Bosskillers

Thanks to the Restokin blog, I have a good place to find boss information to recommend.  Choose a boss or instance, then explore what guides and videos they have available for it.  Thanks, Lissanna!
http://www.bosskillers.com/cgi-bin/bbguild/index.cgi?action=bosslist&sid=U8rBY24O1K

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Moonkin Druid Information UPDATED

This is a good article for the new Level 80 Moonkin raider that has links to a lot of other great moonkin information.  Note the information about addons, a good forum, etc.
http://www.restokin.com/2010/02/moonkin-basics-for-the-new-level-80-raider/

UPDATE:  Here's a spell rotation/casting sequence for a new Level 80 moonkin.
http://www.restokin.com/2010/03/eclipse-basics-rotations-for-beginner-moonkin/

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Exploit Involving Authenticators UPDATED

WOW Insider is reporting about an exploit in the game that is getting around the authenticators.  Details here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/28/man-in-the-middle-attacks-circumventing-authenticators/

UPDATE:  More details about the trojan, including where you pick it up.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/03/01/a-hack-that-can-bypass-your-authenticator/

UPDATE #2:  The file name you should search for and delete.
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2010/03/world-of-warcraft-authenticator-hacked.html

UPDATE #3:  Fake addon download sites apparently are the major source of this stuff.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/01/update-keylogger-source-identified/

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Druids, the New Starfall Buff, and Glyphs

Read the comments at the end as well in this link.
http://druidreliquary.blogspot.com/2010/02/starfall.html

This link is about the nerfing of Starfall and Ghostcrawler's promise to change it again.  No date is given but I imagine this will be done shortly, perhaps with Patch 3.3.3 as there will be many changes to PvP then.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2009/02/gc-starfall-to-be-buffed-soon-tm.html

UPDATE:  More info about these changes.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/25/starfall-and-natures-grasp-ptr-changes/

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Metagems for Healers

A thorough discussion of the options including a theorycrafting analysis and why some are better than others.
http://moarhps.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/healer-metagems-lets-be-frank/

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Resto Druid Tips for Killing/Healing Lich King

How to go about it step by step.
http://feralaggression.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/so-you-want-to-kill-the-lich-king/

Healing as a resto druid in Lich King Heroics
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/09/healing-icc10-hlk.html

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New Caverns of Time Instance in Cataclysm

Blizzard developers have mentioned a new instance will be added to the Caverns of Time when Cataclysm comes out.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/27/new-caverns-of-time-instance-coming-in-cataclysm/

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Wintergrasp: Effective Strategy and Tactics

The Solo MMO Player has discovered many players don't have a clue what to do to win Wintergrasp when playing Battlegrounds. First, if you need a basic description of the battle, here's a good summary. Note that it is dated, however.
http://internetgames.about.com/od/worldofwarcraft/a/wintergrasp.htm

Here is what Blizzard says about the PvP aspects of Wintergrasp.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/features/pvp/wintergrasp.xml

WOW Wiki has more detailed information.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Wintergrasp

The Solo MMO Player is willing to help with tactics for attackers who want to win. This is not intended for the rogue who takes a breathing spell along and hides underwater for the entire battle. Below are things to keep in mind when you are on offense, attacking the fortress.

The Solo MMO Player speaks:

To win when attacking in Wintergrasp, you must break into the fortress and tune the orb.

This is a battlefield with many other players and NPCs, which means things are constantly changing. So prioritize your tasks.

First, the casters must take out the guns on the walls while the DPS generators and healers assist or heal the casters. This gives you time to move to the second step--building siege engines. You will need 3-4 siege engines that move in a group toward the castle. Do not spread out!

You will also need to build demolishers and other small craft that surround and protect your siege engines, and you will need melee players on horseback that also defend the siege engine group. The destroyers and horsed riders should move in a wave in front of the siege engines. Move slowly together toward the walls, staying together as much as possible. The demolishers and horseback players will attack the defenders' vehicles as well as defend their own.

Knocking down towers is secondary to your main objective.  It gives you some honor points, and knocking down all the towers shortens the battle duration (although this is difficult since they are scattered all over Wintergrasp), but does not win the battle for the attackers. And winning is what the Solo MMO Player is interested in.  So forget about the towers.

Remember to protect your siege engine production facilities. i.e., the workshops.

There are varied access points to the fortress. Don’t continue to attack the same places over and over. The defenders will soon be sitting there waiting for you. Predictability loses battles.

Players must have plenty of vehicles. Any side that is greatly outnumbered in vehicle count will lose.

If there are 3 minutes to go or less, create smaller vehicles, not siege engines. Siege engines are so slow that they can’t get to the battle in time to be effective at this late date, so take smaller vehicles to the point of attack or serve as a gunner on the current siege engine already in position.

Always be aware of what’s going on in the battle so you can shift roles as needed.

