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The Daily Quest: Dungeon finder tips and tricks

Here at WoW.com we're on a Daily Quest (which we try to do every day, honest) to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment and you may see it here tomorrow!

Because of dungeon finder, we're all PUGging a lot more these days -- for better and for worse. Let's just say that if today's TDQ covered horrible tales from the dungeon finder, it would be ten times as long, at the very least. But fortunately for all of us, WoW-bloggers around the world have some great advice to offer on how to improve your PUG experience.

Panzercow discusses heroic PUG tanking.
Too Many Annas walks you through how to be successful in a PUG.
Can Tank, Will Travel talks about tanking irritants (many of which seem PUG-related).
World of Warcraft Philosophized offers advice for dungeon speed runs and wonders if the dungeon finder should put people of similar gear levels together.
And -- a bit older than the rest of the posts here, but still worth reading if you're interested in the topic -- our very first guest post covered tips for DPS running heroics.

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The Daily Quest: Dungeon finder tips and tricks originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PvP with Blizzard QA tomorrow

Hey North American players, want to PvP with Blizzard's QA staff? They sure seem to have been doing a lot of these lately. Your next chance is tomorrow, Thursday the 11th, on the PTRs, so get your strategies ready. The details:

Anasterian realm (but playeres on Broxigar can participate too by queueing for randoms)
3-11-2010, 4:00 PM PST
Queue for a random battleground
The Blizz staff will be in the guild 'Blizzard' Horde-side, and the guild 'Blizzard QA' Alliance-side.

Who's going to try their hand against the boys in blue? Get your PTR transfers in now if you haven't already. And yes, I know our dear friend Mr. Street isn't in the QA department, but I just love these Ghostcrawler shops. He's poking Skeletor in the eye, and He-Man in the nostril! So hardcore.

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PvP with Blizzard QA tomorrow originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Updated patch notes

It's that time again, ladies and gentlemen! The Patch 3.3.3 PTR has been given a brand new build, and with it comes a few changes to the patch notes. There aren't many changes, but the few that are there are rather significant to the classes they impact. The changes are as follows:

Hunters

Heart of the Phoenix: Cooldown reduced to 8 minutes, down from 10 minutes.

Warriors

Thunderclap: This ability now counts as a ranged attack, granting it double damage on critical strikes instead of 150% and ranged miss chance, and still cannot be dodged or parried.
Bladestorm: Warriors can now be Disarmed while under the effects of this ability.

Glyphs

Glyph of Focus: Now increases the damage done by Starfall by 10%, down from 20%.

We've updated our full patch 3.3.3 patch notes listing to include these additions. If you've missed any previous updates, make sure to check them out!

Patch 3.3.3 brings about small but noteworthy changes to the World of Warcraft. From a faster CoT, to putting those old Frozen Orbs to better use, to changes to the auction house -- there's several things all WoW players need to know. WoW.com's Guide to Patch 3.3.3 will keep you up to date!

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Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Updated patch notes originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CCP invades Frisco and GDC, March 9-13

A small army of developers from CCP will be at GDC San Francisco (Game Developer's Conference), March 9-13. Specifically booth #2505 in the Career Pavilion in the South Hall. As you can imagine, we'll be doing some heavy recruiting, some interviews and lots of note-taking. We'll also be talking shop on Tyrannis and would love to chat with any EVE fans who make the trip.

Powerpoints are prepared and black dev shirts have been ironed. Come join us at any of the four speaking sessions we'll be a part of--from fighting the good fight against RMT to cloth simulation and from scaling EVE's universe to scaling CCP itself.

New Chronicle: Signs of Faith

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but one symbol can define an Empire and cause a rift between two peoples.

"Signs of Faith" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Greyscale. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here, and a comment thread for this particular story may be found here.

PLEX Aid for Haiti Ends

March 3, 2010 marked the final day of the collection of PLEX to aid victims of the devastating Haiti earthquake. EVE Online players were extremely generous: 2776 PLEX were donated through 1107 contracts. An additional 9.5 billion ISK was donated, enough to purchase 37 additional PLEX from the market. 100 percent of your donations will be given to the Red Cross. Thanks again to everyone who participated.

Fallen Earth: Mac Beta Version Released!

Icarus Studios has announced today that a Beta version of the upcoming Mac release of Fallen Earth is now available!

EVE Online: New Details on Planetary Interaction

CCP Hammer has posted a new dev blog on the official EVE Online website detailing the Planetary Interaction features which will debut with the launch of EVE Online's newest expansion, Tyrannis, later this summer.

Jumpgate Evolution: NetDevil Breaks Silence, Provides Update

It's been quite awhile since Jumpgate: Evolution's delay announcement last year, and until today we didn't know much more about the game than we did then. In the interest of providing eager fans with some sort of update, NetDevil has broken the silence in a post to the official Jumpgate: Evolution forums, outlining some of the things the developers are working on or thinking about.

Star Wars Galaxies: Producer's Note Outlines Game's Future

This latest Producer's Note for Star Wars Galaxies discusses the recently released Galactic Civil War update, as well as the future of Star Wars Galaxies, including the upcoming Game Update 16.

Star Trek Online: GM Destra's Blog at Ten Ton Hammer

We know what we can and can't do, usually or /facepalm.

Star Trek Online's GM Destra dropped a note to let us know what his team has been working on lately.

Fallen Earth Gets Mac Friendly at Ten Ton Hammer

Fallen Earth makes friends with Mac.

Macintosh users can now enjoy the post-apocalyptic world of Fallen Earth.

EVE Developer Blog Explains Planetary Interaction for Tyrannis Expansion at Ten Ton Hammer

EVE Online developer CCP Hammerhead has NHN to publish new MMORPG project.

NHN has signed a new MMORPG under the codename of Project E:st. The game is under development by Polygon Games and powered by Crytek's CryENGINE 2.

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Gaming

The Daily Quest: Dungeon finder tips and tricks

PvP with Blizzard QA tomorrow

Patch 3.3.3 PTR: Updated patch notes

CCP invades Frisco and GDC, March 9-13

New Chronicle: Signs of Faith

PLEX Aid for Haiti Ends

Fallen Earth: Mac Beta Version Released!

EVE Online: New Details on Planetary Interaction

Jumpgate Evolution: NetDevil Breaks Silence, Provides Update

Star Wars Galaxies: Producer's Note Outlines Game's Future

Star Trek Online: GM Destra's Blog at Ten Ton Hammer

Fallen Earth Gets Mac Friendly at Ten Ton Hammer

EVE Developer Blog Explains Planetary Interaction for Tyrannis Expansion at Ten Ton Hammer

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