The Queue: Yaks are cool, I guess
by Mathew McCurley 
Feb 22nd 2012 at 11:00AM
I still want the frog.
hystrico asked:
any word on recipes in MoP? Like, should I be stocking up on Chef's Awards?
I had an issue with the original removal of the limit on Chef's Awards because of just this question. Obviously we have no idea how the new recipes and stuff will work for new dailies and all that, but one of the reasons I liked the limit on how many awards you could store up was because it kept that currency artificially deflated. When Blizzard removed that limit, everyone stocked up on Chef's Awards, so how do you fairly price new recipes with that currency? Who do you design for -- the guy who saved up 2,000 Chef's Awards or the guy who didn't? Which is fair?
Personally, I'd like to see Blizzard reinstate the limit, making one currency for each profession's dailies and recipe purchases and simplifying the whole thing once and for all. Hoarding tokens isn't fun, just like hoarding points isn't fun. Well, it's kind of fun.
Someone interrupted my writing of the last paragraph on AIM with:
So, what's this I keep hearing about March and press and Mists of Pandaria?
Blizzard has announced a Mists of Pandaria press tour kicking off in March with a big press something-or-other and promises of lots of new information about the next expansion. This fact has led us all to speculate on what that timing could mean for a release date or projected release window. Press is a big deal in the video game industry, because hype is absolutely everything. The more you penetrate the mainstream media with stories about tons of gamers lining up or huge events, the better.
So the press tour begins in March, which means we're going to get the "face" of Mists of Pandaria then. What do I mean? I mean we will see the pitch. Here's what is new and exciting, Blizzard will tell us, and we will respond. We've already been shown the premise, but now we need to see the pitch. Show us those character models, Blizzard. You know you want to.
@eresin84 on Twitter asked:
Did things move pretty quick between Aggra and Thrall? She's preggers at the end of DW fight.
Thrall and Aggra have been together for an ... acceptable period of time, I would think. We don't know what's cool in orcish culture with kids and all that, so we just speculate. Hey, Chris Metzen, where's my rulebook and reference guide on orc societal mating customs and premarital lifemate shamanism? I need it to answer this question.
@credgett on Twitter asked:
who is Tyrygosa that is mentioned during the DS raid? I havent come across her in game before
Tyrygosa is a blue dragon that featured prominently in The Sunwell Trilogy. She is at the Wyrmrest Temple helping to defend against Deathwing. Check out her Wowpedia page.
People on Twitter asked me:
Wait, is there really going to be a WoW Insider Show Podcast panel at PAX East this year?
Yes. We will have more details for you soon.
Have questions about the World of Warcraft? The WoW Insider crew is here with The Queue, our daily Q&A column. Leave your questions in the comments, and we'll do our best to answer 'em! ADAM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Shinae Feb 22nd 2012 11:03AM
Like I said in response to hystrico's question about Chef's Awards yesterday, stocking up on them is not going to help with buying the new recipes that will be added in Mists.
A new expansion means a new currency for new cooking recipes.
Saikoujin Feb 22nd 2012 11:16AM
At the very least, the tokens will be wiped and converted to some form of compensation, like what Blizzard does with VP and CP each major patch. This is to be expected; it is, after all, going to be a new xpac. No one will be given a leg up.
kingoomieiii Feb 22nd 2012 11:31AM
"Who do you design for -- the guy who saved up 2,000 Chef's Awards or the guy who didn't? Which is fair?"
They'll do the exact same thing they did with Pyrite, for exactly this reason- your stockpiled points (all of them) will be useless.
zackwbrandon Feb 22nd 2012 11:57AM
Though you are undoubtedly right Shinae, I hope Mat's idea (simplifying the currencies at least for trade-skill dailies) is carefully considered by the devs. I am sick to death of, new patch - new currency, new x-pac - new currency, new world event (or old event redone) - new currency. I'm fairly certain that there are more currencies on Azeroth - a world with about 30-40 nations - than there are on Earth - a world with over 300 nations.
Hob Feb 22nd 2012 12:01PM
Shinae is correct. It will be a new currency, and we won't lose the currency we already have. The Dalaran Cooking Awards couldn't be used for Cataclysm recipes, and we didn't lose those awards when Cataclysm launched.
