Oh ya, we knew of those back when Test was loaded with the first I13 dump which included some of the MA system. Needless to say, we are very very excited with these additions.
I'm also in concurrence with you Catwhoorg, whilst my Jaw didn't drop, persay, the amount of work that actually went into this is turning out a very nice end result. If this all goes according to what I've seen, this will be my most favorite issue thus far.
Another MMORPG Review that I just came across:
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