The Queue

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!

Not only did I finally get a Monk to 110 over the weekend, I managed to complete the Monk class mount quests while I was at it. I’m pretty sure this has been my favorite class mount chain so far — I really enjoyed returning to Pandaria for a little while. And Ban-Lu is basically the best mount I could ask for. He says hello every time I summon him! He doesn’t have wings, he just…floats!

He’s an excellent kitty. I like him a lot. But let’s get to your questions!

I’m basically never ahead of the curve, and I’ve learned to live with that. In fact, I’m pretty much always behind the curve. (And where is this curve, anyway? I’m probably really behind it.) But what’s there to do about it? It’s either carve a bunch more hours of playtime out of a packed schedule or live with it. I do the latter.

I don’t usually use this space to give shout-outs, but my (relatively new-ish) raid team added an extra night of raiding this week to get Kil’Jaeden down before Antorus released. We managed to down him on Sunday night, but because it was an off-night, a few important team members weren’t able to be there.

So what did we do? We went back in last night and got that [frolicker] down again. Not only was it cool to down him a second time (seriously, that guy sucks), but it was even cooler that so many people were willing to put in the time to earn a few more people the Ahead of the Curve achievement. It’s one of those things that reminds you how awesome a guild can be.

Now, it’s Queue time.

In writing the Queue today it got me thinking about loot boxes … and in the answer below I’m only scratching the surface I think. Look for a bit more detailed editorial on the subject from me in the future; there’s something to be said for the good, and not-so-good, ways that Blizzard is handling them.

Up here it was just a Thursday, but down there y’all were being thankful for stuff. Hopefully you had a good holiday — if you did not, well, I hope things kick up and you have a good weekend. Let’s do the Queue, everyone.

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!

The Rogue Class Hall in the Underbelly is a safe haven for Rogues actively avoiding being turkeyfied…unless their fellow Rogues happen to be toting a turkey-shooter. Fun story though — the whole Class Hall is full of Rogues, yet you can’t actually shoot any NPCs. I mean…a Rogue is a Rogue, right Blizzard?

Come on. Griftah’s been asking for it all expansion. Lemme make him gobble gobble.

If we can agree on anything, we can agree on the fact that the Queue — and, really, the game — could use about a thousand times more Gnomes. Because, come on, Gnomes! We’re adorable, we’re deadly, and you really need to watch out for your ankles if you piss us off. What’s not to love?

…I don’t wanna talk about it.

Do I have to say anything beyond the title? I don’t think so.

For Gnomeregan!

Sorry, this Queue isn’t written by a dinosaur.

I know, I’m disappointed too.