# New WoW General Discussion Thread 6/8/10 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 9, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480 "2010-06-09T00:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 384
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7662 "2011-02-13T16:33:43Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Did an Orgrimmar Grunt just say, “ **'s Up, 's Up?** ” to me? > > Funny! 🙂 > > Q “Zug-zug!” It was one of the orc soundbites in the plain old “Warcraft” games (the strategy games that are the father, grandfather and greatgrandfather of WoW. Since it was used to respond to commands from the player, I always assumed it meant either, “Yes, sir!” or was a general salute sound. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7663 "2011-02-13T16:47:42Z")
I think I may have clicked on him as being perfumed, **jayjay** , I don’t remember now. I like " 's up, 's up? ", better, though. Sounds like a street-homie’s greeting me! 🙂 Q PS: **jay** (and anyone else who may care to answer): Is there a “Making of WoW” book available? Man! I sure would like a peek “behind the scenes”, as it were. Especially those “Ya got me!” screams and how they were made. I STILL think they passed around a bottle of Jack Daniels and had at it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7664 "2011-02-13T16:57:10Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > There’s the albino drake, as well, that you get for acquiring 100 companion pets. I’m pretty sure that reward is for getting 50 mounts, not 100 companions. Edit: And “Zug Zug” means “Yes Yes” afaik. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7665 "2011-02-13T18:13:15Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > I’m pretty sure that reward is for getting 50 mounts, not 100 companions. Duh, yes! :smack: My brain took an unplanned detour there. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7666 "2011-02-13T19:41:03Z")
Don’t forget the drake you can purchase with 200 Tol Barad Commendations. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7667 "2011-02-13T20:22:25Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “Zug-zug!” It was one of the orc soundbites in the plain old “Warcraft” games (the strategy games that are the father, grandfather and greatgrandfather of WoW. Since it was used to respond to commands from the player, I always assumed it meant either, “Yes, sir!” or was a general salute sound. Well, don’t forget that one female orc /flirt line: “You had me from ‘zug-zug’!” I think Blizzard is deliberately screwing with the people who spawn-camp the bags of confectioner’s sugar for the “Orphans Like Cookies, Too!” SW cooking daily, and for this I salute them. They’ve changed the spawns twice since the dailies were added. The first time they just added a few more spawn points, but in last Tuesday’s patch they added several more and at the same time they seem to have greatly lengthened the timers on each individual spawn. So now if somebody wants to camp one spot to get all their sugar, they’re going to be standing there for a looooong time 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7668 "2011-02-13T23:43:59Z")
I’m looking to start tanking again on two of my alts. I have my UI set up _mostly_ the way I like it to make it easier to keep my eyes on the screen and not my action bars/vuhdo/unit frames, but one thing I can’t figure out how to fix is to get my target’s cast bar separated from his Unit Frame. I’d like them separate so I can locate the castbar centrally so I don’t have to constantly look away from where I’m standing to make sure a boss isn’t about to hit me with an interruptable ability. I’m presently using Shadowed Unit Frames, but I’m willing to switch to something else if it allows me to separate the bar from the boss frame, or alternatively, if there’s an addon to add a target cast bar somewhere on the screen, I’ll use that. Thoughts? Solutions? ---
**Author:** ![vannesasmith5469](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@vannesasmith5469](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vannesasmith5469)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7669 "2011-02-14T00:06:17Z")
Well, yes. I thought that was implied in "I can’t figure out why it’s happening ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7670 "2011-02-14T00:14:14Z")
