Tuesday Morning Post: Fear and Loathing edition
It was a fleeting dream, but a marvelous one, wasn't it? Attend BlizzCon all day, gamble all night, sleep never. The thought of a Las Vegas BlizzCon pretty much sent us here at the WoW.com into immediate spasms of joy. Unfortunately, they were quickly supplanted by howls of pain and anguish as we discovered that it just the Las Vegas Convention Center jumping the gun, and that we'll probably still be headed to Anaheim for the next BlizzCon. Don't me wrong, Anaheim's pretty cool and all, but it isn't Las Vegas, that's for sure.
So unfortunately, I've had to cancel my plans to get a gonzo lawyer and rent an Impala, but what you gonna do? At least we still have the TCG. Maybe one of these years Blizzard will see the light. In the meantime, we'll just continue toiling away in the WoW.com salt mines here as we dream of the big city. This week, there's plenty of news to work through, and with a 3 AM to 11 AM Pacific downtime, you'll have time. Check out the latest gems we've unearthed for you after the break.
Hot News and Features
As the 5th anniversary celebration gets underway, now you too can be a Night Elf Mohawk. Even if Mr. T has to hunt you down himself.
Yeah, you heard it right: Arenas were a mistake.
WoW.com has a new weekly Comic! Check out the first strip.
Unsure of what's going on with Cataclysm testing? Check our unofficial Cataclysm Alpha/Beta FAQ.
Last week, it was Darion Mograine's turn to take your questions for Ask A Faction Leader.
Check out some of the latest updates to the Patch 3.3 PTR Notes.
The WoW.com dungeon delving team recently made a run of the Halls of Reflection 5-man dungeon. This video was found.
Class News and Guides
Blood Pact takes a look at warlock raid builds for Patch 3.3.
Spiritual Guidance takes a look at the Val'anyr Proc.
Encrypted Text helps take the guesswork out of armor penetration and critical strike gearing.
Totem Talk is taking the express blimp to level 80.
Scattered Shots covers the final stretch to level 80 as well.
Arcane Brilliance covers Mage leveling from 41 to Outland.
Lichborne is rounding up the undead menagerie.
Raid Rx helps you heal the heroic faction champions.
The Care and Feeding of Warriors takes another tiptoe through the tricky minefield that is warrior Itemization.
Patch 3.3 appears to be turning into the patch of shorter cooldowns.
Sorry, Shadow Priests. Haste no longer affects Shadow Word: Pain as of the latest PTR build.
Rawr, one of the best 3rd-party character building apps out there, has recently been updated.
Items, Dungeons, PvP, Professions, and More
Blizzard's offered a sneak peak at the new Patch 3.3 Quest UI.
Low level dungeon runners will be getting a few extra rewards from the new dungeon tool in Patch 3.3.
Lord Marrowgar was up for testing on the PTR recently, and we have impressions of the fight.
We also have impressions of the fight with the slightly spoilerriffic Icecrown boss, the Deathbringer.
We also have impressions from the latest round of Queen Lana'thel testing on the PTR.
Better study your strats. You may have a limited number of attempts to clear Icecrown.
Be warned, there's spoilers: We have another round of very interesting audio files from the Lich King himself.
Another round of Oculus nerfs is coming with Patch 3.3, thanks in part to the dungeon matching system on the PTR.
WoW Rookie looks at basic addons.
Ready Check discusses firing, and we don't mean like with guns.
The Overachiever helps you grab 25 Tabards.
Speaking of Tabards, do you think the Arathi Basin tabards are the coolest ever, but don't know how to start grinding reputation for one? Check out our absolute beginners guide to Arathi Basin.
Odds and Ends
