Transmog yourself into an Avenger!
6 blue posts to read before Diablo 3's launch
Cross-realm zones coming soon
All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsMichael Sacco
- http://
The Queue: Bloody Mary
by
Michael Sacco
on May 25th 2012 (19 hours ago)
One of my favorite songs this year, from the new Silversun Pickups album. I adore it. You might, too!
JaredLorenz asked:
How will cross-realm zones in MoP affect herbing and mining nodes? Will these nodes still spawn realm specific? Also, will the zones always be cross-realm, or only when sparsely populated?
Yes, you'll share the same nodes. The devs said they'd keep an eye on that to make sure it wasn't affecting gameplay in any drastic way. And yes, realm-sharing is based on population and also won't happen in current-expansion content.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: Magic man
by
Michael Sacco
on May 20th 2012 (5 days ago)
Damn, dude, twins? My wizard knows how to party.
HobMeadows asked:
What would be the fastest, most efficient way for a solo guildmaster to level their guild from 1 to 2? Does anyone have experience with this and if so, what was your process?
I'm almost at 2 full bars (out of 5), and inviting a bunch of people to my guild is not a fair option because I'll be moving off of my server literally within moments of hitting level 2. I've heard battlegrounds are a fast, efficient method, but can anyone make some suggestions?
Provided you're level-capped, quests and dailies are your best bet to make it there as fast as possible. High-level BGs give good rep, but questing is more efficient. Cap out your daily quest turn-ins every day, and you should be at level 2 before you know it.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: I'll take it
by
Michael Sacco
on May 18th 2012 (7 days ago)
You know, it was a tough call, but I think I'm gonna take this weapon and use it. Yep.
Kent1 asked:
This has probably been asked before so apologies. What exactly is the reasoning for the switch to class/spec specific quest rewards?
Outside of (conveniently) being able to pick items for an off-spec, I'm actually a little miffed about possibly having to take a mediocre upgrade instead of that nice weapon that vendors for an extra 20g. Just seems like they're fixing something that isn't really broken.
Really, it's about getting you more gear. Every quest that gives an item is guaranteed to give you an item that works for your spec. If you don't need it, you can always sell it, just like you would anyway.
There are other motivations too, obviously, like preventing the quest-reward misclick altogether.
Filed under: The Queue
All of the Diablo 3 resources a player needs
by
Michael Sacco
on May 15th 2012 (11 days ago)
But I'm also prepared. When I start playing tonight, I'll have a bevy of online resources available to help me out, and I've compiled them for you! Well, for me. But for you, too.
- D3DB is the ZAM Network's answer to Wowhead for Diablo III -- an exhaustive database of items, abilities, bad guys, and more.
- DiabloFans is the Curse Network's answer to MMO-Champion for Diablo III. Lots of datamining, blue posts, and all that jazz.
- The official Diablo III site has the fantastic Game Guide, which has everything from talent calculators to skill videos. Blizzard knocked it out of the park.
- BlizzPlanet will keep you abreast of all the latest Blizzard news, going beyond blue posts.
- ForceStrategy has you covered for Diablo video, which might become pretty necessary once you roll into higher difficulties!
- Our sister site Massively will be covering Diablo III as part of its daily online gaming coverage.
Evil has returned! 1.2 million WoW players are getting Diablo III for free thanks to the Annual Pass. You can get prepared for the evil with WoW Insider's launch coverage. From the lore of Diablo, to the important blue posts and the basics of Diablo gameplay, we'll get you on the inside track for the return of evil.
Filed under: Diablo 3
The Queue: Gold and virgins
by
Michael Sacco
on May 6th 2012 (19 days ago)
Just caught this one watching back episodes of Supernatural today. Enjoy.
christriste asked:
Has blizzard given a reason for why we can't queue for BG and Dungeons at the same? I understand not wanting someone in a dungeon queued for PVP or vise versa and leaving what they were originally doing but couldn't they kick you from all your queues once you've entered a dungeon or BG?
