Last Week in WoW: I might get in trouble edition
Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. Patch 5.2 continues apace, and there's new stuff being pulled out of datamines or just officially released by Blizzard by the day. Downtime this morning begins at 5 a.m. PST and is expected to last 6 hours. While you're waiting for the servers to come up, read on for the usual roundup of the latest news.
Hot news and features
Class news and guides
Hot news and features
- See the latest patch 5.1 hotfixes for January 14.
- Check out the latest patch 5.2 PTR note updates for January 16.
- There are some pretty big PvP gearing changes coming to patch 5.2.
- Check out the word from Ghostcrawler on some patch 5.2 PTR balance concerns and a later update on said concerns.
- There will be no flying mounts in the new patch 5.2 zone.
- Check out the latest news about reputation changes in patch 5.2.
- Want to know what's going on with the lore and story in patch 5.2? We have some spoilers for you. Of particular interest may be the angry voice of Ra-den.
- Wrathion's questline continues in patch 5.2.
- This week's Dev Watercooler focuses on encounter tuning.
- Ghostcrawler discusses gear scaling.
- Rossi has a wishlist for patch 5.2.
- Darkmoon Faire gets some new rewards in patch 5.2.
- A lot of people have wanted an Emerald Dream expansion for quite some time. Anne thinks we may already have it, in a way.
Class news and guides
- The warlock green fire quest line looks like it comes with some nice gear rewards as well.
- Hunters get to tame awesome new direhorn pets in the upcoming patch.
- Want to start healing? We have six tips for you.
- Totem Talk talks restoration tier 15 set bonuses and other patch 5.2 news.
- Encrypted Text examines the new possibilities for the ranged rogue.
- Spiritual Guidance takes a look at the tier 15 priest bonuses.
- Scattered Shots has some hunter predictions for 2013.
- The Light And How To Swing It covers patch 5.2 news for protection paladins.
- The Care And Feeding of Warriors looks at haste for warriors on patch 5.2.
- Blood Pact philosophizes on green fire.
- Tankspot checks out the Council of Elders, one of the new raid encounters in testing on the patch 5.2 PTR. We also have first looks at Horridon and Iron Qon.
- Blood Sport answers your PvP questions.
- Addon Spotlight offers advice for setting up Weak Auras for your class.
- Want to get a world record challenge dungeon time? Here's a video from some people who did.
- Addons are probably here to stay, says Ghostcrawler.
- Blizzard has introduced live web chat support.
- Know Your Lore discusses a few more of the missed opportunities of 2012. We also have some wild theories on the true origin of Azeroth.
- Want your movie featured on WoW Moviewatch? Here's a few tips.
- We caught up with some of our interview subjects and WoW newsmakers from the past year and found out what they're up to these days.
- Ghostcrawler didn't start working at Blizzard until years after it was out, and yet he appears in the credits of Starcraft I.
- WoW Archivist looks at some popular WoW memes. Myself, I'm still a follower of Kralnorism.
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