Last Week in WoW: Speedy edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Oct 30th 2012 at 9:00AM
With this breakneck pace, it's no wonder downtime this week is nothing but rolling restarts starting at 10 a.m. PDT. If you want to get off the roller coasting for a few minutes, we're here with some nice, soothing WoW news to calm you down -- or, you know, just get you all excited about patch 5.1 again. Read on for the usual roundup.
Hot news and features
- Check out the patch 5.1 PTR note updates for October 23.
- Blizzard has previewed a new mount, the Swift Windsteed.
- 12 new battle pets will drop in vanilla raids in patch 5.1.
- We preview the Brawler's Guild, a new feature in patch 5.1.
- Patch 5.1 will bring new achievements.
- Grand Commendations will boost reputation for your alts in patch 5.1.
- Check out some new audio files and new mounts from the patch 5.1 PTR files. We also have pictures of some new pets and new Darkmoon Faire items.
- In my favorite piece of patch 5.1 news so far, Lesser Charms of Good Fortune will move to your currency tab.
- Patch 5.1 is adding some amazing new music. I can't wait to hear Jaina's music in context, personally.
- Patch 5.1 will bring new gryphon and wyvern flying mount models to the game.
- Level 90 premade characters are now available on the PTR.
- Check out the latest patch 5.0.5 hotfixes for October 19 and October 25.
- 10 and 25 man raids no longer share lockouts on Korean realms.
- Anne reviews the Tillers faction.
- We take a look at a few videos of the special effects on challenge mode armors.
- We have a Maiev lookalike transmogrification set for you this week.
- If you're playing a monk, you may be missing out on 3 powerful techniques.
- Spiritual Guidance has a guide to shadow priests in Mists.
- Shifting Perspectives offers some powerful feral druid macros.
- Totem Talk helps you heal the first few bosses of Mogu'shan Vaults.
- Encrypted Text discusses the popularity of Shuriken Toss.
- Lichborne looks at loot from Mogu'shan Vaults.
- Arcane Brilliance offers a pre-raiding gear guide for mages.
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors has some opinions about the roles of hit and expertise.
- Blood Pact has a guide to tier 14 warlock loot.
- We have a guide to obtaining and using the Nether Faerie Dragon, a unique and powerful battle pet.
- Blood Sport delivers a state of PvP address.
- Addon Spotlight has a look at an arena spectator addon.
- We offer some advice for keeping the other faction from stealing your world boss.
- WoW Archivist studies some of WoW's spookiest sites.
- Know Your Lore examines the origin of the Grummles.
- We're not playing Kung Fu Panda.
- 15 Minutes of Fame talks with Wowhead's curator, Perculia.
- Blizzard does not plan to offer early flight for alts on Pandaria.
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