It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Tol Barad, it’s been buffed then nerfed and now hotfixed. Yes World of Warcraft: Cataclysm’s new Wintergrasp has been the hub of controversy thanks to cross-faction win-trading, the queuing system and that bridge exploit.

This week’s epic game-related essay is penned not by Ghostcrawler but by Cory ‘Mumper’ Stockton, WoW’s lead content designer. It’s quite a opus but has to be required reading for anyone who is doing, has done or is thinking about venturing into Tol Barad. Stockton also takes time to explain the reasons behind all the changes and it really does make things a lot clearer so go check it out right now.