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The Midsummer Fire Festival went live yesterday in Azeroth (but with a few glitches that will hopefully be cleared up soon.) With so much to do during this festival, we here at WoW.com we're wondering what your main goal was for this event.

Are you focused on finishing the associated achievements on your way to a proto-drake? Are you using the quests as a way to level an alt or low level character? Farming Ahune for a Scorchling pet? Or perhaps you're enjoying the role-playing aspect of the event or even the thrill of raiding the home cities of the opposition. There's plenty for the casual player, too.

Let us know in the poll below and if you don't see the answer you like, leave it in the comments! Also, if you like to learn how to make the Midsummer magnet in the photo above, check out our World of WarCrafts article with detailed instructions.

Filed under: Events, Breakfast topics

I hit level 80 after only finishing a handful of quest zones in Northrend. Since then I've been running Heroics and dabbling in Naxx raiding. But this week I decided to go back to solo questing for a bit and started the much-loved Sons of Hodir introductory quest line. Now, I see what everyone is talking about. It's a quest chain not to be missed.

While I was questing away in Icecrown, I had some guildies running Ulduar 25, others running Outland 5-mans, a few in Battlegrounds and a low level alt or two stuck in the old world. And this got me thinking, just how far are you, gentle readers, into WoW? Are you slow and steady, experiencing all it has to offer? Or are you downing Freya on your 6th level 80? Cast your vote below.

Clearly I can't cover every option in this simple poll, so if one of these choices doesn't explain your situation adequately, cast your vote by leaving a comment below.

Filed under: Polls, Breakfast topics

It's been a long time coming, but Patch 3.1 Secrets of Ulduar has arrived and with it comes a long list of shiny, shiny features. Ready for new content? It's got Ulduar, the prison for Yogg-Saron and his floating brain of death, plus more epic loot than all of The Burning Crusade raids. It comes in both 10-man and 25-man versions, and each boss has a Hard Mode for you crazy kids trying to get your hands on the new Legendary healing mace.

Oh, and did I mention the new related Ulduar Achievements? Revamped Noblegarden with its own meta-Achievement? Dual specs? The Argent Tournament? Swimming mounts?! The list goes on and on.

So tell us, which of the new features are you most looking forward to today.

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Patch 3.1 is live and it takes us into Ulduar, delivers us dual specs, and brings significant changes to all the classes! We've got you covered from top to bottom with our Guide to Patch 3.1 and the official patch notes!

Filed under: Breakfast topics

We've been churning out reams of text on Secrets of Ulduar going live later today, but who doesn't love some shiny pictures to go with it. Just pick your favorite one and pretend you're there until the servers come back up. You can even get on the phone with your guildmate and pretend you're on Vent arguing about how the Hunter just ninja'd the new legendary healing mace.

Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: Ulduar

Gallery: Tier 8 Armor

Gallery: Patch 3.1 Dual Spec walkthrough

Gallery: Patch 3.1: The Argent Tournament

Gallery: Argent Tournament racial weapons

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We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

• Foofy's Cupcake Factory has posted the fourth installment of their Moonkin Raiding basics video series. This installment covers the pros and cons of Solar Eclipse Moonkin spell rotation.
• The AddOn creator Tekkub has written idHitThat, a new mod that will show you in-game what your attack and defense values are against an opponent three levels higher than you. (via Swiftmend)
• Warcraft Econ has a lesson in money making concerning Leatherworking Leg Armor Kits.
• Twenty-five man raiding gets all the love, but Spinksville enjoys non-Heroic raids just as much and lists 11 Reasons to run 10-Mans.
• The Tanking Tips blog thinks it's time to go back to basics and whips up a Tanking Stats 101 guide.

Submit a guide, post, podcast or resource for inclusion in TDQ and we'll consider it for a future post.

