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Welcome back to [hide]The Queue[/hide], the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. [hide]Alex Ziebart[/hide] will be your host today.

Last night, I finally had a solid Zul’Gurub group — the very first one since patch 4.1. Now that I’ve been able to topple the place in a good, solid group that was willing to take its time and actually experience the instance, I have to give props to Blizzard for the amount of effort it put into the zone. All of the little optional mobs and bosses are very cool, and it felt a little like classic WoW again. You are actually rewarded for exploring and doing more than going from Boss A to Boss B.

I know I tend to rail on how dry WoW instances tend to feel nowadays, so I felt I should give Blizzard a high-five for the work the developers put into this one. Good job, team.

raingod asked:

I’ve noticed since Firelands dropped my queue time wait looking for a group has dropped considerably for regular dungeons. I mean from 10-20 min (I’m dps) to under 5. Have they tweaked this or have I gotten very lucky this week?[hide]Continue reading The Queue: July 4[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: July 4[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Mama always said that you shouldn’t stop and pull out a map in a bad neighborhood. «I was sure that last portal would finally connect to Garrosh’s mom’s bedroom, but this can’t be right,» writes [hide]Halrandir[/hide] of [hide]Midnight Cartel[/hide] on Elune (US-A). «Maybe if I’d taken a left at the ley line cluster? Oh, great. Excuse me, but will you please get out of my light before I move you myse—«

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Filed under: [hide]Around Azeroth[/hide][hide]Around Azeroth: Directionally challenged[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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This [hide]Breakfast Topic[/hide] has been brought to you by [hide]Seed[/hide], the AOL guest writer program that brings [hide]your words[/hide] to WoW Insider’s pages.

I created a draenei hunter. All of my friends had been telling me how great the World of Warcraft was and how we could rule our realm! Well, I logged in, and no one was on. I learned all about the beauty of the Isles of Azuremyst and Bloodmyst. Having made it to level 15, I found that my friends had still never logged in.

I called my friends. They claimed that real life had invaded; a WoW killer was taking up their free time. They were tired with all the changes in the game. Before you knew it, I was level 40. Someone was kind and bought me my first mount. My friends had barely logged in for over two months. Honestly, they never really logged on again on my server. That was four years ago.

With all my friends leaving, I left WoW, too. About a month later, I logged back on and found a guild that was willing to teach people like me to raid. Because of the guild, I was able to make several new real-life friends. Though the guild eventually disbanded, I am still friends with several of my former guildies.

Over the past few months, much has been said about Rift, real life, and the changes in the game. Several people have abandoned their friends and guildies with little to no information on what happened. No one likes to be abandoned, least of all by their friends.

Have you ever been abandoned by your friends in WoW? How did you respond?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: Have you ever been abandoned by your game friends[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Today, there is a rumor going around of a «Vengeance of the Void» leak, detailing some of the aspects of the next expansion.

It’s a fake.
Our highly vetted internal sources at Blizzard have confirmed it’s a fake. Blizzard’s memos don’t even look like that. If you’re interested in reading the fake leak, you can do so via the image below.

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, [hide]Matthew Rossi [/hide]and [hide]Anne Stickney[/hide] make sure you [hide]Know Your Lore[/hide] by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

A large portion of the new Elemental Bonds quest line available for players in Hyjal involves ex-Warchief [hide]Thrall[/hide] struggling to come to terms with different facets of himself and his life to date: Uncontrolled, unchecked anger at the circumstances of his youth, worry and fear that no matter what he does in his life, it will never be the right thing. And in the midst of all of this, a strong, overbearing desire to just settle down with his woman, have some kids, and just be a family man — something for which he feels incredibly guilty. After all, when the weight of a dying world rests on your shoulders, the last thing you should be thinking about is starting a family.

He comes to terms with all of this, however, and emerges even stronger than before. It seems as though Thrall is prepared to be the savior of Azeroth, the one who will stand with the Aspects at whatever designated time lies before us in the not too distant future and make certain that the world is restored, whole and complete. The one who can properly fill in as Earthwarder. Except … being the world’s savior doesn’t leave much time for raising a family, does it? That deep-down desire to just be a normal orc and raise a normal family doesn’t seem to be an option at this point — after all, the world will need someone to continue to faithfully watch it, after Deathwing is gone. Unless, of course, Thrall isn’t the savior of Azeroth at all.

Perhaps that fate rests on one tiny, fragile egg.[hide]Continue reading Know Your Lore: Azeroth’s savior and the Badlands[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Lore[/hide], [hide]Know your Lore[/hide][hide]Know Your Lore: Azeroth’s savior and the Badlands[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, [hide]Anne Stickney[/hide] brings you [hide]All the World’s a Stage[/hide] with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW. Have questions about roleplaying, or roleplaying issues? [hide]Email me[/hide] — I’m always open to suggestions!

