yeah, racial flying mounts. :)
detailbear Feb 20th 2012 5:00PM
Re: Worgen - there are Lesser Gargoyles on the parapet of Shadowfang Keep. Could they be bound and summoned?
Moeru Feb 19th 2012 3:02PM
In those 7 years you had access pets and mounts which were only available during those times, or are simply no longer available. While a loyalty system would be nice, you should have things people who start now will never, ever have.
icepyro Feb 19th 2012 3:11PM
indeed.
/pet Chilly
/pet Onyxian Whelp
Zapwidget Feb 19th 2012 3:19PM
Yes and no. Remember that way back when, mounts and pets were inventory items, and bags were smaller. A lot smaller. A lot of people had the original, unarmored swift mounts, but not a lot of people have them now, because they were taking up inventory space that they needed for potions and reagents.
A loyalty reward based on calender days payed might be neat though. Not rewards for "Oh, I quit the game four years ago but I'm back now, so gimme 4 years worth of tabards and mounts" but rather for "I've been a loyal subscriber for five years, even though I started playing in 2.*"
Noyou Feb 19th 2012 3:39PM
@Moeru
No doubt. But so does the joker who only logs in every couple months. If they happened to log into WoW during that week they get the anniversary perks too. I don't even think they need to do anything special for us who choose to play continuously. A free toon customization would be cool. It wouldn't break the bank, it wouldn't give anyone an advantage.
DarkWalker Feb 19th 2012 4:57PM
I don't know about other players, but when deciding to try a game that has already been available for some time, I see most veteran rewards as an incentive to NOT try the game. For me, seeing something cool, and being told that no matter how much I pay or play I can't have it before a few years pass, is a surefire way to rob me of a good amount of my incentive to try the game.
It was one of my problems with trying CoH before the F2P change. There was a comprehensive veteran rewards plan, with bonuses awarded at regular intervals. I knew exactly what I would get at each time if I started playing now - and, at the same time, knew that, no matter what I did, I couldn't receive some of those cool rewards before spending 3, 4, 5 years in the game.
Zapwidget Feb 19th 2012 5:29PM
@DarkWalker
There is certainly is that aspect. In fact, currently in game there's the whole Have to have the FoS classic title to xmog gear thing, and that chaps more than a few hides, so it's probably better that such things be limited.