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The Queue: Pandaren dance

by Adam Holisky Feb 21st 2012 at 11:00AM

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I'm getting pretty excited to see what MoP is going to bring for us. I think it's really just a short while until we get into beta territory, and after that, the release is soon to follow.

I'm already getting pretty bored of Dragon Soul -- I mean, we've got many of the hard modes to do still, but that's only so interesting. It's time for some Mists.

Tanddori asked:

Do you think the Toxic Wastling is going to go the same route as the Sinister Squashling? ie, go Bind on use?

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The Queue: Rule of Two

by Alex Ziebart Feb 20th 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. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.

Mists of Pandaria feels like it's right around the corner, what with the press event taking place next month and the ongoing signs of an alpha in progress. However, we haven't been able to see any of that quite yet, so it's incredibly difficult to answer questions that include the phrase "in Mists of Pandaria" in them. "In Mists of Pandaria, will we be able to ...?" Who knows!

Hang onto those questions a while longer. Once we've seen more of Mists, we'll happily answer those sorts of questions. In the meantime, if you have questions about the current game, we would love to hear them. It would make writing this thing for you guys every day much easier, and what we write in it will actually be useful to all of you rather than nothing than speculative jibber-jabber.

Now let's hug.

Batlesh asked:

Will Blizzard ever get rid of that super pesky Sith "Rule of Two" obstacle when it comes to forming/entering raids?? Sometimes I just want to farm for old Tier gear without having to harass someone to jump on an alt and log out....

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The Queue: The luckiest guy in the world

by Mathew McCurley Feb 19th 2012 at 2:00PM

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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.

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The Queue: Comeback Kid

by Michael Sacco Feb 18th 2012 at 12:00PM

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The new Sleigh Bells album is almost out! Aaahhh! I've heard the whole thing and, minus this song and one or two others, it's a lot less raucous than I thought it would be, based on Treats. I still like it, though.

Simpsons Rule asked:

I have a question: Has the Daily Quest column been canceled? There hasn't been a post since January 27.

Nope! Not in spirit, anyway. Some of you guys may have noticed slight changes in the format here, and this is one of them. Basically, we're trying to make sure that really cool stuff like interesting community blogs and fan creations doesn't get lost in our daily content cycle. To that end, we're spotlighting things more individually and not under a single banner like The Daily Quest. You'll note we've done this with other columns as well, like our roleplaying column, among others.

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The Queue: Important Mat McCurley super-fan meetup bulletin

by Mathew McCurley Feb 17th 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 for today.

The Mat McCurley super-fan group meetup for tonight has been cancelled due to size restrictions on the venue. Too many people wanted to come. We'll get a bigger place for the next one, I promise.

yous95 asked:

The MoP talent calculator was recently updated. On the druid page, I notice that there are now 4 druid specs- the originals and "guardian" a separate spec for the bear tank. Did we know about this upcoming change before, and do you think it's smart of Blizzard to give druids 4 specs while all other classes have 3?

Yes, we knew about this at BlizzCon. Personally, I think it's one of the best changes for the druid and will go a long way in fixing a core broken issue with druids that's been present for seven years. Longevity is key, and Blizzard is making good long-term decisions. Plus, it sets the precedent of adding on specializations to classes. Imagine that ...

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The Queue: Creepiest class combo

by Adam Holisky Feb 16th 2012 at 11:00AM

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An alternative title for today's Queue would be "I Hate Heroic Hagara." Why? Because everyone standing in a cross pattern and being perfect at their positioning is damn hard. That, and I have to click off stamina buffs just to live through the Watery Enchantment, because 12k ticks of damage is a lot easier to live through than 20k ticks. For some reason, that just makes me rage.

Anyway, these are all first-world problems, and I really don't hate heroic Hagara. I love her.

Discol asked:

I am wanting to use the new Real ID raiding feature to organize and lead old-school raids (Molton Core through Icecrown) but the issue is that I don't know where to find people who are willing to do this. Are there Real ID raiding communities springing up anywhere?

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The Queue: Heart of the Aspects

by Mathew McCurley Feb 15th 2012 at 11:00AM

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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

We're giving away a Heart of the Aspects mount! Go enter!

Luotian asked:

Are we going to have another jump in difficulty between Mists and Cata like we did between Wrath and Cata? Example: I recently leveled my Dwarf Shaman up to 80. When I went from ICC, where things died without a whole lot of difficulty, to Mount Hyjal I died. Repeatedly. I couldn't pull less than 3 things at a time, CCing things was a must, and they hit so much harder it was almost obscene. They seem to have tuned the starting zones to those in ICC gear-- none of my characters were, and I recall it being difficult every time. With RF making it *even more accessible*, will Mists be like that, making it something of a nightmare to level alts I don't run raid finder with up to 90?

This is an amazing question. Potentially yes, and potentially no. Here's the problem: We don't have all of the information yet, so everything is speculative. The first thing to consider is whether or not an item squish or some sort of power balance system goes into effect before or just after the Mists of Pandaria launch. If mudflation is taken care of with an item squish, then there will be a more gradual power ramp-up through the expansion, and you shouldn't see too many gearing problems. On the other hand, if no item squish goes through, Blizzard might be preparing to get rid of these issues by giving players who are setting out into new content "earlier" than they should be because of increased experience gain gear to compensate. We saw those full level 80 sets of gear that were datamined a while back, so who knows?

