Tuesday Morning Post: Call to Arms edition
Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. By now, I'm sure most people have heard this week's biggest WoW news: Patch 4.1 will bring with it the dungeon finder Call to Arms, which will provide BoA goodie bags to those who fill the most needed role in the dungeon finder queue. I call it a tanking stimulus package. Many of my colleagues prefer to call it a bribe. Whatever you call it, it's the hot topic of the hour and is bound to stay that way for the near future.
If you're getting tired of all the hubbub, though, don't despair. There's plenty of other news to review and discuss as well, and we have the usual roundup ready to go. This week marks a return to server downtime starting at 5 a.m. Pacific and continuing until 11 a.m. Pacific, so you should have time to read it all.
Hot news and features
Patch 4.1 continues to be updated on the PTR. One of the newest additions is a nice little resort town.
Check out the patch 4.1 PTR patch note updates for April 7.
Patch 4.1 will let you convert PvE currency to PvP currency.
The Wailing Caverns are getting a makeover in patch 4.1
The WoW Archivist explores the Karazhan Crypt.
Round 4 of Ask the Devs features your armor and weapon questions.
Blizzard had a few words to say this week about Savage Defense and other tanking concerns.
Blue poster Bashiok spoke out recently on WoW's difficulty.
Blizzard's released more information about the upcoming remote mobile guild chat feature.
Cryptozoic has released official information on the WoW TCG War of the Elements expansion, including loot card info.
Class news and guides
Totem Talk looks at pre-raid gemming and enchanting for restoration. We also have a guide to gearing your low-level enhancement shaman.
Lichborne looks at gemming, reforging, and other stat tweaks for blood death knights.
Shifting Perspectives has a feral weapon retrospective and a roundup of moonkin mailbag answers. We also have more feral cat raiding tips.
Encrypted Text takes a look at rogue stats.
Spiritual Guidance continues our shadow priest guide to raiding Blackwing Descent. We also have a Lightwell manifesto.
The Light and How to Swing it discusses hitting the avoidance sweet spot. We also take a look at holy paladin stats.
Raid Rx helps you determine healing spell priorities.
Arcane Brilliance suggests some fire tree tweaks.
The Care and Feeding of Warriors continues teaching you about Cataclysm tanking.
Blood Pact has some suggestions for the affliction tree.
Dungeons, items, professions, PvP, and more
Ready Check discusses recovering from a bad raid night.
Gold Capped discusses alchemist overload, the price of gems in patch 4.1, and tailoring profits.
Addon Spotlight introduces ReforgeSaver.
The Overachiever helps you grab some Northrend mounts.
Blood Sport wishes arenas were more like rated battlegrounds.
WoW Rookie has part 1 of a newbie PvP guide.
Odds and ends
Know Your Lore has more words on Sylvanas, as well as an in-depth look at the Van Cleefs and the new Westfall.
The Lawbringer discusses the concept of avatar rights.