Druid: Balance changes
Here is what we're inclined to do about Balance. It isn't a done deal yet because we just talked about it and didn't make the actual changes yet, so it's possible we'll hit a snag.
Moonfury and Earth and Moon down to 3 ranks from 5, but keeping the same overall benefit. That buys you 4 extra talent points to get more utility or fun talents.
We are also going to buff Eclipse's damage a little so that you feel you're paid back for the extra proc-watchin.
We're going to leave the Starfire glyph as is for now, since one of the reasons we added it was to buy you back some brain time if you were watching Eclipse too much.
The treant health is still something on the list to look at too. I suspect it just hasn't scaled well.
As an epilogue, here are our feelings on bloat. The problem with the Balance tree was that druids had to spend nearly all their points just on pure damage. It's hard to justify giving up damage for utility, PvP or fun talents in a raid scenario. Ideally you should be trading those talents off against each other ,not against your damage or healing or mitigation.
Honor gain
You'll be able to obtain honor normally through Battlegrounds and various forms of Player versus Player. We are not currently planning to "lock" honor gain.
BlizzCon This Week
BlizzCon 2008 begins this Friday, October 10, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. The show will feature two days of gaming, contests, developer Q&A panels, tournaments, and more, in addition to live entertainment by comedian Patton Oswalt, all-Blizzard metal band Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain, and Video Games Live. Our recruiting team will be there, too, so if you're interested in a career at Blizzard Entertainment, bring along your resume, demo reel, art portfolio, or business card.
Brewfest - Token Quartermaster might persist after the event ended (next year)
This isn't something we can do on the fly, but perhaps next year.
Priest
Shadow DPS
Yes, Shadow should do the same dps as other specs and classes, provided you have similar gear and skill. Replenishment is considered a buff just like all the other buffs. Its one exception is that having more than one in the raid can stack to some extent.
Warlock
Shadowflame
After discussing Shadowflame a little, we think the problems are the dot and the cone. The dot makes the initial damage feel paltry and the cone makes it hard to use in every situation. I don't have an update yet on what we're going to do about it, but that's where we are at the moment.
Demonic Circle recast part 2
We're fixing hundreds of bugs a week right now (maybe more). It's possible it's already on my list or that someone has fixed it already.