The Queue: Fancy meeting you here

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

You know, I probably should’ve expected Bwonsamdi would show up if I managed to get in over my head on Zandalar, but the thought hadn’t actually occurred to me until it happened. I mean, I guess I’d be annoyed with his little jabs, but he’s got one of the best voices in the game so I don’t exactly mind listening to his chitchat.

Let’s answer some questions, shall we?

Yes – if all you’re looking for is Pathfinder credit, you just need to reach Revered on a single character. Once you’ve finished the Pathfinder achievement, it’s unlocked for all characters on your account. However, if you want to purchase rep-locked items for your alts, you’ll need to grind out the reputation on those alts — the reputation itself isn’t account-wide, just the achievement.

Well keep in mind this isn’t the first time a racial faction has been split — Garrosh’s actions in Mists of Pandaria resulted in open rebellion, and your characters were most certainly pitted against him regardless of whether or not you were playing an Orc. There’s something a little similar coming into play with the Forsaken, but it’s not entirely out of place. The novel Before the Storm showed us one small group of Forsaken who, while happy to follow Sylvanas, didn’t necessarily agree with all of her sentiments. It’s entirely likely there are more Forsaken out there who feel the same way…although their willingness to speak up and say so within earshot of the Dark Lady has likely been greatly reduced after the events of Before the Storm.

Is it railroading? Maybe a little, but it’s for the sake of the story being told. Mists ended up with a pretty great story in the end, I expect Battle for Azeroth will have the same. And keep in mind, if you’re looking at this from the perspective of a Forsaken roleplayer, you don’t have to have your character follow the path they’ve been given via questing and gameplay. I remember more than one Garrosh-loyalist group on my roleplaying server during Mists. Sure, they eventually met with bitter ends, but man was that a fun story for all of them to play out while it was current content.

Make sure you complete the Jaina storyline that takes place after you’ve hit max level and completed all three zone storylines. There’s some information to be found there, including a more extended introduction to the Thornspeakers. In addition, keep an eye out for Drust Stele scattered around Drustvar. It’s for the achievement Drust the Facts, Ma’am — each Stele will give you a little more history into the Drust and what they’re all about.

No, because it’s “vision” — you’re seeing through another’s eyes, but you aren’t hearing their thoughts. It’s sort of like the Priest version of that old Hunter’s spell Eyes of the Beast (which I still wish they’d bring back) except you don’t even have control of the person you’re seeing through. They’re still controlling the camera, you’re just observing where they go. Mind Control, on the other hand…maybe you could make a case for that.

Her voice actress didn’t change — she’s been voiced by Grey DeLisle since she was first introduced in Mists. She might sound a little bit different in terms of speech and mannerisms, but you could easily chalk that up, game-wise, to the fact that when we first met Taoshi, we were strangers from distant lands that weren’t necessarily friends or allies. Since then, we’ve earned her trust, so maybe her speech has shifted a bit. Sort of like how anyone in a customer service position has “customer voice” and the voice they use at home.

It’s entirely possible, and it’s a theory that Rossi and I have kicked around before. Magni was called to speak to Azeroth, and he’s always been under the assumption that the world soul is who he’s been speaking to. But if the world soul has already been corrupted, that means that Magni’s essentially just having an extended chat with an agent of the Old Gods. Initially I thought it was an interesting theory, but after Magni’s comic…well I’m not really sure anymore.

She seems to be leading us down a definitive path where we fix her. But are we fixing her so that she’s all good and purified again, or are we fixing her on behalf of the Old Gods, so that once she’s all put back together, terrible things will happen? That’s a question we don’t have an answer to just yet — we’re going to have to wait and see to find out.

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!