Last Week in WoW: Birthday cake edition

November 19, 2013

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Happy Tuesday morning, everyone, and Happy 9th Anniversary to WoW. Have you logged in for your free achievement and buff yet? If you haven't, you may need to wait a while longer, as some servers are scheduled to be down for connection from 6 a.m. - 11 a.m. PST. The rest of us, however, just have to put up with rolling restarts at 7 a.m. PST.

Whether you're waiting out a restart or waiting for a connected realm, have no fear, we have plenty of articles to keep you busy. BlizzCon may be over, but we're still covering the aftermath and offering insight in to what all these changes mean. Read on for all the latest WoW news from BlizzCon and beyond.

BlizzCon news and features

The Diablo 3 style transmogrification system, which removes the need to keep old gear, may be coming to WoW.
Read our exclusive intereview with WoW Senior Game Producer Ray Cobo.
Check our summary of the World of Warcraft Q&A session at the end of the BlizzCon Adventure Continues panel.
For a BlizzCon quick fix, check out 5 pieces of WoW news you may have missed from BlizzCon.
Casual players, here's 7 things you should know about Warlords of Draenor.
Olivia offers her impressions of playing through the Warlords of Draenor expansion at BlizzCon.

The announcer's booth at BlizzCon's arena tournament had a surprise guest: Conan O'Brien.
Olivia recounts her experiences playing the new Heroes of the Storm MOBA at BlizzCon.
The Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls expansion was playable at BlizzCon, and we have some impressions.
15 Minutes of Fame interviews pandaren monk cosplayer Amanda Wisley about her BlizzCon experience.

Other hot news and features

Christie Golden is writing a new WoW novel, War Crimes, and we have an exclusive interview with her about it.
Ghostcrawler suggests that Warlords of Draenor is coming along quicker than Mists of Pandaria did.
Warlords of Draenor won't be bringing too many sweeping changes to racials.
The patch 5.4.2 PTR files reveal the Treasure Goblin battle pet, which appears to be attached to the upcoming Reaper of Souls Diablo 3 expansion.
Check out the latest patch 5.4 hotfixes for November 12,
Check out the latest news on US Connected Realms.
Still confused by the newest changes to the Recruit-A-Friend system? This video may help.
The classic Warcraft RTS games may be coming to Battle.net.
Bonus loot rolls are likely to stay in the new expansion.
Blizzard is still aiming for those yearly expansions, even if they haven't quite hit the mark yet.

Class news and features

Encrypted Text takes a look at the rogue class after BlizzCon.
Scattered Shots looks at hunter news from BlizzCon.
The Light And How To Swing It covers BlizzCon from a retribution paladin's point of view. We also have a recap for tanking paladins.
Care and Feeding of Warriors looks to the future of the class.
Blood Pact examines BlizzCon news for warlocks.

Dungeons, items, professions, and more

BlizzCon 2013 introduced Mythic Raiding. But why switch to the 20-man format? CM Lore recently touched on that topic on the official forums.
Check out some WoW tips and tricks submitted by fellow players.
CM Lore comments on the possibility of less profit for professions in Warlords of Draenor.
Cory Stockton recently talked about the possibilities of randomly generated or player created content in WoW.

Odds and ends

Hungry for more Warlords of Draenor news? Doodlegnome has more (fake) answers to your questions, in sketch form.
GameStop is offering 60 day WoW time cards for $5.00 on Black Friday this year.
Know Your Lore wonders if the Bronze Dragonflight has been lying about time travel all along. We also try to unravel the real method of Draenor's time travel and what Karazhan might have to do with it.
Rossi speculates on what the new expansion could mean for the draenei.
Anne highlights a character who is conspicuously missing from Warlords of Draenor lore: Aggra.

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