Tuesday Morning Post: Entire team is hipsters edition
Well, it happened. I was dreading the day, but here it is. On this Tuesday morning, the unthinkable has occurred. According to a Breakfast Topic commenter, the entire WoW Insider team are hipsters. Now, far be it from me to hide away from such accusations. No, I am not the type of man to deny such things. Thus, in interest of full disclosure, I present to you the picture above, which was taken at a concert attended by myself and a friend. I will freely admit that yours truly did, in fact, consume the contents of more than one of the cans shown above. Take from that what you will.
That said, you did not come here to investigate the inner life of this humble blogger; you came here for the latest and greatest in WoW news, delivered to you by the finest group of video game hipsters to set hands to keys. This week, we have another round of rolling restarts starting at 5 a.m. Pacific. While you're waiting for your server to cycle, why not check out the news? We have our usual roundup after the break.
Hot news and features
Blizzard had its usual slate of April Fools' jokes this year.
Check out the patch 4.1 PTR note updates for March 30.
Same-faction rated battlegrounds are coming to the PTR.
City-specific fishing quests have also been uncovered on the PTR.
Blizzard's released an official explanation of the upcoming patch 4.1 guild challenges.
New heirlooms have shown up in the patch 4.1 PTR game files. In addition, patch 4.1 will bind hierloom items to your Battle.net account.
Check out the patch 4.0.6 hotfixes for March 29.
Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street talks about interrupts.
Our new column WoW Archivist unearths patch 0.9.
Are you following WoW Insider on your favorite social media outlet?
You still have a few more days to apply to WoW Insider's April Guild of the Month contest.
Class news and guides
Totem Talk looks at restoration pre-raid gear and stats and elemental addons, as well as some enhancement shaman Q&A.
The Care And Feeding of Warriors presents the third part of Rossi's Cataclysm tanking discussion.
Scattered Shots opines on hunter haste.
Shifting Perspectives looks at tanking and healing the new Zul'Gurub as a druid. We also have a look at addons and UI tweaks for the balance druid.
Spiritual Guidance continues its shadow priest guide to Blackwing Descent and offers a healing priest guide to Cho'gall.
Lichborne has a blood tanking 101 guide.
The Light And How To Swing It looks at essential retribution addons and enhancing your protection paladin's gear. We also have more holy paladin advice for Bastion of Twilight.
Encrypted Text looks at the trials and challenges of dual-speccing your rogue.
Raid Rx discusses the art of the wipe.
Blood Pact redesigns warlock pets.
Items, dungeons, professions, PvP, and more
Addon Spotlight looks at raid leader tools and some of the answers from the UI-focused version of Ask the Devs.
WoW Rookie helps you win at Tol Barad.
Gold Capped looks at the possibility of changes to milling and prospecting. We also discuss the fine art of undercutting.
The OverAchiever looks at getting Outlands mounts.
Ready Check discusses boss positioning.
Odds and ends
15 Minutes of Fame hangs out with El's Extreme Anglin'.
Check out the latest installment of Safe Passage.
Know Your Lore takes a look at the Zandalari, patch 4.1's new villain. We also continue to look at the recent history of Outland.
The Drama Mamas untangle the lies.
The Lawbringer answers more of your questions.
The best thing video games ever taught me was not to tease the octopus.
