3.3 To-do list

Well, 3.3 is supposed to hit tomorrow (today?), so while your chilling out waiting for server's to get off maintenance, patching to go through, or servers to reset again, here's a quick list of things every player should do once we have the world stabilized and ready to enjoy:

-Respec! Before anything happens, make sure that your spec is up to date! Lots of changes to classes everywhere, so you may need to respec or get some exciting new glyphs. There's a lot of potential out there at the moment, Frost Mages getting perm Elementals, Affliction Locks returning to the top of the DPS charts, Unholy DK's supposedly having a workable scourge strike, things like that. Pallies, we more or less got some minor nerfs when it comes to pve (more survivability stuff for pvp apparently) so you might want to check your respecs as well.

-Conquer the new ICC 5-mans! Get an elite squadron of people you trust and clear out all three of the new instances. If you haven't seen the quests involved inside the triple-winged trial, let me just say that they're oozing with lore and dripping with epic loots! 219's for the regulars and 232's for the heroics, so if you aren't already geared to the 9's, there's something in there for you! Also, with the new random LFG system, you'll have these 3 open up as potential locations to get set into. Remember, the new Cross realm LFG doesn't take heroic lockouts for dungeons in account, so there's a chance that if you've already cleared it out with a group regularly, you can get again if the server-god's are looking kindly on you.

(Edit: It looks like some of the quests inside the new ICC 5's will be netting you some Emblem's of Frost! Huzzah!)

Speaking so much of the Random LFG

-Try the random LFG! This is going to serve as your new daily heroic, so you might as well get a feel for it early. Theoretically, in a perfect world, you should be able to log in, queue yourself up for a random dungeon, marking up whatever rolls you can fill, and in about the time it takes to get queued up for a BG, you should be knocking out whatever instance you've lucked into. If your wary your first time through, you can pick 3 people you trust on your server and let the service random up the last person. This will count to the daily reward of two Emblems of Frost! Doing more will also get you closer to a new pet if that's your collection addiction.

-Check out what the weekly raid is! This new system is going to be throwing you a random raid boss every week for a shot at getting 5 more Emblems of Frost along with 5 Emblems of Triumph. These bosses range to thinks like KT (who you can skip to directly now!) and XT-002, to some of the early ICC bosses. Plan and coordinate with people you trust, these bosses can be taken down on 10 or 25, whatever is most works best!

-Check out the new VOA boss! More badges and an early chance at Tier 10! Suggest you spread out the group as evenly as you can (or stack it so your the only one getting tier >_>)

-Finish your Rep grinds! If you've got any factions in Northrend that aren't revered or exalted yet, you can now buy rep tokens for the price of a single Emblem of Triumph! Better yet, shoulder enchants and head enchants are now BoA, meaning you can mail em off to alts!

speaking of BoA

-Roll an Alliance (or Horde)! If you haven't tried rolling around as an opposite faction yet, now is actually a great time to give it a shot! Bind on Account Heirloom items are now mailable cross-faction, so if you've saved up a ton of gear or badges, why not roll around and be op for a bit? I'll be messing around with an Alliance Shaman from time to time ^_^

-Get Quel'Delar! As quick as you can! Unless you were a top tiered raider and got yourself a weapon from ToGC 25, this quest has an upgrade for you (except for you tanks =P). Seriously, go get it, be pro and walk into ICC with an ilvl 251 weapon.

I mean it, do it, people will love you and it will rain money.

-Get a new Heirloom item! Don't forget about the new fishing derby on weekends! A chance at an heirloom ring being able to bring up your experience on alts to 25% with shoulders and chest is just nuts. If you managed to have recruit-a-friend going, it's going to be 375% extra experience. Jumpin'-Jehovah!

And of course, you've got the biggest baddest raid yet, with the expansions penultimate villain waiting for you...