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WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

If you've never seen Illegal Danish before, man, you are missing out. It was one of the first machinima I ever watched, and it's still just as funny years later. Speaking of things from years ago, Blog Azeroth had a shared topic suggested by Mia over at the Chronicles of Mia that posed a good question: If you could bring back any feature of WoW from days gone by, what would that be? Here are a few bloggers with some answers to the question.

• Harpy's Nest has a few suggestions from the good old days, including same-server AV matches.
• Jaded Alt thinks first aid and bandages have fallen into disuse and wishes they'd be more useful.
• Anuillae's Analytical Assertions confesses a longing for days of old and portals to anywhere.
• The Daily Frostwolf thinks life would be nicer with fewer flight paths, among other things.

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WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

I am really, really terrible at PvP. There's a reason I don't do Arenas: Because I am 100% fully aware that this is not and will most likely never be a strong suit for me. My idea of PvP on my rogue is Run in screaming my fool head off, spam Fan of Knives, desperately hope there is a healer behind me. Rather than bang my head against the wall, I will continue quietly stepping out of the way and letting other far more capable people do the PvP.

And there are a heck of a lot of capable people out there, too. Let's check out a few posts from around the blogosphere about PvP and the upcoming end to the Arena season.

• Cynwise's Battlefield Manual talks about the end of this season and what PvPers should do to prepare for the next.
• Healer Aggro shares some thoughts on PvP from a discipline priest's perspective.
• Welcome to Spinksville wonders do we really need to separate PvP and PvE servers?

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My very first character ever back in vanilla WoW was a druid. I loved the class, even though it took me a while to get the hang of it. But once the whole aspect of being able to shift in and out of various forms to survive darn near anything kicked in, I was relatively unstoppable. I switched from Alliance to Horde after hitting level 60, and from druid to priest. But I still loved druids, and I loved raiding with them. One of the top druids in my vanilla raiding guild was simply brilliant; he was a healer, but he'd swap between forms all the time if there was something he could do to help.

And that was the druid class to me, in a nutshell -- the extreme versatility of being able to do just about anything because you could simply shift forms. I loved it. I still love it, and I have two druid alts, though I rarely play them these days (not enough time in the day). There've been some pretty interesting conversations around the blogosphere about the state of druids in the upcoming expansion, however, well worth reading.

• Falling Leaves and Wings points out exactly what the resto druid community is concerned about.
• Restokin has a two-part post detailing what exactly is wrong with having a melee moonkin.
• Tree Heals Go Woosh calmly tells druids not to panic. In large, friendly letters.

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Any day that I can use a DarkPippi video is a very good day. With patch 4.3 and a new raid on the horizon, more guilds are recruiting and more players are looking to get into raiding guilds. So how do you go about doing that, exactly? Here are a few posts from around the blogosphere about successful guild apps and solid tanks.

• Manalicious has a lovely guide on getting into that heroic raiding guild you've always wanted.
• Kurn's Corner goes over the importance of having a parse log when applying to a guild.
• Sword and Board points out the differences between being a good tank and an exceptional one.

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Not only is the subject of gear inflation intriguing, it also gives me the perfect excuse to throw in some Kids in the Hall. And any day that I can use Kids in the Hall is a good day in my book.

Today we've got some posts from around the blogosphere discussing gear inflation and proposed solutions.

• Jinxed Thoughts ponders the idea of just ditching the value-based stat system.
• The Grumpy Elf gives several good reasons why smaller stat increases are a good option.
• Shattered Beginnings wonders whether stat increases are really that important to players.

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I'm not wearing any socks. Don't worry, it's not important. What is important is the stuff I've gathered together from around the blogosphere today, including 4.3 reminders and thoughts on stat inflation and the endgame.

• OutDPS has some 4.3 reminders for folks, including those of the hunter-specific variety.
• Restokin gives us some thoughts on the recent post by Ghostcrawler discussing stat inflation.
• Mana Obscura shares a guest post discussing the necessity of endgame content.

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WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

See? I told you -- no Rebecca Black here, just some Cure. Today we've got a roundup of posts from around the blogosphere on a variety of topics: memories and music, heirlooms, and other interesting things.

• Too Many Annas takes a deeper look into the music behind WoW and what makes it so good.
• Psynister's Notebook has an amazingly useful guide to heirloom gear for those on trial accounts that would like to twink.
• Cannot Be Tamed highlights some of the most interesting boss mechanics we've seen in WoW.
• Gauss' Adventures in World of Warcraft points out the change to the Scroll of Resurrection.

