Tuesday Morning Post: Soon edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Aug 24th 2010 at 7:00AM
Okay, that's a lie. I want Cataclysm now. Well, not now, because it's obviously still sort of buggy and needs testing. But you get the picture. Of course, what we want and what we get are generally two different things. That said, this morning may be relatively unique in that there is, as of this writing, no anticipated downtime. That said, if you still need a little break from WoW, we have a lot of news for you to catch up on. You can catch up on the latest from both the live servers and the Cataclysm beta after the break.
Hot news and features
- Blizzard is considering a mentoring system for Cataclysm.
- Check out the first archaeology achievements, fresh from the Cataclysm beta servers!
- We now know the contents of the Cataclysm collector's edition.
- Blizzard is releasing Curse of the Worgen, a new Warcraft comic series, on Nov. 17.
- The blues have answered a few questions about the upcoming guild advancement system.
- Know Your Lore sets the record straight on retconning, canon and new storylines.
- Shifting Perspectives looks at restoration druid healing numbers on beta and the current state of the balance rotation on the beta. We also have the latest balance druid changes from the latest beta build.
- Scattered Shots looks at the beastmaster rotation in Cataclysm beta and the latest hunter tweaks on the beta, as well as video of the newest hunter pet skins from the beta.
- The Light And How To Swing It looks at protection paladin talents in the Cataclysm beta and at holy paladin gear diversity.
- Lichborne looks at death knight masteries and other death knight beta tweaks.
- Arcane Brilliance discusses the awesome parts of being a mage on the Cataclysm beta.
- Spiritual Guidance discusses Dispersion and the latest from the Cataclysm beta for healing priests.
- Encrypted Text discusses rogue mobility.
- Totem Talk updates the shaman restoration bucket list and looks at the latest enhancement tweaks from beta, as well as the latest elemental shaman news from the beta.
- The Care And Feeding of Warriors grades the arms tree's performance over the course of Wrath of the Lich King.
- Raid Rx tells you why you aren't getting healed.
- The Art of War(craft) reports in on Tol Barad from the beta server.
- Gold Capped digs into the mailbags and answers your auctioneering questions.
- Gold Capped also offers an article on playing the auction house with inscription.
- AddOn Spotlight looks at Loremaster addons.
- WoW Rookie discusses coming back after a break.
- The Overachiever presents the most entertaining achievements in WoW.
- 15 Minutes of Fame talks with the creators of Geek Chic Cosmetics.
- The Lawbringer continues explaining the EULA.
- Long exposure photography comes to WoW with some pretty cool results.
Filed under: Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fletcher Aug 24th 2010 7:03AM
I'm reminded of a Simpsons episode in which Moe gets an ex-Navy deep fryer. "This baby can deep-fry a buffalo in thirty seconds!" "Thirty seconds?! But I want it now!"
Talasna Aug 24th 2010 7:24AM
Looking at Loremaster in the Beta, I think it'll be much easier to do it after 4.0 hits
Bryroo Aug 24th 2010 7:44AM
I hope either Final Fantasy XIV or the Old Republic are fun enough to replace WoW for me. I've gotten really tired of Blizzard's "Soon" policy
You want to rebuild the entire game and make the experience more enjoyable for new customers? Fantastic. How about some new content for the customers that already pay you? We don't even have holidays to distract us right now.
Debesun Aug 24th 2010 8:28AM
If you feel the current content doesn't fulfill your needs, you can cancel your subscription and save / spend it on things you feel will do so and re-subscribe when new content is released. That's the beauty of subscription based gameplay :P
Also, if they shift resources into creating content to be used before cataclysm release, it's going to take away time and resources that would otherwise be used to add more content to the expansion and/or release cata earlier.
Schadenfreude Aug 24th 2010 11:34AM
As a holiday addict, it would be nice to have some kind of August holiday. Maybe something beach or island themed.
Drewbob247 Aug 24th 2010 7:50PM
Yeah. Some new content for people already paying them, you know.
Oh wait, what about 80-85, Skywall, Bastion of Twilight, the other raid, and the 8 or so 5 mans.
Ellemir Aug 24th 2010 7:45AM
Ah, darn it. I *want* us to have some downtime. There's a quest that the family members I introduced to the game want to do, and I'm going to have one of my alts help them, and the darned thing's bugged out. Server reset was my best hope.
Nioxic Aug 24th 2010 7:47AM
I'm more interrested in when 4.0 comes.. It will be the most important update, ever. More important than the exansion itself, i think.
Delloga Aug 24th 2010 7:54AM
I thought the release date was the first Tuesday after it was done.
Noyou Aug 24th 2010 8:23AM
This ^^ which is "a few months" from IDK.
kyusswren Aug 24th 2010 1:18PM
I remember right before LK launched, GC said that the target was to have a new expansion out every 12-14 months.
Now I know that Cataclysm isn't exactly an expansion, but rather a full relaunch of the game, but its projected launch is a full two years after LK.
I'm disappointed that they're so far off target, and probably over budget (lol), but I will tell you what I am stoked about...
1: This is a game changer, and it changes more than just the World of Warcraft. You've heard the term WoW-Clone. Well, with all these new features, they've raised the bar on what can be considered a WoW-clone. Games like (Project?) Copernicus are going to have to add a lot of stuff to their social and guild systems just to stay competitive, and I'd say it even raises the bar for those two extra MMOs that Blizzard has in development.
I think with old Azeroth dead and ran through the voodoo grinder that the term WoW-clone might even be considered a compliment.
2: From what I understand 10 man and 25 man achievements will drop the exact same loot. This probably means that 10 man stuff will be... less of a joke. Lets face it, naxx 10 was a joke, ulduar 10 was a joke, ToC 10 was a joke, and as far as I raided into ICC 10... hilarious.
But they should be able to make uniform gear requirements between the two versions of the instance, but I still believe that the community at large is going to manage to muck that up for us as well.