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The Secret Island: Exploring WOW

WOW Insider takes readers on a tour of GM Island, the place game masters use to enter the game.  There are a few videos of GM Island and still images of player jail as well.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/26/a-look-at-gm-island-and-the-player-jail/

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Guide to Icecrown Citadel

A guide to raiding Icecrown Citadel that describes the challenges of each section.  This multi-part article will be linked to here as new articles are published.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/25/spiritual-guidance-raiding-icecrown-citadel-part-1/

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From the Public Test Realm: Converting Marks to Honor

Here is the Battlegrounds currency conversion from marks to honor as seen on the public test realm, with a list of mounts, armor, weapons and other items you can buy with this stuff.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/26/patch-3-3-3-ptr-new-battleground-mark-conversion/

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Automation: The Invisible Addon

WOW Insider profiles Automation, an invisible addon that handles routine chores such as automatically selling all gray items when you visit a vendor in the background without cluttering your UI.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/25/addon-spotlight-automaton/

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Holy Paladins' Flash of Light Build Explained

A detailed article about the holy paladin Flash of Light build, its pros and cons, and when the Holy Light build works better.  Patch 3.3 information.
http://www.holypaladin.net/index.php/explaining-the-flash-of-light-build-for-holy-paladins

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Guide to Healing Macros

World of Matticus has published a great article about healing macros.  There is a long list of useful macros for healers plus links to other articles on the same topic.  Note that some macros are just for holy paladins, etc.  This is a very useful resource for any healer who wants to find useful macros to make his/her job easier.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/02/26/focus-casting-macros-and-you/

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An Interview with WOWHead

If you are a WOWHead fan (and what serious player isn't?) you'll enjoy this brief interview with their "content and community" head.
http://www.thedalaraninn.com/2010/02/an-interview-with-the-notorious-wowhead-com/

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How to PvP as a Frost Mage

NOTE:  This information is from February-April 2010.

Everything you need to know, from glyphs to your spec.  More blog entries on this topic are planned, so I'll update this as they are published.
http://spicytunas.com/2010/02/frost-mage-pvp-101/

Spell Penetration and Resilience
http://spicytunas.com/2010/03/frost-mage-pvp-102-spell-penetration-and-resilience/

Gearing for PvP
http://spicytunas.com/2010/04/frost-mage-pvp-103-gearing-for-pvp/

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The Future of WOW: Problems and Opportunities

The Older Gamer pointed me towards a really good article from a long time WOW player's perspective of what's currently causing problems in the game and some ways to improve it.  Thanks, Chev!
http://www.tankspot.com/showthread.php?63802-Surprise-Risk-Reward-Challenge-Discovery

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Solo Heal Sartharion as a Holy Paladin

Physician's Log explains how to solo heal Sartharion in the Obsidian Sanctum as a holy paladin.  This is a challenging 10-man run.  Anyone up to trying it?
http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/02/field-medics-guide-sartharion-3-drakes.html

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Blizzard Collects Dungeon Finder Information

According to WOW Insider, Blizzard is keeping tabs on player behavior in the dungeon finder, at least in the Public Test Realm where Patch 3.3.3 is being beta tested.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/24/patch-3-3-3-ptr-random-dungeons-are-being-watched/

I am still waiting for Blizzard to change the rules so that folks can't be kicked out of a group after the main boss is dead.  This is just a way to grab all the loot by reducing competition for it.  There is no other reason to kick out someone at the end.

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Rogue Mutilate Build

What mutilate is and how a rogue plays this.  Info on talents and assassinate, too.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/24/encrypted-text-mutilate-101/

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Learn to Tank in Three Easy Lessons

The Older Gamer rolls a druid bear tank and goes to town.
http://oldergamer.com/2009/12/24/learning-to-tank-part-1/

http://oldergamer.com/2010/01/10/learning-to-tank-part-2/

http://oldergamer.com/2010/01/20/learning-to-tank-part-3/

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Tanks Taunt (with Stacks)

A discussion of how tanks use taunt and how to stack taunts.  There is a link (second URL) to the Taunt Table that "lists bosses that require multiple tank taunting, and the commonly accepted number of stacks of the debuff to watch for before the tanks taunt off each other."
http://pwnwear.com/2010/02/23/the-taunt-game/

http://oldergamer.com/2010/02/12/taunt-table/

UPDATE:  The same blogger has written an earlier article explaining taunts.
http://oldergamer.com/2010/01/24/understanding-taunts/

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Disc Priests, Resto Druids and Mitigation

Miss Medicina talks about what mitigation is and how disc priests use it versus how resto druids use it.
http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2010/02/mitigation-vs-colander-heals.html

The Resto Shaman responds:
http://restoshamanflow.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/what-do-you-mean-heal-me/

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Help for Post-Patch Addon Problems

You can't play WOW without using addons, but Blizzard is totally indifferent to them, so when they issue a patch, players spend hours trying to update their addons and trying to get by without addons whose developers don't get them updated to map to the newest patch quickly.  This article talks about a macro to help you identify which addon you have up on your screen.  I suppose knowing which addons you are using in a situation will help you figure out which ones you need to update.  I guess.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/19/solving-post-patch-addon-woes/

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Patch 3.3.3 Changes UPDATED

UPDATE #2:  WOW Insider is keeping a list of expected changes to the game from Patch 3.3.3 and updating it as more information comes out.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/20/patch-3-3-3-ptr-what-weve-seen-in-the-last-24-hours/

Blizzard is announcing upcoming changes to the game thick and fast.  Patch 3.3.3 has a public test realm that is up and running now, or about to be.  I think the link below is where you access the PTR (public test realm).
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/ptr/

Here is what to expect from it.  Note that the random Battleground system is included in this patch.  You can't use this unless you are wearing a Level 80 character.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/19/patch-3-3-3-ptr-patch-notes/

A more complete explanation of the changes to Battlegrounds, as well as a list of other changes.
http://mmorpgs.pvpee.com/patch-3-3-3-ptr-notes

Patch 3.3.5 apparently has a new raid called Assault on the Ruby Sanctum.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/19/assault-on-the-ruby-sanctum-coming-in-patch-3-3-3/

There is going to be some tinkering with Wintergrasp specifically in the "next minor content patch" which I suppose means Patch 3.3.3.  WOW Insider is excited about the mechanics of Wintergrasp which Blizzard explains here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/19/wintergrasps-hidden-balance-mechanics-revealed-minor-changes-c/

