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The QueueJul 27, 2016 11:00 am CT

The Queue: Never not playing dressup

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!


DOMEHAMMER SAID:

The bugged pets in dungeons are hilarious from how bad it is. Abomination is so tiny its like a abomination made out of babys… which is horrifying and adorably hilarious cause its so tiny. Warlock had a fel stalker that was like a little fel stalker like is a fresh level that warlock gets fel stalker at.

This isn’t a question, but I wanted to address it anyway. I’m pretty sure this isn’t a bug, but an intended change. You see your own pets full size, but other people see your pets in miniature to reduce screen clutter. This is, most likely, so they can go wild on pet count and sizes for the player. If I were playing melee and I had a Death Knight’s full sized abomination (or a Warlock’s full sized Infernal/Abyssal) standing on top of me, I’d be pissed. Similarly, Demonology Warlocks can have roughly ten billion demons on-screen at one time — they can have more demons on the battlefield than there are mobs in a typical dungeon trash pack.

WoW’s combat already has issues with screen clutter. While I do love WoW, I’ve never played another game where I have so much trouble keeping track of my character in the midst of heavy combat. While the baby pets look silly, it does prevent the screen clutter from getting even worse.


TUNED ASKED:

Do we know what ingame items are being given for blizzcon attendee’s/virtual attendees?

Nope, Blizzard hasn’t announced the virtual items yet. However, it’s probably safe to assume WoW will get some kind of murloc.


CHRTH ASKED:

Rewatching the Legion announcement trailer, and I’m curious: how “monochromatic” are the different zones in Legion? Is all of Stormheim autumn woods? Is the druid zone non-stop red and black?

The zones all tend to have one main biome and then a few smaller ones used in specific areas. Stormheim is mostly autumnal woods, but there are also darker areas, such as spookier woods and misty, gloomy shoreside regions. Val’sharah is mostly green, but red and black where the Nightmare has taken root, plus the areas around Black Rook Hold which are much darker — reminiscent of Gilneas in lighting. Highmountain is mostly mountains and valleys, but the color palette changes depending on elevations. When you’re at the lowest points in the zone, there’s trees and vegetation and all of that. When you’re up near the peaks, it’s snow and rocks, resulting in a completely different color palette.


MISTAH JAY SAID:

What else seemed strange [in Black Temple] is that Maiev did her victory speech when [Illidan] was still alive, with 1 hp. I had to hit him again to get achieve and loot.

Also not a question, but answering anyway: This is how I remember the encounter playing out ever since Burning Crusade. Some people mentioned this is a new “bug” or some kind of book-related retcon, but this is how it’s always been. Illidan collapses while Maiev is delivering her monologue, but you don’t strike the deathblow until Maiev is done talking.

Burning Crusade was many years ago now, so I might be misremembering, but I seem to recall our take regularly punching Illidan in the face to end him after Maiev had done her speech.


KEVINKAZ ASKED:

Background: When it became available, I used my WoD 90 boost to make a mage because I always thought mages looked like fun and wanted to give them a try…  that mage is still level 90.  I’ve heard good things about changes to mages, so I thought I’d actually get around to giving my mage a fair shake.  Before going out in the world, though, I figured I would change her appearance to be, well… better.  Thing is, once I had everything set the way I wanted and clicked “apply,” nothing happened.  I had the appropriate gold, I even tried some different options, but no go.  Just a sound effect with nothing to show for it.

Q4tQ:  Is Azeroth telling me that I should leave the Mage class well alone?  Or should I reapply for admission?  Had anybody else been denied a transmog attempt?

I believe you encountered the transmog window bug which has been around for awhile now. Now and then, for reasons unknown, the vendor won’t apply your transmog after you’ve clicked the confirm button. It just won’t do it — nothing will happen. If you close the window and try again, it should work.


MELISSABOZ ASKED:

Is soldier76 blind without his visor or is it just a cool weapon?

He isn’t blind without it. They’ve shown him without it in the comics. I believe his visor is meant to be the thing which is providing his “auto-aim” ability — or at least assisting in it. When you use his ultimate in-game, additional HUD elements pop up. His visor is what’s displaying those HUD elements to him, the character.


SPACEBARD ASKED:

Haven’t had a new Tavern Queue in a while, what’s up with that?

Well, a couple of things. First, the Tavern Queue format is innately limited, especially on a site where it’s a side activity rather than primary focus. There are a lot of subjects I love, but I’m not necessarily knowledgeable enough on the subject to answer everyone’s bizarre and esoteric questions. Therefore, while I would feel qualified to write news or editorials or opinions or what-have-you about those subjects, I wouldn’t feel comfortable opening it to Q&A like I’m some kind of expert. I would rather write what I have to say about those subjects rather than do the Q&A format and hope and pray people ask the questions I actually want them to ask. I had plenty to say about Metal Gear Solid, but people didn’t ask questions which resulted in my ability to say them — and the number of questions period was quite small because this is a Blizzard games site, even if people did, in fact, read it.

There’s only a small handful of topics I’d feel comfortable doing a Q&A for … and I already did two or three of them. There’s an endpoint there. It’s like I know enough about Warlocks to talk about them sometimes, but I wouldn’t write the Warlock column. I have some knowledge about the class, but I won’t reach beyond my ability. I can write about a comic book I like. I can’t answer a Q&A question about a specific writer in a specific run of a specific comic from 1982.

Second, we haven’t done much Tavern-related content at all recently because we’re much closer to giving that content its own home now. We were doing it here because we wanted to do it anyway but weren’t ready to create a new space for it yet. We’re getting there, so we’ve eased up.


MISTAH JAY ASKED:

Do you prefer passive talents or button talents?

I wouldn’t say I have a preference. It depends on the talent. Is it a cool button? Is it a cool passive? That matters more. What I will say, though, is I’ve leaned heavily on passives in this Legion patch while I re-learn my classes. Pick a bunch of passives, learn the basic rotation, then switch to active talents if I feel like something is missing.


ARTHONOS ASKED:

With all the changes designed based on class fantasy, was anyone else surprised we didn’t have a single spec chosen to use wands for their primary weapon?

I don’t know about anybody else, but none of my fantasies involve a wand. (Don’t misconstrue that.) Wands are preeeetty boring. I don’t care how hard Harry Potter and certain other franchises try to make wands cool. They’re not cool. Even the word “wand” isn’t cool; it’s a lame-o replacement for “scepter” or “stave.” And World of Warcraft also has staves, so let’s throw all of the wands in the trash and stick to knives, swords, and staves.

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