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So, you’re wondering what professions will serve you best at level 80? Here’s a super-quick rundown of the crafter-only advantages of each profession, to help you pick.
In addition, I’ve listed the major epic items that each profession can make, even if they’re BoE, as there’s [...]

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This is the second of a two-part guide to Inscription, the new tradeskill being introduced in Wrath of the Lich King.
Last Update: 10 October; WotLK beta build 9056.
If you have questions, feel free to contact me.

Part 1: Introduction (Scribe abilities, How Glyphs Work, Inscription Trainers, Milling)
Part 2: [...]

Eyonix has confirmed that the “new Honor items” are cloaks and trinkets, upgrades over the current cloaks and trinkets but not huge ones.
However, on the 3.0.2 PTR tonight I also espied a Jewelcrafting vendor in the Stormwind PvP vendor area, selling 12 uncommon gem cuts for 1250 Honor each.
All the gem cuts are for Northrend [...]

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There’s been a lot of talk around the [...]

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Patch 3.0.2 is expected to herald the introduction of the new Achievement system, so for many of us it’s time to start planning ahead and working on Achievements for which we can get retrospective credit.
There are a number of Achievements centred around the current seasonal event, Brewfest. With [...]

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This post is a revision of my previous Inscription Guide.
This is the first of a two-part guide to Inscription, the new tradeskill being introduced in Wrath of the Lich King. The second part will cover specific recipes, required mats, and a recommended path for levelling the skill as [...]

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Inscription is still being tuned, and a lot of glyphs are incomplete or non-existent – not to mention we haven’t seen a single Minor Glyph yet for most classes.
However, some of the existing Glyphs are worth taking a look at; of course, they may change [...]

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This is a change I didn’t see coming – Blizzard are implementing new, “improved” character skins. After the jump, screenshots of the new female human, dwarf and gnome faces.

Blizzard have announced that as of Patch 3.0.2, raid buffs will synergize very differently, to make raid rosters more versatile.
Rather than write a guide to it myself, I’ll just direct you to Dwarf Priest’s excellent post, which even includes a handy-dandy visual guide to raid buffs and who provides them.

Inscription update for the day: it’s mostly still not implemented, so still no guide from me.
To be more accurate: a lot of recipes are now available from the trainer, from skill level 1 up to 400 at present. However, the materials for the recipes have not yet been tuned. Every glyph currently requires Moonglow Ink [...]