More details on the Wintergrasp changes.
http://mmorpgs.pvpee.com/upcoming-wintergrasp-changes

Note this about the authenticator from WOWHead's blog entry about the 3.3.3 patch notes--
"Authenticator Frame: If a player has a Battle.net Authenticator attached to his or her account and selects Remember Account Name at the login screen, the next time that player logs into World of Warcraft, a field to input the Authenticator code will be displayed below the password field."

http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=145532

The Auction House will have major changes and there will be profession changes, too.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/19/patch-3-3-3-ptr-major-changes-to-the-auction-house-and-game-eco/

Changes to the dungeon finder.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/20/patch-3-3-3-ptr-random-dungeon-finder-changes/

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Balance Druids in PvP

http://www.wow.com/2010/02/19/shifting-perspectives-balance-101-a-pvp-primer/

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Loot Addons

A brief discussion of addons that aid looting.  Covered are teksLoot, VendorBait, and tekJunkSeller.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/18/addon-spotlight-loot-addons/

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Rogues and How They Assassinate

Guide to playing dirty.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/17/encrypted-text-the-art-of-the-gank/

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Dueling Rules and Etiquette

In the Solo MMO Player's experience, the rules and etiquette mentioned here are mostly ignored.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/18/wow-rookie-the-rules-of-duels/

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Restoration Shaman Specs (Patch 3.3)

A guide to playing a restoration shaman.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/18/totem-talk-restoration-101/

Resto shaman talents and glyphs.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/25/totem-talk-restoration-talents-and-glyphs/

Haste and the resto shaman
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/30/totem-talk-haste-and-restoration-shaman/

Addons and macros
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/06/totem-talk-restoration-addons-and-macros/

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Shadow Priest Specs (Patch 3.3)

Another WOW Insider guide.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/18/spiritual-guidance-shadow-101/

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BATTLEGROUNDS: GUIDE TO DEFEATING VARIOUS CLASSES

Are you having trouble fighting a certain class?  WOW Insider is doing a series on strategies to counter the various classes which tell you what you are going to be up against.  It's general but may provide hints to help you kill a group of players you always have trouble with.  And if you play this class, you may find hints to improve your game.

I'll update the list as Zach writes more of his introductory guides.

Fighting Death Knights
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/23/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-death-knig/

Fighting Druids
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/18/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-druids/

Fighting Hunters (part one)
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/01/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-hunters/

Fighting Hunters (part two)
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/04/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-hunters-p/

Fighting Mages
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/11/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-mages/

Fighting Paladins
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/18/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-paladins/

Fighting Priests (part one)
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/25/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-priests/

Fighting Priests (part two)
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/26/introductory-guide-to-fighting-priests-part-2/

Fighting Rogues (part one)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/05/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-rogues/

Fighting Rogues (part two)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/05/introductory-guide-to-fighting-rogues-part-2/

Fighting Rogues (part three)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/07/introductory-guide-to-fighting-rogues-part-3/

Fighting Rogues (part four)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/11/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-rogues-pa/

Fighting Warlocks
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/26/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-warlocks/

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/22/the-art-of-war-craft-three-kinds-of-warlocks-and-how-to-kill-t/

Fighting Warriors (part one)
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/29/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-warriors/

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Zero Punctuation Does WOW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkp-J1pk0y4

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Major Battleground and Honor System Changes Incoming

http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=145354

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A Few Mobile Apps for the WOW Addict

A few mobile apps are listed here with links to the site selling each to help you cut through the clutter and find something that is WOW-related.
http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/02/18/mmo-on-the-go/

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What Sort of Tank Are You?

Too Many Annas lists all the different tank types she's encountered during raids.  Read the list and laugh.
http://toomanyannas.com/feature/differing-species-of-tanks/

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Game Drop Rates

The Big Love Rocket mount is dropping during this year's Love Is In The Air holiday at a very very low rate, as in there are 17 big pink rocket mounts in the U.S to date courtesy of this WOW Insider article.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/17/drop-rate-of-big-love-rocket-not-a-bug/

The author mentions a previous article about drop rate probabilities.  It's quite interesting so I am linking to it here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/13/drop-chance-probability/

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100 Great WOW Videos (and More) UPDATED

Coldbear's list of great WOW video moments, suitable for browsing the next time WOW's down all day for maintenance (which will almost certainly be next Tuesday).  These seem to be in date order with the most recent at the bottom of the list. Some of the earlier links are dead.
http://coldbear.wordpress.com/best-of-wow/

UPDATE:  Coldbear has been working hard and has come up with another list of great WOW items.  Most are videos, but not all.  There's an easy to use gear simulator called AskMrRobot listed, too.  Note that it only works for some classes.
http://coldbear.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/best-of-wow-25-playing-catch-up/

http://coldbear.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/best-of-wow-26-this-aint-rocket-surgery-folks/

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The Feral Druid Bear Guide (Patch 3.3)

WOW Insider continues its series on current class information with a profile of the feral druid bears.  This covers the advantages and disadvantages of playing a feral bear, has information on talents and stats, heirlooms, gear, enchants, and glyphs you need as a high level bear, and covers spell rotations/casting sequences.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/17/shifting-perspectives-bear-101/#continued

There's a link to a video that shows the feral druid bear casting sequence in action.  I've included this below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HciHmfncLc0

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Heroic 5-Man Guides for Icecrown Citadel

Eviscerated.net has been posting guides to the five-man Heroics of Icecrown Citadel.  Currently they are on this page, last on top.
http://eviscerated.net/?cat=9

