The best of WoW Insider: November 25 - December 2, 2008

December is here, and where are WoW players? In Northrend, of course -- a sizable amount of the population has hit 80 already, and the rest of us are scrambling through the new content to join them. In the meantime, WoW Insider continues to have everything you need to know about the world's most popular MMO, from new spec and gear guides to the coolest quests and items on the way up. Here's our most popular posts from the past week.

News

• Level 80 Death Knight solos Zul'Gurub
  Even more old content made trivial by a few extra levels and a new class.

• Dual spec update
  A dev updates us on one of the most awaited features in the game right now.

• Ghostcrawler: Wrath's difficulty is where we want it
  Is Wrath too easy? GC says no.

• Four year anniversary pet and feat of strength achievement
  For the game's fourth birthday, we all got a baby bear pet as a gift.

• Wrath of the Lich King breaks internal records at EB Games
  A secret correspondent in the big games retailer snaps a shot of the internal email about how well the expansion did.

Features

• WoW Insider's 2008 holiday gift guide
  Yes, it's that time of year again, so here's a guide that will help find a gift for the WoW player in your life.

• Five old world vanity pets you may have missed
  Everyone's chasing achievements, so if you're trying to get every single noncombat pet out there, here's five you may have missed the first time around.

• A Death Knight's first dungeon: Dos and Don'ts part 1
  How to run your first instance with a new class.

• The Oracles' mysterious egg is a must-get
  We're slowly finding out about some of the cooler rep rewards in Northrend.

• The Queue: Tradeskill bits and pieces
  Our Q&A column answers reader questions about tradeskills. Have one of your own? Ask it in the comments.