As with almost every content addition, it seems to fill a gap in the game's design, and make the game in general better. Now, if they could only address the population imbalance...

Miguel: That's another quibble that Blizzard has hinted about. I've been reading the boards pretty hardcore since the Arathi preview went live on the Korean site, and in a thread a few days ago, one of the Community Mangers mentioned that Blizzard is looking into a potentially attractive solution: cross-server Battlegrounds. According to the CM, the only hurdle is a technical one, and if it indeed proves viable, then it could mean the end of Battleground queues as we know them. I'm certainly in favor of this, and I can't think of a better time to debut this feature than the launch of a new Battleground.