Cataclysm Player Reactions

I've run across several interesting articles about folks walking into Cataclysm for the first time.  Janyaa decided to queue up to buy the Cataclysm expansion disk at midnight and recounts her experiences at her local Gamestop here.
http://muradinmusings.blogspot.com/2010/12/cataclysm-queue.html

Over at the Pink Pigtail Inn, Larisa talks eloquently about her first impressions from the very long login wait to flying over Stormwind among a flock of other flyers to standing in line to turn in quests.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/12/deathwing-knows-how-to-dance-my-first.html

Then she notes the very long wait times to log in (reportedly up to four hours for very popular realms) and has ideas how to manage the wait.
http://draft.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=6477832979969664953

Quest areas like Vashjir are a real pain right now.  Here are some tips.
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/12/make-vashjir-less-frustrating-6-quick-tips/

Once the bugs are fixed, Vashjir is still dull to some folks.
http://thenoisyrogue.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/massively-singleplayer-online/

Gronthe is not pleased by the in-game behavior.
http://deuwowlity.blogspot.com/2010/12/mr-darcy-is-all-politeness.html

Tobold compares purchasing Cataclysm disks to digital downloading the expansion pack.
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2010/12/box-vs-digital.html

Tobold reacts to the complaints of players that Ctaclysm dungeons are too hard by pointing out everyone is not overgeared yet.
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2010/12/time-heals-everything.html

The social gaming site Raptr has gathered some stats about WOW (probable from its members but they don't say.)  The main facts are that hours played on WOW are pretty comparable to hours played on first person shooters.  On the other hand, around 11% of WOW players account for half the playing time put in by everyone.
http://blog.raptr.com/2010/12/17/raptr-world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-report/

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