The Queue: Advanced tactics

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Far be it from me to question the expertise of the Alliance military. I mean, you guys presumably know your stuff and everything. But um…I feel like I should point out that Southshore isn’t a thing anymore. I mean, it hasn’t been around for quite some time. You know, because of that whole…blight plague thing. So uh, maybe we should be getting our hands on some updated maps, you think? I mean like I said I’m no expert, but it’s just a suggestion.

It’s the same for all characters with a particular profession — the same quests exist for everyone. There are world quests out there though — one of my characters has Herbalism, and every now and again she’ll run into a quest to pick a jumbo-sized plant. I’m guessing those are randomly distributed, as in you aren’t going to get the same world quests every day, but I don’t really know for certain. The quests are definitely a lot more interesting than anything we’ve seen before, though — so far, they seem to involve getting out in the world a lot more, which I kind of appreciate.

Chromie’s hair has been depicted differently in a few different pieces of promotional art — most people seem to think she’s a platinum blonde, but I kind of lean one step beyond that. I think her hair is more of a translucent white. It picks up the color of the lighting around her. So those images where she looked like she had red hair, or yellow-blonde? That was just a reflection of the lighting.

…you know, I hadn’t thought of that.

Chromie: “Where did you get that magic device?”

Tracer: “That’s not magic, it’s science! It’s a chronal accelerator. My friend Winston made it for me!”

Chromie: “Is he a dragon?”

Tracer: “Don’t be silly! …he’s a genetically enhanced gorilla. From the moon!”

Or, you know, some completely different banter — but hey, whatever they put together should be pretty entertaining!

That’s…actually a pretty interesting idea. Kind of like what they’re doing with PVP in Legion — PVP has its own talent trees and it’s own separate methods of “leveling.” Making the leveling experience its own separate, kind of inclusive experience that opens up once you hit max level could be a way to even out the leveling experience while keeping it fresh — and endgame could then be allocated as its own game, rather than the end point of the leveling experience. I don’t know if it’s something that they’d ever do, but I like the idea, anyway!

Getting a visual update of environmental scenery, you mean? I think that’d be nice — it’s not exactly what I’d call a high-priority change, but it’d be nice to see something done to visually update those old PVP playgrounds.

It’s personal loot — you can see who gets what loot, it flashes up on the screen in aesthetically pleasing boxes, but you don’t need to roll against your fellow party members to compete for loot anymore.

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!