The big happenings don't end there, of course. Read on for the usual roundup of all the major news and guides from the past week, including new patch 5.3 PTR news. Realm maintenance starts at 3:00 a.m. Pacific time this morning and is expected to last 8 hours, so you should have time.
Hot news and features
- The developers held a live chat last Thursday. We have a transcript of the questions asked and their juicy, succulent answers.
- The official BlizzCon 2013 contests have been announced.
- Did you miss out on getting a BlizzCon ticket? We have a guide to other ways to experience BlizzCon.
- Check out the latest patch 5.3 PTR notes updates for April 22.
- Check out the latest patch 5.2 live server hotfixes for April 22.
- Patch 5.3 will see a massive nerf to the scaling of PvP power.
- Select pet types may get new passive abilities for pet battling.
- Ghostcrawler recently said a few things about the lessons the dev team has learned from Mists.
- We discuss the effectiveness of the new Mists talent system.
- Matticus proposes more guild challenges.
- Adam offers his own view on WoW's greatest mistake and greatest triumph. He also gets philosophical about the true nature and function of gear.
- We speculate at the identity of the next warchief. In a follow up article, we analyze some popular reader choices.
- Lichborne takes a look at the latest patch 5.3 PTR news for death knights.
- Totem Talk has a restoration shaman wish list.
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors also has a warrior wish list.
- Blood Pact digs into warlock DPS logs and how to use and interpret them.
- Encrypted Text interviews Pathal, the unofficial lead dev of the Shadowcraft rogue theorycrafting tool.
- The Light And How To Swing It looks at some retribution paladin transmogrification looks.
- Icy Veins' class guides now feature the approval of top members of various high end raiding guilds.
- We have a guide to the basics of the talent and specialization system.
- Sorry engineers, Pierre and the Skyclaw aren't coming in patch 5.3.
- WoW Archivist looks back at the quest to redeem Garrosh in Nagrand.
- The latest Hearthstone shoutcast has Uther facing off against Garrosh. Does that video have you excited to play? We'll show you how to sign up for the beta test.
- Dawn of the Aspects, part three is out, and we have a review.
- Know Your Lore tries to track down the whereabouts of the non-human members of the Alliance and speculates on the possible sinister origins of Anduin's neutrality.
- WoW Biology 101 catalogues the diversity of WoW's fauna.
- Apparently, this person was very prepared to get a massive Illidan Stormrage tattoo.
- Bill Westenhofer has been hired as the VFX director for the Warcraft movie.
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Source : http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/04/30/last-week-in-wow-bugging-out-edition/
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