You know, this is seriously going from bad to worse. No one denies the effort and time that it takes to make changes like this, kudos to Steve for having the intestinal fortitude to undertake that.... In spite of my preference for "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," I don't understand why the changes aren't unrolled the way they usually get done on MOST websites and forums I've ever been on...

World of Warcraft tests upcoming ideas for game changes on the "Public Test Realms" extensively before they get written into the next patch, for example.

Keep the OLD system up... Then, set up a "Beta" version of the site where all the tweaks, adjustments, testing, etc, can go on without having the regular users go nuts. Open the Beta site to the public a few weeks before the official roll-out, and if all goes well at that point, let er' loose!

But otherwise this way, we have hour-to-hour changes and don't even know whether the site is even stable.