The Queue: Happy Mother's Day
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) will be your host today.
Call your mom -- she wants to hear from you.
@ConMoro on Twitter asked:
geographically, are mop zones large? or just average size but packed with interesting things to see?
The zones in Mists of Pandaria are large and spacious. In fact, I was very much impressed with how many open spaces there are and just ... How do I put this? Running room? I liked the sprawl of Hillsbrad and the expanse of Arathi. Big zones are good, and Mists of Pandaria has got some pretty big, sprawly zones. When Blizzard first discussed the zone layout, I immediately hoped for more Dragonblights, since I'm the only person who apparently loves large zones with disparate stories found all over them. Or not!
@wowkesler on Twitter asked:
My Question is when will Mike Sacco eat a hat like he has promised to do on two episodes of the wow insider show?!
Sacco has come down with a case of the Hat Frights and will not be eating any hats at this time.
AbabakarOctopuce asked:
Why does the Blackhorn fight take place on the Alliance ship, even for Horde champions? I'm curious about this, especially since Thrall is the main lore protagonist of Deathwing's demise.
The cutscene immediately before you load up onto the Alliance ship shows Deathwing getting clipped by the Dragon Soul and taking out his anger by knocking the Horde airship out of the sky. Don't press escape immediately next time and you will see the cool cinematics!
Nocjin asked:
Hi, I recently heard that if you agree to sub to WoW for a year you get a free copy of D3. As I'm very low on cash atm and want to give the Diablo franchise a go I'm very interested in this, but after spending half an hour on the EU site looking I can't find any option to sign up for it. Am I blocking a popup somewhere for it or does it not start till after D3 is released?
The WoW Annual Pass promotion ended May 1. It was pretty successful, all things considered, so I would expect something similar in the future.
jbl916 asked:
I notice not too many sites are talking specifics about Pandaria lore from tge 85+ quests likely to avoid spoilers. Without too much spoiling can you give a few topics that carry over from the 'big picture' in Pandaria (ex titans, old gods, burning legion)? Ive been worried since they announced Pandaria that it would be a bubble of new stuff and no old mysteries would be tied in.
Mists of Pandaria is very, very World of Warcraft. Anything you've come to love and expect in terms of tone, color, direction, gameplay, and mechanics are all there. Story-wise, it's familiar and foreign at the same time, and that's why it works. Topics such as the nature of the earliest races on Azeroth are touched on, and hopefully we will learn more about the Old Gods and the aqir from the mantid.
tor.fantasy asked:
I know this isn't Wow related but with diablo 3 coming out this Tuesday and being someone who waits to the last minute for everything I have been browsing the internet and cannot find the colectors edition of D3 anywhere. Do you think retailers who say sold out online will still have more copies for those who go to the store at midnight?
Best Buy might be your best bet. Back when Cataclysm came out, there were plenty of CEs at my local Best Buy (and Target, now that I'm remembering) on launch day/night. I can't promise you anything, and you're going to want to call ahead, but the big retailers are the ones most likely to have extras for their shelf displays.
Again, not a promise, but it can't hurt to call Best Buy and Target on Tuesday.
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