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Last I tested, the potion sickness debuff was gone, but the effect was still there. You can only use 1 mana pot while in combat, and then after you exit combat the 2 min CD starts.

If this changed with the last push, I don't know, I haven't had time to test :(

Indeed. Anybody else remember how badly they (purposefully) broke our favorite addons?

I'd love to see 3.0 return Decursive and CastParty. Yes, we have SmartDebuff and HealBot, and yes, they're almost as good, but that's not really the point: The point is that taking away that functionality didn't make the game more fun, it made healing more tedious. There's reasons my '2k' priest is 99% retired, and tedium is a big part of it.

It doesn't seem that 3.0 is going to be as huge of a change as 2.0 was
Addons seem to be less broken in the Wrath beta

why do you think potion sickness will be back?

SEC rules????

So, if GM says their new solar car is going to be released in 4thQ 08, and then they find out the car won't start and they need new batteries for it they still have to release it before Dec 31? Even without batteries?

Really?

Or are these special SEC rules that just apply to video games?

@ Robert M

They have officially stated that they don't want hours of farming beforehand to be mandatory for raids, yet as long as chain-chugging potions is technically available they are forced to design encounters that require it. Potion sickness gives them more freedom to design.

A) I don't think announcements like that are legally binding, or Blizzard would have been sued out of existence long ago. If (IFF, see B) Blizz was a publically traded company, and delayed a announced product, the worst that could happen would be some sell off, and some angry voices, but being that people expect it, I doubt much.

B) Blizzard (or Activision Blizzard) are not publically traded companies. Their parent company, Vivendi is the publicly traded one. With a corporation this large (and French) I really doubt anyone would sue over such a small thing.

Someone needs to look up the term "forward looking statement." So let's do that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward-looking_statement

Now let's look at the press release that caused all this by the end of 2008 madness.

http://www.vivendi.com/corp/en/press_2008/documents/20080514_PR_Q12008.pdf

To save you all having to download the PDF it says "the second expansion set is anticipated to be released in the second half of 2008."

This became last quarter when Mike Morhaime told Shack News that it would not be out in the 3rd quarter, leaving only the 4th quarter of 2008 to still meet the above statement.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53962

Remember those words the wikipedia page said implied a forward looking statement? Let's see which one they used. Ohh look "anticipate."

And if you go all the way to the bottom of the press release is the good old forward looking statement disclaimer.

So no they're not obligated under SEC rules to do anything. It'll be out when it is out.

Everything in that statement is wrong.

Auctioneer/Gatherer ended up taking months to be updated after 2.0 came out, so be prepared to go without them.

Plus, Illumination is still not working. Kinda hard to test a class when some of the core mechanics are broken.