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WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

Finding a Monday song on Monday's edition of TDQ meant that I felt like finding a Wednesday song for today. Don't worry, Rebecca Black will not be making any appearances in this column, I swear. Anyway, I found this mellow number from Simon and Garfunkel, because Wednesdays are pretty mellow for me, generally speaking.

Speaking of mellow, we're taking a step back from the panda-monium for a breather and relaxing with some nice Hallow's End screenshots and posts from around the blogosphere.

• Elfi's World serves up a collection of Hallow's End screenshots highlighting the holiday.
• Red Cow Rise also has a giant helping of Hallow's End screenshots. I love Hallow's End. It's such a visual holiday.
• Kamalia Et Alia shows off a collection of various in-game costumes from Hallow's End festivities.
• Big Bear Butt takes a discussion about Hallow's End disappointments into an insightful post musing on the mechanics and design that go on behind the scenes as we work on achieving various goals in game.

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You're welcome for the Bangles earworm. It's Monday and ... well, everyone is still talking about pandas here and there. It's a hot-button topic, apparently! Today we've got a few more reactions from around the blogosphere regarding the new expansion -- and pandas, of course.

• Tree Heals Go Woosh discusses both sides of the reactions in a Zen-filled panda post.
• Cynwise's Field Notes talks about the potential for seriousness in the upcoming expansion.
• Blessing of Kings ponders the potentials of Pandaren and hopes for understated humor.

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WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

Do you see the level of detail on those trees and blossoms? The amount of detail on the mountain over there in the background? I want to go to there -- like right now. Sadly, it will have to wait; however, we've got another roundup of some Mists of Pandaria impressions from around the blogosphere.

• Huntsman's Lodge shares some thoughts on the various aspects of the upcoming expansion.
• Big Bear Butt fills us in on his thoughts regarding the new expansion and the annual subscription.
• Orcish Army Knife introduces us to some of the new races of Pandaria and makes some interesting observations about the Sha.

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I remember my first experience with talent points back in vanilla. I'd just hit level 42 or so, and the buddy I was leveling with asked me what tree I'd put my talent points into. Somewhat bewildered, I asked, "What are talent points?" ... turns out all those messages when I dinged weren't just reminders that I was even more talented and awesome than previously before.

In Mists of Pandaria, we can look forward to a radically different re-envisioning of the talent trees -- or should I just say talents in general, since we won't have trees anymore? Regardless, here are a few posts from around the blogosphere concerning the upcoming new talents.

WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

Mists of Pandaria was officially announced this weekend, and the reaction has been vocal, to say the very least. I'll be linking a metric ton of posts from here and there around the blogosphere this week, but for now, here's a few first impressions for your perusal.

• Mana Obscura looks over all the upcoming tidbits of information for the new expansion.
• Red Cow Rise is wondering what those elusive lady Pandaren are going to look like, among other things.
• Priest With a Cause is feeling a little disappointed with all the expansion information.

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Hallow's End is still ongoing, and there are a lot of new quests and items to pick up! Sadly, BlizzCon 2011 is also taking place at the same time. Don't get me wrong -- Anaheim is an awesome place to be, but it means I miss a few days of farming for that horse. And if I don't see a horse from the Headless Horseman this year, there are going to be repercussions. Serious repercussions.*

Today we've got some posts from around the blogsphere discussing the face lift to the Hallow's End holiday.

• The Harpy's Nest chats about the changes, including the welcome addition of candy as currency.
• Info about WoW from the Altaholic goes over the ins and outs of the Headless Horseman fight.
• Bible of Dreams delights in everyone's new best friend ever, the Creepy Crate!

*I will cry. A lot.

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It's Monday, so here are The Beatles. You may wonder why you need The Beatles on a Monday, but I would argue that The Beatles are pretty appropriate any day of the week. In keeping with the theme, today we've got some posts from around the blogosphere that are remarkably helpful whether you're a hunter, an officer, or a player heading to BlizzCon.

• Huntsman's Lodge has a lovely walk-through on picking up the rare chimera The Razza, which has a lovely, unique skin.
• Bible of Dreams put together a list of five good criteria for choosing new guild officers.
• Guarded by the Light talks BlizzCon, including lists of good places to eat, drink, and party.

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