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Another weekend is upon us and we're all doing our best dinosaur hunter impression. So when we asked the team what they're playing this weekend, we took the time to ask specifically about the patch. In this week's WRUP, we talk about exactly how patch 5.2 is going.

Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) SimCity 4000.

Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) I'll be writing this weekend mostly, and helping my dad with the atrium project if needed. And then raiding on Sunday, which leads me to the bonus answer: I absolutely love the Throne of Thunder. Hands down the best raid we've seen in a long, long time, and my guild is only at boss #4 in the thing. I do love exploring the Isle of Thunder and the Isle of Giants too, but man, that raid. That raid.

It's like someone announced some big giant party. Oh? You mean BlizzCon in November? Yeah, that might be what we're thinking of. So it's time for your intrepid team of WoW Insider journalists to break out our crystal balls... and tell you what we think will go down.

Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) I'm going to be helping my dad - he's remodeling the atrium. It is a messy task but loads of fun! And also I have raiding on Sunday, which has returned to being loads of fun, too. Bonus answer: Expansion announcement, I'm hoping outer space because draenei, maybe new character models, maybe also a hint or two about Titan. So many possibilities this year for cool information, really!

Editor's Note: Mr. Gray doesn't know how to read a calendar. There's another week left before the patch!

The new patch is here. You might say that this weekend is the final countdown. (Da da dahhh dahhh.) So when we talked to your intrepid WoW Insider staff, we asked what they most enjoyed about patch 5.1... and what they least enjoyed about patch 5.1. It's a mixed bag, after all.

Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) I'm not sure what I'm doing this weekend -- likely writing along with working on alts to level the new guild. Best part of 5.1? Easily the lore in the Dominance Offensive/Operation Shieldwall stuff. I loved doing those quests, and they did a fantastic job of keeping the story moving along. Worst part? Well there was that time my guild went splat. We're back together and doing great now, however -- so I guess you could tack that onto the "best" answer as well.

On the the primordial world of "Urth", a primitive race known as "hooman" is busying itself with preparations for an upcoming ritual event. The ritual, which occurs once every few months, is known as "pach'dey", and it brings with it a palpable feeling of excitement for these simple-minded bipeds. This pach'dey looks particularly bountiful for the hoomans, who look forward to seeing exotic new animals, new structures, and even new armaments by the time the ritual is over.

We asked the hoomans how they're preparing for pach'dey.

We've all had that dungeon we're just... tired of. Can't do it again. It hurts us. Those opening faces stare at you, and the sinking realization that you're about to hear "Are we doing all the bosses?" as you step into Blackrock Depths is crushing. You don't even care if you do all the bosses, you just don't want to argue about it.

We've all been there. This week, we asked the intrepid WoW Insider staff which instances we're just tired of. Note that we're not even saying they're bad. Just that we can't do it one more time.

This week the Warcraft movie secured itself a new director after losing Sam Raimi last year. The new director will be Duncan Jones, the director of Moon and Source Code, who had expressed an interest at directing the film while Sam Raimi was still attached to the project. Personally, I'm happy to see Jones taking on the project ... Not because I love Jones (he's fine) but because I was worried an adaption by Sam Raimi would be too lighthearted for my tastes. If I had it my way every film would be directed by Christopher Nolan.

So now that we have a director, let's write up our dream cast list again. For those of you who have been reading WoW Insider a long time, you'll know I already wrote mine a couple of years ago, so now it's your turn to take a stab at it.

Oh yeah, and what are you playing this weekend? Pfft, just tell us your dream cast list! It's way more fun.

Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) I'm currently trying to resist purchasing The Cave on Steam. We'll see if that holds out over the weekend or not. Other than that, a little raiding and a whole lot of writing.

Bonus question: Man I have no idea, but if they don't at least consider Michele Morrow (@michelemorrow) as Sylvanas I am going to be a little sad.

This week, we asked our writers what "feature" in WoW they'd like to remove. Heck, it seems like everyone has a pet peeve or an annoying game dynamic they're eager to see go away. So let's round it all up in one place and get it over with.

Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) I'm playing catch-up with writing and other projects, and more raiding on Sunday. And if I have time, maybe I'll squeeze some Mass Effect into there because I miss the sci-fi. As for killing features, I'm pretty sure that lockouts on heroics in TBC and Wrath don't really need to be there anymore.

TradeChat's Panser returns with this week's WoW Insider news recap, where we look back at the hottest news from the past week and whatever other kickin' rad things may have come our way. This week's topics include:

• Live web support
• Get your gear without dailies
• Changes to reputation
• Clarifications to upgrades
• Dinosaur hunter pet
• Flying mounts denied
• Patch notes updated
• What do you play outside of Azeroth?

