Downtime this morning consists of a series of rolling restarts starting at 10 a.m. PDT. So whether you're fighting off a fall cold, a hangover, or a tummy ache -- or if you're feeling fine, you lucky bum -- you should have some time to read up on the week's news with us. There's a good mix of patch 4.3 and BlizzCon 2011 stuff to review, so you'll probably want to read on.
Hot news and features
- Blizzard held a Mists of Pandaria live developer Q&A, and we have a transcript.
- With the new Mists of Pandaria talent system, is talent choice still a myth?
- Ghostcrawler had a few words to say about the Pandaren monk.
- Matthew Rossi takes a critical look at Cataclysm.
- Mat tells you why you just might like Blizzard DOTA.
- I tell you why you should consider playing Diablo 3.
- Have you made your grievances heard with #OccupyGregStreet?
- WoW Archivist looks back at some the great hoaxes of WoW.
- Want to take your guild to a new realm or the other faction? Now you can.
- Korean and Taiwanese servers are testing a twice-weekly raid reset.
- The rogue legendary dagger proc has appeared on the patch 4.3 PTR.
- Check out some of the new titles coming with patch 4.3.
- Valor point gear has appeared on the patch 4.3 PTR, and we have screenshots.
- World of Wardrobe offers some old plate tier look-alikes for the tier-deficient death knight.
- WoW Rookie helps you choose your realm type.
- Check out the official tier 13 death knight preview.
- Josh Myers takes an early stab at the mechanics of the monk.
- The Light And How To Swing It takes a swing at the new Pandaria talents for retribution paladins. We take a similar look at those talents for tanking paladins. We also discuss the myth of the melee healer.
- Shifting Perspectives examines the new MoP talents for balance druids and feral druids.
- Arcane Brilliance takes a look at the new mage Pandaria talents.
- Scattered Shots looks at the hunter news out of BlizzCon 2011.
- Totem Talk has some post-BlizzCon restoration thoughts. We also take a look at the new Pandaria talents for enhancement shaman.
- Spiritual Guidance talks to some of the priests of BlizzCon 2011. We also look at the new MoP talents for shadow priests and for healing priests.
- Encrypted Text looks at the rogue news of BlizzCon 2011.
- Blood Pact looks at the new warlock talents for MoP.
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors talks about specializations in Mists of Pandaria.
- Raid Rx opines on the future of healers in Pandaria.
- Lichborne searches for the iconic death knight look.
- The gear levels for patch 4.3 raids have been revealed.
- Yet another recipe for the High Society Top Hat has been found in the patch 4.3 PTR.
- Gold Capped talks about the possible economic ramifications of the Pet Battles system. We also look at the newest Mobile Auction House updates.
- Addon Spotlight picked some random addons off of Curse and reviewed them.
- Ready Check peers into the future of raiding.
- The Lawbringer dispels some panda myths.
- Chris Metzen gave a recent interview in which he talked about heroes.
- We talked some guildmates who met up at BlizzCon.
- The New York Times had some stuff to say about BlizzCon 2011.
- Know Your Lore continues looking at player impact on the world via quests. We also take a look at the highlights of the BlizzCon 2011 Lore Q&A Panel.
- About The Bloggers talks to Lisa Poisso.
- World of Warcrafts looks at the cosplay of Christina Sims.
- WoW TCG is releasing some awesome new dungeon decks.
