I saw this blog post on WoW.com today and feel a bit of a need to respond regarding the purpose and eventual impact once WoW requires all players to bind their accounts with Battle.net.

Overall the author is concerned that Battle.net integration is essentially foisting features that are unwanted and will impair or otherwise diminish their gaming experience. Personally, I am a fan of Battle.net integration for no other reason than the fact that when I was setting up my account I was...

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I'm late to the game in general commentary regarding Cataclysm but here are a few overarching thoughts.

Old World Rebuild
I personally believe the rebuilding of the old world is a fantastic idea. I very much like the idea that the launch of the expansion is a discrete point in the history of the game with a "no going back" feeling. In a way it's a relaunch of WoW and there will be much more meaning when someone says, "I started playing WoW before Cataclysm."...

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Tauren Paladins: Coolest thing ever!

If this is true I'll have my pre-order in tomorrow.

I'm curious how it will be explained lore-wise, but I really don't care. Tauren (my favorite race) + Paladin (my favorite class) = 100% awesome.

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If I had to use one word to describe the new 5-man introduced in Patch 3.2 it would be... short.

There is a lot of ceremony during the instance and it's cool to have Thrall, Wyrnn, and Fordring watching as you fight. However, there are only 3 encounters in the instance. The first has you joust/fight 3 champions of your opposing faction. The second you face an Argent Crusade champion and some lackeys. Lastly, you fight Black Knight.

The instance is even shorter than...

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