Tuesday Morning Post: Kitty cat club edition
As a former player of a Feral Druid main and current player of a Resto/Feral Druid alt, I was looking forward to seeing the new Night Elf Cat Form graphics with bated breath for much of the week. Of course, having now seen them, I have to say that Tauren Cat Form definitely came out on top here. Of course, some people still have their complaints about that, but I think the Night Elf forms are certainly quite a bit sillier. Oh well, at least my hair will get me a set of the slightly cooler looking forms.
But Druid fashion concerns weren't the only thing going on this week. While most servers are getting rolling restarts, others are getting some real downtime (check this post for details), and the authentication servers are taking a nap as well. That means you may just have some time to check out some more of our top stories from the past seven days below:
Hot News and Features
The Avant Garde guild of the Kil'jaeden-US server has formed the first Val'anyr.
As of last night, WoW China is down for the count while NetEase takes over. Will this finally be the end of Warcraft's Chinese woes? Time will tell.
And the first 25-man Algalon kill goes to -- you guessed it -- Ensidia. And while it's not a first Kill, Gentlemens Club did manage to get the world first Herald of the Titans achievement.
Level 1 to level 80 has now officially been done with zero deaths.
Robin discussed a scam that hit her family recently, and then, surprisingly enough, heard from the scammer.
Class News and Guides
Ghostcrawler's been discussing Rage on the official forums. Check out Rossi's two cents.
Retribution Paladins, brace yourself. Vindication has been nerfed.
Also for Retribution Paladins, we have some tips for getting through Ulduar.
Encrypted Text continues with more Ulduar tips for Rogues.
Shifting Perspectives weighs in on the new Druid forms.
Our Hunter column makes its triumphant return with a new writer.
Blood Pact sows a little destruction (as in the Warlock tree).
Arcane Brilliance discusses reaching the hit cap.
Items, Professions, Dungeons, and More
Not that you need to pick it up for anything anymore, but it's still sort of fun: June's Brew of the Month is Blackrock Lager.
Time is Money discusses farming for Nerubian Chitins.
Insider Trader looks at profession specific buffs.
WoW, Casually rates classes for casual friendliness.
WoW Rookie discusses the basics of tanking.
The Ulduar Bosstiary reveals new lore tidbits about the instance.
Speaking of Ulduar lore, Matthew Rossi recently discussed how it all fits together.
In a move probably meant to head off hackers, Burning Crusade's dungeon chests are gone.
Addon Spotlight goes Postal. Yeah, I went there.
Zarhym recently dropped a few hints about the new battleground, Isle of Conquest.
Odds and Ends
There's always been rumors and sightings of college courses that allow you to play WoW and other MMORPGs for credit. We've managed to track down one of the professors who teaches one of those courses for 15 Minutes of Fame.
Europeans can now pick up the iPhone version of the Blizzard Authenticator.
Yet another Warcraft community member gets an in-game nod. This time it's one of the co-founders of Wowhead.
WoW.com was at E3, where we got a chance to speak to Michele Boyd of The Guild.
Turpen's adventure continues. He's now past the level 25 mark.
You can draw some pretty interesting conclusions from the latest official Top Lists.
