The last time we visited this topic, not much was known about the loot tables for later bosses found in Icecrown Citadel as most of the content was not yet open on live servers. However, now that the final wing of the Citadel has been released (and, in fact, defeated) we have a bit more information available to us regarding available loot. So today we’ll revisit the topic of loot found in Icecrown raids with the new information available to us.

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As part of our new focus on community-building and communication with our visitors, we’d like to open the floor to all of you with a new weekly guest post program. Whether you’re an experienced author or just some Hunter with an axe to grind or a story to tell, we’d like to hear from you and share what you have to say with the rest of the community. There’s a lot to be gained in the way of insight from reading about how others play and experience the game and we think our visitors have a wide range of experience and expertise to offer. Don’t sell yourself short! You’ve got a story to tell and people want to hear about it. How do you think we got started?

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In a recent post, we talked about possibilities for spending your first talent points and provided some suggestions for talent builds to use as you level. Of course, that begs the question: what about pet talents? What should we do with those as we level? Unlike our own talents and builds, pets are pretty straight-forward and often the build your pet uses while you level isn’t very different from the build it will be using at the level cap. The reason for that is that, rather than three talent trees for each pet, we have three different types of pets that each have their own special tree: Ferocity, Tenacity and Cunning. We’ll be looking at possible builds for all three today.

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For those who may not have heard the news yet, Ensidia got the world first Lich King kill for the 25-man version. (Blood Legion got the world first 10-man kill.) While the fact that Icecrown Citadel has already been cleared in it’s entirety within two days of the last wing being made available is somewhat suspect in terms of how that reflects on the quality and complexity of the encounters therein, what’s particularly noteworthy in this case is that directly following their world first, Ensidia received a temporary 72-Hour ban from the game as a result of their kill.

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This is a guest post from Talsin, GM of <Starsong Tribe> Emerald Dream-US.

Setting the Scene

It was only a Saronite node…

Flying high above Sholazar Basin, mining was fresh and exciting. Perhaps it would have been rather boring for some, but not only had I just maxed out mining (Favoring it enough to drop 450 Herbalism), but it was my first log in that day. You know the kind? The first time logging in, even if only to check your mail, can seem to give you an extra boost of unobstructed enthusiasm. Or maybe it’s only me.

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Zath! is currently hosting a World of Warcraft contest with a veritable plethora of prizes to be won and several winners will be chosen. If you’d like to get your mitts on some free game swag, keep reading.

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The end of an expansion is always a common time for players to be leveling alts, and of course there are always those Johnny-Come-Lately players that join the game long after the party’s already well under way that could benefit from a bit of direction. We’ve received questions recently about where to spend your first talent points and far be it from us to leave you guys hanging!

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We’ve gotten a few emails recently asking for some clarification on the subject of gems and it’s been quite some time since we’ve visited the subject, so we can definitely stand to revisit the topic. With all the new gear coming out of Icecrown, it’s important to know how to really give it a good spit-shine.

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