Sometimes (especially for new roleplayers), finding a reason for your character to be wandering around Azeroth can be a challenge. It’s not just a matter of what has happened in that character’s personal lifetime; it’s also a matter of how he relates to the current events of the day, how he reacts to those big developments in his racial history. With the launch of Cataclysm, there is suddenly a lot more story to deal with, and for new players, or even returning players rolling a new character, it’s a lot to take in.

While timelines are all well and good for getting your character caught up to what has gone before, there’s also a lot of current material that can be used to further a character’s progress. In between all that new Cataclysm material, there are all kinds of opportunities for storylines and plot points that can help spark roleplay. To that end, we’re going to start a new miniseries tackling each race in turn until we’ve got everyone caught up to speed. Today’s topic: the Forsaken — a relatively new race on Azeroth that has a ton of new story and lore going on in the wake of Cataclysm’s devastation.[hide]Continue reading All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for Forsaken roleplayers[/hide]Filed under: [hide]All the World’s a Stage (Roleplaying)[/hide][hide]All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for Forsaken roleplayers[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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[hide]Sunday Morning Funnies[/hide] is your weekly list of WoW-related web comics.

Well, ladies and gents, I return to you with well wishes for your Fourth of July or Canada Day celebrations. Special thanks to [hide]Kelly Aarons[/hide], who brought you all [hide]last week’s column![/hide] Also, a warm congrats to both [hide]Ez[/hide] and [hide]Jere Hunter[/hide] who both answered last week’s trivia questions (more or less) correctly. The «best» answers were Lauretta, The Daily Blink, and Hot Dogs.

Without further ado, here are this week’s trivia questions!

What got mistaken for deodorant?

What preceded the luxury holistic retreat?
[hide]Continue reading Sunday Morning Funnies: Oh, so grim[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]Humor[/hide], [hide]Comics[/hide], [hide]Sunday Morning Funnies[/hide][hide]Sunday Morning Funnies: Oh, so grim[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide] | Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Welcome back to [hide]The Queue[/hide], the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today.

Looking back at old loading screens, it seems like it’s been … half a decade or more since WoW started, you know?

d’Avitant asked:

I could have sworn that Blizzard was supposed to be making male and female models of the various demons available with this patch (4.2). Was I imagining this, or am I just failing at finding it? Thanks!

This is something Blizzard is working on but not something that was scheduled for 4.2. Personally, I’m of the opinion that the various genders of demons were going to be added to the upcoming Burning Crusade sequel expansion anyway, since we’ll be visiting their home planets, and Blizzard took the opportunity to say, «Look how much we listen to you!» (Note: There may not be an upcoming Burning Crusade sequel expansion. I just hope there is.)[hide]Continue reading The Queue: Loading[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: Loading[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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[hide]Nadezhda[/hide] of [hide]Descendants of Darkness[/hide] on Terokkar (EU-A) writes, «My favourite piece of equipment ever is the Crown of the Fire Festival. But who’d have thought a death knight could embody a holiday so … uplifting? Fortunately, her habitual doom and gloom are in abeyance for the week — or at least, they would be if that pesky Spirit of Summer stopped shining in her eyes.»

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This [hide]Breakfast Topic[/hide] has been brought to you by [hide]Seed[/hide], the AOL guest writer program that brings [hide]your words[/hide] to WoW Insider’s pages.

What if you could trade skill sets with your favorite toon for a day? I would port myself to my job, instead of sitting in mind-numbing traffic for 40 minutes. When I got to work, I would pop [hide]Mirror Image[/hide] so I could have four people doing my work for me (because, you know, I’m glyphed for it!) while my water elemental and I sat outside and enjoyed the sunshine. If anyone came looking for me, I’d go [hide]Invisible[/hide] and [hide]Blink[/hide] myself the heck out of Dodge.

Lunch would be no sweat — I’d just whip up some cakes and be good to go. I’d take advantage of the moment and turn my boss into a sheep (or a penguin). And when the two o’clock doldrums hit, I’d do the [hide]Time Warp[/hide] and make the rest of the day go by until the time came to port myself back home again. Once home, I’d set the water elemental to watch the children (making sure that it’s set to passive, of course) and conjure up some more cakes for dinner. I have to confess though, I would be getting the better end of the deal, as I think my poor little mage would be less than thrilled to be dropped into Twilight Highlands with nothing more than a quirky sense of humor and a penchant for the written word.

If you could trade places with your character for a day, what would you do?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: How would you spend one day as your character[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]