The Queue

Hello and welcome to another edition of Mitch Monday. The good news is that I’m here, ready to be Mitch for your reading pleasure. The bad news is, well, basically everything else.

Let’s dive into that last sentence, shall we?

As I write this it’s my birthday. As you read it, it’s the day after my birthday. That’s how things go sometimes. Anyway, here I am, here you are. Let us discuss things.

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No yolk you guys, I may have cracked and mislaid my original Queue header for today. But while I was scrambling and thinking over easy ways to whisk up a new one, I remembered that eggstraordinary NPC in Krokuun who will happily replay any Argus cinematic, and I hatched a plan to exeggcute what is probably one of the best screenshots I’ve taken to date. I’m so glad I didn’t chicken out and scratch this idea.

Omelette you absorb this, but before you start showering me with what I’m sure will be several dozen eggcellent accolades, let me answer your questions, okay?

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!

While doing the umpteenth run through of Suramar’s quest chain, I happened to look up at the right moment and notice…this painting. It’s a turtle, but it’s a glowing turtle. And sure, those candles could be just for more reading light, but they almost look like a shrine to the glowing turtle. What’s the turtle for? Why’s it glowing? Most importantly, why is this not a Battle Pet already? Inquiring minds want to know, Blizzard.

You guys also have some inquiring minds, so let’s just answer your questions while we’re here, sans turtle-confusion.

It’s day 2 of Mitchqueuing and it’s also the release of Antorus’ first LFR wing. Happy Tuesday, folks, I hope it’s a good one! What’s your favorite Tuesday tradition? Mine is reading titles out loud before pondering what they sound like when spoken.

Side note: Lots of controversy in yesterday’s Queue regarding Teldrassil’s burning. I went back and watched the What’s Next panel — Afrasiabi said, “Why are the Horde burning Teldrassil? Why are the Alliance attacking the Undercity? It doesn’t matter who fired the first shot…” Maybe something was said elsewhere by a different dev, but I’m taking Afrasiabi’s word as truth since he’s ultimately the one who makes these calls.

So yeah, lots of room for interpretation with that, especially since “who fired the first shot” could refer to a third party. My bad on that. But at least I have a new article idea!

Eonar’s room in Antorus is downright gorgeous. Naturally, I had to Mitch it up a little bit with a giant, flying spider. Azeroth is in good hands… err, legs. Eight of ’em!

Oh, right. I’m not Adam. I’m Mitch!

You have a week to prepare.

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.