The Queue: Wanna get Wyrd?

I’ve just come from a big tour of the local craft brewery scene, and boy, are my arms tired! For my second year in a row, and fourth overall, the local brewers have put on a celebration of the weirdest beers that they can make. I’ve drank cricket beer, ice cream beer, and ice cream float beer, donut beer, chicken wing beer, and even an absinthe barleywine! One of them was garnished with a scorpion! Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the first 100 people to show up for prizes, so I didn’t get a cool medal — but I think I made the right choice to not stand outside longer in -20 °C weather for that. It was a long, strange, and strangely delicious trip. Nothing was truly awful, and the ice cream beers were really good, although I could do without crickets floating in my drink. I can’t wait to see what they get up to next year!

While I take a much-needed drink of water, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I’m sure that this system had many detractors and fights inside of Blizzard as they were getting it set up and tested internally. It’s my least favorite part of the housing system. I know that limits can help with creativity, but sometimes a piece is just so expensive to buy multiple copies of that you’ll never be able to make the Old God-themed room of your dreams (nightmares.) I wouldn’t be surprised to see this relaxed in the future, but if that were to occur, it might come with an increase to the base cost of items as a balance measure. Maybe they’ll just make it so you buy packs of five things at once, and that’ll help with the cost.

I can remember most of the big ones from Classic Warcraft. Y’know, the first time you accidentally run into Burning Steppes, your first cave experience, or your first time watching Murlocs go get more Murlocs. However, I think with the renewed talk about the Mage Tower since the prepatch hit, the death(s) that are sticking out in my memory are my first attempts at Highlord Kruul for my Werebear form.

It took me 107 attempts back in Legion. The first few went em-bear-assingly quickly. But through perseverance and lots of gold spent on repairs and consumables, I was finally able to become the best bear I could be. More than once I cursed at how easy it was for Demon Hunters to avoid the knockbacks of the fight by just using their wings. Which was just a theory, until I proved it on my own Demon Hunter later.

It was at once a great fight full of challenging mechanics that truly pushed me to my tanking limits, and an unfair pile of garbage that was designed by a drunken monkey. Still, I won’t ever forget the relief I had when I realized that Kruul was falling over and I was somehow still standing. 

This is great advice to anyone who drives in snowy climates. Your car should have some supplies in it! Something to keep you warm, something to help get snow out from around your tires, and something to help melt ice around those tires as well! I’ve had a rough blanket in the back of my car forever and have used it to try and get some extra traction on slippery surfaces more than once. Which obviously kinda worked, since I’m here talking to you now and not doing my best Jack Nicholson impression from The Shining somewhere in a ditch.

Congratulations! Also, thanks for being here!!

Now you know how long 20,000 takes — time to see if you can beat your record for the next 20k. We’re all rooting for you!

My own comment number is much lower, at least on the site itself. If you look at our Discord, though, I’ve got comments coming out the wazoo!

Today, Bacardi is a little distracted, attempting to maul the hanging toy in his new tube. Rest assured, he’ll be totally focused when it’s time to get you shiny new loot in our first week of Midnight pre-patch vaults. The kind of loot that will give you the extra oomph to come out swinging extra hard at the minions of Xal’atath, or maybe give you the last bit of help you need to get a leg up on Dimensius.

Would you rather?

Get unlimited free appetizers any time you went to a restaraunt

Or

Get unlimited free desserts any time you went to a restaraunt

Today’s Anna Earworm™: Silver Springs

Stay warm out there, folks! We’re almost through the worst of winter, but not quite. Until then, help Anna out by leaving her lots of questions for her Queue tomorrow!