Tuesday Morning Post: Darkmoon's back edition
Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. It's Darkmoon Faire week this week, and since this is also the first week of patch 4.3, that means it's a brand new faire. There are new games, new quests, and new mount and pet rewards to get excited over. If you haven't visited yet, I strongly suggest you do. I don't think you'll regret it, unless you hate fun or something.
If you're still trying to get a grip on the wide, wide world of patch 4.3, be sure to check out our patch 4.3 guide. I've also put a pretty awesome fan-modified version of the patch 4.3 trailer above for your amusement. If you're in the midst of pugging those new dungeons, you'll also definitely want to check out our 5-second guides to each of the new bosses. They're perfect for pasting into chat just to make sure the other newbs in your group know what's up. We also have a 5-second guide for the bosses of Dragon Soul's Raid Finder version.
Scheduled maintenance today is from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. PST, so you should have time to read up. Check out our usual roundup after the break.
Hot news and features
- Check out the latest 4.3 hotfixes for Dec. 2.
- Check out our gallery of screenshots from the beautiful new patch 4.3 5-man instances.
- If you're running the instances, take along our 5-second guides to each boss fight. We also have a 5-second guide to the new Raid Finder version of the Dragon Soul bosses.
- Interested in the Raid Finder? Blizzard has an official Raid Finder Q&A.
- The Dragon Soul raid has multiple (spoiler-filled) cinematics, and we have them for your viewing pleasure. We also have the big ending cinematic.
- Check out this complete list of the new patch 4.3 pets, mounts and collectibles.
- World of Wardrobe grabs transmogrification stuff from Sunwell Plateau.
- Real ID friends can now run cross-realm Battlegrounds together.
- Blizzard's posted a new short story called Charge of the Aspects.
- Fishing is now quicker to level in patch 4.3.
- Transmog Fashion is a new Tumblr that uses the WoW API to grab random transmogrification sets from the armory.
Class news and guides
- Encrypted Text has a guide to getting the new rogue legendary.
- Spiritual Guidance looks at healing priests in patch 4.3. We also have a look at new patch 4.3 shadow priest gear.
- Totem Talk browses the new Pandaria talent calculator for restoration shaman. We also take a look at patch 4.3 changes for enhancement shaman.
- Blood Pact looks at the new patch 4.3 dungeon gear for warlocks.
- Scattered Shots takes a look at more patch 4.3 hunter changes.
- Raid Rx helps you heal the first couple of bosses in the Dragon Soul raid.
- The Light And How To Swing It has three tips for tankadins. We also have a guide to patch 4.3 holy paladin gear.
- Shifting Perspectives has a patch 4.3 gear list for balance druids. We also have a patch 4.3 feral cheat sheet for you.
- The Care And Feeding of Warriors discusses the design philosophy of the new Pandaria warrior talents.
- Arcane Brilliance continues looking at Pandaria mage talents.
- Blood Pact has first impressions of raiding for warlocks in patch 4.3.
Dungeons, items, professions, PvP, and more
- Want to take down Morchok? We have a guide to help you.
- Addon Spotlight helps you iron out some of those patch 4.3 addon issues.
- WoW Rookie has tips for success in the Raid Finder.
- Gold Capped discusses profiting off the new valor BoEs and craftables in patch 4.3 and looks at the future of Chaos Orbs.
- Ready Check looks at the possible return of raid stacking.
Odds and ends
- Know Your Lore looks at the beginning of the upcoming Horde-Alliance war and the possible ramifications of the Cataclysm end cinematic.
- Rossi thinks Blizzard missed the boat on 20-man raiding.
- The Lawbringer answers emails about stolen guild charters and yearly subscriptions.
- Blizzard CM Bashiok takes you through a day in his life.
- Check out our review of the SteelSeries WoW MMO Edition legendary gaming mouse.