Tuesday Morning Post: Choosing sides edition
Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. We're a couple of weeks into patch 4.2, and by now, many of us should have made the ultimate choice. Who did you pick first in the battle for the Firelands? Was it the ancient, mysterious order of the Shadow Wardens, or was it the slightly less hippie than normal flying aces, the Druids of the Talon? I admit, it was a hard choice, but as much as I love Thisalee Crow, I had to side with the Shadow Wardens first. They were amazing in Warcraft III, and I have sort of missed them. They remind me of what the night elves used to be. I have to admit, I was sort of hoping Maiev would magically show up to lead them, proud and powerful, with maybe the ocassional dig at Malfurion for how much of a loser his wife is. Alas, it is apparently not be. But I hoped.
Whichever choice you made, right now you have no choice but to wait out the usual Tuesday downtime. This week, it's from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. PDT. While you wait, you can catch up on all the news from the past few days, including guides to some of the new patch 4.2 Firelands and Tol Barad bosses. Check it all out after the break.
Hot news and features
Check out the latest patch 4.2 hotfixes for July 6 and July 8.
The official WoW Armory will now show you your mount and pet collections.
We'll help you take down Occu'thar, the new Tol Barad boss.
Blizzard's apologized for that little mishap with Season 10 PVP gear. In fact, the company's so sorry, it's planning to offer compensation.
Having trouble finding spirit cloth in Firelands? There's a reason for that.
WoW Archivist tackles patch 1.5.
If you have a Windows 7 phone, you can now grab a mobile authenticator for it.
Class news and guides
Totem Talk has healing advice for Firelands bosses Beth'tilac and Rhyolith.
The Light And How To Swing It makes sense of holy PVP in patch 4.2. If you're a tanking paladin, we also have a guide for on spending your valor points wisely. We also discuss the mastery of mastery healing.
Lichborne spills the beans on how to kill a death knight. Also, there are ponies.
Shifting Perspectives helps you figure out how to gear for haste on your restoration druid. We also have a guide to balance druid Firelands gear.
Encrypted Text offers a rogue's gear guide for patch 4.2.
Spiritual Guidance has a shadow priest gearing guide for patch 4.2.
Scattered Shots takes a stab at improving the hunter pet talent trees.
Arcane Brilliance offers a beginning mage guide.
The Care And Feeding of Warriors has a Firelands reputation reward guide.
Blood Pact helps you spend your valor points wisely as a warlock.
Dungeons, items, professions, PVP, and more
Ready Check helps you take out Shannox, the first Firelands boss. Raid Rx also has a seperate guide to healing the Shannox encounter.
Blood Sport continues helping you learn from your betters in arena PVP.
The OverAchiever offers a quick guide to the Dalaran fountain fishing achievements.
Addon Spotlight helps you get the most out of Blizzard's built-in raid profiles UI.
Gold Capped offers strategies for generating Celestial Essences and making money while leveling.
WoW Rookie explains the ins and outs of Darkmoon cards.
Odds and ends
Check out the latest installment of the Safe Passage webcomic. You can also check out an interview with the author in the latest installment of World of WarCrafts.
About the Bloggers continues with a look at our resident lore expert, Anne Stickney.
Know Your Lore takes a look at the tauren and offers some more crazy Old God theories.
What does bill S. 978 mean for the WoW community? The Lawbringer explains.
All The World's A Stage discusses plot hooks for night elf roleplayers.
The news is already rolling out for the upcoming WoW Patch 4.2! Preview the new Firelands raid, marvel at the new legendary staff, and get the inside scoop on new quest hubs -- plus new tier 12 armor!
