Tuesday Morning Post: The long and short of it edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Oct 27th 2009 at 7:00AM
And of course, for that 2 hour period, you'll need some reading material, which is where we come in. Here's a list of some of the latest and greatest WoW.com news from the Patch 3.3 PTR and beyond:
Hot News and Features
- You have around 2 days left to enter your favorite instance group in our latest Creative WoW headset giveaway.
- Our guide to Patch 3.3 is constantly updated. Have you checked it out lately?
- We have details on the Kalu'ak fishing contest, including Heirloom loot!
- The Draenei prophet Velen is here to answer your questions!
- Sorry, intrafaction race changes aren't quite here yet.
- 'The Twitter WoW dev chat happened a few days ago, and we have a transcript. Later, Ghostcrawler elaborated on a couple of the questions.
- Had it with lag? Report it in Patch 3.3!
- Ulduar drakes are still remaining in game, at least for now.
- Warlocks have seen some more recent changes on the Patch 3.3 PTR.
- Scattered Shots catches up with hunter fortunes on the Patch 3.3 PTR. And speaking of Hunters, could this be a new Spirit Beast in Patch 3.3?
- Spiritual Guidance warns you: Don't be that priest.
- Shifting Perspectives wonders if Bears are an endangered species.
- Encrypted Text looks at the first 10 levels of roguedom.
- Blood Pact looks at creating a new warlock.
- Care and Feeding of Warriors discusses Cooldowns.
- Totem Talk tracks the tenacious Shaman tank.
- Arcane Brilliance reflects on the changing face of Frost.
- There's been some achievement adjustments recently on the Patch 3.3 PTR.
- Icecrown Citadel boss Festergut was recently up for testing on the PTR, and we have first hand impressions and pictures.
- Ready Check checks out everyone's favorite twice-killed bug, Anub'arak.
- Buffs and debuffs can be consolidated on the UI in the upcoming patch.
- Arthas' icy grasp may even reach all the way to Northshire, the human starting area, in Patch 3.3.
- Here's some video of the new Shadowmourne legendary weapon questline in Patch 3.3. Don't click if you don't want to be spoiled! That goes for this look at the new legendary weapon's abilities.
- The new LFG interface is in testing on the Patch 3.3 PTR server, and we have pictures.
- WoW Rookie discusses finding out your DPS.
- Advanced Trade Skill Window is a UI mod that will help you make better sense of professions.
- The Guild is up to episode 8 of their 3rd season.
- Blizzard is offering fresh warnings against buying gold.
- So when's Patch 3.3 coming out? We don't know, but we can speculate.
- In Patch 3.3, there will be a new more involved tutorial system for new players.
Filed under: Realm Status, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LXj Oct 27th 2009 7:24AM
Toothpick and pet... Grrrr, I hate RNG achivements. Brewfest was quite a grind, but at least you knew how much time it would take. Hallow's End is just a stupid lottery
edgesumaria Oct 27th 2009 7:53AM
It's the cloth helm for me. Finally saw it drop, and I lost the roll to someone who already had it. And since people were exploiting the achievement, it's the person that loots the helm that gets credit for it. I don't understand why the toothpicks are soulbound and non-tradeable and yet the helm isn't a unique item. I only need once toothpick the entire holiday, I must have been given 100. Let me give them away instead of destroying them.
Kyle Oct 27th 2009 7:58AM
the guild actually just put up a new "bonus episode" this morning. TRICK OR TREAT!
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&vid=ddf6390f-44b9-4eb7-a872-cf22a5bcd3bd
Alanid Oct 27th 2009 8:45AM
That's weird, 'cos I'm CONSTANTLY getting toothpicks! All I need is the hat and pet and some hollow jack o lanterns for an orc and a troll. Looks I'll be killing the horseman quite a bit this week.
thebl4ckd0g Oct 27th 2009 9:24AM
Toothpick? Bah to those. I want the darn Headless Horseman's mount! I have not seen it drop at all this year, and I've been bringing all 5 of my level 80 characters (although I only want it on my main - my rogue).
SpaceGoatPriest Oct 27th 2009 10:27AM
Yea I have not seen the mount drop once this year. I did however finish everything on my main (Priest), and he got his pink drake (at least its not pink in shadowform).
Due to my guild and friends being awesome, I also completed it on my little pally I am leveling. So I have level 40 pally that is 'the Hallowed'. :)
Neirin Oct 27th 2009 11:58AM
I hate those darn toothpicks. I have 60 of them on my bank/ah alt, 30 on my main that had the achievement from last year, and 0 on my alt that I'm trying to get the achievement on this year.
Dbodinem Oct 27th 2009 12:11PM
Realms aren't up as advertised by Blizzard.
alpha5099 Oct 27th 2009 12:22PM
I'm drowning in toothpicks and Flimsy Male Dwarf Masks (I've gotten 5 of them!), but that god damn Hallowed Helm eludes me. I've been Trick or Treating as much as I can and doing the dailies, and I've seen it drop once. I tried seeing if the guy who won it could trade it to me for the achievement, but no luck, so I just have to hope and pray. And curse those damn Innkeepers. I swear, there was one day where I ToT'd 8 times and got only one Treat Bag.
I'm going to be super pissed if this holiday ends and I don't have the meta just because of this one stupid item. Please Blizzard, change the achievement to the pet OR the helm.
Kylenne Oct 27th 2009 1:07PM
This, only in my case, it's the damn pet. I got the helm from the gift box, and ToTing has been particularly fruitless--nothing but tooth picks and masks. :\
Microtonal Oct 27th 2009 1:32PM
I am also not a big fan of RNG holidays. It's worked out OK for me so far (I had lovefest done in just a few days), but this one is being a bitch.
All I need is the stupid helm. I've gotten two squashlings, seven or eight masks, a dozen wands, more toothpicks than I can shake a toothpick at, and a bunch of freaking candy that nobody wants.
artifex Oct 28th 2009 4:47AM
I have the title now, but am still working on the masks. Only have 4 or 5.