WoW Insider's patch 5.3 news roundup

You've heard that patch 5.3 is arriving this week, but do you know just what is in store? There's been a lot of news, but we'll point you towards the highlights so you can get up to speed and into patch 5.3's new content immediately.

From Blizzard

• Patch 5.3 PTR patch notes

• Preparing for Patch 5.3: Escalation

• World Event – Battlefield: Barrens Preview

• Patch 5.3 Scenario Preview

• PvP Preview: Deepwind Gorge and The Tiger's Peak

• Patch 5.3 Adds Off-Spec Loot and Rewards

• PvP Gear in Patch 5.3

Interviews

• WoW Insider interviews Ghostcrawler

• Convert to Raid interviews Ion Hazzikostas

New content

• New scenarios and Lorewalker Cho

• A first look at Heroic Scenarios

• Scenario: Battle on the High Seas preview

• Scenario: The Secrets of Ragefire preview

• Scenario: Blood in the Snow preview

• World event: Battlefield Barrens preview

• Battleground: Deepwind Gorge preview

Class news

• Death Knights: Patch 5.3 and the death of festerblight, Patch 5.3 and other news for death knights

• Monks: What's on the horizon for monks in patch 5.3

• Rogues: Stealth, openers, and the 5.3 nerfs

• Hunters: Patch 5.3 buffs hunters, Hunters get more pet slots

• Warlocks: Catching up on Patch 5.3

PvP

• PvP Power percentage nerfs

• Ask the Devs PvP changes Q&A

• Flag carrying deals more damage to tanks

• Analysis of Blizzard's post on patch 5.3 PvP gear

• Patch 5.3 PvP Gear Changes: Don't Panic

Lore, story, and quests

• Catching up with the lore for patch 5.3

• The case of the next Warchief

• Is Garrosh Hellscream corrupt?

• What is the Alliance missing?

• Vol'jin and the Darkspear Rebellion

• Vol'jin and conflicted loyalties

• Valley of Spirits closed down by Garrosh's goons

• The Horde rebellion, loyalty, and leadership

• The Kor'kron are taking over

Battle pets

• Patch 5.3's pet battle changes

• The ongoing mystery of the Unborn Val'kyr

• Accuracy and damage changes to pet battles

• Even more battle pets from the PTR

Gear and items

• Darkspear Rebellion Quartermaster items

• Transmog to be available from bank and void storage

• Fiery new mounts

• Item upgrades to return for PvE, not for PvP

Other updates

• Collectors' achievements galore

• New features coming to Brawler's Guild in patch 5.3

• Mining and herbalism able to be leveled exclusively in Pandaria