The Queue: Surprise guest appearance
@faience
Welcome, Queuevians, to another edition of our daily Q&A! Today we have a surprise guest appearance from… okay, it’s not actually a much of a surprise. Mitch and I are back tag teaming the Queue this week. That’s the surprise.
Or is it?
I’m expecting a pushback to mid-late September on the release. August 30th is 132 days from now, and by all accounts that I’ve read, Alpha is no where near done. Beta usually lasts AT LEAST 45-50 days, if not more. I predict a 3-4 weeik pushback on the release date, which suits me fine; I have a lot of off-days in October.
Mitch: By all accounts, alpha isn’t close to done… but it is close to beta, in my opinion. And beta usually lasts, what, 3-4 months? Say what you will about Blizzard’s notorious delays and pushbacks, but they don’t usually set a specific date unless they’re confident it’ll be out by then. One way or another, Legion is coming on August 30th.
Liz: Totally agree. If there were any wiggle room they wouldn’t have set a date.
Mitch: I mean, we all remember Warlords‘ launch, so how smoothly it goes is… well, you probably can guess. But I’m not sure any amount of beta-ing or pre-release prep will change launch-night madness.
Liz: Maybe we won’t have a DDoS this time around!
Mitch: Wait, we agreed?
Liz: Oops.
Q4TQ: Which Overwatch Hero do you want added next to Heroes of the Storm?
Mitch: For pure ridiculousness, D. Va because that would mean Overwatch’s fictional StarCraft 2 player existing in Heroes of the Storm which feels like all kinds of Blizzardception. As far as an interesting addition to the Heroes roster… Winston. Do I really need to explain why?
Liz: My answer to any question about Overwatch is Mercy.
Mitch: Oh, and never Soldier: 76 because we already have Raynor.
Q4tQ — What title will you have on display for questing on the Broken Isles?
My Warlock lately has taken it upon herself to be an observer of cultures and a broker of deals between the Alliance and minor factions and has been using the Ambassador title.
[As a side note: I like how in the WoW Armory it stacks your current title on top of your guild name; it shows her as “Ambassador of The Queue”!]
Being put into an elevated position of champion of the class hall come Legion, I think that also fits her RP as she quests on the Broken Isles.
The Seeker is my #2 choice.
Mitch: Well, since it’s been eight years and I’m still bitter about realm-first titles being removed before Wrath’s release, I’m going to do what I always do: pretend I’m Prophet Fizzl and be totally mature about the whole stupid thing. (“Prophet” was the original realm-first level-80 Priest title in Wrath’s beta.)
Liz: How can you still be bitter about that?
Mitch: I’ll tell you when I stop being bitter about it.
Liz: I don’t usually change titles. I pick one I like and just… never change it until I get an awesomer title. I just checked and I’m currently “Blood Champion Faience,” probably because that sounds super intimidating.
Mitch: Yeah, I can probably count the number of times I’ve changed titles on half of a hand. The other one I always like is “The Hallowed” because Halloween and fall are the best.
Liz: I’ll probably stick with Blood Champion. Gotta intimidate the Legion.
Q4tQ: When the new Hearthstone changes come out will you be able to disenchant the altered cards for the full dust amount? Maybe this is a standing rule, but they did not mention it in the blog post.
Liz: For this question I called in an expert. I mean, Mitch and I could talk about this for the next twenty minutes, but it wouldn’t give you an answer. This is probably better.
Matticus: Most likely yes. It’s not confirmed, but it’s based on historical trends. When they made card changes like that, they offered full dust refunds during a set period
Q4tQ: Thrall vs Malfurion in a fight.
Who Wins?
Mitch: Thrall and Malfurion decide to duel over who would make a better team captain for the annual Northrend jousting tournament. They are unwavering in their commitment to leading a mostly pointless event for the sake of bragging rights.
Thrall begins by declaring Mak’gora, as he has become accustomed to doing.
He opens the fight with a Chain Lightni —
“HUSH, THRALL!” Malfurion interrupts as he silences the Shaman.
Thrall charges in, Doomhammer at the ready.
Malfurion uses his bird-wing arms to fly above Thrall and dodge the attack.
Thrall breaks the rules because he has no witness and calls down a Lightning Strike on his bird-elk target.
“WELCOME TO ORGRIMMAR!” he yells, seemingly at random.
The two continue their duel fervently for hours, each one-upping the other at every turn.
Eventually, they both make one final charge at each other.
They get closer and closer, ready to strike…
Liz: Then Tyrande comes in and casts Holy Nova until they’re both down for the count and walks away because she doesn’t care who’s the captain of the jousting team.
Mitch: At the last second, Cardboard Assassin appears, taking advantage of both duelists’ exhaustion. Cardboard Assassin is the new captain of the jousting team!
Liz: Honestly, I’m intrigued that you think Thrall does anything other than mope these days.
Mitch: He mopes until he’s challenged. Then he cheats.
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