Thank you, Blizzard and Ghostcrawler!

My name is Ekrim. I am a Night Elf Rogue, and have been since about nine months or so after launch. This is my first character, my main character, and my favorite character. I just recently hit 80, after running around Northrend since the expansion came out. I am not what most would call a "hard core" player, having ever run a few raids successfully, and only having seen about half the instances you good people have made. Nor am I a "casual" player. I love looking into the theorycrafting of the classes, the lore of the game in general, and into the inner workings of Blizzard as revealed through your enlightening posts. I'm referring to the Blues in general, of course, but Ghostcrawler deserves special mention, I think, for both his unique position and unusual candor.

Like I said, I never really raided that much. Most would say that Blizzard only caters to this crowd or that, but I disagree. I think you cater to everyone. There is PvP aplenty for those who would seek it. There are PvE encounters in any difficulty range for people of any skill level. But most importantly, in my mind, there is a plethora of tools that let us, the average players, make whatever we want of this wonderful game. From the well-documented and open Addon system to the myriad of items that are in just for show, or a laugh, or flavor, you have all done a wonderful job.

I'd also like to state that it's wonderful that you constantly strive to add to the game. And I don't mean just the regular expansions. If you really wanted to, you could just "unlock" a new area and leave it at that. But no! That's not what Blizzard does! Is the Dark Portal opening? Let's make it explode, have an immensely powerful demon raid the capital cities, and have hordes on hordes of demons try to invade, with the players being the thin red line between Azeroth and total obliteration! And then, after they've had just about enough, we'll let them through that gate, and blow their minds!

Is the Lich King going to attack? Let's do it in style, and have the players control the event! If there was ever a series of static servers, I'd ask for one of that event. I still have a screenshot of the Naaru my zombie minions killed in Shattrath, despite my being unable to directly attack anything!

Throw in the holiday events, the recent "achievement" system that brings new meaning to old content (I'm still working on Loremaster), and your recent decision to allow EVERYONE a shot at Arthas (even if we don't get to finish him off) after that long, expansion-length buildup (he popped me like a zit, personally!), and it is obvious that you love your players, and want to take good care of them by providing the best game you can.

So, why am I stating this? Well, to be honest, I figured you could use another voice of support in this forum. While I don't read this personally, I do follow you guys through a Blue Tracker. I wanted to say that, of your buffs and nerfs, I haven't seen anything that I couldn't agree with, even though some were obvious tentative test changes. Here's hoping that your buff/fix to Vanish works as we all hope, and that it doesn't unbalance our damage too much!

Keep up the good work!
Ekrim