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The Unholy Death Knights Spec

All about playing an unholy DK, from stats and talents and gems to spell rotations.  I've added this long, thorough article to the Death Knight tab just under the header above.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/16/lichborne-unholy-dps-101/

Skeleton Jack's take on the unholy death knight spec, with an update.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/04/20/skeleton-jacks-3-3-3-unholy-spec/

http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/04/21/sjs-3-3-3-unholy-spec-discussion/

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Season Eight Arena Teams' Composition

The makeup of the most successful season eight arena teams (both 3v3 and 5v5) with a discussion of what this means in terms of team strategy.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/16/blood-sport-season-eight-team-compositions/

Here are the team stats from Arena Junkies.
http://www.arenajunkies.com/showthread.php?t=154325

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Addons for the Visually Impared UI

WOW Insider is doing a column about UI featuring various reader's examples.  This week's example shows addons used by someone who needs extra large text and the author recommends other addons that don't take up so much room.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/16/reader-ui-of-the-week-jakes-larger-ui/

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Blizzard and The Law: A Series

I'm going to consolidate all the WOW Insider columns about legal issues and WOW here.  Search on "law" or "legal" to find this summary.  I've also added other articles about WOW and the Law that aren't part of the series.

The new legal column at WOW Insider has started with this article about "the magic circle" which is the world of games and play separate from the real world and in which players consent to what happens as long as it doesn't violate game rules.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/01/the-lawbringer-wow-and-the-magic-circle/

The WOW Insider legal columnist looks at privacy and how it works in WOW. It isn't as straightforward as you would think.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/08/the-lawbringer-contracts-and-the-achievement-tracker/

The WOW Insider legal column takes a look at the issues around banning players, mostly the contract between Blizzard and WOW players.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/the-lawbringer--contracts-and-player-bans/

Is is possible to get Blizzard to modify your game play provisions?  Maybe.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/22/the-lawbringer-unconscionability/

European Law and Contracts
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/01/the-lawbringer-know-your-legal-lore/

More on the same topic
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-lawbringer-euro-ver-my-head-contract-law-edition/

Blizzard and the Gold Selling Ban (from the legal aspect)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/16/the-lawbringer-legal-gold-sales-not-a-blizzards-chance-in-hel/

Gold Sellers and Contract Law
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/22/the-lawbringer-interfering-with-gold-farmers/

Why Gold Selling is a Crime
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/05/the-lawbringer-gold-sellers-are-criminals/

Copyright Law and WOW
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/the-lawbringer-copyrights-and-wow/

http://www.wow.com/2010/05/17/the-lawbringer-scope-of-copyrights/

Purchasing Versus Licensing Software and Why This Debate Matters
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/24/the-lawbringer-purchase-vs-license-cage-match/

End Use License Agreements
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/31/the-lawbringer-license-v-purchase-sgt-joe-friday-edition/

A history of MDY versus Blizzard which is really about the Glider bot program that MDY offered to get around Blizzard's scanner Warden programs.  Although Blizzard won on most counts, this is still under appeal.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/07/the-lawbringer-the-history-of-blizzard-and-mdy-glider/

Questions from the above MDY vs. Blizzard case with answers-
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/14/the-lawbringer-mdy-v-blizzard-q-and-a/

Another milestone in the MDY vs. Blizzard case.  (This site is all about video games and the law so explore further if this is a topic of interest.)
http://www.gamerlaw.co.uk/2010/12/thoughts-on-wow-glider-appeal.html

Battle.net has a new Terms of Use Agreement (Patch 3.3.5)
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/21/the-lawbringer-new-battle-net-tou/

Why Blizzard won't Sell Gold (note that this is a stand-in columnist while the regular legal writer takes the bar exams)
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/29/the-lawbringer-why-youll-never-buy-gold-from-blizzard/

Rookies' Guide to the End User License Agreement (EULA)
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/11/the-lawbringer-a-rookies-guide-to-the-eula/

Part Two of Rookies' Guide to EULA
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/17/the-lawbringer-rookies-guide-to-the-eula-part-2/

Lawsuits Over Game Addiction
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/27/the-lawbringer-this-mmo-is-too-addictive-im-suing/

Rookie's Guide to Terms of Use (TOU)
http://www.wow.com/2010/09/02/the-lawbringer-a-rookies-guide-to-the-tou/

Fan Fiction (and Fair Use, Parody and Critique)
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/17/the-lawbringer-the-trouble-with-fan-fiction/

Ways to Get Into Trouble with WOW in Trade Chat
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/01/the-lawbringer-5-ways-trade-chat-can-get-you-in-trouble/

Machinima
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/the-lawbringer-blizzard-and-machinima/

Real Money Transactions (eBay)
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/15/the-lawbringer-real-money-transactions-and-some-ebay-history/

Karthias Talks Terms of Use
http://systemicbabble.com/society-politics/terms-of-use-legal-blackmail/

Matthew Discusses Blizzard's Starcraft 2 Hacker Lawsuit
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/24/the-lawbringer-buying-precedent/

Three WOW Criminals
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/29/the-lawbringer-consequences-2010/

About the California case trying to limit sales of violet video games.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/12/the-lawbringer-schwarzenegger-v-ema/

The WOW Insider article says that this is the definitive article on the California case.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6191/video_game_regulation_and_the_.php

Self-Regulation in the Video Game Industry
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/19/the-lawbringer-self-regulation-and-the-video-game-industry/

Account Security
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/03/the-lawbringer-account-security-and-you/

