Tame Solo Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace (pre-Patch 4.0.1)

Everyone on the Internet seems to think that Patch 4.0.1 will hit next Tuesday, without any reason for the rumor that I can find.  If they are right, solo hunters need to get a move on because they will not be able to tame two beasts (King Krush or The Beast) without help after the pre-Cataclysm patch changes everything.  Garwulf pointed this out in a new blog entry.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/8091/last-call.htm

But fortunately, he's written solo hunter guides to taming these two critters.  Here they are.  Once again, after Patch 4.0.1, these strategies won't work.

King Krush Solo Taming Guide
http://huntsmanslodge.com/841/gather-round-children.htm

The Beast Solo Taming Guide
http://huntsmanslodge.com/8014/taming-the-beast.htm

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Authenticators Limited to One Battle.net Account

This change isn't retroactive, so if you have multiple Battle.net accounts and one authenticator, you can still use it for all of them.  It's just you can't use one authenticator for them all from here on out.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/07/battle-net-authenticators-limited-to-one-account/

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Petopia Surveys Pets in Cataclysm and Patch 4.0.1

The page isn't completely updated but they are getting there.
http://www.wow-petopia.com/cataclysm/cataclysm.html

UPDATE:  The site has a Patch 4.0.1 page now.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/2010/10/12/petopia-updated-for-patch-4-0/

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BlizzCon Schedule (October 22-23, 2010)

Here's the schedule of events at this year's BlizzCon (Oct. 22-23).
http://us.blizzard.com/blizzcon/events/schedule.xml

Many thanks to WOW Insider for pointing this out.

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A History of the Big Patches (With What to Expect in Patch 4.0.1)

Aurdon of I Sheep Things believes Patch 4.0.1, the patch that brings all the Cataclysm talents and other changes that will happen with Cataclysm, will hit next Tuesday, so he's doing a retrospective about the other big patches that hit before expansions.  It's interesting to read about changes to the game that these patches introduced but of greater interest is the list of major changes that this patch will bring.
http://www.isheepthings.com/blog/a-look-back-on-the-x-0-patches/

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Cataclysm's Guild Advancement System Explained

Matticus covers how the guild advancement system will work.  It covers perks, guild reputation and experience, achievements and rewards, and the guild UI changes.
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/10/05/guild-advancement-101/

Here is a bit about the changes to guild achievements Blizzard made after Cataclysm hit and why.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/13/officers-quarters-the-guild-achievement-controversy/

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Cataclysm Caps Guild Memberships UPDATED

The cap is 600 members.  Guilds with over 600 members now will be allowed to be guilds under Cataclysm but can't add new members until their memberships numbers fall under 600.  The reason why here.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/05/cataclysm-new-600-member-hard-cap-imposed-on-guilds/

UPDATE:  Blizzard has changed the guild cap to 1000.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/cataclysm-guild-cap-revised-now-1-000-members/

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Eat Sleep Breathe WOW

A new video site about WOW has just started.  Stay tuned to see whether this is worth a bookmark and occasional visits.
http://www.eatsleepbreathewow.com/

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Beast Mastery Not for Solo Players in Cataclysm

WOW Insider claims that beast mastery won't be the best solo spec once Cataclysm hits.  Why not in the link below.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/04/scattered-shots-bm-not-the-premier-spec-for-cataclysm-extreme-s/

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Cataclysm Mastery System

A summery.  It's old but is one of the clearest explanations I've found.
http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/mmo/articles/47462.aspx?p=4

WOW Head has the next best explanation here.
http://www.wowhead.com/guide=cataclysm&mastery

Here is WOW Insider's summary of Cataclysm as a whole.
http://wow.joystiq.com/cataclysm

The mastery system link is here.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/08/22/blizzcon-2009-mastery-system-and-talent-trees/

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