Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. We're to that period in the new patch where we haven't quite finished the content, and there's still hotfixes every other day, but things have simmered down a bit and a lot of us have our daily routine down again.

That said, there's still plenty of cool stuff going on, and we have the usual roundup of all the news from the past 7 days, along with more guides to help you get the most from Patch 5.2's new content. Scheduled maintenance starts at 5:00 a.m. PDT today and is expected to last for 6 hours, so you should have time to get caught up.

Hot news and features

• Check out the latest patch 5.2 hotfixes for March 11, March 12, March 14, March 15.
• There won't be any more 5-man dungeons in Mists, but they will be back for future expansions.
• PvP season 13 has begun.
• If you're delving into the Raid Finder for the new raid, you'll want these 5-second guides to the bosses of the Last Stand of the Zandalari.
• We have a guide to running the new single-player Troves of the Thunder King scenario.
• Blizzard is offering free server moves for select servers until March 21.
• If you're visiting from a different realm, you won't get loot from an Oondasta or Nalak kill.
• Do you hate the CRZ system? It turns out some realms my be exempt from it.
• Want to keep track of your Isle of Thunder tasks? There's an addon for that.
• The Call to Auction podcast recently got a chance to ask some questions of Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street about the economy and professions.
• WoW Archivist suggests 11 great moments in WoW history that should return as scenarios.
• Rossi speculates on the possibility of scaling old raids to max level players.
• Is WoW too easy? Blue poster Draztal disagrees.
• Blizzard may allow you to get off-spec gear in Raid Finder in the future.

Class news and guides

• Lichborne explains why patch 5.2 is a great time to be a death knight.
• Totem Talk helps your restoration shaman with the Throne of Thunder raid.
• Encrypted Text offers advice for playing a rogue in patch 5.2.
• The Light And How To Swing It has a guide to tanking the first few bosses of Throne of Thunder.
• Blood Pact reflects on warlock lessons learned from tanking and healing.
• Can you ever escape being a tank?

Dungeons, items, professions, and more

• Addon Spotlight compares Skada and Recount.
• You have about a day left to fish up a Winter Squid.
• We have a guide to twinking in PvE up to level 35.
• Want to get some reputation? Want to know what reputation is? We have a guide that'll get you started.
• We have a guide to using the Corefire Imp, one of the battle pets that drops in old world raids.

Odds and ends

• GuildOx now has a Brawler's Guild ranking system.
• Know Your Lore relates the sad story of Vereesa Windrunner and makes some connections between pieces of lore.
• Rossi offers some musing on the place of moral greyness in the faction war.
• Check out this sneak peek of Dawn of the Aspects part two.
• 15 Minutes of Fame talks to an all-worgen guild.
• There's a Warcraft easter egg in Heart of the Swarm.
• Running low on time to play? Check out this guide to time management for gamers.

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