Preparing for 3.0

So tomorrow's the big day for 3.0. I'm totally unprepared, haven't been following along at all. I figured out what I need to know, though, and once I get the answers I'll summarize here. My big questions are:



  • What's the spec for max cat DPS?


  • What's the spec for strongest tanking?


  • What's a reasonable hybrid spec? (ideas here)


  • What's the new cat DPS cycle? (Karthis has my answer)


  • Did the bear threat generation cycle change?


  • New bear gear: tradeoff between armor, stamina, and dodge. (Emmerald not updated.)


  • New cat gear: tradeoff between agility, strength, attack power, crit, etc. (See Toskk.)


I think if I can answer all those questions reasonably well, I can join my guild's raid on Tuesday.