Tuesday Morning Post: 'Twas the night after Christmas

Happy Tuesday morning, everyone! With the Christmas holiday in full swing, things were surprisingly short on the new front this past week. Fear not, though, we're making news of our own. With the end of the year fast approaching, we're spending the days taking a look back at our best work from the past year. Is your favorite article on our list?

Now that Christmas is over and the presents unwrapped, did you get all the awesome WoW loot you asked Santa for? If not, don't fear, you might just have a second chance. The 12 Days of Winter Veil are in full swing here at WoW Insider, and we're still giving away all sorts of awesome loot. Just keep watching the site.

Just because the news was slow doesn't mean the site was, as you can see. Keep on reading for more news and more guides to gearing your class and running the new dungeons. We do have some rolling restarts to deal with this morning, at 5 a.m. Pacific time, but after you've finished reading, you should be clear to jump right back into the game.

Hot news and features

• Lead Systems Designer Ghostcrawler has announced the first major round of Cataclysm class tweaks.

• Check out the latest round of Cataclysm hotfixes.

• How much do you know about the players behind the WoW characters? Take this quiz and find out.

• Shifting Perspectives asks: Whose fault is it really when pugging sucks?

Class news and guides

• Arcane Brilliance looks at mage crowd control.

• The Light And How To Swing It discusses the latest holy paladin nerfs.

• Totem Talk covers restoration shaman healing in Throne of Tides. We also have an enhancement gearing guide for heroic dungeons.

• Lichborne looks at pre-heroic gear for death knight tanks.

• The Care And Feeding of Warriors has a Cataclysm dungeon gear guide.

• Encrypted text has some heroic dungeon tips for rogues.

• Spiritual Guidance has heroic dungeon tips for shadow priests. We also have a guide to pre-raid gear for holy and discipline priests.

• Scattered Shots has yet more heroic advice for hunters. We also have a survival 101 guide for survival hunters.

• Shifting Perspectives looks at running heroics as a balance druid.

• Raid Rx asks healers if they're ready to raid.

Dungeons, items, professions, PvP, and more

• Gold Capped looks at the latest economy tweaks and AH price fluctuations.

• Insider Trader offers some tips for beating RNG when making Darkmoon Cards.

• Blood Sport continues to look for the big picture in PvP.]

• Addon Spotlight takes a look at more community favorites.

Odds and ends

• Know Your Lore discusses Ragnaros and Tol Barad.

• The second issue of the Curse of the Worgen comic is on sale.

• The Lawbringer looks at the latest news surrounding the Glider bot.

• Our favorite internet TV series, The Guild, has a new comic and a new DVD!

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm has destroyed Azeroth as we know it; nothing is the same! In WoW Insider's Guide to Cataclysm, you can find out everything you need to know about WoW's third expansion, from leveling up a new goblin or worgen to breaking news and strategies on endgame play.