Today in Warcraft

News

• Brewfest is still a bugfest
  Brewfest events buggy? There's a big brouhaha.

• 2.2.3 on the PTR
  You've got another patch coming.

• More details on free Spell Damage for healers
  One of the many exciting changes announced at BlizzCon was that free Spell Damage would be added to healing gear. The purpose of the change is to make it easier for healers to enjoy the solo PvE content in the uber gear they have picked up in groups and raids.

Features

• Totem Talk: Three Classes In One?
  Shamans: your spec is like an aptitude: it defines what your character will have the most options in.

Discussions

• Is Blizzard exploiting WoW players?
  Is Blizzard doing something unethical by producing and selling World of Warcraft? Rather than just the ol' "MMO games are too addictive" angle, an article in Australia's The Age (seriously, it's always the Aussies) has a new twist: game companies like Blizzard are actually "exploiting" their own players by implementing a reward system that keeps people playing.

• Draenei skin, or seeing Azeroth through all five senses
  I love the question that juliamarcela over on Livejournal asks: What does Draenei skin feel like? Sure, they're probably not scaly or slimy, but it probably feels different than most skin we know.