Tuesday Morning Post: The long downtime of the soul edition
Happy Tuesday Morning, everyone! If you were part of the massive rush to get BlizzCon tickets this past week, I hope your luck was good, because they are now officially sold out. If you didn't get one, there's probably nothing left to do but hope you win one as a contest prize! Whether you were successful or whether your hopes were dashed, you will, alas, have quite some time to brood or celebrate if your characters are on a list of servers slated for a 24 hour downtime today. Of course, even if you dodged the bullet, we still have the normal 5 AM to 11 AM Pacific time maintenance period coming for all servers.
Luckily, there's plenty of news to catch up on, including a good selection of official news on patch 3.3.5 and some of the new features of the Cataclysm expansion. Read on for all the latest, and keep coming back all day for the latest news, tips, and guides. Whether your server is down for the morning or down all day, we'll be here for you.
Hot News and Features
While you're waiting for the servers to come back up, take a minute to make sure your computer and account are safe against the latest phishing and hacking attempts.
Blizzard's started up an official contest to get your guild into the upcoming Cataclysm beta test.
Blizzard's released an official preview of the new Twin Peaks battleground coming with Cataclysm. Beware, spoilers abound!
Patch 3.3.5 will have a delayed regional release system, with US servers getting the patch first.
In light of the news above, Ruby Sanctum's activation will be delayed until all servers have the patch.
Patch 3.3.5 will include a removal of vote kick cool down for good little boys and girls who use their own kick and leave group buttons very sparingly.
WoW.com has strategy guides for Icecrown Citadel and the Ruby Sanctum.
With the Wrath expansion nearly done, we're taking a look back. This time, we have a postmortem of Naxxramas.
Speaking of older dungeons, we actually rather miss Karazhan.
Class News and Guides
Lichborne has advice for new level 80 tanks.
Totem Talk has a guide to getting into PvP for the healing shaman and configuring Power Auras for the enhancement shaman.
Shifting Perspectives isn't stopping at trolls, and discusses avoiding the failkin label.
Encrypted Text discusses some changes to Vanish in the Cataclysm Alpha.
Spiritual Guidance helps shadow priests take down the Lich King and helps healing priests set up their shadow priesting dual spec.
The Light And How To Swing It continues to offer advice on gearing a new level 80 paladin tank.
Scattered Shots offers advice for breaking into PvP.
The Care and Feeding of Warriors discusses Ghostcrawler's musings on Vigilance.
Arcane Brilliance looks at early level quest rewards for mages.
WoW Rookie discusses using trinkets with Bloodlust and Heroism.
Items, Professions, Dungeons, PvP, and More
Gold Capped discusses your competition in the gold making arena.
The OverAchiever helps you get the Utgarde achievements.
Blood Sport deals with arena griefers.
The Art of War(craft) helps you survive battleground PUGs.
AddOn Spotlight covers the hot new HudMap.
Odds and Ends
Check out the latest installment of Byron the Tauren Rogue.
Drama Mamas discuss what to do when your GM is a big spineless jellyfish.
Know Your Lore looks at the current politics of the Draenei.
