With many of the major features of patch 3.2 having been announced, and a lot of people already somewhat bored with patch 3.1 content, and with the new dungeon/raid instance being a relatively simple "arena" format, many have been hoping that we'll see a 3.2 PTR soon. However, it looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer than hoped. In a recent post regarding adjustments to Druid set bonuses, Ghostcrawler let slip that a change would be coming "long before 3.2."

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The Colosseum takes us inside the world of the Gladiator (Brutal, Vengeful, Merciless, and otherwise), to interview some of the top Arena fighters in the battlegroups. Our goal is to bring a better understanding of the strategy, makeup, and work that goes into dueling it out for fame, fortune, and Netherdrakes.

Caylie is the Priest in a Priest/Warlock or Priest/Rogue team, "Esport Ballers." Currently sitting at 12th place for their battlegroup, the team has traditionally done well in previous seasons.

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Every Sunday (usually), Spiritual Guidance will offer practical insight for priests of the holy profession. Your host is Matt Low, the grand poobah of World of Matticus and a founder of No Stock UI, a new UI and addons blog for WoW. Today, Matticus looks at a few question on shields. More specifically, why Holy Priests should not shield tanks if Disc Priests are present.

One of the core spells in any Priestly arsenal is the use of Power Word: Shield. The primary purpose of it? To save lives and prevent players in your party or your raid from taking damage. I've seen a few questions and grumblings crop up regarding the use of it on a few blogs and I wanted to weigh in.

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Ready Check is a weekly column focusing on successful raiding for the serious raider. Hardcore or casual, Archavon or Algalon, everyone can get in on the action and down some bosses. This week, we look at the hard modes in Ulduar.

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Reader comments – ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week.

Welcome home to WoW.com. Moving into a new place can be hectic, but we think our new digs at WoW.com are pretty darn comfy. In addition to a fresh face and identity for WoW Insider, we've introduced the beta launch of WoW.com Profiles. Show off your characters with a profile on WoW.com. By downloading the WoW.com addon, you can also keep all of your friends up to date on what you're doing in game, and make blog posts and upload screenshots directly from your game client.

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So, it turns out that a Sen'jin Fetish is not only a perverse attraction to large troll tusks, but also a non-combat pet obtainable through the Argent Tournament. Our submitter Sean happens to have recently bought the latter. With a little help from an acquaintance, a Pet Biscuit and some Pygmy Oils, he's managed to turn his Fetish into an ill-fitting mask. His newly acquired Twisted Visage with Blood Draining enchant also adds to the voodoo effect. The dress still looks a little too druidic, though. Sorry, Sean, not everyone can be as cool as a troll.

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We're nearing the end of May, and I'm trusting that all of you US players have been having a wonderful long weekend! For those of you who didn't get to go on vacation, or who snuck a laptop into your bags, here are the latest WoW-related comics.

• Check out the latest from Cru the Dwarf.
• Dark Legacy Comics: Evade.
• Experience Points: Perhaps you have recently considered spending some more time outdoors? If not, you can always fake a disconnect.
• Flintlocke vs the Horde: The guys are on a quest chain.
• Check out the latest from LFG.
• NoObz: My Big Brother.
• NPC: Warcrack Game Thingy?
• Check out the latest from Teh Gladiators.
• The Adventures of Disgraph T. Dwarf: The Monday Dregs.
• World of Warcraft, eh?: Lions and Paladins and Bears - Oh My!


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One thing Blizzard likes to slip in every few patches is a new UI function that "replaces" a popular add-on or set off addons. They've done it with Scrolling Combat Text, Threat Meters, and most recently, with Equipment Managers.

The New Equipment Manager is nice, but it's also pretty basic. You choose to save a set, choose a name and icon for the set, and there you go. You can drag the new icon onto your toolbar for quick changes, at least, but there's not much else. You can't synchronize it with a talent change. You can't set events to automatically change sets. Because of this, or even because of straight up familiarity and the issue of remaking all your sets in the new system, I'm sure a lot of people will stick to addons like ClosetGnome and Itemrack (if it ever updates).

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Minor patch scheduled before 3.2
In a blue post about the druid's tier 8 set, Ghostcrawler confirmed that at least one more minor patch will be deployed before the Patch 3.2. It's always good to know that we won't have to wait for the next major content patch to see more classes changes and bug fixes.
Quote from: Ghostcrawler (Source)We have a fix for the current set bonus to make it work the way you imagine it should at a 7 or 8% proc chance. It's our policy not to announce patch dates ahead of time, but it will be long before 3.2.
Raidcomp updated to patch 3.1
Better late than never, right? During the last few weeks the Raid composition tool has been updated with various changes from patch 3.1. We should now have a fairly reliable version but don't hesitate to point out any error.

Raidcomp Patch 3.1 Update (Rev 5) (Link)

• Afffliction Warlock: Improved Shadow Bolt
• Blessing of Kings: Base ability for all paladins.
• Curse of Recklessness has been removed.
• Curse of Weakness: Now also reduces the armor of the target by 5%.
• Divine Spirit: Base ability for all priests.
• Hunting Party: Spell ID has been fixed.
• Improved Divine Spirit: This talent has been removed.
• Improved Soul Leech: Mana regen ability for Destruction Warlocks.
• Improved Water Elemental: Renamed Enduring Winter.
• Protection Paladin: Heart of the Crusader
• Stampede adds a 25% bleed damage debuff (that does not stack with Mangle etc.).
• Unleashed Rage is now a 3/3 talent instead of 5/5 talent.

Blue posts
Quote from Blizzard staffProfessions
Why did it take so long to nerf Jewelcrafting?
The question was asked on this (and other issues) if it was OP before why did it take so long to nerf it? Usually the answer is some combination of the following (and not just with regard to JC):

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