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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]Mathew McCurley[/hide] will be your host today. Adagio, Summoner.

Hey readers, fair warning: At the end of The Queue today, I make a really bad pun. Just letting you know.

MisterRik asked:

Does anybody else get annoyed with how, if you manage to die at Sethria’s Roost, taking the spirit gryphon in a straight line from the graveyard to your corpse will dump you off the grypon and into Ashenvale, with no way to get back except using the Spirit Healer and eating the rez sickness?[hide]Continue reading The Queue: At the end, I make a really bad pun[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: At the end, I make a really bad pun[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 14 Aug 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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What’s a Sunday morning without the funnies, anyway? [hide]Sunday Morning Funnies[/hide] is your weekly list of WoW-related web comics.

Oh, hi there. I know you’re probably expecting [hide]Amanda Miller[/hide], but you’re getting me instead this week. I loved reading the Sunday funnies while I was growing up. My favorites were Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County. Needless to say, The Daily Blink this week managed to simultaneously cause a fit of laughter, a wave of nostalgia, a sudden urge to dig up my old Calvin and Hobbes collections.

Enough with the reminiscing — how about we see what’s out there on the web this week, huh? You can grab your coffee before we start. I’ll wait![hide]Continue reading Sunday Morning Funnies: Verbing weirds people[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Comics[/hide], [hide]Sunday Morning Funnies[/hide], [hide]Hotfixes[/hide][hide]Sunday Morning Funnies: Verbing weirds people[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 14 Aug 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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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.

The worgen are the newest race to hit Alliance side, and though they are humans affected by a curse, they aren’t exactly the same as your run-of-the-mill humans we’ve been playing since vanilla. Worgen roleplayers have a ton of information thrown at them during the starting levels, but after the fight is over and everyone’s moved on, it seems as though there’s not much in the way of excitement or roleplay potential.

That isn’t necessarily the case. The main issue I have with worgen — and to a degree, their Horde counterparts the goblins — lies in the fact that you are inundated with so much information in those first few levels. The story moves at a frenetic pace, and unless you’re paying close attention, it can quickly become an overwhelming experience. Despite the relative lull after the starting experience is over, there is plenty for worgen roleplayers to use, even at level 85.[hide]Continue reading All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for worgen roleplayers[/hide]Filed under: [hide]All the World’s a Stage (Roleplaying)[/hide][hide]All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for worgen roleplayers[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 14 Aug 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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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.

Sometimes it’s the characters that make Warcraft interesting, and sometimes, every now and again, it’s the locations themselves that intrigue. Nestled in the heart of the Eastern Kingdoms, in a forlorn stretch of land simply called Deadwind Pass, lies the tower of Karazhan. Once the former home of Medivh, now a demon-riddled raid instance, Karazhan’s story has far more to it than simply being the home of one of the last Guardians of Azeroth.

Rumors also abound about Deadwind Pass and its inhabitants — strange, mysterious riders cloaked in darkness. Their shrill, harsh voices echoed through the hills of Duskwood once upon a time, and the purpose of their journey was an artifact powerful enough to be the genesis for an entirely new playable race. Karazhan, Deadwind Pass, and the Dark Riders all have an enigmatic history that’s never been fully explained. But we do have hints, here and there scattered across novels and in game, that clear up a small portion of the mystery.[hide]Continue reading Know Your Lore: Karazhan and the Dark Riders of Deadwind Pass[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Lore[/hide], [hide]Know your Lore[/hide][hide]Know Your Lore: Karazhan and the Dark Riders of Deadwind Pass[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:00:00 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.

Apologies to those who just got flashbacks of an angry raid leader from reading that headline, but it’s something I don’t think enough players ask themselves. It may seem like a leading question, but I’m not sure the answer is as cut-and-dried as it appears.

The automatic response might be, «I’m there to down the boss,» because isn’t that what it’s all about? The loot, the points, the achievements and the titles all make up that carrot on a stick that keeps us playing. (I’m not the only one who still has [hide]that thing[/hide] in my bank, right?)

Meter hounds, on the other hand, have valid arguments, too. Damage is the name of the game. We might jokingly tell the warrior to «tank it to death» when the rest of the group has wiped, but we all know it doesn’t work that way. Statistically speaking, the person at the top of the damage meter can take a larger share of the credit for the boss’s demise.

Being a healer means that I can look at this controversy from more of a third-party perspective. Meters might help identify a significant healing issue in a raid, but outside of that, those numbers say very little except how much damage a healer’s assigned target(s) received. Just because I don’t put much stock in meters doesn’t mean I’m not interested, though.

So, damage-dealing types, care to satisfy my curiosity? Do you focus on utility to make your contribution, or do you feel like leading the damage meters is your contribution?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: Are you there to down the boss or top the meter[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Mon, 15 Aug 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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Pop law abounds in [hide]The Lawbringer[/hide], your weekly dose of WoW, the law, video games and the MMO genre. [hide]Mathew McCurley[/hide] takes you through the world running parallel to the games we love and enjoy, full of rules, regulations, pitfalls and traps. How about you hang out with us as we discuss some of the more esoteric aspects of the games we love to play?

Two weeks ago, The Lawbringer took a look at the [hide]EVE Online currency model[/hide], what happens when value is dictated by the players, and the successes and failures that Blizzard can learn from when moving forward the revenue model for WoW or any other secret MMOs in the pipe. This week, part 2 discusses the batch currency model, where players purchase one set of currency and earn another. While WoW is not likely to move to this type of currency in the near future, Diablo 3 has [hide]already embraced it[/hide] with the real-money transaction auction house, which eschews a purchased currency for, well, currency.

