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They basically need to find a happy medium between TBC's "Illidan who?" and WotLK's "Jesus Christ, Arthas, get a hobby and stop stalking me." I like having quests and such leading me to a raid and telling me why I should give a crap, but I do not like having Arthas in my face all the time being completely ineffectual but no seriously he's bad ass just you wait!

Some of this is rose-colored nostalgia glasses, though. Ragnaros felt epic to you partly because he and the game were new. WotLK had some definite epic moments for me (Ulduar in particular had some great ones, imo), but WotLK is also the first expansion I could, in my small 10-man oriented guild, do an entire raid progression instead of a) nothing (like in vanilla) or b) Karazhan (in TBC). So I still get that sense of "oh shit, awesome," because this isn't my bajillionth raid.

Also, if you want that "oh god oh god oh god I am going to DIE" feeling, roll a tank. :P

There are plenty of pieces I refuse to wear if they make my character look like a streetwalker (especially if they're supposed to be plate, and given my warrior is a lady dwarf, I don't think many people would object to this). There's been times where I've been embarrassed at myself (my poor priest had those horrible purple/green snakey pants and no suitable robe until level 64 or so), but I only outright reject Skank Wear.

I could deal with the stupid skimpy armour if I could wear decorative pants under them to cover MY butt. I don't care if other people have their butts out, but I want mine covered. :(

By and large, I prefer the male and female armour to look the same, though.

I ... I have never, ever heard anyone claim tanking was a feminine role. The only "girl roles" I've heard are "healer" and "caster," and those casters are usually DPS.

People like DPSing because it's way, way less stressful than tanking or healing and solos faster. I don't think it's really any deeper than that. I prefer both tanking and healing over DPS, but I'm crazy like that. :P

"It's not a misogynistic ideal for Nihilum to be a guys-only guild; in fact, it's exactly like most sports: there's women's hockey and men's hockey."

Um, last I checked, there was no physical component to WoW like there is in hockey. So no, it is not exactly like most sports. Sports seperate the sexes because women and men are not physically the same, not because of some stupid "oh no, girlz cause DRAMA" bullshit.

I also liked the skinnier blood elves better. At least we still have the voice actor. Mmm, he can ask me for a scrunchie any time.

Girls and women interested in creating alien races and cultures? Hm, somehow I doubt that Spore will be as huge with the casual market as The Sims.

There are women who do nothing but create new STUFF for The Sims. New hair, new clothes, new body models, new items, new houses ... you name it, they've probably created it. There's more to The Sims than having your little sim family do their little sim family thing.

Spore is supposedly about creating, and it will appeal to those people who enjoy that. And guess what? There are lots of women who do.