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Adam enjoys all the different aspects of the World of Warcraft, although he mainly plays his Shaman, Priest, and Warrior. You can find more information about Adam at his personal blog: www.doyouhave.info

The Queue: In which SW:TOR's 1.7 to 1.3 million is discussed

by Adam Holisky on May 8th 2012 (8 days ago)

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today.

I think it's important to note the decline in Star Wars: The Old Republic's subscription numbers, which yesterday we found out dropped to 1.3 million, off its high of 1.7 million. Now, of course, we don't know this quarter's WoW numbers yet (and we may not, if Blizzard decides not to release them), but it's notable that this "WoW killer" isn't really turning out.

Now, I say this not as a victory dance of "we won" or some other stupid epeen contest, but as a nod to the fact that two well-produced games can survive in the same marketplace -- and that a game doesn't have to have 10 million or more players to be a success. WoW has its charm, and so does SW:TOR. Is one better than the other? In my opinion, yes -- but at the end of the day they're each different.

It should also be clear that EA feels the same way. It's going to keep supporting SW:TOR. And why not? 1.3 million people doing anything together is a cause to support.

Sixteentonsofpixels asked:

I'm aware that updated Outland and Northrend are future goals as far as Blizzard has stated but has a time table for this been released? Whenever they finally do update those zones would it be best to just revamp them across the board, making those zones match the current patch? Or would it be better if the zones leveled and changed with the player? Personally, I'd prefer the latter.

Filed under: The Queue

The Queue: Beta bugs and other such obvious stating of facts

by Adam Holisky on May 1st 2012 (15 days ago)

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today.

I just wanted to announce that this is the week that heroic Hagara will be giving me the heroic Lightning Rod for my warlock. It's going to happen. Six frackin' weeks of this -- it's going to happen.

TJC569 asked:

If Theramore is getting destroyed in the MOP lead up / Tides of War, are Alliance Mages getting a new teleport / portal spell to somewhere in south Kalimdor. Are Mages going to have a new teleport to some part of Pandaria?

Filed under: The Queue

Dragon Soul: Power of the Aspects buff rises to 20% next week

by Adam Holisky on Apr 27th 2012 (19 days ago)

During maintenance next week, the Dragon Soul buff/nerf will climb to 20%. This shouldn't be too much of a surprise for anyone, since we've known all along it'll continue to increase. And personally, I'm looking forward to it. My guild has some new DPSers running with us, and this will be just the boost we need to get heroic Ultraxion down.

Remember that if you want to run without the buff, you can always turn it off by talking to Lord Afrasastrasz at the beginning of the raid.

Blizzard's full announcement is as follows:

Blizzard

At the completion of scheduled server maintenance during the week of April 30, the "Power of the Aspects" spell will grow more powerful, reducing the health and damage dealt of all enemies in the Dragon Soul raid by 20%. This spell will grow progressively stronger over time to reduce the difficulty and make the encounters more accessible. The spell will affect both normal and Heroic difficulties, but it will not affect the Raid Finder difficulty.

Don't need the help of the Dragon Aspects? The spell can be disabled by talking to Lord Afrasastrasz at the beginning of Dragon Soul.

We hope you continue to enjoy Dragon Soul, and that these changes encourage you to attempt a higher difficulty, or just keep pushing to down that next boss.

source

Filed under: News items, Raiding

The Queue: Get back into WoW by watching Fraggle Rock

by Adam Holisky on Apr 26th 2012 (20 days ago)

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today.

There's an interesting blog post I want to point everyone toward. Basically, the Fraggles wiped out the entire civilization of the Gorg, and the only three remaining members are living above them now. They call themselves the King and Queen of the Universe because they're not willing to face the reality that they're the last of their species.

Did your childhood get ruined, or just become more awesome?

Liz asked:

I've been away from WoW for a while, and I'm thinking of getting back in, but I wouldn't even know where to start. I never really did much of Cataclysm.

Filed under: The Queue

The Queue: Gummi Bears

by Adam Holisky on Apr 24th 2012 (22 days ago)

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today.

Magic and mystery are part of their history.

And it's a damn shame kids these days don't know about this cartoon. When I have kids, they're going to grow up only watching shows from the '80s and early '90s. They'll wonder why all their friends don't have a crush on the pink ranger.

Trinity asked:

Diablo III talks about having a global setting and then you pick the region you play in. Do you think this improvement will be added to WoW?

Filed under: The Queue

The WoW Insider Show Episode 242: Magnetic bracelets do not have special magic healing powers

by Adam Holisky on Apr 24th 2012 (22 days ago)

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Filed under: Podcasts, WoW Insider Show

The Queue: The Real Ghostbusters

by Adam Holisky on Apr 19th 2012 (27 days ago)

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today.

How does Egon get on the lower side of the helicopter when there are gigantic, rotating blades in the way?

Also, Slimer is awesome.

Jfitz asked:

Are the Mists of Pandaria the same mists that are in the Borean Tundra? If so what are the likelihood of seeing Kvaldir again?

Filed under: The Queue

The WoW Insider Show Episode 241

by Adam Holisky on Apr 18th 2012 (28 days ago)

Filed under: Podcasts, Podcasting, WoW Insider Show

The Queue: My dog is insane

by Adam Holisky on Apr 15th 2012 (1 month ago)

Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) will be your host today.

Well, he's technically my parents' dog, and I'm just down visiting -- but he's still insane.

Everything is a game for him, and lately it's been a game to see how angry he can get my father. First, it was running into the screen door on the deck at full speed, head-butting the metal frame so hard that it bent badly enough to necessitate the door being replaced. And now it's ignoring my dad entirely, walking past him, going to me in the other room where he dances around until I let him outside.

My dog is insane.

Rob asked:

For the launch of Panderia, what kind of world events, we expect can?

Filed under: The Queue

Check out this video of Mists of Pandaria's Stampede in action

by Adam Holisky on Apr 13th 2012 (1 month ago)

Hunters are getting a great new spell in Mists of Pandaria called Stampede, where all the hunter's pets are summoned to go ape on a mob for 10 seconds. It's one of those cool abilities that'll make you want to level up your hunter again just so you can see the level 87 ability in action yourself.

Ghostcrawler was originally quoted in Curse's interview as saying:

I don't think we have talked about what we are doing for the hunter yet. I think a lot of hunter players have guessed it but the hunter level 87 ability is basically you get all your pets at once for a short amount of time. So if you have 5 pets in your stable, they all come out and do damage for a little bit of time, and that's really fun cooldown for them. I think it increases Beast Master's damage by 80% while they're out, or something ridiculous like that. That's a pretty fun one.

Brian Wood has talked a bit about the new Stampede too in our hunter column, including the initial announcement of the ability and some resulting QQ.

It's open warfare between Alliance and Horde in Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft's next expansion. Jump into five new levels with new talents and class mechanics, try the new monk class, and create a pandaren character to ally with either Horde or Alliance. Look for expansion basics in our Mists FAQ, or dig into our spring press event coverage for more details!

Filed under: Hunter, Mists of Pandaria

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