Yeah, I haven't noticed it either, but it's very nice they think about this sort of details!

Might be quite rare, and they increase in frequency closer and closer to expansion...

I have logged into WoW around 10 times over the last few weeks but I cant bring myself to play, I have sadly lost interest. Its nice to say hello to old guild friends and catch up with what has been going on in the world (of warcraft). Hopefully when Cataclysm hits I can get back into it full swing, for fun! as I dont care much for all this carrot on a stick gameplay of having to upgrade equipment all the time.

Hopefully in Cata I can just start a gnome holy priest and have some fun in 'new' zones :)

Precursor events are always nice, it makes the whole game world more alive.

I remember in the dark ages when I used to play Evequest, the GM's used to take control of some of the monsters (it was not announced and it was in a random zone), people would come from far away zones to fight them, it would usually take several people to bring them down and there were nice rewards. It didnt happen too often which is what made it quite special.

Publishers are out of ideas.

That's what I've been wondering since they announced Burning Crusade coming to WoW Classic... I was like, so what are they just going to keep releasing expansions for a second time? What the heck is the point in that? It's like something a parody would make fun of. Except, they're actually serious about it.