Tuesday Morning Post: Rearrangement envy edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Mar 29th 2011 at 7:00AM
There's plenty of other juicy WoW news to be had, both from the PTR and elsewhere, and we have a quick roundup of the latest stuff for you as usual. You can check it out while you're waiting for the rolling restarts to get finished. They'll start at 5 a.m. Pacific time and last about an hour. Me, I've decided to spend the downtime watching Gnome Fukkireta over and over again, so I'll see you on the flipside.
Hot news and features
- Lead systems designer Greg Tiberius (not his real middle name) "Ghostcrawler" Street's written a new developer blog. This time, he discusses hit and expertise for tanks.
- The patch 4.1 PTR continues to be updated regularly. Check out the patch note changes for March 22.
- Blizzard's posted an official preview of Patch 4.1: Rise of the Zandalari.
- Cataclysm world bosses have new loot on the PTR.
- New archaeology rewards have shown up in the Patch 4.1 PTR files.
- There've also been some more patch 4.0.6 hotfixes released this week.
- We debut a new column, bringing you a look into the past with WoW beta patch 0.8.
- The Ask the Devs series continues over on the official forums. This week, we've seen answers to our PvP questions and UI questions.
- Is your guild hankering for a change of scenery? Soon, you'll be able to switch sides or switch servers without losing those precious guild levels.
- The Wrath of the Elements expansion for the WoW TCG will debut worldwide on April 26 and will include new loot cards.
- World of WarCrafts has some lovely whimsical Warcraft art.
Class news and guides
- Shifting Perspectives answers your bear and tree questions. We also have a guide to balance druid AoE and more tips for feral cat raiding.
- Totem Talk answers your shaman healing questions. We also have a guide to enhancement macros.
- Scattered Shots opens the hunter mailbag.
- Spiritual Guidance has a guide to raiding Blackwing Descent as a shadow priest and to healing the Twilight Ascendant Council.
- The Care And Feeding of Warriors has part 2 of our Cataclysm warrior tanking guide.
- Lichborne looks at how Blizzard is tinkering with death knight DPS utility on the patch 4.1 PTR.
- Arcane Brilliance talks up the frost tree.
- Encrypted Text has some rogue tips for you to steal.
- Raid Rx has tips for healing heroic Chimaeron.
- The Light And How To Swing It has a raid tankadin gear guide, as well as a healer's guide to Bastion of Twilight.
- Blood Pact discusses using Dark Intent.
Dungeons, items, professions, PvP, and more
- Ready Check offers some help with explaining boss fights.
- Gold Capped has some suggestions for improving the default auction house UI.
- Addon Spotlight improves your cast bars with Gnosis.
- WoW Rookie teaches you some manners.
- The OverAchiever helps you jumpstart the Mountain O' Mounts achievement.
Odds and ends
- Two Bosses Enter continues as Lord Godfrey takes on a special challenger.
- Check out the latest installment of Safe Passage.
- Our friends at the Bronze Kettle have created a social site for organizing BlizzCon 2011 meetups.
- Know Your Lore looks at the blood elves' path to the Horde and at Lady Sinestra.
- SwagDog lets you show your faction pride with new WoW-themed hockey shirts.
- The Lawbringer digs into the reader mailbag.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm has destroyed Azeroth as we know it; nothing is the same! In WoW Insider's Guide to Cataclysm, you can find out everything you need to know about WoW's third expansion, from leveling up a new goblin or worgen to breaking news and strategies on endgame play.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
blandfx Mar 29th 2011 7:10AM
This is beautiful.
Starsider Mar 29th 2011 7:22AM
Reorganising the character list.
I wanted this since vanilla!
Ryath Mar 29th 2011 7:27AM
It seems odd, but I've been waiting for that change for a long time.
Larka Mar 29th 2011 8:15AM
"Hell...its about time."
Gendou Mar 29th 2011 7:42AM
"SwagDog lets you show your faction hide with new WoW-themed hockey shirts."
Faction... hide?
Look, I know Worgen get a bonus to their skinning, so I really don't want to encourage them to try and skin Horde.
* Dexterworgen has looted [Hide of Forsaken Priest]
Yeah, no. D:
Sam Mar 29th 2011 7:44AM
excuse the excitement for a moment. OMG OMG OMG OMG!
rmt1 Mar 29th 2011 7:47AM
Great news, wanted to move my chars around for AGES.
Just a note, I'd love to be able to move some of my chars I never go on to an inactive tab, (where they can stay or be moved out of easily) to further clean up my cluttered login screen.
What do you think?
alexbroadxhead Mar 29th 2011 9:43AM
I think that'd be a great idea. Cause I run so many alts, I have 10 toons on 1 server, and most are 80+ so I dont want to delete them, but I love leveling characters, so this or more character slots (20+)lol would be awesome
Nina Katarina Mar 29th 2011 7:59AM
There's something wrong when I'm more excited about the character rearranger than I am with the 'new' dungeons. Probably wrong with me.
Baba Mar 29th 2011 8:18AM
There is nothing wrong with you.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Aaron Mar 29th 2011 8:03AM
Cake for everyone! :D
Cain Mar 29th 2011 8:06AM
I'm still not sure I understand the excitement over re-organising your toons...I mean sure you don't need to scroll the inch or so further down to get to your last toon but really? I guess I'm in the minority on this. I can't help but feel theres a lot more necessary and useful fixes that could be done...
Mitawa Mar 29th 2011 8:44AM
Why wouldn't you want to organize your character list? You could put all your 85's at the top, or make the list alphabetical, or Separate them by faction.
I find that the order in which I make my characters is almost never reflective of how much I play them. My character list in order is an 83, 72, 85, bank alt, 72, other faction mule, and the character I'm currently working on.
I'd love to have the one I'm working on nearer the top and the 72 out from between the 80+'s. Put the 85 on top while we're at it.... Organization is a wonderful thing, my friend. :)
Name Anon Mar 29th 2011 9:30AM
While the change doesn't seem all that big to you, it's a nice feature. Also, the team that worked on that is not likely to have worked on raid design or class balance. So I am fairly certain that adding this feature didn't slow down the creation of new content.
And remember the other character list feature that people want? More than 10 characters per realm? Well, my guess is that this change to the character list also added what's needed to do that. (Or at least the start of the code for it.)
Jeff Field Mar 29th 2011 8:19AM
Don't usually comment, but this is the greatest change in the history of gnomekind.
lucifer.cross Mar 29th 2011 8:24AM
OMFG it's about damned time.
Scomparsa Mar 29th 2011 8:54AM
Screw ZA and ZG! Give us this in 4.1 and hold those back!
Scomparsa Mar 29th 2011 8:56AM
Comment system seems to have eaten my reasoning:
My character list is a MESS on my main faction of Earthen Ring:
85, 80, 85, 75, 73, 80, 80, 85, 46, 5. I want my 85s at the top, then the character I plan on working on, then all my other misc. alts.
Also, an upgrade to the comment system :P
Yakuko Mar 29th 2011 9:15AM
And there was much rejoicing from the OCD crowd. :D
Nipah Mar 29th 2011 8:44PM
You forgot that they prefer to be called the "CDO crowd", as that puts the letters in the correct order.
As someone without OCD, I can say this change is still fantastic. I make a ton of alts, and all I've ever wanted (er, well not ALL) was to be able to loosely sort them... having my Alliance banker at the top of my list is bad enough, but having my Horde banker 1/2 way down (in between various Alliance alts) always miffed me.
... maybe I do have a little OCD... *ponders*