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Welcome to another bright and sunny Tuesday Morning. Downtime is a little complicated this morning. Most Realms will be getting some short rolling restarts at 5 AM, but a handful will get a 2 hour downtime instead, while another handful will get a full 3 AM - 11 AM PDT extended downtime. Hardware upgrades for Wrath, perhaps? You can get the list of downed realms here.

It was actually a rather big weekend in news this time around. Not only did Patch 3.0.2 hit the test servers, but we finally got our hands on a solid release date for Wrath of the Lich King and a look at the Collector's Edition. As if to top it off, yesterday bought us some pretty awesome Priest news in the form of the abolishment of racial spells.

This means there was plenty to talk about this week. Why not get caught up on it now? You can look below for a selection of some of the hottest topics of the past week, or start browsing through the tag, category, and author links to the right if that's more your speed.

Hot News and Features

• PvP to PvE character transfers are go. No seriously. You can transfer characters freely between PvP and PvE servers now. You know it's a crazy news week when that isn't the top of the top stories. But it's still pretty top.
• Bind on Account items are here! Not only are they tradable to alts, but they're classics, and they auto-level!
• Naxxramas is open on the Beta realms. Take a sneak peek at the 10-man version.
• Are you a Warlock? Want a few pointers on pet use? Check out Demonology 101!
• Our Skill Mastery series continues. Get tips on some of the new class abilities and spells coming to Wrath.
• No seriously. It really is the best guild app ever.

Wrath and 3.0.2 Class News

• Warlocks finally get instant cast Corruption, among other goodies. They also got nerfs.
• Paladins got so many changes in the latest build that they didn't all fit in one post.
• We also got more information about Shadow Priest's crittable Mind Flay. And then a bunch of nerfs when the latest build went in. To be fair, Holy Priests were nerfed too.
• Hunters got some changes. Most of them were not too awesome. On the plus side, well... We can misdirect more!
• Shamans weren't too happy either.
• Yeah, the latest Beta build was pretty much a lot of nerfs. Ghostcrawler did attempt to to explain why though.
• But it's not all doom and gloom. Arcane Brilliance really does love being a Mage in Beta.

Wrath Beta Professions, Items, and Odds and Ends

• Finally, you have an excuse for getting your friends and guildies to go kill Sylvanas: It's the newest way to join the Bear Cavalry!
• Cooking dailies are back. But the ones in Dalaran are a bit different from the ones in Shattrath, in a good way.
• Get a sneak peek at Hateful Gladiator, the new season 5 Arena Gear.
• Here's some good news for those of you who like a little bit of ambience in your WoW: The Boat Crews are back. We'll see if they last this time though.

Other Stuff

• Warhammer's coming out in a few days. If you're heretical enough to put aside WoW for a bit and try it, Massively has a guide for you.
• If you're interested in a little player-made Halloween fun on WoW, check out the Dance of the Dead.
• Still mousing around WoW? Tired of being called a nub for it? We dug up a handy guide on switching to key bindings for you.

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Filed under: Realm News, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Realm Status, Expansions, Wrath of the Lich King