So, I got a chance to hop on the PTR for a little while yesterday and play around with the Ret changes. Three things stuck out:

The CS change is less noticeable than I expected
I do a lot more damage
Art of War/Exorcism is even more laughable than I thought it would be

Really though, it’s almost impossible [...]

Seen these yet? Good.
Protection
Uh, lol? Ardent Defender is overpowered. My only concern is that they’ll “fix” it by adding an internal cooldown to the damage reduction effect (they did the exact same thing with DK’s), thereby making it unreliable for surviving the “hit a cooldown when this happens” boss mechanics that were the whole point [...]

…or rather, the removal of low-throughput, high-efficiency healing.
A conversation at Tankspot got me to reminiscing a bit about “the good old days” of Level 60 raiding. Specifically, I got to thinking a bit about how healing works now compared to then, and its impact on not only tanking but raiding in general.
When I started playing [...]

First article of business: I got my other binding! And… forgot to take a screenshot in all the excitement. I’m still getting the last of the mats together, but holy crap it feels good to finally be free of that stupid rock monster after a year+ of farming.
Also, I’ll be attending Blizzcon this year! Furthermore, [...]