The Queue: Once more into the breach

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Alpha is an interesting place where the reality of the game world only half exists. One moment you’re traversing through what looks like a perfectly solid tunnel, the next you’re falling through a wonderland of textures to your certain demise.

But hey, it makes for some crazy screenshots, so it’s not all bad, right?

It’s never been addressed, and this is certainly the first I’ve heard of that theory. But considering Tyrathan was injured out near Serpent’s Heart in the Jade Forest, and Dog was found all the way in Halfhill in the Valley of the Four Winds, I’d call it…not-so-likely. The sha really did a number on Tyrathan and his entire party, and from what I recall, he was the sole survivor.

…and if Dog is his pet, he can’t have him back. The puppy is mine now, forever and ever.

I feel like I should point out that I only have two max level Rogues, not characters — I currently have seven characters at 110 I believe, and I’m working on number eight. Or nine. I lose track! I usually approach characters the other way around though. I’ll pick a class and race I want to play, and then come up with an idea of why they’re out and about in the world.

I don’t RP with all of my characters, some of them I just level for the sake of leveling, and then forget about once they’ve gotten maxed out and geared enough to make me happy. But they all have stories in my head, and I make sure to fill out their RP profiles with whatever little tidbits I feel like disclosing. Even the bank alt.

The sole exception to this is the most recent alt, a Nightborne I made who I already had a story for and ended up being a Rogue because…well, it made the most sense within the context of the story I cooked up. So now I’ll have three Rogues at max level, two Horde, one Alliance.

It’d be nice, but I haven’t seen any as of yet on alpha. We’re still super early in alpha development though, so there’s still a chance of flails making an appearance. I’d hate to think they went to all the trouble of developing flail physics only to use them once or twice, you know?

Aggramar was Sargeras’ lieutenant, back in the day before Sargeras went bonkers. Both he and Sargeras didn’t have a particular domain. Their jobs didn’t involve ordering worlds, they were champions of the Pantheon, meant to defend the worlds the Titans had ordered. Note that the Pillar of Creation associated with Aggramar is the Aegis of Aggramar — a shield. It’s pretty much a reflection of Aggramar’s role in regards to the Pantheon. While he originally started as Sargeras’ lieutenant, he ended up taking over the champion role when Sargeras ditched the Pantheon entirely.

As for his flame-powers, that could either be chalked up to enhancement delivered courtesy of the Burning Legion after his corruption, or just be chalked up as to his weapon of choice. His sword, Taeshalach, translates to “Flame Rend” according to the RPG books, so the fire might be a natural extension of that.

I have not, because these kinds of things cost cash I don’t currently have to spend on floofs at the moment. However, I have seen him in-game being ridden around, and he’s a firm 12/10 on scale of good dogs.

It depends on the character I’m playing. Like I said above, all of my characters generally have a story, whether I roleplay with them or not. Usually the story dictates the gear. It’s rare that I’ll use the entirety of a tier set when I create an outfit — I tend to mix and match different sets for something that looks not quite as cohesive. The pieces all look good together and compliment each other, but they aren’t necessarily from the same set. Part of it is just a weird aesthetics thing in my head where I want my character’s outfits to look like something they deliberately chose to put together, rather than something that was designed to match. Like they put some thought into whatever it is they happen to be wearing, you know?

I hope so! I’ve got my fingers crossed for at least one new audio drama, maybe some animated shorts, and hopefully some short stories. I miss the days we got boatloads of short stories in Cataclysm and Mists, I’d love to see them make a return! I wouldn’t mind more comics, either — but the short stories tended to be more involved plot-wise, so I prefer those.

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!