Hey look! There's an awesome thread discussing NPC vendor gear changes, you should go read the thread and then weigh in if you have an opinion on Amon's latest question. It's great, go do that.
However, since that thread is touching on a very narrow portion of a bunch of interrelated topics, I thought I'd pop up another thread to discuss peoples' opinions on these other subjects. Since everyone seemed so interested! So if you have something to say after reading that thread BUT it's not directly on-topic, post it here so we can have our discussions without cluttering up that other thread!
Annnnd... go!