Elizabeth Harper

You know the feeling. You’ve gotten a new hat and you just have to wear it somewhere, even though you’re in a city full of extremely judgmental elves. You can’t just stay inside with such a fabulous new hat. You have to go out and find some weirdos to appreciate it with you.

And that’s all I have to say about the May Trading Post, which went live this morning. (Though any comments complementing my hat are welcome.)

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where we usually do not talk about hats this much, but there are trying times. Let’s get to the questions.

I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but I am a little surprised at this week's one hour scheduled server maintenance.

Last week we had WoW patch 12.0.5, and this week we have Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred (patch 3.0.0).

It’s like I was just here, but here I am again. Are we stuck in a time loop? Am I trapped in an eternal Thursday? I guess I’ll find out if tomorrow never comes.

But for now, this is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I try to answer your questions and then we argue about it in the comments. Let’s get to it!

I don’t know if there are any frogs in Diablo 4. I haven’t noticed any, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there. So even though we’re largely talking about Diablo today, we will have to make do with this very ordinary and not at all harmful Warcraft frog. It’s probably fine.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column in which I answer your questions and we all hang out in the comments section to argue about it. Let’s get to it.

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred is due out on April 27 in North and South America (April 28 in the rest of the world), but I've already had a chance to play through the game, and I loved it.

Though WoW patch 12.0.5 is just a minor patch, it's having a big impact on this week's maintenance schedule: modern WoW servers are scheduled to be offline all day, though WoW Classic just has an hour of downtime.

Last week was quiet, but this week is packed with new things to do as World of Warcraft launches patch 12.0.5 and we gear up for Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred's launch next week.

Fish are always up to something, and while Warcraft has several talking fish, I’m extremely concerned about the addition of fishing to Diablo 4 in the upcoming expansion. What kind of fish will we find in Sanctuary? What will they whisper in our ears? Will we replace the Cow Level with a Fish Level?

I have so many concerns.

But for now, this is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I answer your questions and we all get to hang out in the comments and chat. Let’s get to it.

It's another quick maintenance day for World of Warcraft, with just an hour of downtime scheduled for all servers.