Dangers of Addons That Auto Update (More Account Security)
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/10/the-lawbringer-the-dangers-of-addon-auto-updaters/

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Managing Friends Lists and Nameplates

If you have unwieldy friends lists and are looking for tools to manage them, you'll want to read No Stock UI's article about addons to manage these lists.
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/02/friend-list-management-in-world-of-warcraft-can-too-facebook-sort-of/

If you hate the standard nameplates and need something more transparent and less bulky, Dreambound has some suggestions.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/02/nameplate-mods.html

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Contracts and Banning Players (A Legal Look)

The WOW Insider legal column takes a look at the issues around banning players, mostly the contract between Blizzard and WOW players.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/the-lawbringer--contracts-and-player-bans/

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For the Solo Hunter

This article focuses on the beast mastery hunter build as it is best suited for soloing in the author's opinion.  There are tips and videos, builds for hunters and their pets, and consumables and glyphs that are recommended to help hunters and their pets solo a variety of content. There are also links to guides and videos to help solo hunters.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/scattered-shots-extreme-soloing/

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How Warlocks Can Tank at a Distance (ICC)

Why and how a ranged tank works when you are a warlock playing that role in the Blood Prince Council section of Icecrown Citadel.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/blood-pact-tanking-the-blood-prince-council/

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Holy Paladins and How Intellect Effects Spells

The WOW Insider columnist talks about how intellect effects throughput and longevity in their healing spells.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/14/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-its-all-intellects-fault/

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Lich King and WOW Lore

Full of spoilers in case you are waiting for the movie (sure) or want to see this unfold as you play the game.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/14/know-your-lore-the-lich-king/

Where to read up on WOW lore in general. (Part one)
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/22/know-your-lore-lore-101-part-1/

Same series (Part two)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/22/know-your-lore-lore-101-part-2/

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Roleplaying in WOW: A Collection of Links

Basics of role play.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/03/all-the-worlds-a-stage-roleplay-101-basic-mechanics-of-role/

Ways to play as a vampire in-game.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/14/all-the-worlds-a-stage-how-you-can-be-a-vampire/#continued

Ways to play as a werewolf in-game. (This is an equal opportunity blog.)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/28/all-the-worlds-a-stage-roleplaying-the-wolf/

How to role play a character who doesn't fit into other role players' world.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/16/all-the-worlds-a-stage-odd-man-out/

Hints for roleplaying romance in-game.
http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/02/roleplaying-romance-5-tips-for-aspiring.html

http://www.wow.com/2010/03/21/all-the-worlds-a-stage-intimate-relationships-between-characte/#continued

http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/03/lets-talk-about-sex-baby.html

Hints on using NPCs in roleplay.
http://toomanyannas.com/feature/off-limits-blizzard-npcs-in-roleplay/

Here's hints on how to set up a roleplay group.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/21/all-the-worlds-a-stage-forming-a-roleplay-troupe/

The Physician's Log says you really don't need an elaborate backstory to role play...
http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/02/developing-character-no-backstory.html

UPDATE;  Role Play in Cataclysm
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/11/all-the-worlds-a-stage-cataclysm-class-changes-and-their-impac/

UPDATE AGAIN:  How to end a character you are tired of.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/30/all-the-worlds-a-stage-ending-your-character/

Another update:  Why it isn't not always a great idea to use a major NPC in your backstory.
http://toomanyannas.com/ask-anna/ask-anna-lore-characters-in-backstory/

Guides to Roleplaying Grief
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/18/all-the-worlds-a-stage-effectively-roleplaying-grief/

The difference between In Character and Out of Character.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/15/all-the-worlds-a-stage-cheating-and-the-ic-versus-ooc-divide/

Don't Overplay Emotions
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/29/all-the-worlds-a-stage-robot-devil-tells-you-how-to-portray-em/#continued

One Night to Role Play
http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/all-the-worlds-a-stage-one-night-to-roleplay/

How to Role Play as a Gnome Despite the Stereotypes
http://toomanyannas.com/feature/on-roleplaying-as-a-gnome/

Using Professions to Enhance RP
http://wttrp.com/2010/08/26/apprentice-journeyman-and-grand-master-storytelling-using-professions-to-embellish-rp/

Tips on Finding RP
http://forthebubbles.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/quit-your-bitching/

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Trinkets for Mages

Information about trinkets (by level) the author likes with enough information to decide if they suit your play style.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/13/arcane-brilliance-what-to-do-with-your-trinket-slots-part-1/

http://www.wow.com/2010/02/20/arcane-brilliance-what-to-do-with-your-trinket-slots-part-2/

Empowered Fire writes a short article about trinkets suitable for arcane mages.
http://www.empoweredfire.com/2010/01/08/trinkets-yes-pretty-trinkets/

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Grid Configuration Guide for Holy Paladins (Addons)

Help setting up Grid for your Holy Paladin with tips.
http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/02/nifty-advanced-configurations-for-grid.html

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Two Strategies For Encountering Lady Deathwhisper

This one has maps and a video.
http://www.tankspot.com/showthread.php?58468-Lady-Deathwhisper-Encounter

http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/02/11/what-to-do-when-you-meet-lady-d/

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Tanking as a Frost Death Knight

A thorough discussion of tanking as a death knight (Frost), including spell rotations for AoE and Disease.  Goes to Level 60.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/death-knight-tanking-frost/

Levels 61-70
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/death-knight-tanking-frost-61-70/

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Gemming Your Paladin

Honorshammer talks about the best way to gem your paladin.
http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/02/seeing-red-gemming-those-slots.html

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Should Healers Heal Pets?

