The Queue: Tour guest

So how’s Torghast going for you all? The Shadestalkers this week are unbelievably overtuned, if you ask me, but whichever one doesn’t have them (totally blanking right now) feels a lot more difficult so. Rough week overall if you’re trying to push. I currently have a love/hate relationship with the place because hoo boy is it fun to get Catharsticks + health buffs and just one-shot things, but that build is dependent on, well, getting Catharsticks and health buffs. Without them, my runs feel like a non-starter.

Anyhow, enough about Torghast. Let’s Queue.

If I remember correctly, Layer 2 was buffed recently, not Layer 3… so I’d go for Layer 3 and hope you get some good Anima Powers.

Also, time permitting, I’m always happy to tag along for a Torghast run on Horde (NA) side. My current best is Layer 7 (item level 180).

Any of the Adventures that say “Campaign” are actually… not part of your Covenant campaign, as best as I can tell. It’s honestly a little confusing, but unless a quest specifically says “Complete this Adventure,” you’re probably safe just working on Renown and whatever quests your Covenant folks are giving you.

Oh man, this is a tough one. With the usual caveat that I may very well be forgetting something…

• Fruits: Clementines, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, and limes.
• Veggies: Garlic, onion, red pepper… uhmm… pumpkins. But mostly so I could carve them whenever I wanted.
• Cheeses: White cheddar, Pepper Jack, mozzarella, and uhh… well those are my three favorites. Oh, actually provolone. I’ll let the fifth one be a surprise.
• Meats: Tofu! It’s every meat. I’ll take mine in chicky nugg form, breaded, fried, or in miso.

Two answers, one less exciting than the other: First, because gameplay > lore. Sometimes, you just need to suspend your disbelief and roll with the fact that the current toughest boss in the game is wearing tiny hats on his horns.

The other answer is because these characters celebrated these holidays in life, and the afterlife (cruel though it may be) is at least kind enough to let them keep this vestige of their old life with them. When it comes to the Kyrian, I’m just gonna assume some Mawsworn with their memories decided to swoop in during the night and decorate, like some kind of evil, jolly Santa.

If I remember correctly, most of that stuff starts at Chillwind Point for the Alliance. I haven’t tried with the new leveling system, but you used to be able to use the Adventure Guide or Command Boards to direct you to places. I imagine Chromie Time has changed that slightly, however…

In any case, try Chillwind Point. If not there, Andorhal.

It’s a bit harder answering this after playing the beta, but I think Maldraxxus is probably the place that I was most surprised by — for a couple reasons.

Before I ever played it, I had wildly different expectations for what it would be. I was not expecting a militaristic, “defenders of the Shadowlands”-style zone. I don’t entirely know what I expected, but it wasn’t that. So at first, that actually was a negative surprise, because military stuff isn’t usually my thing.

But then I was surprised once more at how much I still love Maldraxxus. Sure, it’s the military arm of the Shadowlands, but it doesn’t really feel like that. Also, the Campaign is shaping up to be way cooler than I expected.

As a side note, I wouldn’t say it “completely defied” my expectations, but the Adventure system has been… not as exciting as I’d hoped. It’s supposed to be an auto-battler, but without the turn-by-turn aspect, it’s just a more confusing Mission Table with a frustrating system that de-levels troops and has more information (like auto-attacks) available in the app than in the game. It has potential, but it’s not living up to it right now.

I chose a bad day to answer this one, because last night, I had cereal. I almost went for breaded tofu and eggs, but um… I got lazy.

That’s our Queue for today. Join me next week as we celebrate almost-Winter Veil together! Also please ask Liz lots of questions <3