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Good Tuesday morning, everyone! Most of us will be getting away just a quick set of rolling restarts at 5AM PDT today, but there is a handful of servers that will be going down for extended maintenance from 3AM PDT to 11AM PDT. Those servers include Azjol-Nerub, Bloodscalp, Bonechewer, Boulderfist, Bronzebeard, Crushridge, Daggerspine, Darkspear, Draenor, Dragonblight, Dragonmaw, Dunemaul, Eldre'Thalas, Feathermoon, Firetree, Frostmane, Gurubashi, Nathrezim, Perenolde, Scarlet Crusade, Shadow Council, Shadowsong, Silvermoon, Skywall, Smolderthorn, Spirestone, Stonemaul, Stormscale, Suramar, Terenas, Uldum, Windrunner.

As always, for those who play on the affected servers, or those who are unable to play WoW at the moment, let me suggest some articles from the past week. There was certainly a lot of news to discuss, with build 8885 going up on the Wrath Beta servers and a good smattering of con news as well. Let's check it out:

Hot News and Features

• If you haven't done your WoW Crossword for the week yet, it's a perfect way to waste time while waiting for your server to restart.
• 1-60 in 20 minutes? It's no joke. Welcome to the brave new world of WoW leveling, courtesy of Refer-A-Friend!
• It seem like most retailers are expecting Wrath to come out on November 4th. Still, it's best to take any release date not officially announced by Blizzard with a huge grain of salt.
• Ever wondered how much work it is for our characters to run everywhere in Azeroth? These folks hooked up a treadmill to find out for themselves.
• Raid stacking will be getting a huge overhaul come patch 3.0.2. We're talking massive, game-changing stuff here. If you raid or plan to raid at the 10 or 25-man level in the future, you should check it out.
• Breaking News: Bambi invades Wrath of the Lich King! We're serious.
• Tons of new character titles are coming with Wrath of the Lich King.
• Comcast has announced a bandwidth cap, it's true, but don't worry. It probably won't affect your WoW playing.

Wrath Class News

• Be sure to check out our new Skill Mastery feature series. This week, we're covering new Wrath skills such as Penance, Army of the Dead, Arcane Barrage, and Master's Call.
• In Hunter news, Aspect of the Viper's had some pretty amazing changes that essentially makes mana act more like rage or energy when it's up. Also, baby polar bears are now tamable and cute as hell.
• Powershifting is pretty much gone for Feral Druids. In better news, though, Furor can regenerate up to 100 energy as of the latest build. There were also other changes to various trees.
• Rogues got some pretty amazing changes in this Beta build, including a beefed up version of Misdirection. Also, Encrypted Text discussed the new Rogue glyphs this week.
• Paladins also got some new glyphs, as well as some interesting healing changes.
• You can also check out the newest Priest glyphs, as well as the other changes in the new build. Shadow Priests, be prepared to be miserable.
• Warriors also got some changes in the new build.
• Shamans... well, they got a few weird bugs this build, along with their legitimate changes.
• Check out the latest Mage changes here.
• Yes, Death Knights can solo Onyxia! Too bad we can't use the tier 2 helms, eh? The new Death Knight voices are also in.

Wrath Items, Professions, and Miscellany

• Sorry, Arena jockeys. You won't be able to save up your points for level 80 gear.
• Check out the new cooking recipes in Wrath Beta!
• See the newest bestiary monster, the fearsome Wendigo.
• The new build also featured some new Darkmoon cards to grab.
• Leatherworking has some nice new patterns, including bracer enhancements.
• The new faction championing system is in in the latest build.

In Other News

• Just in case you were wondering, Blizzard is cool with multiboxing.
• Even space is not safe from the gold farmers.
• I'm sorry, consoles, it just wouldn't work out. But it's not you, it's us.
• If you want to WoWify your mobile device, you can now do it legally via Blizzard's new wallpapers and ring tones.
• Ever wanted to break into the world of Machinima? Check out our own Moo Money's primer.
• Okay, so we all know that Saurfang could make Chuck Norris cry like a baby, but have you ever wondered what the real story is with everyone's favorite Orc?

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