Tuesday Morning Post: Please release me edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Apr 19th 2011 at 8:30AM
Alas, it doesn't look like this is going to be the week. Scheduled maintenance is only from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pacific time, far too little for a patch. Luckily, that is more than enough downtime for you to catch up on all the latest WoW news. We got a lot of stuff to cover, from patch 4.1 news and loot drops to BlizzCon tickets and new official lore. Check it all out after the break.
Hot news and features
- Check out the patch 4.1 PTR note updates for April 12.
- Mobile guild chat is free for a limited time.
- The answers are out for Ask the Devs round 5. This time, they answer achievement questions.
- BlizzCon 2011 tickets will be on sale May 21 and May 25.
- WoW Archivist looks at beta patch 0.10.
- CM Zarhym has revealed that male and female versions of all demons are on the table for warlocks.
- Blizzard has release more official lore on Grom Hellscream and the Council of the Three Hammers.
Class news and guides
- Totem Talk has a guide to restoration shaman raiding specs. We also have a guide to low-level enhancement abilities.
- Scattered Shots has a guide to hunter addons.
- Spiritual Guidance navigates your shadow priest trinket choices. We also have a guide to healing priest macros.
- Shifting Perspectives opines on the new Call to Arms system. Also, balance druids are learning about Total Eclipse (alas, it is not the kind of the heart).
- The Light And How to Swing It looks at patch 4.1 retribution gear. We also have guides to tanking macros and holy glyphs.
- Lichborne answers more blood tanking questions.
- The Care And Feeding of Warriors discusses the balance and usage of Single Minded Fury.
- Encrypted Text talks about the fun rogues can have with stealth.
- Raid Rx looks at throughput, regeneration, and secondary stats for raid healers.
- Arcane Brilliance has a discussion on Mage Armor.
- Blood Pact has some suggestions for the demonology tree.
Dungeons, professions, items, PvP, and more
- Ready Check takes a look at the raiding changes coming in patch 4.1.
- WoW Rookie covers the basics of mouse turning.
- Addon Spotlight has a Daily To-Do list.
- Gold Capped talks about profitable tailoring. We also have a look at the latest in gold making addons.
- The OverAchiever has a guide to obtaining 5-man dungeon mounts.
Odds and ends
- Check out the latest installment of Safe Passage.
- Know Your Lore looks at Arthas' journey from death knight to Lich King. We also have a look at the current politics of the Horde.
- 15 Minutes of Fame talks to a Horde-minded ad writer.
- Blizzard and Epic Weapons are showing off the winners of the weaponsmithing fan art contest.
- The Lawbringer continues to discuss the issue of avatar rights.
Filed under: Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Docseuzz Apr 19th 2011 8:33AM
Plus - Portal 2 time during maintenance!
Ryan Apr 19th 2011 9:13AM
Pity that I had purchase new tyres this month, else I woul have my grubby mitts on it too.
Portal 2 vs. Food, was hard to call.
GrandOldDuke Apr 19th 2011 9:15AM
Portal 2 time until next week! At least!
(Subscription lapsed until the patch drops. I'm sure I'm not the only one)
Fweet Apr 19th 2011 11:25AM
@ryan
You eat tires?
Docseuzz Apr 19th 2011 8:38AM
One more thing - with 4.1 coming "soon" (I think we all assume next week or two at most) - is Wow Insider going to do a new ZA/ZG overview article or two? I think there was a few from a druid's perspective a while back - but a "how to run Z(G|A) and not be a noob" would go quite far to help. Now if only Blizzard would gate access to the instances by quests that require players to follow the mechanics within the runs (e.g. cauldrons) ... But then again, I think there should be skill-building quest series that must be completed prior to being able to run heroics - but whadda I know... ;)
kurnos Apr 19th 2011 8:56AM
no 1 in their right mind would release a major patch the week of easter. hope every1 has their security up to date because good friday is traditionally a big account hax day cause they have 4 days to annoy the crap out of you.
tgrhwke Apr 19th 2011 8:58AM
Currently 6am Pacific and game hasn't gone offline for maintenance yet.
Kunikenwad! Apr 19th 2011 10:46AM
No maintenance today for US servers; just rolling restarts at 3:15 PST. Play on!
Xantenise Apr 19th 2011 10:52AM
@Kun Nope, alas, they are shut down.
Kunikenwad! Apr 19th 2011 10:58AM
CURSES! YOU LIED TO ME INFORMATIONAL WINDOW ON MY LAUNCHER! YOOOOU LIIIIIIIIED!
I'm going to eat a cookie now and watch Tron Legacy.
Gath Apr 19th 2011 9:04AM
so why the hell do we need a full maintenance today wtf this is bullshit.
seems to me, blizzard entertainment is way over their fuking heads, they are way too big for their own britches, they cannot even handle the amount of people playing as it is. now we have to go through a full maintenance every single Tuesday? i call bullshit. wtf do these people do on weekdays? is this the only fucking day they work? grrrrr i hate tuesday it suks. there's nothing good about maintenance, nothing at all QQ this mother fuckers i don't care if i'm banned here, i only ever look at this stupid worthless insider site ONLY because wow is down, fuk u wow assholes
Ryan Apr 19th 2011 9:11AM
Cannot be downrated enough.
Do you realise how sad you sound?
"wtf do these people do on weekdays"
Erm, they work? You know, work?
Sorronia Apr 19th 2011 9:41AM
You sir, need to take a chill pill.
Birk Apr 19th 2011 9:42AM
Gath, I know you would do a much better job of handling server technology backing the biggest MMO in recorded history, but I'm afraid that armchair degree of yours just won't get you in the door.
-Birk
Phil Apr 19th 2011 10:04AM
Dude, seriously, calm down lol
Drakkenfyre Apr 19th 2011 10:34AM
So we see someone who is new to maintainence, and does not understand that it's been this way for 6 years.
Also does not understand what kind of work it does to maintain the servers, nor how many people it takes.
Please let me explain it to you this way.
Hey asshole, without Tuesday maintainence your server would eventually encounter a problem. You would start having problems in game, and could eventually lead to a server crash. And if the crash was bad enuf, leading to data loss. Your characters would be unplayable until they restored the data from backup, then that maintainence would be TEN TIMES longer than maintainence now. Maintainence requires the servers TO BE OFFLINE. They cannot do it while the servers are running. I could explain what they do, but you probably wouldn't understand it from the way your post is.
Xantenise Apr 19th 2011 10:50AM
"now we have to go through a full maintenance every single Tuesday?"
Been that way forever. I started playing in '06.
At some point, around then (or maybe '07) they played with doing live maintenance for a few weeks - the servers didn't go down but they did maintenance anyway. Obviously it didn't work, because it wasn't long before they went back to normal.
Utakata Apr 19th 2011 11:48AM
Imagine ending up in a PuG with this guy.
Wolfshanze Apr 19th 2011 11:54AM
I think Gath is a Horde player
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Brakelbee Apr 19th 2011 9:49AM
Tuesday maintenance. This is nothing new. Maintenance...as in where they upgrade and fix crap that's broken, so folks like you don't endlessly QQ about how it's broken.
Here's a thought. Go outside, get some air to cool off that stressed, sweaty brow. Or even better, go get a job.