You should read that on Wowwiki, really good lore =). Last boss of ST is Avatar of Hakkar.

Silithius is a big one, with all Twilights there and Al'Alakir. Probably a war zone again, just not against Quiraji. But I can't see a reason why they should remove AQ20. I do hope we will see some connections with Uldum.

This could also be a ploy to make the Tol'vir join his ranks: "Hey, your creators couldn't protect you from becoming so furry and fleshy but I have the power to make you nice and stony again if you would be so kind and just sign here....".

And from an Old God's view, I can't imagine anything more juicy as having the corrupted servants of my Arch-Enemy to bolster my army.

Aye, that seems the most likely, it's not like the Old Gods care about a servant making a devious speech like: "Oh, those Old Gods suck, I'll undo their work and be your new, benevolent lord.[whisper]Now go die in my name and the Old Gods'", So long as it furthers their goals.

Still, I'd rather like for Blizzard to expand on this newfound power of Neltharion. I've actually been jumping for him to eventually betray the Old Gods or at least tell them to screw themselves and their grand plans as, unlike them, he's got a neck and he's not putting it in line. This seems like a trump card right there, being able to undo the Old Gods' work. I'm not talking about redemption for Deathwing...but he's always ended his campaigns as a loner.

New Beta Build tonight. Doesnt seem like alot of new stuff so far. The map for Uldum is finally patched in though.

Have to agree with this sentiment. Why not just add the extra gold into the riding skills and ditch the pointless limitations?.

To avoid grandfathering. If you already have the skill and they increase the price, you never paid it. Although that's rather silly, since to a brand new player an extra 250G may be meaningful, especially before max level, while a current max level isn't even going to notice the 250 they spend at 1am release day.

250G to more easily navigate between quest mobs and the area to complete the quest? A bargain.

I'm really hoping for some sort of air suppression (i.e. dragons) to prevent whole scale use of flight prior to 85 - at least in the brand new leveling zones.

I'm curious how this will impact gathering. In BC and Wrath it took a bit to max mining/herbalism, and therefore max blacksmithing/engineering/alchemy/jewelcrafting based on getting to the resources. If we can fly immediately and some people choose to immediately just go resource hunting, it should shorten that curve significantly.

At least so far in my experience in the beta, being able to fly hasn't been entirely detrimental to the experience of leveling. My time is pretty limited these days but what I have found is that I fly between quest hubs but (for better or worse) I find myself using my ground mount for short distance travel. When you're flying it's easy to overshoot an area or what I've found is that it's harder to find your specific objective; on my ground mount I've never missed anything I was looking for but I have while flying.

Still, the argument for some sort of air suppression is a strong one and I wouldn't be opposed to it.

Well, I think, with Cataclysm they are basically at least for now showing a splintering Horde. So, the relationship between the Horde factions is becoming worse. But Frostwolves leaving the Horde seems far fetched. I am sure Drek'thar is also not happy with Thrall not being the warchief anymore.

Wondering if on the alliance side are we seeing the inter-faction relationship also splintering or becoming stronger with Varian's return?

Well if I had one complaint about Cataclysm's lore atm it would be that complete lack of interaction between the Alliance leaders in-game. There's tons of it Horde side as you quest and level. Alliance side? Not so much.

Yup, for an Alliance player it must be boring, while from the Horde perspective, it increases the impression they're trying to make Alliance the "good" faction and Horde the "evil" one, as there seem to be no internal moral conflicts in the Alliance.
I call for Moira, Genn and maybe Tyrande opposing Varian's status as "default" leader of the Alliance, with Velen desperately trying to mediate.

Unfortunately, I have to agree. I have played through almost every 1-60 zone at the moment on both a Horde and Alliance character and the difference in dynamic lore between the factions is very surprising indeed. One of the biggest disappointments in this regard is the dwarven lands: they have had what amounts to a complete change in how they're governed, the King is gone, Moira and the thane of the Wildhammer have returned and in the space of three zones of questing this is mentioned - in passing - roughly three times, perhaps four. It's a complete missed opportunity, especially when you compare it to places like Azshara and Silverpine.

Some of the lore development in Cataclysm is brilliant, the best so far, but they're a long, long way from having this quality as standard across the board.