> [@JayRx1981](#): > > I’m looking to start tanking again on two of my alts. I have my UI set up _mostly_ the way I like it to make it easier to keep my eyes on the screen and not my action bars/vuhdo/unit frames, but one thing I can’t figure out how to fix is to get my target’s cast bar separated from his Unit Frame. I’d like them separate so I can locate the castbar centrally so I don’t have to constantly look away from where I’m standing to make sure a boss isn’t about to hit me with an interruptable ability. I’m presently using Shadowed Unit Frames, but I’m willing to switch to something else if it allows me to separate the bar from the boss frame, or alternatively, if there’s an addon to add a target cast bar somewhere on the screen, I’ll use that. Thoughts? Solutions? You might try Quartz. It’s just cast bars, not full unit frames, and it’s usable with actual unit frame add-ons. You can move the bars anywhere on the screen. ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7671 "2011-02-14T02:39:56Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You might try Quartz. It’s just cast bars, not full unit frames, and it’s usable with actual unit frame add-ons. You can move the bars anywhere on the screen. Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for! ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7672 "2011-02-14T03:10:36Z")
You should just setup a set focus frame bind and relocate the frame to the centre of your screen. That’s the real solution to needing to keep an eye on your target’s health, resources, casts, and status effects. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7673 "2011-02-14T03:23:53Z")
“Don’t mess with my zug-zug” 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7674 "2011-02-14T03:29:14Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > You should just setup a set focus frame bind and relocate the frame to the centre of your screen. That’s the real solution to needing to keep an eye on your target’s health, resources, casts, and status effects. _A_ real solution, not _THE_ real solution. And I’ve tried that before. I didn’t care for it. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7675 "2011-02-14T05:38:33Z")
What? It’s three bars and a row of icons. There isn’t really some manner of taste involved with it. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7676 "2011-02-14T08:30:49Z")
I finally managed to get my Worgen Druid **Clawdie** to level 13 after freeing all the slaves in the mine and killing the boss, but true to form I got my dumb ass lost when I hearthed out and wound up in Storm Glen’s inn. I should have just ran out the front of the mine and the Livery Post would have been _right there_, but no, dumb ass me hearthed back to the Storm Glen Inn because we needed some food/mana juice. So as you might guess I took the long way, did some swimming and finally wound up there at the Livery only now we have to back to the village to kill some more guards and 3 more bosses.:rolleyes: I am hoping that this will be almost the end of the quest chain, because if you’ll remember, right before the mine thing is when I deleted my last Worg complaining I couldn’t get to AH, a mailbox (finally found one in mostly deserted Gilneas!) and just a change of scenery in general. So I’m going to stay with **Clawdie** and get her levelled and geared up. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7677 "2011-02-14T13:08:55Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I am hoping that this will be almost the end of the quest chain, because if you’ll remember, right before the mine thing is when I deleted my last Worg complaining I couldn’t get to AH, a mailbox (finally found one in mostly deserted Gilneas!) and just a change of scenery in general. There’s not much after this…you help invade the city to take it back, but get repulsed when the Forsaken start tossing the Plague into town. Then you have to help fight back the Horde, and then the Night Elves will sail you to Teldrassil. Then you’re in the “real” world. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7678 "2011-02-14T14:27:22Z")
My Goblin resto shammy is 49 now, and I’m really enjoying healing 5-mans (not so much with the questing as resto). But finally, I remembered to stop in a barber shop and get rid of the combover hairstyle I absent-mindedly picked during character creation. I went for the completely bald head, which is always the hairstyle I pick for my male toons if available (my main, who is Forsaken, is bald. My Orc bank toon was supposed to be bald but I didn’t see his braided pony tail until later!). ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7679 "2011-02-14T15:30:17Z")
It’s only 10g to pick up an offspec for questing. Elemental works well with resto, as you won’t have to carry around extra gear. And it’s nice 3-shotting everything without denting the mana pool 🙂 Very quick! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7680 "2011-02-14T15:59:14Z")
Yeah, I need to do that (dual spec). It’s not too bad since I do very little actual questing, but sometimes I only have 20 minutes to play and that’s not enough time to do most dungeons even with the fast healer queue times. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/7681 "2011-02-14T16:05:59Z")
What advantage is there for me to tame an animal? Can I run with two? I suppose it can get expensive with the feeding, right? Does the second animal fight too? What happens if my toon changes to a cat? Do they then run as a threesome? Thanks Q [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=383) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=385)