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by Mathew McCurley 
Mar 23rd 2012 at 11:00AM
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) will be your host today.
Orcs -- probably the best race for monks that you didn't consider.
Whacha!
durandal asked:
When Young Pandawans hit lvl 10 and leave their Wandering Isle, are they able to come back or do they share the same fate as the goblins of Kezan?
Durandal gets first question -- and before the cut, because he used the word "Pandawans," and at 10 in the morning, it was funny. Sadly, no, the Wandering Isle is off-limits once you leave, much like Kezan. There is always the chance that we will return one day.
loop_not_defined asked:
My issue with Garrosh dealing with demonic forces is that he gets VERY UPSET when he finds out someone did EXACTLY THAT in Ashenvale. Not "throw you off a cliff" upset, but still pretty damned angry.
As far as replacements, I'm hoping for Zaela (Dragonmaw) to take the reins. She's dealt with demonic influence before and could still provide plenty of controversy (since she kind of looks up to Garrosh). Fact of the matter is that Orgrimmar is the Orc home town, and Orcs are going to need a new racial leader. While I'm certain Vol'jin will be the one to end Garrosh's life (see: troll starting town), I doubt him or Baine will be the ones that step in to take over.
But please, don't bring back Thrall. D:
If Garrosh goes bonkers because of demons, it will not be because he took them into himself willingly, but rather because of his arrogance and misunderestimating the ability, scope, and danger demons possess. Garrosh will be tricked, or Garrosh will be forced into a corner and make a stupid decision. This will not be Mannoroth again. This will be hubris, desperate and unfortunate.
If Zaela became Warchief, I would be incredibly happy. She's one of my favorite characters from Cataclysm and represents a lot of what Garrosh stood for while being less volatile. And then, whoa, the Horde is led by a woman. I'll be honest, I thought that I'd see a female Warchief before a Mag'har Warchief ...
wiedmaier asked:
My life just got crazy and I unsubbed. I put almost everything I had on the AH in case I don't make it back until Pandamonium. My internet was out last night, and I didn't get a chance to get my mail before the account expired.
Does the 30 days for mail apply to unsubbed accounts? Will I need to resub within 30 days if I don't want to lose my items/gold?
Yep. I lost a Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops like this. No joke. I should do another "biggest fail" Breakfast Topic soon ...
Murmel asked:
What Does the Pandaren Dance look like?
We do not know yet.
Thal asked:
Is Mr. Rossi playing the beta? (I bet he is.) If so, you know if he's planning on making a post about the new warrior abilities? I'm not playing the beta for several reasons, but I'm dying to know how the new mechanics and our sweet talents are working out!
Rossi and I talked this morning during our daily "Orc Chat in the Morning" Mumble radio show, and he made a pandaren warrior in the beta specifically to write about it. Expect it soon!
Boz asked:
Should I name my new Pandarin Cubbi, Gruffi, Zummi, or Tummi?
Tumtums.
alzeer asked:
why is Sylvanas undead form is soo perfect? no decay no rips shown like most other undeads
Maybe it's Maybelline.
Silversol said:
If Garrosh starts drinking demon blood, just... keep him away from Cenarius.
"Nooooooo, not again!"
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Reader Comments (Page 7 of 10)
Nadia Mar 23rd 2012 11:49AM
This. Can't upvote enough.
Killik Mar 23rd 2012 11:52AM
To actually read your question properly, though, yeah beta information on the ranged weapons looks weak in terms of stats, although their dps is significantly higher than equivalent melee weapons.
I doubt that the expansion is going to ship with Hunters penalised by ~600 primary stats without rebalancing some other way.
kgavrin Mar 23rd 2012 11:54AM
It's the stat boosts on new items I was looking at. For example:
http://mop.wowhead.com/item=81279
That's a new weapon, and it's not on par with the others. So why create new ranged weapons that aren't up to par with the polearms? Like this one:
http://mop.wowhead.com/item=81247
Both are ilvl 463 but the polearm has a huge advantage in attribute boosts over the bow. They're made for MoP, so they're made to fit into the MoP system. I know it's early beta, but why have people testing everything else, and have them testing the game with weapons setups as they are now, then have to change all of that down the line? Seems like something to get out there "now," like the talent changes, new Warlock pets, all that goodness.
