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Join us every weekday evening as [hide]Today in WoW[/hide] runs down all the WoW news that you could possibly want. From comments from Blizzard’s blues to the latest datamining info — we’ve got you covered.

Don’t forget to check out [hide]The Daily Quest[/hide] and our [hide]Weekly Podcast Roundup[/hide] to find out what else is going on in the WoW community. And if you have a news tip, feel free to [hide]drop us a line[/hide] and let us know.

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Обновлена [hide]галерея фан-арта[/hide] MMORPG World of Warcraft, [hide]сообщает[/hide] официальный сайт проекта от компании Blizzard Entertainment. На этот раз в ней снова появились изображения «горячих» девушек мира этой игры. Картины называются: «Гладиатор», «Брутальный гладиатор», «Мой дом», «Мисс Бруталлус» и «Бэби».

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This [hide]Breakfast Topic[/hide] has been brought to you by [hide]Seed[/hide], the AOL guest writer program that brings [hide]your words[/hide] to WoW Insider’s pages.

Each time you create a new character, you are faced with a few crucial decisions. Which class? Which race? And perhaps most importantly, which hairstyle? When I started my most recent alt, I debated with myself over the best choice of race for quite some time. Here are some of the factors that crossed my mind:

Class considerations Before Cataclysm, if you wanted to play a druid on the Alliance, rolling a Night Elf was the only option; likewise, Blood Elves were the only ones who could be paladins on the Horde side. Selecting a class first often makes the race decision easier — unless, of course, you select the warrior class, in which case you won’t get any help.

Pure aesthetics Who wants to look at cow butt for hours on end? ‘Nuff said.

Affinity Perhaps the backstory of a particular race captivates you, reminding you of your own journey or struggles. Perhaps it’s easier to put yourself in the shoes of a character who howls at the full moon or eats the corpses of the dead for a quick pick-me-up.

Racials If you plan to min-max with your character, you may want to select a race with a bonus to stats that actually matter for the character’s class. Likewise, it could be helpful to go with a race that has bonus skill points in the profession you hope to learn. Some advantages are just a matter of convenience (e.g., [hide]instant flight form[/hide]). And let’s not forget cool effects like [hide]Rocket Jump[/hide]!

Resemblance When you still can’t decide, I suggest rolling a character of a race that looks more like you do. Got lots of back hair? So do Worgen and Tauren. Long ears? You must be an Elf or Troll.

Which factors did you consider when choosing race? Which of them is most important and why?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: How do you decide which race to roll[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Hey, there’s nothing in the rules that says you can’t use Photoshop for your screenshots. [hide]Edstrom[/hide] of [hide]Blackmist Brigade[/hide] on Darkmoon Faire (EU-A) has taken yet another portrait of one of his guildmates, this time of newly returned paladin Vangarde posing on the Stormwind rooftops. I can’t tell if he’s blowing a kiss or inspecting his fingernails for dirt, but he certainly looks dashing.

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Want to see your own screenshot here? Send it to [hide]aroundazeroth@wowinsider.com[/hide]. We strongly prefer full-sized pictures with no UI or names showing. Please include «Azeroth» in the subject line so your email doesn’t get marked as spam, and include your name, guild and server if you want to be credited.
Filed under: [hide]Around Azeroth[/hide][hide]Around Azeroth: Darkness on the edge of town[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Welcome back to [hide]The Queue[/hide], the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky ([hide]@adamholisky[/hide]), senior editor at WoW Insider, will be your host today.

I always loved fill-in-the-blank questions in high school and college, mainly because they presented me a golden opportunity to bull-jive my way through a test. There is such thing as «right enough» that the professor just relents and gives you credit, and by Jove, that leads us to our first question …

Junikins asked:

I started to heal a lot at the start of the expansion, but I quit since it wasn’t fun. Too easy to wipe a group with simple lag, and everyone always blamed the healer. Has it gotten any better?[hide]Continue reading The Queue: Healing is ________ since the start of Cataclysm[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: Healing is ________ since the start of Cataclysm[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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[hide]This video[/hide] is a little different from our usual fare. [hide]Swifty[/hide] and [hide]Cartoonz[/hide] went to heroic measures to put together the largest crit in the world. You can watch as someone gets slammed by a crit for over 600k damage.

I won’t go into details about how the team achieved this level of damage, since that’s the whole point of the video. Essentially, though, two teams got together in [hide]Warsong Gulch[/hide] and conspired to apply all the buffs and debuffs possible.

Don’t worry about getting hit by a crit of this size in your usual Warsong Gulch gameplay. When you watch the video, you’ll see that it took a lot of work and a little luck to make this crit happen.

Interested in the wide world of [hide]machinima[/hide]? We have new movies every weekday here on [hide]WoW Moviewatch[/hide]! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at [hide]moviewatch@wowinsider.com[/hide].

