Last week in Warcraft: October 13th - October 20th

For those of you not following all of the news from Azeroth, Joystiq's sister-site WoW Insider is here to catch you up on everything that's happened in the World of Warcraft this week, broken into convenient, bite-sized links.

News

• Hallow's End hits the live realms.
  We guide you through the new quests and events.
• Engineers get their own flying mount.
  But everything has a cost — we go over the materials needed.
• Season 3 Arena gear.
  Season 3 will begin in patch 2.3, but we already know what to expect from the test realms.
• Season 1 Arena gear available for honor points.
  When Season 3 starts, the Season 1 gear will move to honor vendors.
• Epic gear for mid-level dungeons.
  Blizzard adds new itemization for mid-level players working their way up the ranks.
• The new Dustwallow Marsh.
  A preview of the new mid-level zone coming in patch 2.3.
• Retribution Paladins get threat reduction.
  In patch 2.3 the Retribution paladins get everything they've asked for.
• Everything you want to know about patch 2.3.
  Sure, we've highlighted some of the big announcements this week — but for those of you who need to know everything, this is where to look.

Discussion

• What makes a casual player?
  What the average MMO-player thinks of as "casual" may not be.
• Want to rid the world of gold farmers?
  Blizzard could get rid of gold farmers — the question is how much inconvenience would you put up with to see it done.
• Tank, heal, and DPS!
  Should classes get to do all three?
• How much should death matter?
  Eric discusses improving the game by implementing permanent death.
• The race to 70.
  Why is everyone in such a hurry?

Still haven't gotten your World of Warcraft fix? Check out our features from the last week or join us this afternoon for our live podcast — just tune your browser to WoW Radio at 3:30 PM EST or 8:30 PM GMT to listen in!