The Queue: I’ve seen some things

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I completed the Alliance portion of the Broken Shore event earlier this week on the alpha, and emerged…different than before. For one thing, my hair was never that color. Also, I appear to have lost most of it. And apparently my poor character was so appalled by the goings-on that she decided to plaster her face in leather. Alpha’s kind of weird. Let’s get to your questions!

Fun story, and not really a spoiler — we have yet to see Illidan anywhere on the Legion alpha. Or at least I haven’t seen a peep out of him yet. But based solely on what I read in the Illidan novel, I honestly don’t think he would. He doesn’t seem to care about his old life at all, or the people he left behind — he’s far more concerned with what he’s working on. It’s way more important than his stinky-pawed-eagle-feathered-deer-hat brother ever was.

It’s mostly the order in which you acquire spells. Some of those really early spells you get can’t actually be used for anything because they apply to a spell you don’t have yet, and won’t have for quite some time. Group healing is really funky at early levels, and some healers don’t have enough in their introductory toolkit to keep people alive.

And then there’s just the pacing in general — each zone has a cool story, but it’s not a story you ever see the end of. Even without heirlooms or other items that increase your XP gain, you still end up out-leveling the zone and moving on before you “finish” it. All of which piles together to create an experience that feels largely disjointed at best.

Far Sight is super useful! I use it primarily for snagging cool screenshots, which doesn’t really have any effect on gameplay, but I’ve also used it to scout ahead. You can chain cast Far Sight to hop from point to point — which is pretty useful in situations with complicated pulls, situations where you’re trying to keep an eye on a patrolling pack, or even in PVP, where you can use it to scout around the map or check the opposing team’s flag room for defenders from a convenient and safely hidden spot.

Oddly enough, the tank classes seem to work best for me. I say oddly because every other game I’ve played, I’ve loved playing the stealthy or fast-paced snipers and assassin types. But with Overwatch, I like the characters that have a little more survivability. Winston and Reinhardt are my two favorites, but I like playing with Bastion and Mei, too.

I asked Matticus, our local expert, and he had the following suggestions:

In no particular order:

• N’Zoth: Neutral, and provides a powerful win condition in deathrattle themed Paladin, Rogue, and Hunter decks
• Twin Emperor Vek’lor: Has been stylistically referred to as the new Dr. Boom. Getting C’Thun to at least 10 attack is laughably simple. Guaranteed staple in any C’Thun oriented deck.
• Fandral Staghelm: Excellent option in Druid based decks. His ability also doubles as a built in taunt and provides a nice turn 4 option (or you can get him out earlier with Innervates).
• Ragnaros, Lightlord: Virtually required in the new Paladin N’Zoth deck. Gives you much added longevity combined with Forbidden Healing allowing you to go head to head with other control decks and out last them.
• Princess Huhuran: If you still have extra dust, consider her highness. She can be played on curve even without solid Deathrattle drops on board.
• Xaril: Want to play Rogue? You’re going to want Xaril. This insect isn’t in your deck because it’s a 3/2. It’s more for the two random Toxin cards that can affect the board.

We don’t know, and we probably won’t know until we can do character copies and test it with characters that have the reputation, and the tabards.

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!