Filed under: [hide]WoW Moviewatch[/hide][hide]WoW Moviewatch: Largest crit in the world[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide] | Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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From Hollywood celebrities to the guy next door, millions of people have made World of Warcraft a part of their lives. How do you play WoW? We’re giving each approach its own [hide]15 Minutes of Fame[/hide].

Do your friends, family or coworkers still cling to old-fashioned notions of video games as the provenance of social misfits and those who can’t stay focused on the demands and rewards of real life? Take heart — there are professionals out there who understand the gaming perspective and are working to help normalize gaming as mainstream pastime it has actually become. One of the many leading the charge is WoW player and master’s-level psychology student Erinia of Cenarion Circle, whose track toward becoming a licensed mental health counselor includes helping both players and other mental health professionals understand the pulls, demands, and concerns of players who enjoy games like WoW.

Erinia has discovered that magic sweet spot where work, play, and a passion for all of it come together. «Am I an exceptional player?» Erinia asks. «Probably not, but WoW has opened up a lot of doors for me in the real world.» We would accuse the lady of understatement here; click past the break for more on counseling, World of Warcraft, and new perspectives on how to help troubled people — who happen to enjoy playing games — understand themselves.[hide]Continue reading 15 Minutes of Fame: Counseling people who happen to play games[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Interviews[/hide], [hide]15 Minutes of Fame[/hide][hide]15 Minutes of Fame: Counseling people who happen to play games[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Want to own a real piece of Warcraft history? Ever wanted to own your entire server? Starting Oct. 17, Blizzard will be [hide]auctioning off[/hide] the actual server blades of yesteryear to benefit the [hide]St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital[/hide]. WoW has gone through a lot of technical changes over the years, and the old server blades are just that — old. What better way than to celebrate the early years of the game than to give the proceeds to such an important cause?

The auctions will last from Oct. 17 through Nov. 14, with each realm’s original server blade going on sale. What’s a server blade, you ask? Each server, with its own processing power and all that jazz, lives in a rack with other servers at the big server enclosure. Each auctioned server will have a little plaque attached with the server’s name, its dates of operation, and signatures from the team. This is really, really cool. If I had the cash to pony up for Frostwolf, my original server, I would. That thing broke so many times in the early days that I’d want to pop it open and see all the horrible, nightmarish things lurking inside.

Check out the [hide]auction information page[/hide] for which servers will be auctioned off on which days.

Filed under: [hide]Blizzard[/hide], [hide]News items[/hide][hide]Blizzard auctioning off old servers for charity[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide] | Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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The patch notes for the [hide]patch 4.3[/hide] PTR have been updated as of today with a smattering of class nerfs, buffs, and balance fixes. Of note: generous buffs to fire mages and destruction warlocks. These are only the new additions; check out the [hide]full notes[/hide] when you’re done perusing the new stuff.

Death knights

Unholy Might now increases Strength by 25%, up from 20%.

Druids

Bear Form now provides an armor bonus of 120% at all levels, up from 65% for characters below level 40, making it easier for lower level druids to tank dungeons.

Hunters

Animal Handler now increases attack power by 30%, up from 25%.

Explosive Shot damage has been increased by 15%.
[hide]Continue reading Patch 4.3 PTR patch notes updated for Oct. 13[/hide]Filed under: [hide]News items[/hide][hide]Patch 4.3 PTR patch notes updated for Oct. 13[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Each week, WoW Insider’s [hide]Mathew McCurley[/hide] brings you a fresh look at [hide]reader-submitted UIs[/hide] as well as [hide]Addon Spotlight[/hide], which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond — your addons folder will never be the same.

Tanking used to be inaccessible because of the numbers game — mitigation numbers that were hidden away in the great unknown. Players had to rely on the stalwart parsers and number crunchers over at [hide]EJ[/hide], [hide]Tankspot[/hide], [hide]Maintankadin[/hide], and all sorts of websites in order to inform the community about these magic numbers on defensive stats to let a tank do his job. Nowadays, hit and miss numbers are easily displayed for players, and defense as a statistic to worry about is gone forever.

That all being said, the tanking game is still a numbers game, but this time it is more nuanced with the introduction of mastery and the ability to mitigate most damage a tank takes. You’ve seen numbers being thrown around and you may or may not know what they mean. Well, Visual Combat Table (VCT) is here to make sense of those numbers for you. Tanking is soon to become another hot commodity role to fill in the upcoming [hide]Raid Finder[/hide], so arming new tanks with mitigation knowledge is always a good thing.

My introduction to VCT started with an email from its creator letting me know about its existence and the role he felt the addon played in the tanking community as a whole. While reading his email, I thought back to my first few weeks of tanking in Cataclysm and realized that for all of the information the game was showing and telling me there still was a great deal that I was struggling with. I wanted more information, and sifting through forum threads wasn’t giving me a quick enough answer.[hide]Continue reading Addon Spotlight: More information from Visual Combat Table[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Add-Ons[/hide], [hide]AddOn Spotlight[/hide][hide]Addon Spotlight: More information from Visual Combat Table[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]