A couple of informative Blizz interviews.

[Guest]

http://wow.gamona.de/index.php?seite=pp&pid=123


http://worldofwar.net/articles/london2004/


They give a not so rough release date, talk about servers and accounts by region, mention PvP rewards and announce that there will be RP servers.

[Elegantly]

And with it comes a serious problem if Blizzard enforces the above mentioned server policy. And no, a shameless plug is not intended. ^_^

[Yuen]

link correcting some of the statements in the interview -

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx...&p=1#post307249

or cut and paste...

There have been some revelations from the current press tour in Europe that have caused a stir in the forums. I’d like to clarify the current situation on those subjects to dispel any misconceptions people might have.

Racial Traits, Not Racial Talents: A recent interview was posted that had some accidentally misleading wording: the word "talents" was accidentally used in a part of the interview discussing racial traits.

Weather: I apologize for the misconception given. Weather will not, unfortunately, be in for launch. However, we plan to add it at some point after launch.

Role-Playing Servers: We're sorry, but there was some miscommunication involved here. We are still discussing the possibility of having a role-playing server at launch, but no decision has been made as of yet.

New Skill System: There will be more than money involved in acquiring skills. For example, quests will introduce certain new skills and tiers.

I apologize for any confusion that was caused.
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