Lich King Leveling Now Easier (and DaIly Quest Gold Bug)

Blizzard has reduced the experience needed to level in Lich King from 71 to 80 by 20%.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/wrath-experience-needed-to-level-reduced-by-20/

By the way, the daily quest gold rewards have been halved but this is a bug.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/daily-quest-gold-rewards-slashed/

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Pre-Lich King Events Compared to Pre-Catclysm Events

A comparison of the pre-Lich King events to what is happening now in Patch 4.0.1.
http://www.thewowconsultant.com/home/2010/11/pre-wotlk-events-vs-pre-cata-events.html#more-436

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The Cataclysm Economy Report (Justice Points)

Several posts have hit the Internet that discuss the changes to the currency system in Cataclysm.  The first link discusses whether it makes sense to sell your emblems now or wait to exchange them for heirlooms.
http://waywardinitiative.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/cata-chatter-heirloom-gear/

WOW Head has added a emblems-to-justice-points update to their website.   Note that the changes will hit with Patch 4.0.1 instead of waiting until Cataclysm.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=169500

They've also added a currency calculator!  Here's the direct link.
http://www.wowhead.com/currencycalc

UPDATE:  Here's what Blizzard says about valor and justice point drop rates in Cataclysm and Lich King.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/06/cataclysm-justice-and-valor-point-drop-rates-revealed/

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Is Cataclysm the End of WOW?

Now that the Cataclysm Beta is well under way, I'm starting to see articles like the ones below from long-time players who are comparing various aspects of the WOW expansions to Lich King and find them lacking.  This leads them to worry about what Cataclysm has in store.

The tier sets in Lich King are inferior to those in earlier expansions and the original game.

http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/09/tier-sets-in-wrath.html

Thanks to the Pot, I discovered this great analaysis of the game through Lich King.  This is definitely worth a read if you are interested in game design as Blacksen talks at length about various game mechanics added in both PvE and PvP play.

http://blacksen.com/?p=453

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Moonkin Theorycrafting: DoTs and Eclipse

Graylo asks and answers the question:  Should moonkins cast DoTs only at the beginning of Eclipse?
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2010/09/fun-w-simulationcraft-wotlk-rotations.html

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Lich King's Best Boss Fights

The best boss battles.
http://ferarro.blogspot.com/2010/09/best-5-boss-fights-in-wotlk-and-maybe.html

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China Has It, We Don't

Apparently, Blizzard has been forced to add a word filter to the trade line in the Chinese version of Lich King that was just released to remove "objectionable" words.  Apparently it also works at the login level as folks with names that don't pass the filter are asked to change them.
http://chinagame.178.com/201009/77744168200.html

If Blizzard can automtically filter out nasty trade chat language and objectionable names to get approval to sell their game in China, why can't that be done all over?  Especially now that the immaturity level in-game it hitting record highs?  Not only are younger and younger folks playing, a huge number of folks are playing with a level of vulgarity, homophobia, racism, sexism and bullying behavior that is amazing to me.

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How Long Until Cataclysm?

I have no idea.  The beta for Cataclysm started last July.  I looked up the date Wrath of the Lich King's beta hit (July 19, 2008) and when Lich King was released (November 13, 2008).  It is likely that Cataclysm will hit sometime in prime Christmas shopping season (i.e., mid-November 2010).

It won't be November 9, 2010 as that is when Call of Duty Black Ops is to be released.  Activision has spent a ton of money on Black Ops.  They won't release two big games on the same date.  I'm betting Cataclysm is released November 23.

Want to play the release date game yourself?  Here's the current info.
http://www.vgreleases.com/

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The Story Behind the Bosses

Folks who have bored themselves silly running the same instances over and over might want to stop and look around.  There's lore to be found....
http://primalprecision.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-than-boss.html

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Top Ten Hunter Farming Spots (Lich King)

A list of the top ten places to farm items if you are a hunter playing Lich King.
http://www.bigredkitty.net/2010/08/25/guest-post-time/

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Wrath of Lich King Out August 31 in China

Finally.
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2010/08/blizzard-releases-world-of-warcraft.html

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Being a Better Raiding Hunter

Tips on becoming a much better hunter in Lich King raiding.
http://thehuntersarsenal.blogspot.com/2010/08/improving-your-hunter-skill.html

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Wrath of Lich King to Launch in China

WOW Insider mentioned a Wall Street Journal report that says Wrath of the Lich King will release in China next week.  However, Death Knights have been removed from the Chinese download.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/10/china-is-finally-getting-wrath-of-the-lich-king/

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Intro To Warlock PVP (Lich King Edition)

Want to beat the boredom by trying Battlegrounds?  Have a warlock?  Here's a nice introduction that explains what talents, glyphs, macros and addons will help you in the PvP world of Patch 3.3.  There is even some information about strategies the various flavors of warlocks should try.
http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/a-belated-introduction-to-warlock-pvp-in-wrath-of-the-lich-king/

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Death Knights in Lich King

A general retrospective about the death knights in Wrath of the Lich King.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/23/wrath-retrospective-what-we-learned-from-death-knights/

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DK Specs for ICC (Heroic) UPDATED

Skeleton Jack lists the specs he recommends for death knights doing Icecrown Citadel on heroic.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/06/18/heroic-lich-king-for-death-knights/

UPDATE:  Skeleton Jack has posted a follow up article from the Comments on the above.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/06/19/heroic-lich-king-part-ii/

UPDATED AGAIN:  More followup.
http://www.skeletonjack.com/2010/06/20/heroic-lich-king-part-iii/

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Off-Tank Specs for the Lich King Battle (10 Man)

Pwnwear has written an article about the specs he uses as an off-tank death knight to kill the Lich King in the 10 mans.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/06/15/unholy-offtank-specs-for-the-lich-king/

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Wrath of the Lich King Progression Stats

This statistical analysis is full of graphs that show how much help the cheat buffs are in getting guilds through Icecrown Citidal.  It also shows how many guilds have gotten through earlier content which leads the author to speculate how Cataclysm might be structured.
http://www.rawrcast.com/2010/05/wotlk-progression-statistics-looking-forward-to-cataclysm/

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The Lich King, Healing and Discipline Priests

Another take on healing one's way through the Lich King fight.  There are links to several other discussions of the same topic if you want a rounded picture of how disc priests thinks this should be done.
http://bobturkey.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/comments-on-disciplining-the-lich-king-25/

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The 52 Bosses of Wrath UPDATED

With the Wrath of the Lich King expansion now 18 months old (it came out in November 2008), Cassandri has created a list of all the bosses, ranked from easiest to hardest, with loot rewards indicated by color.
http://www.hotsdots.com/2010/05/the-52-raid-bosses-of-wrath/

UPDATE:  Larissa's commentary on this list.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/05/my-ranking-list-over-raid-bosses-of.html

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