I agree, Warriors are the most over-represented class in Arenas. Every Arena team no matter what size usually has a Warrior. Druids are only over-represented in 2v2.
I think this is an excellent solution for multiple problems. This will reduce the number of people who goto gold sellers as well as probably bring down the gold-to-cash exchange rate. This also allows players who may otherwise quit playing a game, to continue by using their in-game money, the MMO company still gets their monthly fee for that person, just now someone else is paying it. I can't honestly think of a valid downside to any MMO doing this.
Brian has somewhat of a point, though putting it crudely doesn't really help. Women do have to understand the issues with double standards. Often times males will talk to each other crudely and this is acceptable. Though often times a male will talk to his male friends crudely, he may not speak to someone he knows is female the same way, at which point the female is being treated differently. I think this is a huge issue that both sides need to understand, and females need to stand up for themselves when they thing they are being treated wrongly. This is a lot harder when dealing with random people, but I think a standard can be set in the confines of a guild.
At this point in WoW's life I don't see a real need for separate realms at all. I've seen some interesting things done in GuildWars and D&D Online with instanced cities, it would take some work on Blizz's side, but I think it would greatly enhance the community to have a single world, so that you can play with ANYONE else who plays WoW. This would be a lot of work for Blizz bit it's not like they don't have the money to do it.
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