Last Week In WoW: Another day in panda-land edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Apr 17th 2012 at 12:00PM
Scheduled realm maintenance this morning is from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m. PDT, so you should have plenty of time to get caught up the week's news. Keep reading for our usual roundup.
Mists of Pandaria news and features
- Check out these awesome new jewelcrafting mount models. And if that's not enough, there's even a super-expensive version.
- There are also new emote animations for female pandaren.
- Here's a video of some more awesome new mounts coming with Mists of Pandaria.
- Josh takes a look at five super-exciting new monk abilities.
- When's Mists of Pandaria's release date? We took a look at past patch and beta development cycles for clues.
- Blizzard sent out another 250,000 beta invites this week.
- Ji Firepaw's dialogue received a rewrite.
- Check out videos of one of the cool new warlock cosmetic glyphs and of Stampede, the new hunter ability that lets you summon five pets at once.
- Ghostcrawler recently said some things about demonology warlocks in Mists.
- A familiar face is back in Mists of Pandaria -- you can join Hemet Nesingwary's safari once again.
- The awesome Soul of the Aspects pet is now available in the Blizzard store.
- Returning to WoW? We have a guide to coming back.
- More signs that Warcraft's taking over: Two WoW geeks find common ground (and maybe romance) on a reality show.
- Registrations are now open for the 2012 Arena Pass.
- Ghostcrawler recently gave a pretty interesting interview. I think he was especially astute about the ending to Mass Effect 3, personally.
- Blizzard posted a story recap of the legendary rogue dagger quest line.
- Velen, the leader of the draenei, finally gets his leader short story.
- Blizzard's making some changes to its customer support UI in patch 4.3.4.
- Totem Talk gets a feel for restoration shaman in Mists of Pandaria.
- Arcane Brilliance takes a look at frost mage PvE in Mists.
- Lichborne looks at the emerging problems with DPS presences in Mists.
- The Light And How To Swing It looks at retribution in the Mists beta. We have a similar discussion for protection paladins.
- Scattered Shots has more discussion of new pet mechanics and features in Mists of Pandaria.
- Shifting Perspectives takes a first look at feral druids in Mists of Pandaria.
- Encrypted Text looks at some of the new fun toys rogues get in Mists.
- The Care And Feeding of Warriors takes at what Mists of Pandaria reveals about the history of warriors.
- Blood Pact offers some tips to newbie demonology warlocks.
- Blood Sport addresses some common questions and complaints about PvP and breaking into PvP.
- Want to be a blood elf druid? We have a guide to looking like one.
- Addon Spotlight helps you grind reputation with Factionizer.
- We take a look at the FlagRSP addons for roleplayers.
- Gold Capped helps you with your pre-Mists purchases.
- Know Your Lore talks about Alleria Windrunner and Algalon the Observer. We also take a look at the lore behind Atiesh, the caster legendary from vanilla WoW.
- 15 Minutes of Fame talks to a quadrapalegic gamer who has established his website as a WoW resource for other disabled gamers.
- The Lawbringer answers more reader mail.
Filed under: Realm Status, News items
