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Welcometo the latest World of Warcraft newsletter from Ten Ton Hammer.The Overpull, where we gather most of the things we should andafew we probably shouldn't.
In this section we'll look at the hits and misses taking place in thegame. 
From both the good and bad category, there is noPatch yet. I'mall for letting that patch ferment a little longer so it will pack moreof a punch.

Blizzard is going an extra step to keep modders from farming ourwallets which is nice. The latest publishing of the UIpolicy statesthat modders can't require payment or solicit in-game donations.Carbonite can consider my payment an unsolicited donation because Ilove that mod.

Plenty of guild drama farming going on, which can mean only one thing,people are bored. I wonder if Blizzard monitors how many times "/gquit"is entered so they can tell when a groundswell of malcontents will beheading to the forums to post their "I'm leaving" messages. I canpicture the report that shows "GQuit quotient up 50 points this week."

As an obvious hat's off to our own Boomjack, Vin Diesel spent afew minutes withthe BBC to discuss MMOs,D&D and how Arthas' Tears grow bestwith ferns in slightly sandy soil. In reality we all know that "WhenChuck Norris goes to bed he checks under it for Vin Deisel."(thanks Rallius)

Ah the good olddays. Some we miss, but most we justappreciate (for the fact that they're gone!).Quest chains of old had some very fun twists and turns when they brokeaway from the gather 4 beads of sweat off "Old Blanchy" or whatever.Cases in point:

The Alliance quest that starts in Ironforge and ends up on an islandoff of Azshara where you fire a flare gun and a dwarf comes to pick youup in a rickety flying contraption.

The quest that nobody knew about until exclamation points startedgetting used called "Everyone knows it's a secret" in Un'Goro Craterand starts the epic quest for Linken's Boomerang (yes a play on theNintedo game icon Link of the Zelda series). The boomerang was highlysought after as the ONLY (other than engineering grenades and toys)ranged pulling device available to Paladins. Ask me why I know...
  
Oh boy, one week closer to the patch, I can feel it. I'd say I couldsmell it, but that might be something the baby left under the couch.All eyes seem to be following this patch with an unusual vigor, maybewe're all just stalkers at heart.

This week we look at a great debate that rages in my guild: why dohybrid classes do the best healing (Druids and Shaman), best damage persecond  (Ret Paladins) and tank like madmen (Druids andPaladins)?Ghostcrawler tried to illuminateus  but in reality thefeel of the game has brought allclasses closer together in terms of DPS (damage per second).

Yep, they all look similar, until you look at the people really pouringit on. A quick peek at a website (that supports gold farmers so I won'tmention it here) that posts damage reports shows that in fact thehybrids are not doing dps like the pure dps classes. Warlocks, Mages,Rogues and Hunters are showing up at the top of the lists a lot. AndDeath Knights are up there too, wait is a DK a hybrid? What the heck isa Death Knight, a tank? A dps class? Animal, vegetable or mineral?

So while a Mage in your group may be grumpy about a Ret Paladin stayingwith him on the damage meter, remind him (yes it will be a him) thatit's not the size of the dps that matters, it's how you use it.

I enjoy fishing in the game. Seriously. I got my fishing up to 15 lastweek and now I'm wondering what all the complaining is about. Why am Ileveling fishing? Two words, "Turtle Mount." Yes, we will be able fishup a turtle mount in the bodies of water in Northrend and (as should bethe case) it walks slowly on land yet swims at 133% speed! Finally away to beat those pesky Druids in platypus form.

So is a DK a hybrid? Is fishing worth it fo