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Welcome to the Explorers' League Journal, our weekly recap of news and events from around Azeroth. Each week we'll cover a variety of topics including patch notes, hotfixes, contests, and helpful guides to keep you up-to-date on the latest game and community developments.

Welcome to the Explorers' League Journal, our weekly recap of news and events from around Azeroth. Each week we'll cover a variety of topics including patch notes, hotfixes, contests, and helpful guides to keep you up-to-date on the latest game and community developments.   Find out what happened last week below. If you missed our previous entry, you can check it out here.

In this week's New Player Tips, you advised those just getting started in World of Warcraft about their options for professions that support PvP. Now we want to know how you profess to prepare for hostilities with other players. This week's poll asks: How important are professions when you PvP?

In this week’s New Player Tips, you advised those just getting started in World of Warcraft about the various ways they might choose to spend time leveling.

New Player Tips is a recurring feature in which we ask World of Warcraft veterans to share their thoughts and advice for new adventurers on a variety of in-game topics. This week's topic is: leveling up.

Going fishing in Azeroth and Outland means different things to different players. Some consider it a source of easy profits. Some only fish in order to cook for their raid team. Others role-play the profession, from the contents of their tackle-box to the location of their favorite fishing hole. This week’s poll asks, “Why do you fish in World of Warcraft?”