Nicely written, JP.

And I agree - I'm very much hoping that Jacobs' departure continues to translate into changes that were previously blocked by his bullheadedness.

I was really hoping the next CMA (http://www.massively.com/tag/choose-my-adventure/) was going to be set in WAR so we could all see how it's panning out with the recent patches, however if Brooke is essentially going to be doing one, that's great news.

As Arra mentioned here (http://www.massively.com/2009/08/10/a-wild-hunt-leads-to-warhammers-one-year-anniversary/), T1 is lot's of fun at the moment for me, a returning free-10-day-player, but whether or not it pans out to be enough to keep me playing past that will be interesting.