Today’s edition of The Queue, our daily Q&A column, is a blend of World of Warcraft questions and questions about Blizzard Watch itself. Let’s a-go!
dreamweaver7x asked:
Asking for a friend: is there any way to completely skip garrisons in WoD? As in not have anything to do with them at all? I told her it was a totally optional part of the game, but I haven’t played WoD at all so I’m not sure.
At the very least, you need to unlock your garrison. You can’t skip unlocking it if you want to continue with Warlords content. Certain quests require you to go there to continue, or start them, or end them. After you’ve unlocked it, it’s up to you how much time you really want to invest in it. Certainly, not progressing your garrison will hurt you as far as professions and resources, but you can still play the game without a super-awesome maxed-out fortress.
erogroth asked:
I just got a barn and I have it up to level 2 but I am wondering where the best places to go for trapping animals for both food and fur and leather are. Could you point me to some good areas for farming. If it makes a difference, I am Horde.
Gently prodding low level mobs in Draenor’s starting zones was the way I went. I can’t speak for the Horde in Frostfire, but at least in Shadowmoon Valley, each type of mob was available in a dense population somewhere within it. Hopefully someone in the comments can provide insight into Frostfire. The major concern in Shadowmoon was avoiding one-shotting the mobs at level 100 because their health was so low. With my rogue, I tossed a shuriken and did no more than that. On my paladin, I punched elephants barehanded.
JordanPhillips asked:
Could we have a Diablo Know Your Lore?
Probably, yes!
sylannia1 asked:
When should we expect KYL, been checking back here for the last while – after the last 2 articles looking forward to more amazing speculation!
There’s one scheduled for later today. Our content schedule is in an early draft so everything is subject to change, but Know Your Lore will likely be seen on Mondays and Fridays.
Eeta asked:
Not sure if this is the place, but on the old site, I’d get notification if someone liked and/or commented on one the threads I commented on, but here I just get a mass spam of notices for I assume is any comment in an article I commented on. It would be great if it can go back to the older way as you continue to develop the new site. The question I have since I don’t usually do more then read through a page or two of comments is, how can I find my comments to see anything that has been added to that thread?
You can change how you receive comment alerts. At the top of the comments section, if you cover over your avatar, you can click over to “Edit profile.” On your Livefyre profile page, you can change the behavior of email notifications. You can have it email you every time a conversation is updated, send batch updates, or never update you at all. You can also choose whether you want it to email you when someone likes your comment or not, or if you want it to email you when someone replies to you. So, for example, you can tell it to never email you when someone adds something to a conversation, occasional updates when you receive likes, and immediately if someone replies directly to you.
Chrth asked:
can we get Blind for the first Moviewatch column? Also, will Moviewatch now be for all Blizz games due to site branding?
I regret not posting Blind as our first ever post on Blizzard Watch just for the laughs, but that ship has sailed. We’ll totally feature machinima/music/etc from other Blizzard games. We now have a tipline, which you can find just below our Patreon button, which you can use to send us things like that.
GeorgianaLiana asked:
Are you guys planning to continue with the wow archivist columns?
Yes! Those columns won’t come as frequently as they did in the Lands of Old, purely because they require a lot of time/research and publishing them weekly/biweekly was brutal on the author. Our current aim is to have one per month, and that one you receive per month will have an appropriate amount of awesome in it.
Kroniorous asked:
On the old site, there was a tucked away guide called Blizzard Who’s Who, which covered all of Blizzard’s forum posters(at least, those that posted whenever it was last updated; it lists Daelo, not Watcher, as the lead encounter designer). Is there any chance that we could see that appear and be maintained over here? Is there any chance we could see something similar for Blizzard Watch’s writers?
We’ll discuss the former, and yes on the latter. We’ll have a fancy staff page eventually, it’s just not a priority next to all of the other madness that needs doing around here.
Taikuutta of the Queue asked:
I thought I read there will be a level 4 garrison upgrade in 6.1. Has it appeared on the PTR yet? If so, what is the cost and what does it include?
I don’t believe level 4 buildings were ever confirmed. If I remember right, players said they’d like to see that eventually, and the developers said they weren’t against the possibility. There’s no deadline on it happening and no confirmation that it will/won’t happen. But it might happen.
Maymer asked:
I’m chomping down on some tuna fish and spinach with blueberries for a healthy meal. Does anyone have any cool suggestion to add to this list? Preferably something high in protien
While I was hardcore dieting over summer, a serving of cottage cheese was my go-to protein. Or a hardboiled egg. It’s super easy to make a batch of boiled eggs, toss them in the fridge, and grab one and go. That’ll be my go-to again when the diet starts anew this spring. Why spring/summer? Because I’m in Wisconsin and it’s impossible to do anything outdoors in winter. I have to hibernate.