Tuesday Morning Post: Stay awhile and farm edition

Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. So. I'm thinking I quit the day job, write freelance articles by night, and spend all day farming the loot mines of Tristram, pulling out bountiful harvests of Tarnhelms and Stones of Jordan to sell in the great markets. Okay, seriously, I wouldn't personally quit my day job to farm uniques, but it's still sort of an awesome feeling to know the option is out there. Also, given Diablo 3 lead designer Jay Wilson's insistence that PVE will never be balanced on the back of PVP and PVP can just deal with it if a PVE ability imbalances PVP, I am officially in love with the man and wish he would come work on WoW too.

Anyway, that's enough Diablo fanboying for one article -- let's get on with the rest of the news. With rolling restarts coming at 5 a.m. PDT, you should have at least a little time to get caught up.

Hot news and features

• Check out the latest patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 26.

• Buyer beware: The Masterwork Elementium Deathblade received a rather major hotfix nerf.

• Paragon has released a video of their 25-man heroic Ragnaros kill.

• Is that recent authenticator non-entry change making you nervous? Never fear, there's an opt-out coming.

• WoW Archivist recounts the most harrowing epidemic ever to hit WoW, the Blood Plague.

Class news and guides

• Lichborne offers a quick overview of the patch 4.2 death knight.

• Shifting Perspectives has a guide to patch 4.2 bear gear. We also discuss letting go of DOT-based AOE for balance druids.

• Totem Talk talks restoration axes and mana. We also have an enhancement shaman's guide to Alysrazor.

• Spiritual Guidance discusses shadow priest AOE on Beth'tilac. We also have a guide to playing an Atonement priest.

• Encrypted Text has rogue tips for Firelands.

• Scattered Shots analyzes the hunter pet stance changes.

• The Light And How To Swing It offers tips for tanking Baleroc. We also have a guide to healing Rhyolith.

• Raid Rx praises the all-purpose healer.

• Arcane Brilliance discusses the state of the fire mage.

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors has a guide to reforging and gear optimization.

Dungeons, items, professions, PVP, and more

• The OverAchiever takes a look at the gold coins of the Dalaran fountain.

• Addon Spotlight helps you root out raid slackers.

• Ready Check offers a guide to Alysrazor.

• WoW Rookie discusses learning about raiding via heroic dungeons.

• Blood Sport has more advice on finding your PVP arena playstyle.

• Gold Capped discusses the long sell and finding the right price for a Chaos Orb.

Odds and ends

• Check out the latest installment of Safe Passage.

• We have preview art of the upcoming WoW comic, Bloodsworn.

• About the Bloggers continues with a conversation with Joe Perez.

• Know Your Lore continues the story of the humans.

• The first episode of The Guild season 5 is now available!

• The Lawbringer discusses what WoW can learn from other games' legal microtransaction models.