Tuesday Morning Post: Zie Bart Zie edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Mar 17th 2009 at 5:30AM
Yes, today's title is a horrible pun. To be fair, I blame Rossi. But it was just too awesome NOT to use. Maybe the Argent Tournament will have a circus with a sideshow, then it will even be on topic, in a sort of prophetic off topic sort of way.It's extended maintenance today, from 3 AM to 11 AM Pacific, so we're facing another rather long WoW drought. No, I wouldn't bet on 3.1 going live. I'd say we have at least a few more builds to go for that. Maybe even one later today with all this maintenance stuff going on. But for now, let me do my usual and suggest that you browse WoW Insider in lieu of playing. We have tons of nice juicy 3.1 information for you to dig through. I've compiled some of the best stuff from the past 7 days or so past the break.
Hot News and Features
- Sure, everyone says the game is getting easier, but maybe we're just getting smarter.
- MMO-Champion shows off the new Tier-8 sets in full motion video.
- The next Arena season will be coming with 3.1.
- Even with the background downloader being active, you may not want to expect 3.1 too soon. Blizzard says they're willing to push back Noblegarden if they need to.
- WoW Armory has recently been upgraded with some pretty powerful Arena tools.
- Sorry Priests, Power Word: Barrier may not be incoming after all. But hey! How about those revamped hymns?
- Encrypted Text discusses Shadow Dance PvP.
- Beastmastery Hunters can look forward to a new Spirit Beast in 3.1. Also for Hunters, we have a discussion of Aspect Swapping.
- Totem Talk looks at some of the latest PTR Shaman changes.
- Rossi discusses the state of Arms Warriors. We also have a look at some of the latest Warrior PTR changes.
- We have a look at some of the latest Death Knight class changes from the PTR, and Lichborne wonders whether 3.1 will mark the rise of the Blood tree.
- Blood Pact explores the deep Destruction tree.
- Bad news for Mana users: lessing of Wisdom and Mana Stream totem will no longer stack.
- Oh yeah, and Spiritual Attunement isn't looking good either.
- Ghostcrawler says all these mana nerfs are intentional. Healers should expect to be more on their toes. He also opined on healer class makeup in raids earlier last week.
- We can expect quite a few new mounts in 3.1, including the first swim-speed increasing mount.
- Insider Trade discusses preparing for profit in 3.1.
- Cooking gets easier and gets a few more recipes in 3.1. Also, Clams and campfires get some changes too.
- Jewelcrafting will be getting some new recipes in 3.1.
- We have a guide to achieveing in Warsong Gulch.
- Sorry Twinks, looks like some enchants are going out of your reach. Also, no more mooching in Wintergrasp.
- The Arena tournament is on to phase two, and time is ticking away on the chance to get that armored murloc.
- Ulduar spoilers time! We have a first-hand account of the Kologarn fight.
- If that isn't enough to sate you, we also have a list of Ulduar Achievements!
- Emblems will be easier to loot in 3.1.
- The numbers are in, and it does look like Immortal may be the toughest raid achievement.
- Looking for the best place to farm Frostweave? Just my Two Copper thinks they may have found it.
- EU players can now get figureprints of their favorite characters, no lottery required.
- Worlds.com is making plans to sue Blizzard. Yeah, I giggled too.
- Youplayorweplay continues to chug along, and plans to add EU support soon.
- I don't think F. Scott Fitzgerald was expecting this when he wrote The Great Gatsby.
- It looks like Glider is finally on its last gasp.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Realm Status, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mark Mar 17th 2009 5:50AM
Agreed, awesome title.
Qess Mar 17th 2009 5:51AM
patch downloading now, can't be long.
Maurice Mar 17th 2009 6:14AM
Well... I'm not a gambler, so I won't bet 3.1 will be available this week, but the background downloader was already downloading 3.1 yesterday! (european realm)
Thâr Mar 17th 2009 6:27AM
so, i'm downloading the patch too right now..
but this doesnt mean 100% it goes live today, right?
let's hope it goes live soon, cant wait for hunter-ownage it brings to the gameplay, or atleast, to all the classes! :)
Acyclovir Mar 17th 2009 6:47AM
What the heck! Eight hours!
This is insanity! Does anyone know if the servers ever go up early, or are we waiting another 7 and a half hours to play? Heh heh heh, oi
dotorion Mar 17th 2009 6:45AM
Sideshow Ziebart ?
Axolotl Mar 17th 2009 7:21AM
"Zie" being some french-ised version of the German "Die" (for the English-speaking it should be said like Dee)
dotorion Mar 17th 2009 11:43AM
I know, and it's a pun on the quote by Sideshow Bob, where he has a 'Die Bart Die' tattoo and claims it's German :p
ceasur Mar 17th 2009 6:49AM
Rogues dont need anymore nerfs! i had a full deadly gear rogue and i was getting whooped by ret pallys and dks in savage gear! and i am a very good rogue. i know how to chain my stuns. but since the mut nerf i dont even play with the rogue no more. all our offensive abilitys are nerfed and blizzard didnt give us no defense to compensate. now poisons are getting nerfed again, we no longer have the option of removing bleed effects and now more classes are getting bleed effects... how is a rogue to survive? can anyone deny that rogues die the fastest compared to any other class? if blizzard is going to nerf all offensive abilitys itleast give us some defense! like a 2 sec immunity from all dmg after casting vanish so we dont get hit right out?
bob Mar 17th 2009 7:10AM
the Zie before and after the name, what is that from? don't know the reference
Ragnorax Mar 17th 2009 7:22AM
Zie - Die, though I presume many of us saw Zie and pronounced it zee.
Axolotl Mar 17th 2009 7:25AM
It's from a Simpsons episode where Sideshow Bob is up for parole, only he has "Die Bart Die" tatooed on his chest.
He then claims it to be German ... and is released for "anyone speaking German, can't be bad" OFC he sets off on another quest to kill Bart
Aggrajag Mar 17th 2009 7:39AM
OK I'm dim. I still don't get it.
What has the Simpsons, or Bart, or Sideshow Bob, got to do with Tuesday Morning Post?
Alex Ziebart Mar 17th 2009 8:05AM
@Aggrajag
They're using The Simpsons to mock my name. :|
Acyclovir Mar 17th 2009 7:31AM
Can anyone tell me the earliest the realms usually go up? In PDT. Argh... Night Shift worker here... nights are my days, this is endlessly frustrating...
Argh
RetadinMan Mar 17th 2009 7:34AM
L2Grammar, please!
Kthxbai
Rage Mar 17th 2009 8:09AM
OK, I have two comments/questions:
1st instead of making us wait for ever why don't they just do a small patch and push out dual specs?
2nd if they are willing to let trees use natures grasp then just let them have roots. Why should druids have to pop out of tree to provide some kind of cc? I for one think they should be able to do everything they can do in NE form same thing with Mookin. I mean look at Pallies and Shammy's they don't have tons of GCD's to cast a heal or CC. OK that's starting a third thing but seriously it's anoying that pallies and shammy's can heal/dps without the annoying GCD associated with swapping forms. Just get rid of tree and mookin forms and have the buffs.
Thâr Mar 17th 2009 8:28AM
1. cuz they're very evil and like to threat us
2. noone want every class exactly the same than the others.. then choosing a class would just lead to its graphics and animations and this wouldnt be fun anymore :)
Rage Mar 17th 2009 10:44AM
At very least they should allow tree's to cast roots.
handofsatan Mar 17th 2009 9:14AM
i have a different idea... with such large class changes i think part of 3.1 will go live ulduar and season six arena will be released in 2 weeks calss changes and dual spec will be available today!