If you enjoyed the show, make sure to subscribe to TradeChat, leave a comment, and come back next week for the next episode!

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Patch 5.2 is really shaping up into something exciting. And frankly, we can't let something like that go by without some deep commentary. So this week on WRUP, we let you know what we really think of patch 5.2 so far.

Spoiler: It's mostly good.

Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) This weekend I'm focusing on my warlock's DPS a bit. I want to try a couple things before I get all uppity about his numbers. I could be wrong with my rotation and gearing, but I doubt I'm that far off... so it's time to crack open the books and see what's up.

I'm really looking to patch 5.2. I think Blizzard is on track for a nice "little big" patch.

You shouldn't send email messages late at night, on your phone, while letting the dog go outside. Don't know why? Well, as we were posing the bonus question for WRUP to your intrepid WoW Insider staff, this is what I may have written: what so you think of upgrading the amount of loot that drops for ransoms?

Under editorial order, we ran with it. This is what so staff think of upgrading the amount of loot that drop for ransoms.

Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) I'm working on my warrior, getting him up to 90 hopefully by Monday sometime.

I'm very much in favor of increased loot drops in the previous tier of LFR. Infact, I'd go as far as to say that it'd be a good idea to increase them 4 to 6 weeks before patch 5.2 releases, just to give people that need a little more boost the opportunity to get it before the big release day fun.

In today's What aRe yoU Playing we ask the simple question, what's your favorite old raid?

Mine has to be the combination of the Black Temple and Mount Hyjal. Both fit so well together on a tier, and both provided some amazing fights. Archimonde and Illidan were guild killers, but both were doable. I really felt that they were the last bosses that took a month or more of learning just to get down.

But when you finally did defeat them? Man was it epic. You were the king of the world for a while. I don't think anything else has ever felt as grand in the game as that.

What's your favorite old raid? We ask our writers the same.

Adam Holisky (@adamholisky) This weekend I'll just be doing some dailies. Plan on lying low and trying to get over the last of this flu junk. It's been really bad this year.

Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) I am playing uh...well, nothing until I get my power supply -- but I'm housesitting for a relative, so I'm having fun playing with a bunch of fuzzy animals and making sure they're fed and kept company while the relatives are out of town! Best old raid -- my best memories come from Blackwing Lair, the old 40 man version. But I think that honestly, I had a lot of fun in both Black Temple and Ulduar. Oh, and Karazhan. Karazhan was as close to perfection as I ever hoped to see, and I hope they never change it!

It's a brand new year, and we're all getting ready to celebrate, make new resolutions, and tackle 2013 with all the energy and gusto you'd expect. Sure, the New Year is an arbitrary marker to change your life, but there's no time like the present. So what are you resolving to do new this year?

Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) I will not be playing anything at all until I figure out why my computer is overheating and um, fix the thing.

I honestly never think too much about resolutions, but I guess I'd say that I'll resolve to be as happy as I possibly can, and pay that forward as much as I can in an effort to create a tidal wave of niceness that will take over the world. What the heck. Dream big!

The holidays are fully upon us, descended around the house and home like the drifting snow the season is famous for. It's been a rough week, and I'm not going to say much. As many of us are parents -- and all of us are human beings with basic emotions like compassion and empathy -- well. Everyone's said nearly everything. We're feeling it, too.

Most of this article was written by Thursday night, so if we seem too jovial... that's because none of us could have known.

What are you playing this weekend? Are you raiding or PvPing in WoW? Playing something on the new Wii U? Maybe helping out Benjamin Franklin in Assassin's Creed III? The WoW Insider staff certainly have some plans of their own, but it looks like some of them are also going to find themselves on a Dickensian journey as they are visited by the mysterious Ghost of Azeroth Past. OooOOOOoooo!

The Ghost of Christmas Past from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol showed Ebenezer Scrooge the significant moments from the past which shaped him into who he was in the present. So I guess the Ghost of Azeroth Past will probably show many of us scenes of our first characters being eaten alive by murlocs. I wonder if that gets redundant for him?

So let's say you are visited by the Ghost of Azeroth Past this weekend. What does he show you?

Adam Holisky (@AdamHolisky) LFR for me this weekend, and then leveling my monk.

The Ghost of Azeroth Past shows me the awesome time I had in Defenders of The Pass in classic WoW, especially with the other warrior tanks. Then he takes me to Christmas future, where I look like Matt Rossi. But PLOT TWIST. My beard isn't that long and/or manly.

What is your intrepid WoW Insider team doing this weekend? Of course, we're playing patch 5.1. Sure, a few of us are branching out and leveling alts, testing other games, and maybe even getting into the holiday spirit. But mostly, there's this patch... so we asked the team what they liked about it so far.

What about you? What're you getting your mitts into this weekend?