The Queue: I’ll have a venti…whatever that is

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!

I’ve been wondering why the Ledgerdemain Lounge suddenly decided to go the coffee house route instead of the bar we saw back in Wrath, but I think I figured it out. No one in Dalaran can read their handwriting. I mean if you’re going to put the specials on a board outside, maybe you should make them legible, right? Also they appear to have gotten rid of Jones, who is still nowhere to be seen. But I might be a little biased on that front.

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What’s the big deal with Fjarnskaggl? What’s the…

Why, Fjarnskaggl is easily the best, most desirable herb in the entirety of Azeroth! Incredibly rare, curiously beautiful, and full of surprises. I detailed some fun Fjarnskaggl facts on my Twitter:

Fun Herb FACT: When offended, the Fjarnskaggl ejects pollen at high velocity from its seed…baskets. https://t.co/J4p9Gc6jfs

— Anne Stickney 💙 (@Shadesogrey) February 24, 2016

Fun Herb FACT: Vrykul weave Fjarnskaggl fronds into wreaths meant to attract evil spirits. To one location. So they can…beat them up. Yes.

— Anne Stickney 💙 (@Shadesogrey) February 24, 2016

Fun Herb FACT: Fjarnskaggl is the only plant not found in the Emerald Dream. Because the dryads were terrified of it.

— Anne Stickney 💙 (@Shadesogrey) February 24, 2016

Fun Herb FACT: When alone in the woods, Fjarnskaggl scream.

— Anne Stickney 💙 (@Shadesogrey) February 24, 2016

Fun Herb FACT: Boiling Fjarnskaggl for seven hours creates noodle-ish tendrils that are almost but not quite entirely unlike spaghetti

— Anne Stickney 💙 (@Shadesogrey) February 24, 2016

Fun Herb FACT: It is not edible.

No seriously you really don't want to eat it

— Anne Stickney 💙 (@Shadesogrey) February 24, 2016

Fun Herb FACT: Fjarnskaggl is the only thing that can make old Norvin smile. pic.twitter.com/xeGfTFD6u1

— Anne Stickney 💙 (@Shadesogrey) February 24, 2016

These are, of course, all completely true facts and definitely not things I made up off the top of my head. You can trust me*. I’m an herbalist.

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The only reference to what Elegon is exists in his dungeon journal entry — it calls him a “celestial dragon.” Mind you, this information was released in Mists of Pandaria. Since Chronicle‘s release, I’m more inclined to think that Elegon may be another example of a constellar — Algalon is one of them. I say this for two reasons:

First, the physical similarities. Glowing blue beings embedded with stars aren’t exactly something I’d consider common. Algalon is the only named one we’ve seen, but the Celestial Defenders and Blacksmiths encountered while defending the Thunder Forge are possibly also filed under that category.

Second, Elegon is clearly a piece or part of the Titan facility in Mogu’shan Vaults. That means he’s willingly working with the Titans in one form or another. The constellar are pretty much working hand-in-hand with the Titans.

Of course I could be wrong — and Elegon may be some kind of relation to the constellar, but not actually one of them. The constellar are basically observers for the Titans, acting as watchdogs to make sure systems are running smoothly, and initiating fail-safe operations in the event that they aren’t.

That seems to be what Elegon is doing in Mogu’shan Vaults. When you bring him online, he comments that all the cores are operating at peak efficiency — and then he notes your presence. As soon as he does, he goes from observing and noting system performance, to getting rid of the unknown entities messing with Titan tech. And if you don’t shut him down in time (by defeating him), he initiates a total destruction sequence.

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We’ve heard nothing about it from Blizzard as of yet — they seem to be working on the really old models right now. Most of those old Warlock demon models they’re updating haven’t been touched since vanilla — the same with many of the critters and creatures that are getting updates. In comparison, Worgen and Goblin models are nowhere near as old, so I’m guessing it’s a matter of priority. But that’s just a guess on my part.

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Keep in mind that the game you’re referencing — the one where the clan’s joining ritual was mentioned — was Lord of the Clans. That game was never actually produced, and isn’t considered canon. However, they were mentioned very briefly in the manual for Warcraft 2 as allies of the Thunderlord clan. And in Burning Crusade, you run into three Farseers with the moniker “The Lightning Sons” attached to their names — that may be indicative that they were once, and are perhaps, the last remnants of the Lightning’s Blade.

As for why they aren’t in Warlords … well, they were never really a major clan in Warcraft lore. Maybe they were wiped out by Grommash’s united Horde. Or it’s possible they exist, but they’re just on a far off continent we didn’t actually get to explore in the expansion.

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Yep, it hasn’t been a lot of time at all. World of Warcraft began in year 26 of the timeline, and as of Warlords, I believe we’re in year 31. Each expansion took place over the course of a year, with the exception of Cataclysm, which took place over two. Cataclysm took place in year 28, Mists of Pandaria took place in year 30.

If you read the novel Illidan, you’ll see that the events of Burning Crusade were really, really fast paced in comparison to how long it took real-time for everything to go down.

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At the moment, there’s nothing really defining item level requirements for dungeons in Legion on the alpha. We can’t copy our characters over yet, so we can’t compare what our own item levels are in comparison to what’s required. I do know that with premade characters, they are initially set up with an item level of 680, prior to completing the Artifact quest chain.

After completing the Artifact chain, that item level bumped up to 688, and all dungeons were unlocked. Considering the fact that my main hasn’t really been participating heavily in raid content beyond LFR, yet her item level is 687, I don’t think anyone really has anything to worry about — just shoot for 680 by Legion, and you should be just fine.

That’s it for today’s Queue — if you have any questions you’d like to see answered, be sure to leave them in the comments below!

 

*you should definitely not trust me.