Very well written and an extremely interesting read. Need more of this stuff out of Engadget (or maybe our favorite little industry just needs more controversy...)

If I have'ta.

My sentiments exactly...the 14th time the mobile auth came up, I got the douche chills and immediately stopped reading...

Haven't watched the Machinima yet, but god is that the most awful skit on that album...wru Space Olympics video with all Draenei?! >

Technically haste got a little buff for Rets during 3.1 because of the increased seal damage...more white hits = more Seal of Blood procs. This did not massively change its weight, however, and strength remains the stat to go for. Haste is just an afterthought.

In 3.2, haste will allow for some VERY slightly increased speed of stacking the Seal of Vengeance debuff, but even that is miniscule since it is also applied by DS and CS.

All in all, Blizzard seems to have not found the sweet spot for haste that makes it really valuable for melee.

Where's the option for "Don't give a crap about Holiday Achievements..."

I want to be one of the 10 people choosing that! :P

@Robert M

Methinks he's more interested in the free Expertise while using Axes and awesome On-Click racial than getting his Man Card back...

Oh, no doubt there are rooms available...I just think you get a better deal the more time you book in advance...I think my buddies got the Hilton for $80 a night or something, but that was non-refundable.

Anyone who waited this long to reserve their hotel is gonna get a raw deal if they plan on staying anywhere remotely near the CC.

A well-placed and timed reservation (like, when they announced Blizzcon) to a hotel that allows for refunds was probably the best thing you could do...

You don't know what kind of work-arounds and restrictions the art guys are dealing with, when they're working with a Graphics Engine that was developed in 2003. Considering where they were (old Cat Form) and we're they've gotten (new Cat Form), this is a huge improvement...

While I agree that you don't need an art degree, or to be a 3d modeler to make a judgement about ingame art, you certainly can't say they could do "better" when you don't even understand what had to be put in to get it as far as it has come (new Cat Form).