Tuesday Morning Post: Let's kill Sylvanas edition
Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. While we're all waiting with bated breath for the PTR to drop, there's at least a trickle of patch 4.3 info coming our way. We learned that rogues get to look like Batman, and that the tier 13 set bonuses are sort of weird. It was a pretty slow Monday, however, and as of this writing, we've heard nothing new about when the PTR will open.Hope springs eternal. I'm just hoping the new dungeons are up ASAP, because I can't wait to take out that lady up there, even if it's just as an echo from the future.
Downtime this morning is just a quick series of rolling restarts at 5 a.m. PDT, but whether you're waiting out that quick server restart or waiting for news of the PTR, keep it here with us. We'll have all the news as soon as it breaks. In the meantime, you can catch our usual roundup of the past seven days' news, after the break.
Hot news and features
Blizzard's released a first look at the rogue legendary daggers.
Patch 4.3 will bring us some new spectral mounts.
Blizzard's released more screenshots of End Time, one of the new instances coming in patch 4.3.
Firelands raid nerfs are already upon us. As you might expect, a certain grumpy dude has a few words to say about that.
WoW Archivist discusses how Naxxramas changed for the Wrath era.
WoW's lead encounter designer, Scott Mercer, has a few more things to say about the Deathwing raid encounter.
World of Wardrobe looks at what cool stuff you can pull out of the second half of Karazhan.
Class news and guides
Encrypted Text gushes about the upcoming rogue legendary weapons.
Totem Talk takes a first look at tier 13 and patch 4.3 for restoration shaman. We also talk about choosing to play an elemental shaman.
The Light And How To Swing It has a protection paladin's guide to Ragnaros. We also have some holy paladin healing numbers to consider.
Shifting Perspectives offers some class feedback on bears and trees. We also review some balance druid raid parses. Finally, we have some more advice for soloing as a feral cat.
Lichborne has a guide to PVPing as a blood death knight.
Spiritual Guidance conducts a shadow priest census and takes a look at tier 13's priest set bonuses.
Blood Act has some analysis of the warlock tier 13 set bonuses.
Scattered Shots takes a look at Brewfest loot for hunters.
Raid Rx looks at the Firelands nerfs from a healer perspective.
Arcane Brilliance talks about mage healing.
The Care And Feeding of Warriors offers further philosophizing on the warrior look.
Dungeons, items, professions, PVP, and more
Blood Sport has a guide to the Twin Peaks Battleground.
Addon Spotlight takes a look at MogIt for organizing your transmogrification outfits.
WoW Rookie offers advice for getting a Firelands PUG.
Ready Check takes a look at DKP loot systems.
The Overachiever suggests one last round of mounts to grab.
Gold Capped looks at the new reality of epic gems in patch 4.3. We also have some advice for getting ready to sell stuff when patch 4.3 drops.
Odds and ends
Know Your Lore relates the story of the Shadow Wardens. We also take a look at the evolution of the NPC from The Burning Crusade to Wrath.
World of WarCrafts is making some Fortune Cookies.
The Lawbringer answers still more of your questions.