Hopefully I'll get my beta invite soon and be able to see for myself. :-)
Killik Mar 23rd 2012 11:56AM
A couple of guns from this expansion still show up as ilevel 200, with an equivalent stat budget - safe to say, the numbers aren't fixed yet.
Kar On E Mar 23rd 2012 11:45AM
So...the Tillers faction. I've heard it somewhat described like just a plot of land where you plant nodes you need in some places, but others make it sound almost like a mini player housing system.
Would it be possible to get more information on this, if you have any?
Cephas Mar 23rd 2012 11:49AM
People calling it player housing are exaggerating / wishful thinking. It's not accessible in Beta yet, so it's hard to say for sure.
Puntable Mar 23rd 2012 11:54AM
This is one of the first things I'll be testing once they open Pandaria and I get a character to level 90. I imagine it will be more like a series of daily quests rather than like Farmville. Think Molten Front tree, but with a choice of what you want to grow there.
jishdefish Mar 23rd 2012 11:46AM
Q4tQ:
Any beta live steams inc on WoWinsider? I loved last year's.
VioletArrows Mar 23rd 2012 11:55AM
They're doing one today of the Pandaren starting zone, but I'm not sure when.
Carpathia Apr 26th 2012 10:32AM
Tin foil hat thoughts on the post-Garrosh warchief: I've noticed in a lot of Blizzard announcements about Pandarens, they mention that they were first seen in WC3 when Rexxar encountered Chen. So what if, when its decided that we need to deal with Garrosh, Chen goes to recruit his old buddy Rexxar, who is then appointed warchief after he leads the assault on Garrosh?
To take it a step further, as a lead in to the next expansion, Rexxar decides to strengthen the Horde further by bringing in his old buddies...the Ogres.
Nina Katarina Mar 23rd 2012 11:51AM
People wouldn't hate Thrall nearly as much if he just shelled out the cash for a full speed ground mount.
slim1256 Mar 23rd 2012 12:02PM
In fairness - Aggra probably wouldn't approve the expenditure. Not in the budget.
Killik Mar 23rd 2012 12:04PM
Hey, wish I could pay *my* therapist by just giving him a cloak...
Noyou Mar 23rd 2012 3:29PM
His mount should scale. He obviously didn't go to his riding trainer lately.
Thrall: /2 Where is the riding trainer?
Troll: It's in Uranus.
Troll 2: Anal [Expert Riding]
Troll 3: Go back to the Alliance.
Thrall: Screw you guys, I'm going to save the world.
kgavrin Mar 23rd 2012 11:59AM
I thought the ilvl 200 and such were for other things, kind of like how those level 80 sets of armor were popping up for people using the Scroll of Resurrection? I think they're going to be touching up a bit more than just Pandaria (like the new Ragefire Chasm, which was never mentioned as being modified but is).
Still so much to learn...
Killik Mar 23rd 2012 12:11PM
I am just guessing, from the item's name being 'Long-Range Trillium Sniper' and Trillium being one of the ores introduced in MoP that it's meant to be a higher-level weapon. I could be wrong, but I expect a lot of stuff is broken right now.
slim1256 Mar 23rd 2012 12:16PM
So, saw the video for this on Wowhead, and I have to ask:
Is it sad that, if I could choose any one feature from Mists to have right now, it would be AoE looting?
VioletArrows Mar 23rd 2012 12:50PM
Not at all. I was working on Netherwing (AGAIN) back in December, and it would've been a godsend every time I pulled half the Nethercite mines and one-shot a dozen mobs at a time.
keithcblack Mar 23rd 2012 12:16PM
Have they sent beta invites out to Annual Pass holders yet? I haven't seem to have got mine yet.
Adrianne Mar 23rd 2012 12:19PM
I was wondering if anyone knows the schedule on the waves of beta invites. Are they sending new ones out every Tuesday?