Tuesday Morning Post: Kawaii edition

This past week was not the most exciting week ever. It was a week without a major patch on beta realms and a week without a lot of announcements in general! We still have plenty of great content that you may have missed over the course of the week, such our class columns, our worgen starting zone walkthrough and an assortment of other Cataclysm content. Head behind the cut below for links to all of our top content from the last week.

If you find yourselves especially bored today even after going through the backlog of posts you've missed this week, we have a fun little activity for you! Take the header image of this post, erase Deathy from the love-bubble, and insert other humorous things and link it in the comments below. Please, please keep it clean. You don't want to get banned, and I don't want to see your genitals. Really. I don't. I promise.

Hot news and features

• The OverAchiever put out a comprehensive Cataclysm achievement FAQ. Want to know what's happening to Loremaster? Check out The OverAchiever.

• Know Your Lore examines Grom Hellscream, father of Garrosh.

• Not in the Cataclysm beta? Curious how the worgen starting quests play out? Our own Michael Gray wrote a full overview of Gilneas. Be warned, there be spoilers!

• The BlizzCon 2010 pet was revealed early last week. Behold, Deathy the Murloc!

Class news and guides

• Lichborne talks leveling with a blood spec in Vashj'ir.

• The balance edition of Shifting Perspectives gets into the details of Eclipse. Yes, again.

• Allison Robert tackles the recent feral and restoration changes in the Cataclysm beta.

• Scattered Shots calls Wrath of the Lich King the golden age of pet tanking. Hunters, do you agree?

• Arcane Brilliance's author waxes nostalgic about many of his favorite things that are leaving the mage class in Cataclysm.

• Our protection/retribution edition of The Light and How to Swing It talks gap-closers and empty GCDs. Our holy edition provides a convenient checklist for paladin healers.

• Spiritual Guidance has a PSA for healing priests, educating them on common priest misconceptions. The shadowy edition of Spiritual Guidance discusses the best parts of playing a shadow priest on the Cataclysm beta ... while under the influence of CVS brand cough syrup. Don't medicate and blog, kids.

• Encrypted Text breaks down the essence of the rogue rotation.

• Are you an enhancement shaman without access to Icecrown Citadel loot? Totem Talk teaches you how to gear up in just four dungeons. You resto shaman can analyze Healing Rain.

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors waves goodbye to armor penetration.

Professions, items, dungeons, PvP and more

• WoW Rookie looks at the Cataclysm zone revamps for the Alliance and what they mean for new players.

• Are you bad at PvP? Do you want to not be bad at PvP? The Art of War(craft) offers up a simple guide for exactly that: being less bad.

• Addon Spotlight picks apart Bati's Healer Grid layouts.

• Ready Check goes back to the beginning of all things with Raid 101.

• Raid Rx asks, "What is up with these location healing spells?"

Odds and ends

• 15 Minutes of Fame talks with anthropologist Bonnie Nardi.

• Can you sue a game company for making an MMO too addictive? The Lawbringer knows.