The Cataclysm is coming! And the closer we get to it, the more information will be available to discuss and analyze. The purpose of this stickied thread is to consolidate all Cataclysm information on our website into one handy post rather than make separate posts all over the place - posts that will no doubt increase in number the closer we get to Cataclysm.

So,

if you want to share news about Cataclysm - post here!

if you want to find out about Cataclysm news - read this thread!

if you want to discuss Cataclysm, reply to this thread!


Note: Exception made, of course, for Class-related discussions and information: feel free to post such content to your respective Class Forum as well as to this thread.


                                                                       Current and updated news as of 08/18/2010
                                                                       All hyperlinks verified

One-stop shopping for all Cataclysm news and information can be found at the following excellent summaries and consolidated lists from the major websites. Start your journey into Cataclysm with these links below!

Blizzard (Official Site) http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/

WoW.com http://www.wow.com/cataclysm/

Wowhead http://www.wowhead.com/guide=cataclysm

Wowiki http://www.wowwiki.com/Portal:Cataclysm

World of Raids http://www.worldofraids.com/guides/world...index.html

MMO-Champion for breaking news http://mmo-champion.com/

Screenshot of the Day http://www.wow.com/2010/06/11/cataclysm-...f-the-day/

*NEW*! Wowhead 31-point Talent Calculators http://www.wowhead.com/blog&tag=expansion

Recently Blizzard held a small "Press Event", and to their credit they invited the right people: along with the usual suspects in the gaming press, they welcomed correspondents from the major fansites like wow.com and wowhead and gave them exclusive scoops on Cataclsym. Tons of new info came out of this event!


Wow.com's consolidated list of changes and new info announced at this event:

http://www.wow.com/2010/06/13/cataclysm-...n-details/


Wow.com's round-up and analysis of the Press Event:

http://www.wow.com/2010/06/14/cataclysm-...t-roundup/


World of Raid's interview with Tom "Kalgan" Chilton, Game Director for WoW:

http://www.worldofraids.com/topic/17009-...3a8c274e99


Wowhead's interview with everybody's favorite talking crab, Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street:

http://www.wowhead.com/blog=159586

Two further interviews from Gameplanet:

Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street:

http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/games/159...Cataclysm/

Chris Stockton, Lead Content Designer:

http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/games/159...Cataclysm/

World of Raid's Class Previews, including new trees, updated as new information becomes available:

http://www.worldofraids.com/topic/16243-...-previews/

Analysis of the Talent Previews:

http://www.wow.com/2010/06/10/cataclysm-...-our-take/

I like the change to divine storm. The other ret changes mentioned seem to be pretty nice. Wish they weren't removing Divine Intervention. True it doesn't have the same utility that it once did (repops of trash not nearly the issue that it was once upon a time), but its still nice for just saving gold from repairs. Each time you use it you save probably about 17 gold or so between yourself and the person you DI.

From the Insider Trading column, a an analysis of the recent announcement to Crafting Professions, including the "normalization" of crafts and the effect permanent glyphs will have on Inscription.

http://www.wow.com/2010/06/14/insider-tr...t-no-pony/

Good news for you squishies who like the color orange!

Ghostcrawler has semi-confirmed that there will be a legendary caster weapon (likely a dagger) in the first Tier of Cataclysm raiding. The last time a legendary was available in the first tier was A'tiesh in vanilla I think.


http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/253996214...apon-cata/

Read over today's MMO-Champion for more Blizzard discussion of the recent news, like 10 vs 25 man raids, the removal of Guild Leveling, PvP, Worgen and Goblin DK's at start (yes, you heard that right) and more!

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/

A wow.com article analyzing Ghostcrawler's recent comments about the decision to axe certain proposed guild features in Cataclysm.

http://www.wow.com/2010/06/17/ghostcrawl...cataclysm/

A full preview by Blizzard of Grim Batol, the first tier raid instance in Cataclysm:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm...batol.html