Tuesday Morning Post: Kitty cat club edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Jun 9th 2009 at 7:00AM
As a former player of a Feral Druid main and current player of a Resto/Feral Druid alt, I was looking forward to seeing the new Night Elf Cat Form graphics with bated breath for much of the week. Of course, having now seen them, I have to say that Tauren Cat Form definitely came out on top here. Of course, some people still have their complaints about that, but I think the Night Elf forms are certainly quite a bit sillier. Oh well, at least my hair will get me a set of the slightly cooler looking forms.But Druid fashion concerns weren't the only thing going on this week. While most servers are getting rolling restarts, others are getting some real downtime (check this post for details), and the authentication servers are taking a nap as well. That means you may just have some time to check out some more of our top stories from the past seven days below:
Hot News and Features
- The Avant Garde guild of the Kil'jaeden-US server has formed the first Val'anyr.
- As of last night, WoW China is down for the count while NetEase takes over. Will this finally be the end of Warcraft's Chinese woes? Time will tell.
- And the first 25-man Algalon kill goes to -- you guessed it -- Ensidia. And while it's not a first Kill, Gentlemens Club did manage to get the world first Herald of the Titans achievement.
- Level 1 to level 80 has now officially been done with zero deaths.
- Robin discussed a scam that hit her family recently, and then, surprisingly enough, heard from the scammer.
- Ghostcrawler's been discussing Rage on the official forums. Check out Rossi's two cents.
- Retribution Paladins, brace yourself. Vindication has been nerfed.
- Also for Retribution Paladins, we have some tips for getting through Ulduar.
- Encrypted Text continues with more Ulduar tips for Rogues.
- Shifting Perspectives weighs in on the new Druid forms.
- Our Hunter column makes its triumphant return with a new writer.
- Blood Pact sows a little destruction (as in the Warlock tree).
- Arcane Brilliance discusses reaching the hit cap.
- Not that you need to pick it up for anything anymore, but it's still sort of fun: June's Brew of the Month is Blackrock Lager.
- Time is Money discusses farming for Nerubian Chitins.
- Insider Trader looks at profession specific buffs.
- WoW, Casually rates classes for casual friendliness.
- WoW Rookie discusses the basics of tanking.
- The Ulduar Bosstiary reveals new lore tidbits about the instance.
- Speaking of Ulduar lore, Matthew Rossi recently discussed how it all fits together.
- In a move probably meant to head off hackers, Burning Crusade's dungeon chests are gone.
- Addon Spotlight goes Postal. Yeah, I went there.
- Zarhym recently dropped a few hints about the new battleground, Isle of Conquest.
- There's always been rumors and sightings of college courses that allow you to play WoW and other MMORPGs for credit. We've managed to track down one of the professors who teaches one of those courses for 15 Minutes of Fame.
- Europeans can now pick up the iPhone version of the Blizzard Authenticator.
- Yet another Warcraft community member gets an in-game nod. This time it's one of the co-founders of Wowhead.
- WoW.com was at E3, where we got a chance to speak to Michele Boyd of The Guild.
- Turpen's adventure continues. He's now past the level 25 mark.
- You can draw some pretty interesting conclusions from the latest official Top Lists.
Filed under: Realm Status, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
BigBep Jun 9th 2009 7:26AM
i definitely say the new tauren cat forms are a much better improvement than the new night elf forms, even the phoney ones.
and huge grats to that Cautious person for having the patience to get to 80 without dying.
also, that scammer is a douche.
jam Jun 9th 2009 7:41AM
While tauren cats got better, nelf kitties are still much cooler.
WoWie Zowie Jun 9th 2009 7:49AM
yes
Orrine Jun 9th 2009 8:02AM
Agree on this one. Twice :)
OhFishSticks Jun 9th 2009 8:56AM
I mean no disrespect here, but if a lot of night elf druids are upset concerning the new cat forms, shouldn't you take a look at your actual toon for a second?
The cats are purple with silly lines and stuff on their faces. Yes, they look a bit clown-ish. But so do night elves!!! They have purple/green/chartreux hair with funny lines on their faces!!! It's like saying you're upset that the cat has big pointy ears or something. They certainly look a lot more night elf-ish. I do agree that all of them being some variation of purple is a bit ho-hum, though. Night elves have different kinds of hair colors. There should totally be a turquoise cat in there somewhere.
Cadychan Jun 9th 2009 9:50AM
Grats to all hard-working players out there! I didn't actually notice that the first Val'anyr was on my server until a friend on Twitter pointed it out...crazy. :o
Naix Jun 9th 2009 9:53AM
And Tauren cats have looked like goofy, cross eyed, dumbo cats for the oh last 4+ years.
Night elfs can put up with not as cool cats.
jam Jun 9th 2009 1:23PM
Sorry, I don't feel having to "put up" with the nelf catform is a bad thing. I'm quite excited about the new forms, and imo they're still far superior compared to the new tauren lion.
Give me my pink cat plz.
Fripomanic Jun 9th 2009 11:50AM
CAT, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I Dance Dance Dance
CAT, I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I Dance Dance Dance
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kittycat
Richard Jun 9th 2009 12:07PM
It's art. It's subjective. Blizz will never please everyone.
I for one think that the graphics upgrades for the NE cat is fantastic. It looks like I'll start with the white, then switch to the black, but will eventually cycle through all of them. The are is sleek, and the cats look like night elf cats, bands, bangles and all.
The Tauren cats are a nice upgrade over the old model, but I don't like em. Is why I rolled alliance in the first place. Horns? A nose ring? On a CAT? Ick. Besides, a cow turning into a cat is very strange to begin with.
Wow players, especially those that have the inclination to read and post on the official forums and here at Wow Insider are the squeaky wheels of the Wowverse. I'll bet most players will be pleased at the graphical upgrades that cats are getting, and won't be QQing over the things that they want but didn't get.
Syme Jun 9th 2009 12:47PM
First, I want to express my appreciation at seeing "bated" spelled correctly.
Second, I think the tauren forms seem like such a big improvement because there was less room for improvement in the night elf form. Even though tauren is my favorite race, I thought the night elves had the better of the two old forms. Now, setting aside one's preferences regarding color, I think the two are roughly equal.