[Cathan]

I like SoF a lot so far. I hit 80 on the 3rd day after it went live and started aa'ing right away. The new aa's are very impressive, lots of upgrades across the board in general, arch and class. I'm pretty happy with the necro aa's. Some of the filler aa's for pets look kinda retarded but a year from now it's probably all going to be bought up when the good aa's are done.

The new zones are fun and interesting. I like this expansion better than about any other I can remember at release. I've spent a lot of time in fortress mechanotus and the gyrospires. The S.H.I.P. is pretty cool. Factory has an insane amount of tough mobs. I'm guessing a lot of zones like this with ultra fast respawns with so many mobs in tight areas are gonna be tough at release but once players gear up it's going to become the norm for well geared players. There's some mediocre gear upgrades I've seen dropping in the zones, nothing spectacular but the tradeskill gear looks incredible. I'm real curious to see how raid gear vs ts gear is going to be near the end of the expansion. If the TS gear is as good as I hear it could make being a more casual player a LOT more friendly and raiders could neglect the armor upgrades in favor TS gear and save dkp for other slots. I guess it depends what the TS gear foci look like. Demi armor foci were a HELL of a lot better than TS armor foci were. I hope they don't make that mistake again.