Basically, it would make queue time estimates really unreliable (and probably longer, too, depending on ebb and flow). Right now, since players can only queue for one pool at a time, it's easy to estimate the amount of time it'll take to join a dungeon or BG. Being able to join two queue pools would mess with that.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: The Avengers is great
by
Michael Sacco
on May 4th 2012 (21 days ago)
Seriously, just go ahead and see it.
dimmak42 asked:
I just did Magister's Terrace and I noticed Kael references that Illidan is half-night elf. Do you think he is referencing his demonic corruption? This doesn't make too much sense given his own demonic corrupted body though.
Perhaps Malfurion and Illidan are not pure NEs? It might explain how such "low" night elves have such immense power.
He's referring to Illidan, who is literally half-demon since he drank from the Skull of Gul'dan.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: Frank Sinatra
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 29th 2012 (26 days ago)
He saves what others throw away. He says that he'll be rich someday.
joshyeaton asked:
I was on a female Bloodelf Monk and she was auto attacking. Is this a bug, or did Blizzard add auto attacks to monks?
Monks now have an auto-attack. Devs commented that the lack of auto-attack just felt too un-WoW -- it didn't feel right not to start hitting an enemy when you clicked on it or to have to wait until you could use an ability to finish off a mob with a sliver of health.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: Cat bath
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 28th 2012 (27 days ago)
Cat bath. Cat bath. Cat bath.
jackjenkinz asked:
They're still kids! Give them some time to actually, you know, have a future before their future is revealed.
Filed under: The Queue
The Queue: A suburban war
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 27th 2012 (28 days ago)
Just rediscovering this album from last year. I didn't really give it a shot at the time. Happy to be wrong about it.
wodentoad asked:
My Resto Druid hit 80 a little while ago, and suddenly I couldn't queue for ANY dungeons, not regulars, not heroics, not early Cata, NOTHING. NO THING. I had leveled up through the dungeons picking up decent dungeon gear, but I don't get even a chance at Heroics now? I am confused.
You're prohibited from queueing for certain dungeons and dungeon types by your item level. A fresh 80 who got there by questing probably won't have the requisite item level to do Cataclysm dungeons and not enough to do Wrath heroics, either. It's better this way, believe me. Quest for a little while. Get some gear.
Filed under: The Queue
Blizzard launches Battle.net Item Restoration service
by
Michael Sacco
on Apr 25th 2012 (1 month ago)
Kudos to Blizzard for finally making this service available -- it was a huge stress on the GM queue and an inconvenience for players. Now everybody's happy. Probably.
Announcing: Battle.net Item Restoration
Starting today, players can access a new system that will allow players to recover World of Warcraft items that they may have sold, destroyed or disenchanted: Battle.net Item Restoration.
With this new self-service option the recovery of an item or items that were recently deleted or sold to a vendor can be restored to a character immediately when using the ticket submission system on our support site. For any items that were accidentally disenchanted the same method can be used to request a review by Customer Support for restoration.
This restoration option may only be used once every 30 days on active World of Warcraft accounts that are in good standing. As this option has a limited availability and use, we still encourage caution when selling, deleting or disenchanting items.
While Customer Service always strives to help whenever we can, with the introduction of this self-help feature we will no longer be able to assist with these types of requests.
Additional details can be found in the following Support Article: Battle.net Item Restoration.
With this new self-service option the recovery of an item or items that were recently deleted or sold to a vendor can be restored to a character immediately when using the ticket submission system on our support site. For any items that were accidentally disenchanted the same method can be used to request a review by Customer Support for restoration.
This restoration option may only be used once every 30 days on active World of Warcraft accounts that are in good standing. As this option has a limited availability and use, we still encourage caution when selling, deleting or disenchanting items.
While Customer Service always strives to help whenever we can, with the introduction of this self-help feature we will no longer be able to assist with these types of requests.
Additional details can be found in the following Support Article: Battle.net Item Restoration.
Filed under: Blizzard