A discussion with Miss Medicini's opinions on what to do in various situations.
http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2010/02/pet-healing-question.html

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Arcane Mage Spell Rotations Discussed

The writer's take on the best casting sequences for an arcane mage with T10 gear.
http://www.frostnova.ch/tachyon/blogArticle.do?action=view&topic=T10%20Arcane%20Rotations%20revisited

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Guide to Crimson Hall In Drawings By A Five Year Old

A visual guide to Crimson Halls. It's not the quality of the art that matters, it's the content.  Thanks for the tip, Honorshammer!
http://lakiniblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/visual-guide-to-crimson-hall.html

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How Owlkin Frenzy Works for Moonkins

Gray Matter explains how Owlkin Frenzy works for moonkin druids in Icecrown Citadel.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2010/02/look-at-owlkin-frenzy.html

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All About Beginning as an Arms Warrior

Another in WOW Insider's series for folks starting a new character.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors-arms-101/

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Burning Crusade Approved in China

At long last!
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/burning-crusade-approved-in-china/


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All About Beginning as a Balance Druid

WOW Insider continues their drive to post current information about each spec for beginners with the balance druid.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/shifting-perspectives-balance-101/

Remember that Relevart's Druid Reliquary is a blog dedicated to balance druids.
http://druidreliquary.blogspot.com

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Prepare Yourself For More Content Pre-Cataclysm

A Blizzard spokesperson says there will be more content (both PvE and PvP) coming out before Cataclysm hits.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/11/zarhym-more-content-coming-before-cataclysm-patch/

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70% of Trial Accounts Abandoned Before Level Ten

From the quarterly report to investors.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/11/70-of-trial-players-quit-wow-before-level-10/

Tobold's thoughts on this issue.
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2010/02/really-really-casual-players.html

And a final comment pointing out these numbers mean little.
http://www.ixobelle.com/2010/02/70-of-blah-blah-blah.html

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Lunar Festival Guide (Feb. 14-March 7, 2010)

The Lunar Festival overlaps Love Is In The Air.  Here is WOW Insider's achievements guide.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/11/the-overachiever-guide-to-lunar-festival-achievements/

UPDATE:  WOW Insider provides links to good Lunar Festival assistance available online.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/16/the-daily-quest-the-lunar-festival/

Here is WOWHead's guide to the event.  I usually prefer their guides to anyone else's.
http://www.wowhead.com/?guide=lunar-festival

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Mages in PvP

How to play a frost mage in PvP.
http://spicytunas.com/2010/02/frost-mage-pvp-101/

http://spicytunas.com/2010/03/frost-mage-pvp-102-spell-penetration-and-resilience/

Guide to fighting mages in PvP.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/11/the-art-of-war-craft-introductory-guide-to-fighting-mages/

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Tips for Dungeon Finder Raiders

WOW Insider has written a long article about how to raid via the dungeon finder. It's meant for lower level novice raiders.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/11/wow-rookie-pro-tips-for-lowbie-dungeon-runners/

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Big Bear Butt Compares Feral Druid and Paladin Tanks

BBB has played both classes and now that he has them geared up fairly evenly, he compared how they tank.

Part one (feral druids)
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/02/11/tanking-test-druid-vs-paladin-i/

Part two (paladins)
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/02/11/tanking-test-druid-vs-paladin-ii/

Part three (comparing aggro)
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/02/12/tanking-test-druid-vs-paladin-iii/

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Can Beast Mastery Hunters Raid?

Scattered Shots says no.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/11/scattered-shots-can-beast-mastery-raid/

A rebuttal by Lassirra at The Hunters Mark.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/02/11/the-beast-mastery-debate/

And one from Eddie at The Hunting Lodge.
http://www.brigwyn.com/2010/02/11/dear-frostheim-sorry-sir-but-beast-mastery-is-raid-viable-just-not-raid-optimum/



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Teaching Warriors to be Paladin Tanks

This article was written for warrior tanks who wanted to learn to be paladin tanks.  It is highly recommended by Honors Code who plays as a paladin.  Apparently the two tanking styles are very different and the author covers both well.
http://wowinanhour.gameldar.fdns.net/2010/02/pally-tanking-for-warriors.html

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Leveling Tips for New Trees (Resto Druids)

Good advice from a long time resto druid player.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2010/02/trees-do-it-with-flailing-arms-leveling-tips-for-new-resto-druids.html

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Video Captures (Solo and 40 Man Runs)

Kurushimi has a YouTube channel with video captures of his solo runs on the heroic five-man instances in Northrend as well as other solo runs. There are eleven videos to date.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Kurushimi

The Subatomic guild filmed their Horde Christmas world event, which had 40 costumed gnomes, 40 reindeer and lots of battle.  The video is two-thirds of the way down the page, just above their Guild Policies section.  It's called BB King-For the Horde Christmas.  Watch out, Alliance.  The reindeer run!
http://www.subatomicpvp.com/

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Databases to Make Your Game Easier

Here's a list of essential resources for the WOW player, explained and reviewed by Miss Medicina.
http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2010/02/resourceful-i-am.html

To sum up and list the most important resources in the article, she loves WOW Heroes when it comes to looking up characters, gear, raid specs, achievements, etc.
http://www.wow-heroes.com/

She finds these two sites invaluable for crafting information, especially recipes, patterns and people selling them.
http://wow.crafterstome.com/home.html

http://freewithmats.com/

She loves the Raider 101 Wiki for its helpful raiding basics per class.
http://www.raider101.com//wikka.php?wakka=HomePage

