Me and daer are on mug'thol horde with an alt or two of aceium's. I don't think anyone else is gathered on any other server.
I don't know anything about poker, but i'm fairly obsessed with WoW. that said, I think my hardcore days are done. think i'll mostly do dungeons, scenarios, LFR, and maybe challenge modes if i ever get the gear for it
Yes. Once you get to ilvl 463 and above, everything is going to be scaled back down to 463. Which is cool because if I have a 476 with Haste and Crit I'm more likely to wear that in challenge modes than a 489 with Hit and Mastery (assuming I'm in Frost spec).
My understanding of it is that it takes each stat on each piece of gear and basically nerfs them all equally but keeps the same stat allocation. So if you have an item with 100 Crit and 100 Mastery, but the Mastery is reforged to Haste, instead of (100 Crit 60 Mastery 40 Haste) you would end up with (50 Crit 30 Mastery 20 Haste).
Don't quote me on that.
They've also said that it's a "Smart" system with stats like Spirit being hit for Boomkinds and Priests and that if you are hit capped before you step in to Challenge Mode, you won't miss anything in the dungeon.