Warcraft

No, we still don't have a release date for patch 6.2, but we do have a fresh update to the patch notes for the game's next big content patch.

Do you want to learn the basics of pet battling? This is the place to be if you've never been in a pet battle and would like to start.

World of Warcraft's subscriber numbers are down this quarter, but the game continues to be the world's top subscription-based MMORPG.

After a few week's downtime, the Blizzard Gear store is back. Blizzard Watch fans can get 10% taken off the purchase price at check out using the code BLIZZARDWATCH10.

Sometimes as officers we have to make decisions that disappoint certain guild members. This week's OQ covers setting raiding standards for social raiders and the possibility of flexible mythic raids.

"It's always bittersweet when one of our guild members gets deployed," writes submitter Gimmlette of Spectacular Death on Llane (US-A).

The latest schedule for this week's Hellfire Citadel raid testing has been released, with three different encounters scheduled for testing tomorrow afternoon. Note that the majority of these encounters will be tested at Mythic level difficulty, which requires 20 players to participate.

No matter how many moving parts an encounter has, how it is ultimately tanked can be boiled down to one of a few formulas that Blizzard repeats over and over again when designing fights. As human beings, one of our evolutionary survival skills is recognizing patterns – many times, if you're like me, you'll be tanking a new encounter and think to yourself “hang on, I've seen this before.”

This week begins the Darkmoon Faire, which runs from from May 3 until May 10th.

"Tonight I was extremely lucky in looting the Solar Spirehawk from Rukhmar," writes submitter Marconin of Convert to Raid Galleon on Aerie Peak (US-A).