She uses Gem Finder a lot to, well, find gems.
http://www.wow-gem.com/gems.aspx

WOW Collect helps track mounts, pets and tabards.  You can also browse lists of items like  All In-Game Pets, Korean Pets, Binds on PickUp, etc.
http://www.wowcollect.com/

She used the Alchemist Apprentice when grinding out rep.
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/wowwiki/images/f/f3/Alchemist%27s_Apprentice.jpg

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Find Recipes, Patterns and Sellers of Same Here

Miss Medicina has posted a list of her favorite resource websites.  Two are excellent places for crafters to visit.  Crafter's Tome has lists of all the recipes, where to get them (and the drop rate) and what materials are needed to make each.
http://wow.crafterstome.com/home.html

Free With Mats is a list, by server, of folks with recipes or patterns to sell.  NOTE THE WARNING  in red before you do a search for Patch 3.3 items.  Enter your server, then choose among the professions.
http://freewithmats.com/

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New Vanity Pets (Wind Rider Cub and Gryphon Hatchling)

WOW Insider reports that the Blizzard store will shortly start selling new plush stuffed animals (Wind Rider Cub and Gryphon Hatchling) that come with a code to activate the same pet in-game.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/10/new-plush-pets-with-matching-in-game-pets-coming-soon/

UPDATE:  Photos of the real and virtual pets.
http://kotaku.com/5474899/world-of-warcraft-plushies-on-the-wings-of-cuteness/gallery/

UPDATE #2:  Review from Mania's Arcania of the stuffed animals.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/02/26/my-plush-mounts-have-arrived/

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Blood DPS Death Knights

WOW Insider goes over the Blood DPS Death Knight spec.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/09/lichborne-blood-dps-101/

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More on Planned Battle.net Features

Thanks to the WOWHead blog, I discovered that there is a preview about Battle.net's planned features on Blizzard's Starcraft II site.
http://www.starcraft2.com/features/misc/battlenet.xml

WOW Insider points out the importance of the Real ID part of Battle.net which is the social networking section.  If you are into this, read the article.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/09/battle-net-preview-real-id/

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WOW's Built-In Voice Chat System

Apparently WOW has a built-in voice chat system.  Here's  bit about it.  The functionality is limited (what a shocker) as it doesn't work in the dungeon finder and has bugs.  It also won't switch characters when you do, you have to log out and back in again.  It is convenient and does work in Battlefields.  See the article for how to access it if you want to give it a test drive.
http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/02/09/hear-me-hear-me-wow-voice-chat/

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WOW Signups in China Suspended for a Week

WOW Insider pointed me towards this Joystiq story.  Apprently the company handling WOW in China is not taking any new accounts for a week, probably while they await the ruling about their business that was due last month.
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/08/netease-temporarily-suspending-wow-account-creation-in-china/

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Finding Useful Macros on WOWWiki

Hopefully this link will take you to many search results for useful macros by character within WOW Wiki. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:wowwiki.com+useful+macro&start=0&sa=N

If it doesn't work, try Googling "site:wowwiki.com useful macro"

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Hunters Are the Topic of the Week

For some reason many folks have posted good information for hunters almost simultaneously.   Pike has instancing tips for new hunters.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2010/02/instancing-tips-for-new-hunters.html

Huntsman Lodge explains explosive shot and how survival hunters should use it.  This article includes various rotations (casting sequences) for various situations and gear levels that are very up to date (Patch 3.3.2).
http://huntsmanslodge.com/5663/hunter-basics-explosive-shot.htm

Finally, we have a list of hunter loot available in normal mode from Icecrown Citadel compiled by Lassirra at the Hunter's Mark site.  A list of hard mode loot is promised in the future listed in the second link.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/02/08/update-hunter-loot-from-icecrown-citadel-raids/

http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/02/09/hard-mode-hunter-loot-from-icecrown-citadel/

A look at all the hunter stats that are capped.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/08/scattered-shots-hunter-stat-caps-hit-crit-haste-and-armor-p/

The hunters' "jump shot" move.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/5911/hunter-basics-the-jump-shot.htm

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Guide to Holy Priests and Paladins

The WOW Insider covers stats, leveling and talents for holy priests.  The emphasis seems to be on PvE.  A more thorough priest leveling guide is planned.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/07/spiritual-guidance-holy-101/#continued

They've also just done an article on essential macros and addons for holy paladins.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/07/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-essential-addons-and-macros-for-h/

Coreil has an article up with specs for the new healing paladin.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/05/ask-coriel-new-paladin-healer.html

General macros for priests (Patch 3.3)
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/21/spiritual-guidance-macros-for-priests/

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Healing the Boss in Frostwing Halls (ICC)

The first boss in Frostwing Halls is Valthria Dreamwalker and is unique in that you have to heal the boss instead of killing it.  Strategies for healers here written by a resto druid.
http://restorationdruid.com/2010/02/03/valithria-dreamwalker/

WOW Insider's take on this instance.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/11/raid-rx-healing-valithria-dreamwalker/

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Enhancement Shaman 101 (Patch 3.3)

All the details about enhancement shamans, including spell rotations (casting sequences).
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/06/totem-talk-enhancement-101/

How to Level the Enhance Shaman
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/29/totem-talk-leveling-enhancement-1-20/

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/04/totem-talk-leveling-enhancement-21-40/

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/17/totem-talk-leveling-enhancement-41-60/

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/25/totem-talk-leveling-enhancement-61-70/

http://www.wow.com/2010/05/02/totem-talk-leveling-enhancement-71-80/

More about spells for enhancement shamans, with casting sequences spelled out for various situations.  A useful macro is described.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/totem-talk-enhancement-201-spell-selection/