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The Queue: I write about elves on Usenet, Mom

by Adam Holisky Feb 14th 2012 at 11:00AM

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Anne wrote a great piece yesterday on how she tells her dad what she does for a living. I've had similar conversations with my parents. My mom will often ask what I do exactly, while we sit around the dinner table. "I write about elves and fairies," I tell her.

At that point, she just looks at me and says, "You left your job at the symphony for this?", with that shake of the head in the way only mothers can do.

Then I go back to eating dinner, being sure to finish my steamed rhubarb like a good little boy.

(Kidding. My parents are pretty awesome and fully support my endeavors on the internet.)

On with more stories from Lake Wobegon ...

Hob asked:

Does anyone know of a guide for soloing the Heroic Northrend dungeon achievements? I know there are some that CAN'T be soloed ("Share the Love", which requires a full party of five; and pretty much everything in the Oculus), but I'd really like to get Glory of the Northrend Hero. Trade on my server tends to be obnoxious, and my current guild has no interest in revisiting old content, so I'd like to solo as much of it as possible.

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The Queue: I've gone viral

by Mathew McCurley Feb 13th 2012 at 11:00AM

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No, not the hip, internet viral. The bad viral where you throw up for a week and can't ingest solid food.

At least I got my Lovebird. Let's answer some questions.

Shulkman asked:

Is there a use for Dark Iron Residue anymore? I believe it was used for Rep with Thorium Brotherhood, but not sure if that's still current, and I can't seem to find anyone to turn it in to.

Yes, you can still use it for reputation turn-in quests Gaining Acceptance and Gaining Even More Acceptance. You have to be friendly with the Thorium Brotherhood to get these quests.

To be honest, people don't do much of the Dark Iron Residue quests any more for reputation because it's so easy to farm up some Lava Cores and Fiery Cores from the Molten Core to turn in for almost 1,000 rep a piece. Also, how many times can I type "core" in one sentence? Apparently, the answer is three.

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The Queue: You will die, we promise

by Michael Sacco Feb 12th 2012 at 12:00PM

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It's pretty nice of Blizzard to make sure you know that its game will kill you.

Coffee asked:

With the arrival of account-wide achievements, do you think Blizzard will add something where our achievement points have some in game effect? For example, special vendors that will only sell to you if you have greater than 3000 achievement points, another vendor that will sell different items if you have over 5000, etc...

Like I said on the podcast recently, I've learned never to say never about anything Blizzard could possibly do in relation to WoW, but the devs have stated several times that they never intended for achievement points to be a real currency. So, I doubt it, but with account-wide achievements and other systems changes coming with MoP, we'll just have to wait and see.

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The Queue: Garbage Day!

by Michael Sacco Feb 10th 2012 at 11:00AM

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Hope you guys are as pumped for Skullgirls as I am. Any game that has someone yell "GARBAGE DAY!" when they shoot a pistol is a day-one purchase for me.

Soulestream asked:

Do you think they are allowing account wide achievements because they have decided to do the item level / stats squish?

No, I think the devs' stated reasoning was honest: They know that, after seven years, you're probably going to have a bunch of achievements on a guy you don't feel like playing as much anymore, but you keep playing because that's the guy with all the achievements. Making achievements account-wide means that you don't need to play the guy you hate just to maintain momentum (and a title you like that you can't get anymore).

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The Queue: Shattered glass

by Alex Ziebart Feb 8th 2012 at 11:00AM

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I think Blizzard should scrap the dance studio concept forever and ever ... if it meant we could all get personalized theme music for PvP.

WoWie Zowie asked:

As I understand it, Tyrande Whisperwind is a Priest. Yet I see her wielding a bow and having a pet "Dori'thur" the owl. Is this because she is hiding something? Or did Blizz just decide that she needs some form of offense without being "shadow"?

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The Queue: Flowers for Azeroth

by Adam Holisky Feb 7th 2012 at 11:00AM

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It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.

Wrong movie?

Oops.

Jeff asked:

Do any of the bosses in the twilights drop the bouquets?

No, not that I've seen and not that I've received any reports of. The list that I know is accurate is:

Admiral Ripsnarl in heroic The Deadmines
Corla, Herald of Twilight in Blackrock Caverns (normal or heroic)
Drahga Shadowburner in Grim Batol (normal or heroic)
High Priestess Azil in Stonecore (normal or heroic)
Lord Godfrey in heroic Shadowfang Keep

Check out our 2012 guide to Love is in the Air for more information.

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The Queue: G-Men

by Mathew McCurley Feb 6th 2012 at 11:00AM

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I don't think I need to say anything other than the fact that it was a really good game. Sorry, Brady.

exogenesis. asked:

"I did the Love is in the Air bosses this morning - and the necks that dropped were not upgraded. Is this intentional, or a bug?"

This is intentional. Remember, the Cataclysm expansion released at the beginning of December, with Love is in the Air launching with an updated form in February 2011. At the time, these ilevel 346 necks were a huge boon to players who were still slogging through Cataclysm heroics at the opening of the expansion, some of the hardest casual content Blizzard has ever released.

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The Queue: Superb Owl

by Michael Sacco Feb 5th 2012 at 12:00PM

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Why can't I find out anything about this Superb Owl?

dinojake15 asked:

Any word yet on MoP's system requirements?

I got a little 10.5.8 MacBook that can just barely run Cataclysm. Just wondering if I should start saving money for a new computer now.

Blizzard has been incrementally increasing WoW's system requirements with each expansion, so it's safe to assume that MoP will require even more muscle than Cataclysm did. I don't think it's been announced just how much more muscle, but if you had trouble running Cataclysm, you're going to have trouble with MoP.

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