Tuesday Morning Post: Philosophy Edition
I don't know what was in the air this week, but it seemed like everyone was doing a little philosophizing around the WoW webosphere. Chief among those, of course, was Ghostcrawler, who waxed eloquent about community reactions to balancing and the reasons for killing off 2v2 arena. We got into too, with Adam wondering if Blizzard's just a little too secretive,
There's plenty more armchair quarterback philosophy where that came from, and you'll have plenty of time to experience it all, with downtime lasting... Wait. There is no downtime. But hey, it's cool. If you're stuck at work or school with no access to WoW, you might still like to browse. Here's our usual tuesday morning list of news and navelgazing:
Hot News and Features
Blizzard slipped in a nice little Cataclysm preview in the wee hours of this morning in the form of a page on the Abyssal Maw.
Dragon*Con 2009 was full of WoW goodness of the fan variety, including a WoW addons panel.
WoW Rookie helps you figure what to read when you want to catch up on WoW lore.
WoW Casually looks at Patch 3.2 from a casual point of view.
See what Blizzard was up to at FluCon - I mean PAX 2009.
That's right. With a little work, you too can own the hottest shirt of BlizzCon 2009 - the Ghostcrawler Promised Me a Pony T-shirt.
Class News and Guides
Blood Pact's back, baby. There's a new Warlock in town, and he's making a list, and checking it twice.
Encrypted Text continues offering tips for raiding the Coliseum.
The Care and Feeding of Warriors has some thoughts about tanking.
Lichborne looks at the future of Death Knight Lore in Cataclysm.
Arcane Brilliance continues helping you make your mage raidworthy.
Totem Talk discusses leveling via the AV blitz as a Shaman.
Shifting Perspectives takes a look at leveling a Druid from 51-60.
Eddie looks at the Armor Penetration nerf from a Hunter perspective, as well as the recent Beastial Wrath nerf.
Items, Dungeons, PvP, Professions, and More
GuildOx has implemented strict 10-man rankings.
Do you know your basic shapes and colors?
Ready Check helps you take on Koralon the Flame Watcher.
There's a new version of WoW model viewer out. It's the perfect toy for server downtime... even if we don't have any today.
Odds and Ends
Cranius, writer and singer of such classic WoW folk songs such as Big Blue Dress and Darrowshire, has a CD. You can get it on Amazon or iTunes.
The Guild Season 3 continues with episode 2.
Psychologists weigh in on WoW: We spoke with an Internet Addiction specialist who's never actually played WoW, and looked at a study that touts the positive effects of guilding on your stress levels.
Mike takes a stab at interpreting some of the data from our unscientific faction transfer poll.
Figureprints is offering armor sets.
