The Queue: The Goggles, they do something

Honestly, it’s really freaking bright in the Badlands around Night City and there’s a lot of sandstorms, I feel like goggles would be very practical there.

I’m afraid the entirety of yesterday’s Queue is going to be about a boat, but maybe I’ll get luck and there will be some questions.

I kind of wish they’d steal the Diablo 3 follower system that just got implemented this week and have Hunter and Warlock pets wear armor. Warlock pets could use weapons as well, but to balance that out, Hunter pets could choose between one of three talents every twenty or so levels, for a total of three talents by level 60. One of the talents would be choosing between plate, mail and leather armor, and would add specific benefits based on that choice — plate pets would get higher armor, for example.

Warlock pets would just wear mail. I’m not married to a Warlock so I don’t have to think as hard about what they should get for their pets.

I basically proposed exactly that, except I included Templars in the mix, so I’d probably be okay with it. I’ve long thought a Zealot class that combined aspects of the various ‘holy warrior’ archetypes in the Diablo setting, letting you play as a Paladin type, a Crusader type, or a Templar would be pretty ideal.

Granny Smith, the Shattrath Fruit Vendor.

I love that her name is a joke.

I love that she angered Cro Threadstrong to the point he was screaming incoherent threats about destroying her, but refused to believe it was her.

I love that she’s apparently a member of the Uncrowned, or at least hung around with them in Legion.

I often wish I could have gotten my wife the Animal Crossing Switch.

That’s pretty much all I have to say about the Switch, I don’t own one, I’ve never played a game on one, I’m not particularly interested in one, but I do enjoy seeing people excited and happy about theirs so I hope you get new joycons soon.

But sadly, no sundae this Queue. You came close though.

Maybe they forgot it was Tuesday? I mean, I appreciated having something to talk about on the podcast that wasn’t Hearthstone. I don’t play much of it, so I never know what to say. Maybe Red should be on the podcast some week so he can talk about Hearthstone and I can sit back and relax.

He was the Armsmaster of the Brotherhood of the Horse, a powerful knightly order that at one time had a headquarters in Medivh’s tower, Karazhan. The sword Ashkandi was Lothar’s blade at one point in his life.

Anduin Lothar was captured by Ogres while trying to find the Tome of Divinity and spent 20 months captured in the Deadmines. This led to numerous Orc victories during the First War as Lothar wasn’t there to lead the forces of Stormwind or the Brotherhood of the Horse in battle.

Anduin Lothar was bald in his later years.

It has not been established in canon that Taria Wrynn was Anduin Lothar’s sister. If she was, then it seems that her descendants don’t count as ‘true’ descendants of Thoradin, first of the Arathi kings. Because if Taria Wrynn was Anduin Lothar’s sister, then Varian and Anduin Wrynn are Lothar’s nephew and grand-nephew, respectively, and thus descend from Thoradin.

I personally think they should just establish it as canon, if only because I would like that connection.

Well, a few things.

First, the Dark Irons didn’t worship a being of fire and destruction. He blew up their city, forced them to live in bondage to him or die, and infested their underground fallback bastion with raging elementals and threatened them with utter annihilation if they didn’t serve him.

They were slaves.

Now, Moira still had to deal with a conspiracy by several Dark Iron that tried to assassinate her, fought for years with various members of the Dark Irons who were loyal to Ragnaros and his minions, and used her son’s claim to the throne like a bludgeon to drag them kicking and screaming into something like membership in a joined Dwarven nation, but it’s true that the process hasn’t been the central part of any WoW expansion. We have not had World of Warcraft: Let’s Focus On The Dwarves yet.

There is a certain amount of broad strokes storytelling involved in World of Warcraft, and some things end up in the background for a while. I mean, I still have no idea where the Forsaken live — okay, not live, they’re not doing any of that, but where do the Forsaken keep their stuff? Do they all just hang out in Orgrimmar? Are they scattered through Tirisfal and the Plaguelands?

We haven’t seen much about the Night Elves, either. We’ve heard a few things about them living in and around Mount Hyjal now, but that’s basically it. To a degree, this is because the Warcraft setting and especially World of Warcraft needs some things to remain as background details — we can’t focus on everything. It’s an extremely big game with a lot happening, and inevitably we as players will be interested in something that doesn’t get the focus we personally would prefer.

I mean, you think the Bronzebeard’s and Ironforge are ‘lawful good’ when they usurped the reign of the Anvilmar family, despite living Anvilmars existing to the present day, because they felt power would be better in their hands. That’s fascinating, but we’re likely not going to get a dungeon or raid or long quest chain about restoring the Anvilmar dynasty, or thwarting their attempt to return to power.

Okay. That’s the Queue for today. Sadly, no one got a sundae.

Make sure to ask some questions for Mitch, y’all.