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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