Tuesday Morning Post: End of Hallow's End edition
Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. I hope no one overindulged too much in candy or alcoholic beverages last night -- or if you did, I hope you're not too bad off. Myself, I'm finding that while I avoided getting the con crud, I seem to have picked up the Halloween party pestilence instead.
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.
Class news and guides
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.
Dungeons, items, professions, PVP, and more
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.
Odds and ends
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.
