Last week in Warcraft: October 13th - October 20th
For those of you not following all of the news from Azeroth, Joystiq's sister-site WoW Insider is here to catch you up on everything that's happened in the World of Warcraft this week, broken into convenient, bite-sized links.
News
Hallow's End hits the live realms.
We guide you through the new quests and events.Engineers get their own flying mount.
But everything has a cost -- we go over the materials needed.Season 3 Arena gear.
Season 3 will begin in patch 2.3, but we already know what to expect from the test realms.Season 1 Arena gear available for honor points.
When Season 3 starts, the Season 1 gear will move to honor vendors.Epic gear for mid-level dungeons.
Blizzard adds new itemization for mid-level players working their way up the ranks.The new Dustwallow Marsh.
A preview of the new mid-level zone coming in patch 2.3.Retribution Paladins get threat reduction.
In patch 2.3 the Retribution paladins get everything they've asked for.Everything you want to know about patch 2.3.
Sure, we've highlighted some of the big announcements this week -- but for those of you who need to know everything, this is where to look.
Discussion
What makes a casual player?
What the average MMO-player thinks of as "casual" may not be.Want to rid the world of gold farmers?
Blizzard could get rid of gold farmers -- the question is how much inconvenience would you put up with to see it done.Tank, heal, and DPS!
Should classes get to do all three?How much should death matter?
Eric discusses improving the game by implementing permanent death.The race to 70.
Why is everyone in such a hurry?
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