Discussion of various enhancement shaman builds and talents.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/07/totem-talk-enhancement-talents/#continued

Glyphs
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/13/totem-talk-enhancement-glyph-review/

Trinkets
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/29/totem-talk-enhancement-trinkets/

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Let's Talk (via Mumble)

If you don't like Ventrilo or are a Mac user who has trouble using it, you may be interestedin Mumble.  Pwnwear hasn't used it but links to  the Mumble home page and several host server providers.  It is said to have few latency issues but Pwnwear hasn't used it and there are no Comments about how it works yet.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/02/07/mumble-and-murmur-voice-comms/

Here is Mumble's home page.
http://mumble.sourceforge.net/

It gets a rave review here.
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/07/mumble-new-voice-chat-software-with-rave-reviews/

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The Difference Between Hard and Soft Cap

For balance druids.
http://druidreliquary.blogspot.com/2010/01/soft-caps.html

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The Resto Druid Takes On Sindragosa

A resto druid guide to taking down the second boss in the Frostwing Halls section of Icecrown Citadel.
http://theoverpowereddruid.blogspot.com/2010/02/resto-druids-guide-to-sindragosa.html

UPDATE:  A second guide to taking this boss.
http://nonelitistraiding.blogspot.com/2010/03/sindragosa.html

Here's a third guide, non-druid specific.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/04/08/dragon-slaying-101-how-to-sindragosa-10/

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The Lich King First Kill Controversy

MMO Champion describes the first 25-man kill by Ensidia and their 72 hour ban for using "exploits."  The Hunter's Mark in the second link below posts Blizzard's ban message and Ensidia's response.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/ensidia-suspended-for-72-hours/

http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/02/04/ensidia-banned-for-lich-king-exploit-kill/

Blessing of Kings summarizes what happened in the fight, step by step, and shows how this is exploiting a bug, which Blizzard absolutely hates.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/02/ensidiagate.html

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The Zero Addon Project

Codi is going to play WOW a while without using any addons and will blog about it.  Here's the first blog entry with a link to the second.
http://moarhps.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/zero-add-on-project/

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The Great Gear Myth Destroyed Again

"At the end of the day, gear can certainly be said to be a measure of your DPS potential, and skill your ability to reach that potential."
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/04/scattered-shots-skill-vs-gear/#continued

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Skada, The DPS Meter (Addons) UPDATED

Skada is similar to Recount.  Details here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/04/addon-spotlight-skada/

UPDATE:  Rhil likes Skada but thinks it is inflating her DPS scores.
http://www.isheepthings.com/blog/skada-vs-recount/

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A Hunter's Trinket (Complete with Bug) From ICC

Solarwyn talks about his new Icecrown Citadel trinket, Deathbringer's Will, and how it helps him.  He also mentions that it can't be used in the Gunship Battle because it keeps you from using the rocket pack.  See the article for details.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/5627/deathbringers-will.htm

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Do You Wanna Be in the Movies?

WOW Insider says this group of filmmakers is looking for certain types of WOW players for their feature length documentary entitled Warcrack.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/03/the-classifieds-you-ought-to-be-in-pictures/

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The Beast Mastery Hunter in Patch 3.3

A introductory guide to playing as a beast mastery hunter in Patch 3.3.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/01/scattered-shots-beast-mastery-101/

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Interview with Solo Player Raegwyn

An interview with Raegwyn, who is a European server solo Death Knight.  Several videos of his solo runs are included.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/15-minutes-of-fame-the-solo-artist/

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Icecrown Citadel, PvP Season 8 and Patch 3.3.2

Patch 3.3.2 has brought WOW players many new things.  Weeklies have been activated in ICC.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/icecrown-citadel-raid-weeklies-activated/

All the Lich King loot has been revealed on the Armory and at WOWHead.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/lich-kings-loot-table-revealed/

Season Eight has started and the PvP gear photos are here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/patch-3-3-2-season-8-gear-listing/

WOW Insider has updated their guide to ICC with the new Frostwing Hall information.
http://www.wow.com/2009/12/08/patch-3-3-icecrown-citadel-raid-boss-informaiton-and-resources/

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Hunter Talent Points in Patch 3.3

How to spend your talent points as a hunter in Patch 3.3.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/02/01/spending-your-first-hunter-talent-points/

How to spend the pet talent points.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/02/05/spending-your-pet-talent-points/

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Resto Druid Tips for Icecrown Citadel's Lower Spire

http://treebarkjacket.com/2010/01/31/resto-druid-tips-for-icecrown-lower-spire/

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Reviews of the WOW Gaming Mouse, G13 Game Pad and ZBoard keyboard

Review of the WOW Gaming Mouse, the Zboard keyboard, and the Logitech G13 game pad.
http://roguewindsrants.blogspot.com/2010/02/product-review.html

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Armory on Facebook, Auction House on iPhone?

The Armory is now on Facebook.
http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=142978

Here is how it works.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/01/blizzard-launches-facebook-armory-app/

WOWHead is reporting that Blizzard is working on a way to have the Auction House available via your iPhone.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2010/02/ya-didnt-see-this-coming-did-ya.html

Apparently accessing the Auction House via the Armory or your iPhone will be a "premium" --i.e., you'll pay for it, feature.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/02/blizzard-announces-upcoming-premium-ah-through-armory-feature/

Progress?  The Greedy Goblin thinks having the Auction House available on your smart phone is something only gold sellers will be interested in.
http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/2010/02/rise-of-goldfarming.html

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Need A Makeover

Seen on the chat line:

"I need tailoring."

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