Dalaran Cooking Awards can be used to buy Northern Spices; Chef's Awards can be used to buy random Cataclysm meat and Cocoa Beans. A stockpile of 2,000 Chef's Awards will mean the same as a stockpile of 2,000 Dalaran Cooking Awards: use 'em, save 'em, ignore 'em. They don't take up inventory space, they can't be traded.
My guess is that Pandaren Cooking dailies will take place in Pandaria. Probably not a neutral quest giver, since both SW and Org are lagfests as is; more likely the major travel hub for each faction. And I'd guess there will be level requirements. And the dailies probably won't give a skill-up, since you can already do that back home.
Zanathos Feb 22nd 2012 2:13PM
I expect Chef's Awards will remain the current currency, and people holding Chef's Awards when MOP hits will have them converted to "Apprentice's Awards" or something. I wouldn't be surprised if they roll Dalaran Cooking Awards and current Chef tokens into the same "Old receipe token" currency to simplify things, like they did with Justice/Valor/Heroism/Triumph/Conquest/Frost
Puntable Feb 22nd 2012 11:06AM
Why can't all loot be deposited directly into your bags, like it does with loot from bosses?
Hidendragon Feb 22nd 2012 11:13AM
All i want is group looting. one widow with all items shown. There are so many time sinks in the game already i honestly feel this is one is completely unnecessary now.
paragorillabear Feb 22nd 2012 11:30AM
? You mean like what happens when you select Auto Loot in the Interface?
antieuclid Feb 22nd 2012 11:34AM
Yes! Having to manually loot corpses is unnecessary and really annoying when you're dealing with big AoE situations. Another loot timesaver I'd like to suggest: if "greed" is the only option available to you, it should automatically select it.
Puntable Feb 22nd 2012 11:39AM
Like that, but without the need to click a corpse. The loot would go into your bags when the mob is killed.
Faith Trust Feb 22nd 2012 11:52AM
tbh I don't mind clicking to loot, just enable aoe loot and we are golden.
And an interface option to enable to auto greed if its the only option available would be nice as well.
Kole Feb 22nd 2012 11:54AM
If you leave a raid (I'm looking at you LFR!) and you haven't "rolled" on loot then it should automatically "pass" on everything for you...
That right there would speed up LFR loot rolls dramatically!! And to be clear, I am specifically saying you chose to "leave" not if you were DC'd.
Faith Trust Feb 22nd 2012 11:59AM
@Kole totally agree and tbh it shouldn't be too problematic, if you accidentally dc and you haven't rolled, when you come back in you get the option to roll prompted.
It would also solve some issues with players not wanting to be on the next fight and leaving after the roll gets finished but in mid fight of the next boss, specially problematic if its a tank or your top healer.
zackwbrandon Feb 22nd 2012 12:14PM
I'm with you Faith. AoE loot for the win!
Twill Feb 22nd 2012 12:14PM
If I do LFR and nothing freaking drops that I need from any of the bosses, I leave without rolling. Meanwhile, If I'm trying to win, I realize people are frustrated they wasted 1-2 hours of their life for nothing. It's not perfect, but the 3 minutes is a perfect time to go get a soda.
:P
Frank hamilton Feb 22nd 2012 12:40PM
The reason why you have to click on a corpse to loot it is to make it harder for the botters to farm gold. This way they can not set up an easy macro that would just autoatack lower level mobs and walk away from the computer for hours on end.
raingod Feb 22nd 2012 1:25PM
Is an extra click of the mouse too much work? How lazy can players get?
Jack Mynock Feb 22nd 2012 1:38PM
@antieuclid
Greed is never the only option available to you. You can always pass.
Bended Feb 22nd 2012 2:27PM
raingod has obviously never ran someone through a low level instance.
You know what is more annoying than having to single click through 50 dead mobs 1 at a time, and take every thing off every body just so you can tell if each corps has been looted?
Its having to wait on your nephew who needs the upgrades, mats, and cloth from the instance to finish looting all those bodies before you can pull the next half of the instance.