The Queue: I don’t know how ice works

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All Artifact Power comes from usable items which go in your bags. I vaguely recall some quests applying Artifact Power directly to your weapon, but even I think I’m mistaken. Those quests probably gave on-use items as well. At one point in the beta, you could click the item, then click the Artifact upon which you wanted to use it, but that’s no longer the case. When you use it, it applies to your currently equipped artifact. So you’ll want to be in the appropriate spec and have the artifact equipped when you use the items.

Speculation says July 19 or July 26. It’s only speculation, there have been no confirmations in either direction, but it’s reasonable speculation. That would give us one month with the patch prior to the official launch of Legion which is roughly what we expect, and what the devs have suggested.

Any globes you see in-game should be considered non-canon. As I recall, the story writers didn’t want globes in-game, but the artists insisted for aesthetic purposes. They look cool, but they aren’t accurate. The writers would rather forego globes to maintain freedom to expand the world. If the globes are considered canon, then we’ve seen the entire world of Azeroth already and nothing more can be added. If the globes aren’t canon, there remains the possibility of islands, or entire continents, we haven’t seen before. If we ignore the globes — as the writers would prefer — it’s entirely possible we’ve only seen a fraction of the world. Maybe we’ve only seen one hemisphere. Who knows?

The globes look pretty, but they provide no information which should be considered concrete or canonical.

I couldn’t stand Windows 8, either. I’ve enjoyed Windows 10 much better. There was certainly a week or two there where I got frustrated with the transition, but once I’d figured out where the OS stuck certain things I wanted/needed to find, everything was fine. Windows 10 behaves as you would want Windows to behave. You push the Windows key, the Start menu for a desktop PC opens, not some wacky phone touchscreen wannabe.

Windows 8 was an exercise in frustration which didn’t end until I took the Windows 10 upgrade. Now, I’m happy again.

I don’t like the Retribution Paladin rotation in Legion. I can pinpoint quite what it is, but it feels off — something about the rhythm doesn’t agree with me. I haven’t enjoyed playing a paladin at all in the Legion beta, so it’s likely my paladin won’t be my main once the patch/expansion hits.

Your feelings on Outlaw are interesting to me, because I actually hoped they would go farther with the pirate theme. I thought the concept was really cool, but they’re pirate-y in name only, really. The gameplay doesn’t feel “pirate.” The spells names are thematically appropriate, but the gameplay effect is minimal. It’s the old Combat Rogue but a bit shinier. I liked Combat Rogue, so I’m okay with it essentially being the same thing, I just would’ve like to see what an actual pirate-y class would be like.

I… don’t understand your ice cube tray comparison. Is there a technique to filling up an ice cube tray? I just turn on the faucet, spew water in there, and dump a little bit out if it’s too full. I’m not sure how that correlates to leveling professions. No comprende.

If you’re basing your experience with professions off of Engineering alone, do recall Engineering is weird. Engineering tends to use strange materials from strange places, and when an Engineering item is based around group or raid content, it’ll expect a group or raid to contribute. That said, professions in Legion do seem to have a greater emphasis on the server economy — last I looked, anyway. Blacksmithing requires lots of ore, yes, but it will also ask for leather. You’ll either need to find someone to trade with, buy it off of the auction house, or have an alt with skinning.

Given other professions will also have uses for that ore, trading or buying/selling will be more efficient than having the alt army, I think.