Farewell, my deadzone.

So, Blizzard are planning to remove the deadzone. For some, this is the holy grail after which they have quested for years, for others, well they could care less. For me, this is excellent news. For those that are confused about what exactly the deadzone is, our melee weapons have a 5 yard range, and our ranged weapons have a minimum 8 yard range. So... there are 3 yards in which we can't do anything. Not a thing. Now this is fine, if you can move around, but combine a mage with frost nova, some pvp, and no minimum range on his spells, and you can see a problem. Previously, our only counter to the deadzone was Scatter shot, which can be used in that 3 yard zone, but that's a 21 point MM talent, and so virtually forced us survivalists (who don't have the Beast Within to help us smoosh out of the deadzone) to take at least 21 points in MM (and thus denied us the top survival talent). The removal of the deadzone means that my new improved instant cast Wyvern sting (coming to a hunter near you in 2.3) will be a lovely solution to those pesky mages. Obviously, there is no ETA on this change, but its excellent news nonetheless.