The prime example in recent gaming history of the successful batch currency model is Riot Game’s wonderful [hide]League of Legends[/hide]. I’ve been a [hide]Defense of the Ancients[/hide] fan since the early days of the mod, and the fact that such a simple concept has evolved to a genre in and of itself is remarkable. Combined with the fact that there are 15 million accounts, millions playing all over the world, and a ridiculously successful microtransaction model for customization and convenience items, League of Legends has got the world captivated. But why is World of Warcraft not something that could benefit from selling its own currency, or, rather, why would Blizzard [hide]never let it happen[/hide]? Let’s find out.[hide]Continue reading The Lawbringer: What WoW can learn from other microtransaction models, part 2[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]The Lawbringer[/hide][hide]The Lawbringer: What WoW can learn from other microtransaction models, part 2[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 12 Aug 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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WoW Insider’s on a [hide]Daily Quest[/hide] to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

My guild is a super-serious guild. We’ll apply ourselves and kill bosses, and we’ll patiently listen on Vent as our raid leader explains strats. And then someone will hop on a [hide]White Hawkstrider[/hide], and others will follow suit. While patiently listening, someone will invariably hit the spacebar, and others will follow, until our raid leader finally realizes his careful explanations in Vent are being done to a soundtrack of quietly obnoxious, screeching birds. It’s all in fun, I swear! We’re totally serious raiders.

Today we’ve got a few posts from around the blogosphere regarding raid guilds, recruitment, and other serious topics of conversation.

[hide]World of Matticus[/hide] has a few suggestions on maximizing your [hide]recruiting time[/hide].

[hide]Jaded Alt[/hide] talks about the differences between teaching new applicants or [hide]simply kicking them[/hide].

[hide]Manalicious[/hide] shares some ideas on avoiding the formation of [hide]cliques in guilds[/hide].

[hide]Big Bear Butt[/hide] shares a blast from the past and a reminder of the perils of [hide]Karazhan raiding[/hide].

Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our [hide]WoW Resources Guide[/hide] for more WoW-related sites.

Filed under: [hide]The Daily Quest[/hide][hide]The Daily Quest: Serious business[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:00:00 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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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Gold Capped[/hide], in which Basil «[hide]Euripides[/hide]» Berntsen aims to show you how to make money on the auction house. [hide]Email Basil[/hide] with your questions, comments, or hate mail!

Enchanting is one of the biggest money-makers in the game. Most of that money is earned by selling scrolls, which are simply enchants saved on a [hide]vellum[/hide]. I’ve written about selling these before, but it was a long time ago and the tools have changed considerably. Making gold with enchanting is surprisingly straightforward and involves three steps: getting mats, crafting scrolls, and posting them.

Let’s start at the beginning

Which enchants do you sell? Assuming you’re already 525, you’ll definitely want to consider all the Cataclysm enchants. The ones used in leveling are almost always going to be cheaper than the mats, but the rest of them may be profitable, especially the [hide]ones[/hide] that you have to buy off the vendor. It’s probably worth investing in the [hide]new bracer enchants[/hide]; however, bear in mind that these are somewhat rare BOE random drops that might cost you a fair bit.[hide]Continue reading Gold Capped: How to make gold with enchanting[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Gold Capped[/hide][hide]Gold Capped: How to make gold with enchanting[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 12 Aug 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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The night elves have taken a beating in Cataclysm, even with their role in adding the worgen of Gilneas to the Alliance. The Horde has attacked them in Ashenvale, disasters have wiped out their settlements in Darkshore, Azshara is lost and Feralas in danger of being lost as well. What is Tyrande Whisperwind, high priestess of Elune and leader of the kaldorei, doing about all of this? Well, in [hide]Seeds of Faith[/hide], you’ll get your chance to find out.

Disaster after disaster besets the night elves. With news from all over their ancient lands coming back and the tides of war turning against them, can Tyrande afford to let her personal feelings overwhelm her leadership? And what of the fate of Shandris Feathermoon? These questions are answered in the [hide]short story by Valerie Waltrous[/hide], available now on the official site.

Filed under: [hide]Blizzard[/hide], [hide]Lore[/hide], [hide]Cataclysm[/hide][hide]Tyrande Whisperwind leader story up on official site[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:00:00 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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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Shifting Perspectives[/hide] for [hide]cat[/hide] , [hide]bear[/hide] , [hide]restoration[/hide] and [hide]balance[/hide] druids. Balance news comes at you every Friday — learn how to master the forces of nature, and know what it means to be a giant laser turkey! Send questions, comments, or something you’d like to see to [hide]tyler@wowinsider.com[/hide].

There are times when it can be slightly awkward writing for two different class columns. While all of us strive to bring the best information for whatever it is that we write about, there are loads of tidbits that really do span across the entire game, stuff that people really do need to know. I find myself in this predicament at the moment. This past Monday, I did a piece for warlocks regarding this very same topic. Writing the same thing for balance druids as I do warlocks? Lazy? A cop-out? Nah — well, maybe … but probably not.

Much of the information in that article holds true for balance druids as well, although there are itemization differences I’ll be covering here; further, it’s about readership. It is good information; it’s stuff that everyone should know, and I want to make sure that everyone does get it. Just because I write about warlocks doesn’t mean all of those who read Shifting Perspectives will also read Blood Pact. This week, I’m stealing one of my own pages and bringing you what to do once you hit level 85. Enjoy, perhaps even for the second time![hide]Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: What to do once you’ve hit level 85 as a balance druid[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Druid[/hide], [hide](Druid) Shifting Perspectives[/hide][hide]Shifting Perspectives: What to do once you’ve hit level 85 as a balance druid[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]