Filed under: Druid, Leatherworking, AddOns, Raiding, Making money, The Daily Quest

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

• The solo-oriented WoW Alone blog details 12 Tips to Completing the World Explorer Achievement. You'll have to scroll down the post to get to the tips.
• The Ailis in Hunterland blog has posted A Guide to Gearing Your Enhancement Shaman for Raiding. This is the first of four planned posts.
• Zaltu at One Rogue's Journey tackles two reader submitted questions: the importance of being poison hit-capped and gemming for Expertise.
• Mystic Chicanery looks at the history of Warlock class balance and where it's headed in 3.1 including best specs, best pets, spell hit rating and AddOns.
• The Shadow Weaving Priest blog has a three part series on Discipline Priests:
• How to assess Disc Healing
  
• Overhealing and the Disc Priest
• Calculating Shields and Absorption

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Filed under: Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, Fan stuff, Achievements, The Daily Quest

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

Today I'm spotlighting a wonderful Warlock forum, The Warlock's Den. Here is but a small sample of the excellent guides available on the site:

• Analyzing WWS for Warlocks
• Recommended AddOns for Warlocks
• L80 Hit cap explained with Gear, Enchant and Gemming suggestions
• Pet Macro Guide
• +SpellDamage explanation

There is a great deal more so head on over if you're looking for guides, tips and suggestions on becoming a better Warlock.

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Filed under: Warlock, Fan stuff, Forums, The Daily Quest

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

• The Tanking Tips goes where few Warriors dare to tread and explores the Unrelenting Assault tanking spec.
• The Fear.Win blog gives us the A-Z Shadow Priest list.
  
• The Pally Bubble blog has written a three part primer on raiding for Holy Paldins:
• Part 1 - Holy Paladin Raiding Specs
  
• Part 2 - Holy Paladin Glyph recommendations
  
• Part 3 - Holy Paladin Gearing for Raiding
• The Druid Main blog has written their own raiding primer also, this time preparing Restoration Druids:
• Part 1 - Enchants for Raiding Resto Druids
  
• Part 2 - Gemming for Raiding Resto Druids
  
• Part 3 - Consumables for Raiding Resto Druids
• All Things Azeroth has their latest podcast up covering the latest AddOn controversy, the iPhone Authenticator app, the sample chapter from the upcoming Arthas novel and more.

Submit a guide, post, podcast or resource for inclusion in TDQ and we'll consider it for a future post.

Filed under: Druid, Paladin, Priest, Warrior, Fan stuff, Raiding, The Daily Quest

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

• The new Coffee with Sargeras blog has posted recently discovered chat logs between [theLichKing],[Kel'thuz4d],[Killzone'jaeden].[An00b'arak] and of course, [Sargeras.] With special appearance by [Sylvanas.] Parody at its best. In honor of this hilarious send up of Wrath's major figures, I'm reposting a great CoSPlay video from a few years back above.
• The Sacred Duty blog has a three part series posted on Prot Paladin PvP in 3.1
• Part 1 - Talent Builds
  
• Part 2 - Glyphs
  
• Part 3 - Gear
• Alghieri at Yet Another Warlock Nerf runs six of the most popular Warlock builds through a raiding simulation spreadsheet and comes out with six different raiding Warlock gear wishlists.
• Shamantics gives an overview of Shaman totems from levels 1-80. A few of them include suggested macros.
• The Zero Initiate blog posts some fairly involved Rogue macros for you to consider as well.

The Daily Quest is taking the weekend off, but will be back on Monday with more WoW links for your reading pleasure.

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Filed under: Paladin, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, Fan stuff, PvP, Humor, The Daily Quest

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

• The Warcraft Hunters Union has a guide on completing the Pest Control achievement.
• If you're looking for an overview of the Elemental Shaman spec, the WTFSpaghetti blog has build and gear recommendations as well as spell rotations.
• The new Paladin blog, Pink Raid Frames has a FAQ-in-progress for Holy Paladins which so far covers build, glyphs and mana management.
• The Scourge, a Death Knight focused blog, features an interview with a different DK player every week. This week they talk to Mundien of Spirestone who is in the Navy and has limited play time.
• The Holy Dueg! Priest blog has posted a pre-Naxx Priest gear guide. You can also check out WoW Insider's pre-Naxx Holy Priest gear guide for another take on the same subject.

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Filed under: Paladin, Priest, Shaman, Items, Fan stuff, Death Knight, Achievements, The Daily Quest